Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-14

without number almost and probably
saw more than thousand deer and at
least % moose
Same Warden liodekins, AN old guide,
ana as competent a hunter and woods
man as there is in Maine has been in the
woods all winter travelling thousands Of
miles on snow shoes camping whore night
overlook him, and he reports that in all
ti'ne when deer were as plenty and
lhtfc are more moose than | believed
lhcrc was, and it is a fact that have
Ialled to find evidence Of as much
poachihS as did Il year ago going over
pr4ctically the same ground
NO" might multiply reports like these
IN tenor and effect, almost indefinitely
from registered guides, umbermen and
fcsidentS from whom this Office has re-
CEN ed mere than 1eoD communications upon
the subject during the winter. but enough
mas been said to show that the ''silly
season is really upon us when it is re-
porte" IN the communication 4lludrd to
III the beginning of this article "frnm :.
Wen known rHldc ono cards. Chat half
the game mas been slaughtered the past
Wintc". ana the rest Will soon 90
There Is no evidence OF deer starving az
has heCa I, ported.
70 Illustrate the utter unrciancc Of re-
ports published of Slaughter, ] Will al
ludc to one case.
in" regular correspondent of the RnS-
ton Herald. ut Bangor, received Il letter
from Il reliable gentleman in Aroostook
county III which 1t WAS stated that "a re
liable guide reported that 2to deer loo
beaver, and l. moose had been slaughter
ed in certain section of ArooHtuUk
Countt. and that tn" snow wa, literally
covered with dead deer carrasses from
along the line OF the y. < A. r. r. To the
Canadian border AM this was published
in The Boston Herald ANA other papers
After some trouble We SIT zee icd in IT,
eating ana iUterNiC Wing thi.; guide who
gave this startling iniormation and he
tftVlf ,titr.
formation as t. the killing of Il single in
diNidIEIl beaver az moose, and only on"
or TWO deer. In other words he admitted
ne lied pure aud simple. lie was an APP
riicant fur 4 Wardcu's berth. and reports
of slaus liter not inircqucntly wind Up with
the modest request to d" Il warden. for
$3.50 day and expenses. Truth is. game
is very abundant. Notwithstanding thr
many thousands that were killed last year
III open season. and il We succeed in driV-
ing Span of his continent for nurdciiuH
our sailors and boWiiig up our battle
ship before another hunting season
comes around. there viii he more game
killed legally this season than last. Pos
silly th"t, MAY 70, a dcarth at guides II
Spain Is moi handsomely licked before
Dctohcr LIST. for | have received nnmcr-
Gus letters from studies who want to
take Il hand in aVcngine the murder of
our sailors.
1t will soon Ia, in order to read accounts
of "trcn, ndcu4 SLAUGHTER" IN fish from
these same CORE spon4cnts vino assert
that half Of tin game Of Main" W@@ killed
this last winter, aud thi" well know.
guide Of RaliceleY who SAYS thc Gatn'
was killed on account Of the LHi los regis
tratira bin. y the guides, may perhaps
assist in the determination OF fish also.
Human nature Is human MIXTURE. Out
force ct Wardcn& are efficient amt ArtiNr.
uo information of slaughter is withheld
from the public. but w protest against
The alarming and Most untruthfW reports
about tho praCti' al determination ct Que