Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1898-04-26

During the meeting a well known and
| influential guide spoke substantially as
follows, to his fellow guides:
i used to be river driver and bush
"hacker in my boyhood days, but |
am not one Of that kind today. Those
Gays l worked hard in the lumber
woods used to get from so to $2G per
month"; and worked through the wet
ara 'hc dry all the day. ana both ends
"i the night: then on the drive | had
'fo'n - to $50 per day and it was IS
|" - hours work for the day. Today |
am registered guild" and get any
where from So to s. per day, and think
ann doing a big days work when l am
out sitting in my canoe hanging onto Il
puSh' smoking the hest cigar. and put
| ulS in from two to six hours per day.
Thls, gentlemen, is the reason we have
for running down the poachers who dog
| deer.
IF you all pull the same line | do,
!
cabins, and talk Of the big fish we have
/ lost.
My motto is Hold up the man who
picked you up
Il hope all good guides. and my
friend who has a dozen eggs or a
pound OF butter to sell will just join
| hands with us and help the good cause
along. uphold the guide license law.
and the commissioners in their great
work to enforce the law.
Il further say that | will do all in
my power to help a good cause along
! by obeying the laws myself, ana irving
to have all hands do the same.
Il am a registered guide who will not
he afraid to put my name in print. if
called upon to expose poacners."
In his circular letter of inquiry he
ing mailed to the farmers of the state
10y Secretary Il. Walker McKcen, for
information for the May board bulletin.
graph concerning the interests of good
roads:
Recognizing the Importance of high
way Improvement. We have made THIS
tn" good roads number for the season.
and Will j." glad to have YOU give your
ideas on general road Improvement, in
Guiding such legislation as in your
Judgment is desirable. whether or not
a state highway commission is d"sir-
looking to improvements best methods
Of repairing roads in summer and
breaking in winter. if you have had cX-
perionce with snow rollers please give
results. what should he done to clear
the hedges. best season to work on the
roads, ana any other ideas which may
suggest themselves to you. These
blanks Will lie sent to all road COM
missioners in addition to our regular
correspondents. and we hope for in
terosting articles from them, and shall
also insert abstracts from the new road
laws of various states.
At the hearing held in Sk"Wh"gan, by
the fish commissioners, Saturday, they
decided to close the tributaries to
| Hayden Lake. to fishing.
They appointed two hearings. Mon
day one at Eurnham on Thursday.
! April IS on q petition asking chat fish
| ing in Johnsons brook, So called, he
| prohibited. The second hearing Will be
at Calais. on May ,, on a petition ask
ing for the better protection of How
ard Lake. and its tributaries
ON the hearing held at North BerWicil
on the 18th, they voted TO close all
streams that are tributary to Bonny-
| beg pond.
Commissioner Of Labor and Indus
trial Statistics Samuel W. Matthews
returned Monday morning, from his
business trip in A1oostook country.
~ lditSc tliDUiIitI 7tui SUN ii'tF' ~ =
added to the collection at the fish ana
! game department.
State Superintendent Of Schools w.
| W. .5tetson Will attend a teachers
meeting at Gulford. Thursday and
| Friday.
| He will be in attendance at The SUI
| perintendcnt's meetings 10 be hc!d,
| next week. The meetings viii be held
at Pittsfeld on Monday: SkoWheGan,
Tuesday; Augusta. Wednesday, and at
Bangor, Thursday.
The work in tracing on the war
records that are mounted on the trac-
ing cloth has been moved to the judi
ciary room from the adjutant general 5
office.
Railroad Commissioner j. u. Peaks
and son Francis, of tn" Harvard Law
! u 10 JIoIIcp Mon