Daily Kennebec journal., 1898-11-21
THE RANGELEY REGION.
Phillips Gossip About Sportsmen
and Their Game.
Rain Makes Close Of Season Less Sue
cesstul and pleasant Than Opening.

made beaut1Iui HuHtAi6 oi0
life in the Rangeley and Dead fs'ver
regions. and has brought eoatn 70
manv a fine deer But the recent rain
has been running conditions for hunt
ing that were well nigh perfect, ana
also the chances for securing a. neaa
that remains to the few sportsmen
scattered along the trail between neer
and the Canadian line. Outward oouiiu
trains over the narrow -guage lines the
mast week have carried lots OF deer anu
birds. with an occasional bop-cat anu
hear. but another 10 days will see an
end of it all and the only rifles tnat VIII
crack will be held by guides and pro-
fessional hunters 1t has oeen soou
season. this of 1898, and although pul
two moose and no caribou have fallen'
east of Moosehead, the average sue
cesses of visiting sportsmen nave oeen
high.
Two places in the Dead River region,
have more than others, enjoyed great
huns-Harry Pierce's, King and Bart
lett camps and Harlow Bros Ledge
House cabins. Both resorts have peen
comfortably filled since open season
csne in and from both have been KILL
ed one moose and deer innumerapie,
ara both are omen vet, and entertaining
guests.
A p. Fuller, T. M. Graham, G. ~
stanton, Jr, and w. Ruloff Kip, all OF
New York City, came out from King
and Bartlett, the middle of the week,
with six deer, the fruits of 10 days
hunt. Graham and Fuller are veterans
of the late Spanish American war, hav-
ing served as gun captain and quarter
master. respectively, on board the aux
iliarv cruiser Yankee. They used
Nauser rifle and say it is hot stuff Tor
boring big game at 500 yards. Messrs.
Fred and Lewis Lawton of New york.
will remain in camp until the Oath inst,
when Mr.. Pierce will close his camp
and come to Pennington for the Win
ter.
Guests at Wing Bros camps and no
!, tel at Flagstaff are having great sport
X this week, on the light snow and
Messrs. Wing, who are old hunters
take pride in the fact that none nave
gone home from their roof without ven
ison. Present guests are: w. N.
Wentworth, Boston; D. L. Adams,
James Benson, Manchester, N. a.; r.
C. Atwood, w. J. Albee, c. H. TOWNS
end. Henry Spencer and w. r. McNal-
ly. Willimantic, Conn. Twenty-slx
deer is the record for the month.
F. N. Stanley of Newton, Mass, re-
u turned, the 10th, with big puck ne
killed from the Hotel Blanchard, STRAIT
ton. Last week the successful STRAIT
ton hunters were Walter Taylor.
Charles Green, N. F. Stanley. Earl ray
lor, Dion Blackwell, H. H. Lander.
J. A. Littleton Of Boston, killed two
very large bucks at Eustls weighing
$50 and 21S pounds. The larger OF the
two he will have mounted entire. Mr.
Littleton brought in with him 2ooo SAL
mon fry which were liberated in King
~ and Bartlett lake. The youngsters
& stood the long journey remarkably weii'
10 only turning up.
An item of news from the Ranseiey
region is the announcement OF capt. r.
c. Barker that he will build TWO me
new camps at his popular resort the
Birches. The increase in the numDer
of guests and trout during the past rev
years is responsible. Harry Dutton OF
Boston, one of the bast known OF the
thousands who annually VISIT the
Rangeley region, has had completeu
plans for handsome summer mousse
on Metalluc Island in Umbagog lake.
A. w. Davenport of Philips, an oio
huriter, takes exception to the general
& coupling of the Canada lynx and the
animal known as wild cat. Mr.. Da-
venport claims the two are not In any
way allied tdseach other The lynx ne
saws. is Incorrectly spoken of as wild
cat such an animal as the iast Legis-
1 lat,,re favored with bounty. This
l. 20 IN a l.
mon in various parts of the globe,
members of it being the European lynx
or caracal the southern or Pardine
lvnx and in Asia and Africa, the boot
ed lynx. The Canada lynx is the ami
NAL known as the bob-cat, loupcervier
and le chat. The real wildcat has
much the same coloring but shorter
legs aAaad a bushy tail. The only wild
1 cat known to be caught in this vicinity
was trapped a few years ago by Curtis
Walker of Madrid.
4 - Game Warden George d. Huntoon OF
kTRangeley. was in Phillips, today, ana
kfin speaking of the sign moving trouble
4 of last spring, the responsibility Tor
which has been placed upon the shoul-
4 da,-s of Commissioner H. o. Stanley Oh
Y Dixfield, says there is no question put
that Mr.. Stanley is entirely blameiess
in the matter and that he never in any
way sanctioned the taking down OF the
old or the putting up Of the new sign.
A sure sign of approaching winter Is
the yarding of deer. Last week, TWO
Redington men ran across yard con-
staining seven and without moving from
their tracks killed three buck aggregat-
ling over 700 pounds. John Stinchfield
of the same place, recently shot a 10
pound buck.
Chauncey Haley Of Long Pond, and
Mrs. David Durrell, both killed bucks,
khis week. while from Camp Burnside.
Frank Brooks, Cleveland. Ohio. j. Z.
Pearson, Wakefield, Mass. A. c. Attn
rton and F. Gushing. Brockton. all got
heir deer
Phillips hunters to kill deer, this
Feek. are Judson Pease. Will Calden,
eorge Hewey, Charles Hewey and Ar
hur Kempton.