Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-10-17
STATE HOUSE.
The Officers Elect to Take Examina-
tons, Tomorrow.
Ono Of The Model Protests Mailed 10 The Game
Department..

Like every other m6a there arc times
in the life Of Chairman l.. T. Carleton
when he has that tired feeling come over
him on account of some Of the letters
that he Receives from people in regard to
the fish ana game question. Some Of the
matters have that general trend to their
nature that they Will make the man OF
thought feel as though he was wasting
hlR time In reading them.
People can write about as foolish things
to the Department regarding the question
as they can on any subject one might
mention. one such as this WAS receive
not long ago from "A man who it seems
should know better than to be given to
anything Of the sort.
1t Is generally understood that the laws
of Maine have been enacted Tor the pur
pose Of protecting deer that people may
have the pleasure at certain seasons of
hunting. People from all over the world
are invited to come to Maine and enjoy
the hunting. a limitation is placed upon
their hunting to two deer for the season
and 10 birds for a day. We are supposed
TO like to have them come here and enjoy
life with us. at the same time, of course,
we like to have them leave few Amer.
can dollars with the people. To insure
this the law has been enacted that no
man, non resident, shall go into the
woods with the intention of hunting AMI
building fires, without taking along a
registered guide. This action is taken NOT
only to give the guides a chance, but for
the purpose of protecting the wild land
owners and keep the fires from spreading.
In xrb,.
should the people of the State kick If tn,
people come and why should they max
protests if they come in large numbers?
A letter was received recently by M.
Carleton from Northern Maine from i
man evidently not used to seeing many
people about the woods and who thought
he would see only an occasional hunter.
1t seems this man went there and ne
found things very different from what he
supposed. He says he saw three tents OF
Ohio and Indiana people camped there
and there must have been 50 people in ali
though he had no way of knowing exact
~ how many. He said it seemed wicked
to him to have game slaughtered az they
must slaughter it. He said he saw two
deer being brought to camp by them an
saw a brace Of cartridges hanging at ona
of the tent fronts. He expanded on the
awfuness Of allowing the people from
far away Ohio TO come here and hunt ou-
game and kill it. 1t seems he had no
Of their killing any. but tn
two he saw them with, neither did ~
know that they had killed more birds
than they We're allowed. but he thought
the wardcns ought to 90 there ana soc
that the killing was stopped. He had
heard there We're other sportsmen coming
from the West to that locality. Further
more he wanted to know why they were
not made to employ guides. even though
he did not know whether they were doin.
this or not.
Taken all in all the only thing Mr. ca
Teton could do in answer was to say each
person was given the right by the Legs
laturc to kill two deer and the number
of birds before mentioned, but that the
Legislature had provided for the employ
ment uf guides. 1t is presumed that tho
wardens know very well whether or not
this large party employs guides or not
ana in ease they DO not trouble would
have followed before this time.
If the advice Of the man Of the letter
were to be followed there would be a re-
Of the people who are allowed
to hunt in the State and every man in OF
Ter 10 get in would have to come singiy
ana no parties would be allowed for thu
fear of frightening the people of tn r.
State. This man might brag to hi
friends out of the State of the large
number who annually visit the State bu-
when he sa 30 Of them together he be
gan to be frightened at the future deer
hunting.
The State assessors will go to Alfred,
today, and to Biddcford, tomorrow, tp
meet the local assessors of the county.
From the present indication Of the re
turns from local assessors that are being
received at the office of the labor com
missioner it will show that the building
operations in Maine during the past year
have been greater by far than those ol
the years past. Here again the pulp trade
will work into Commissioner Matthews