The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-11-24
lKsnnebec Journal.

(Ksnnebsc Journsl.b
Game WsrIen George Ross, who has
charge Of the Wsahington county section
OF our State. was at the State Capital,
Wednesday. ON businsss with Commis-
siorsr Csr!st,n en-, Of the things tnas
he came over fer was In relation to the
capture, Wednesday. Of tbrse deer dogs
from wilbur Day Of Crawford. Warden
Ross brought along the three dogs. and
they wers the seuroe Of . sr,As dsai Of
curiosity at the Hotel Johns n stables
wh.rs they vera kept. 1t sssnsd . pity,
really. that animals must be shot, but as
the off ,srJ sHy, such animals ar, better
out Of tins wcrld than In it.
"Thess dogs or, NOT fun blood deer
hou nm Ia" said Wsrisn Rosa hat thsy
1T. only mengrsls. Howevsr, thsy ara
trained as well as any that ever saw.
Dogs train ID for this busin SIS show
remarkable deare, Of intelligence. These
animals orr be placed In bags and car
rled over the shoulder without the least
Sign CIR movement. when they sra thus
coneealed they cat be laid on the ground,
and even though smother dog should
come along they win not whimp.r or
move . n,uscie."
IL the famous Wilbur Day, who has At rTed
tine In the state prison for buroing the
houss of a game wer len who Prosecuted
him. Hs now opt rates n string OF camps
along tho Musq aosh lakes. thtrs being
seven lakes whsr3 he opsr ,tes, and IL 10
extr ,mely difficult to catch him at law
br sakin even IL he does It
ha ~aFdan afs1 hrlnRht along fOnr
deer saddles that he seized. Only recent
ly hs ssized ons lot Of II saddles and
msny birds belr cling to man In the
country and the law breaker was snbje't-
ed 10 u heavy hns.
IT Is true that the sentiment in favor
of the Mains game laws Is increasing IN
my county, sad the warden, but there
ia still . great de u of Illegal work gofny
on. The he tier element has changed TO
favor the law, but 1t il the shippers who
ara causing us all his trouble. They are
st rring up those willing TO break the
law, buying whatever may De brought n
ami shipping IL to the markets OF Boston
and other cities. We ara getting manY
of them in our power and shall continue
until we have them all under subjec-
ton"
"The shippers of Washington oou nty
are displaying as great sagaoity as the
liquor into Maine" remarked Commits
sioner Carleton. "Ihey are using many
Of the vary same me,hodG Saddles II
" nison are being shipped cut In bsrreh
of CLAIMS. The sa1dles are placed In the
middle of barrels with CLAIMS on the top
and bottom Of sheEn. Thsn egg CASES are
being used. Layers Of eggs will be placed
over the deerA meat. Every method con-
ceiva BILE IL used, and 1t Is exactly Ike the
methods that used to be in vogue to de-
feat the efforts of Mains officers in sriziny
liquor"
Warsen Ross says that to examin. the
barrels of CLAIMS IL difficult thing. 50 he
has hal q long iron rod made with which
he probes down through each barrel Of
them, ana In many cases he has found
It very effiolent.
ais there moi. quite little illegal ship
ping by the way of the waters" the Jour
nal asked, remem boring the old methods
that IL WINS said vera used.
"Nol There ID not schooner that
leaves the Washington county coast that
We do at know what shs has Tor cargo,
ana which In not In SONS manner axarn-
ined before she sails. The deputy sherifis
are being employed in cennecti6n with
the warIens In THE work"
show IL the moose question In that
sectfoni'
~ have known Of but very few cases
where moose have teen shot. this season.
/ can lind n few on record but the num-
bsr IL far smaller than usual. Some OF
those that have bten shot are over near
the border, whers in the prosi aees there
has been close time of thrse years.
Soina Of thass animals strny oysr here
and lack. and many get caught on this
side.
l saw q yarc of II moose in Brooks at
one time, last wiatsr. and have seen
tbs tracks Of many in the woods. this
winter. Tins peopis of Washington county
are very anxious for u close time Of three
years or more on moose In thst county,
and they may petition the commissioners
OF fish and game Co place such fIose
time. Ihs sentiment seems TO be atrcng
enough 70 bring 10 about In oass they
start In to do it, for there 10 an increas-
ing feeling that this must be done In or
der to prssssve tAs moose shooting for