The Portland daily press., 1899-01-02

In Exchange for Moose. Deer. and
Fresh Water Fish.

streams--What the Comm issf oneri
Say About IL.
Augusta, December 3t.--The annual re
port OF the Maine fish and game COM
missioners has been made to he Governor
and Council. IL rscites the doings of the
year at great length and commends the
operation Of the guide registration Law
and the law reducing the open time Tor
the shooting Of moose. An Interesting
part of the report is that In which the
commissioners figure out the amount Of
money brought into the state by the op
portunities Tor hunting found In the
forests and tho chances the lakes and
streams afford to the disciples Of Isaak
Walton. This 20 tion Of the report IL az
follows;
1--WE have endsavored to get a report
from the waTdsns Of the location and
cost of every camp and hotel that Is run
for the entertainment Of fishermenD OF
hunters, and also Of the location and
value Of every private camp, cottage OF
lodge located on the shores of tho inland
lAkes
1.-The record may not be entirely
complete, but the wardens have reported
204 hotels or camps, run for tn, purpose
OF entertaining fishermen or hunters, and
their cost as ssss. 1900
There are 100 steamers on the inland
waters of the state used wholly or partial
ly for the conveyance of spor tsmen. Five
years ago there were but eighty. seven.
Fifteen new ones have been put in during
the year 1893. The fair cash value Of
these steamers would not be less than
81. Is, 600. 90. This does not include the
value Of the many row boats or canoes,
which Is many thousand dollars more.
There are reported 1877 private cot
tages, camps or lodges, the cost of which.
rs near as can be estimated, amounts to
sS44, sos.
1.-the guides report l40,ki6 pounds OF
trout. salmon and togue caught BY parties
whom they have guided.-more than
seventy tons,-an increase Of eighteen
tons over last year. This represents a
value Of more than siO.0O0.0o It shou Id
ee borne in mind that this quantity rep
only the amount Of fish taken
where registered guides were employed.
the total number of days guides
have been employed In the business OF
guiding during the year Ia 6S sol. This
at 50 90 per day and board fifty cents
represents saal, s57 paid to the guides for
guiding, An increase Of II, 5s8 days over
last year.
Five thousand eight hundred and
twenty residents of the state employed
guides, an increase of 3, 436 over last year,
and 1866 non-residents employed
guides, An increase of 243 over last year,
leaving not less than 5000, 900. 90 In the
state.
las near rs we can estimate about go
moose have been killed, an increase of
ten over last year; 100 caribou, decrease
Of seventy-pin and 1900 deer. or tfty-
three more than last year. Undoubtedly
several thousand deer were killed of
which we have no record. The conclusion
forces itself IRON the facts that at least
II, COO deer have been killed In the state
the past year.
Give guides have died duri ng the
year, as follows: d. W. Hopkins, Milo,
typhoid fever; Frank W. Gerrish, Nor
CROSS, fever; John smart. Kineo. shot by
guide Paul Peters; Dell Durgin, The
Forks, shot by friend with whom he
was hunting-mistaken for a deer, and
Joseph Lacrosse, kineo, accidentally
shot himself ="
IN FRANKLIN COUNTY.
Pennington. Me-, December sl.-The
hunting eason which Terminated today
by law was not only an exceptionally
good one but record breaker over all
previous seasons as to amount OF deer and
jther game taken throughout Franklin
county. The records of the SANDY
River railroad give the number OF deer
shipped over their line as $50. This does
aot include deer by native hunters and
guides. Competent judges estimate the
lotal number OF deer taken in the county
It abe ut one thousand. The beneficial
fleets of the protective fish and game
avs ara noted everywhere and the adj
Ierse feeling, once so strong against this
measure, has completely disappeared.
More guides have been registered from
his section than In the previous season
md the total number of registered guides
S now 1887. While there is movement
IN foot to seek amendments of the game
avs from the incoming Legislature, 1t it
understood such steps are not In the
nature of opposition. There is q strong
belief in limiting the bunting season TO
Decem bsr 18Th.
OVER THREE THOUSAND DEER
Bangor. December Si.-The season for
big game in Name ended to-
night and reports at hand show 1t to have
been the greatest on record. The returns
rom the Bangor and Aroostook region
and statistics complied OF the amount of
games passing through Bangor, show
that up to date 1872 deer, l59 moose and
- caribou have been shipped through
this city from the east and north. Therv