Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-18
HAVING Fun WITH A MOOSE.
Animal Was Stuck in the Deep Snow
and Was Helpless.

from tne BOSTON Herald
The deep SHOWS of the late winter and
spring have been particularly hard on the
game in the Maine woods. AT Bemis and
on the line of the Portland and Rumford
Falls railroad there were six feet Of snow
in the woods only last week
moose. evidently weary of wallowing in
so much snow, took to the line of that
road and was driven down in front of a
train till he came to a culvert. four or five
miles above Houghton's station Here he
Swas able to turn out and went I'D the
,<tream. avoiding the deep snow either.
The railway people carried the news
down the line. and a crowd of people some
armed with cameras, went up to see the
animal. Rumford Falls correspondent
says that the moose got injured somewhat
in the culvert, and hence was unable to
get through the deep snow. The fish and
game commissioners We're notified, and they
telegraphed for the moose to be carefully
watched that no injury come to him. Later
they ordered his capture. suggesting that
he be surrounded with a wire fence and
taken in that way.
Mr. ]. f. Stephens of Rumford Falls
writes that the animal was captured last
Saturday and taken down to Houghton's.
she CMr. Stephens says she" though 9th
ers claim that it is a bull weighing sou
pcunds) seemed to take things kindly after
finding that no harm was meant to
her.
Commissioner Carleton was expected TO
arrive on Tuesday, and to decide whether
the moose will remain in the section where
caught or taken for some state park. Peo-
pie in that region believe that it should be
permitted to escape into the woods in the
section of Houghton's, and thus help to
increase the game supply around the lakes.
From the Lewiston Evening Journal
1t appears that the moose halls from
Madrid. but just how far south he was
travelling is not clear He followed the
logging roads and finally struck the Hough-
ton branch of the Rumfori Falls and
Rangeley Lake railroad. But on Thursday
the moose and a train bound in the opp0-
site direction met on a treStle, and as the
train showed no signs of stopping turn
ing out. the moose took its life in its
hands. so to speak. and jumped from the
trestle f1oundering in the snow to the bot
tom of the fill The train was stopped and
all hands piled out and gave chase. They
pelted the poor beast with snowballs, small
clubs, etc.-all this at short range-the
depth of the snow making the sport rea-
sonably safe. The moose was in a run con-
tanning four feet of soft snow and a growth
of wood
On Friday a party of four boarded an
| engine and rode up to see the moose. Mr..
| Archie Mcdonald ran the steam horse to
| within a stones throw of the animal. They
! left the engine near the trestle and entered
1 the jungle There was the moose founder
| ing about in the snow. He was making
very slow progress. and all they could fire
! at him was snowballs. One man got near
enough to the monster to touch him up
! with four-foot switch. At thirty yards
| he WAS an easy mark for snowbaIIs. Now
| and then the moose would get up on his
/ ear so to speak. and wheel about as
! though to charge his tormentors.- and
at every such move there was a lively
! sCurrying for McDonald's engine. They
| were more frightened however than the
| situation warranted because it an
| utter impossiblity for the animal to over
| take them In four feet of snow
| Saturday morning the facts in the case
! We're wired to Game Commissioner Garlic
| ton who gave directions for capturing the
moose. Catch him if you cam wired Mr..
| Carleton. and We will put him in Mon
/ mouth Park
| Several photographers have visited the
| jungle and have secured excellent pictures
of the moose.
| One daring knight Of the dry plate man.
| aged to get into tree directly over the
! moose. and with a stick reached down and
! tickled the animals nose. Then. when Mr.
| Moose was in desirable attitude for a
| picture the camera man pressed the but
| ton This photographer is said to have
| secured a number OF exclusfves-one being
| of the moose in the act of standing on his
! head.
| One woman went up to photograph the
| moose. She wore red jacket or scarf.
| This was too much for the moose, though
| hemmed in by the deep snow. He turned
| and made for the offending colors. The
| oman ran. or tried to run, but fell in the
snow. The moose was stopped by sticks
! and snowballs thrown by her friends.