The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1900-03-06
NAMES WILD DOG PACK.
How They Were Hunted In the Belief
That They Were wolves.

Every man who's opinion 10 worth
quoting says that there have been no
wolves In Maine for 10 years. says Card
vills (Ms.) correspondent Of the New
York sun. For . score Of years the
Maine legislatures appropriated $500 .
year for pountiss on wolves, paying %
for ths nose and torspsws of every wolf
captured, and last winter, when the
bounty act was repealed, more than $1,000
rem aimed In the treasury because mo-
body could bring along dead wolves
enough 10 get the money. Nine hundred
and ninty Minis out of every thousand
men admitted that the Maine wolf Yves
as dead as Pharaoh's army. The thou
there was pack Of wolves around the
abandoned extract works near Duck
lake, and was willing TO prove it II any
body would pay him.
A>whole lot Of men wanted q chance to
kill wolves, or anything else for . days
pay and keep, but when the offer was
made req ally to pay $40 head for dead
wolves and no wolf no pay, there were
only three men who were willing to take
the risk. This story OF this hunt. which
occupied thrse weeks, Is full of Interest.
The first week they put mp In the aban-
doned CAMPS Of this men who had boiled
hemlock bark for extract, putting out
bits OF fresh meat among the oiearinss to
toll the animals to the nsighborhood.
The mani WINS Ia untouched for NO nluhts
The tb,ri night the invaders came, eat
| a.. -, I,I,,n. ana A.
i"S w va. u.s. . -,
| Sourin2 the morse Wnion WAS In no'o'
close BY the camp where the men stayed.
rhs nat r,gb, % stsel trans vere nut
Ano "o.' nis" ~ -, -
ou. a"" oAreiuii' o"i' o W"
slst Of one skunk. one haif-starved fox
| and four lean and shaggy dogs. The dogs
| --a ,aroar ,b.n n wnlf of m ornvish.
,-.h o.
brown Color anu migns pe miseaAen ior
wolves By those who did net know the
d,st,net,op bstvesn the two animals,
Ts..- :, A.. 800. ,..ra st,r,ad ana
Afee Vi sne Do'io'
the pelts were stretched ana treated 70
salt and alum for PRESERVATION. Inc
fourth va, frozen 70 show VIVA. Si me- Oh
animals ran loose In eastern Malne
Then the party moved on to Great Pond,
carrying their gcous ON their haoSs' De-
cause ths horse WAS dead.
since the wolves came 10 Great foho
the farmers OF the neighoorn0oa nave
made money at snsep EASING. Ins stats
pays Tor all the sheep kiiieu py Win All
mails As the township assessors TX the
value OF the slain animate, ana as those
| officials DON'T pave 10 pay tue manages
out CT their own poosets' the price Is
made TO satlsfy the fariners. "hen tine
hunters stated their mission tns farmers
re Sc In rebeIlious provost ontii Frovi-
denoe had sent the wolves the shepherds
had been compelled to take their mutton
| to Bangor, 53 miles away, oeiore they
could sell 10. Since the wolves mad az
rived there WAS home marked ler All
they could sell, and at rates whlhn tns
niggardly market mfn would not pay.
In spite OF such protests, the hunters
| tied an old wethtr to stump IN clear
| Ing and waited for the wolves TO ooine TO
eat It. The wsther s.ampeo In Tue snow
and tlested protests until nearly ~
o clock. Then something howleu from
the north emil OF the ponu, rive tnihutes
later it howled again, anu was answered.
by long cry from the pines on tns ense
shore Inc werner priokso Up MS ears,
and pleaded eloquently for aid:
III wolves are coming, silu Ia heh-
needy. "Chuck your magazines iul OF
4o-9o's and gel rsauy TO seoot. ,,,
IN Few minutes the woois were iuii
OF walls aud barks anu angry grows
The beasts were oonverglpg upon tnsir
prey from south. east ana w%s., A hall-
grown moon was dipping 70 tne "esl.
auurding light enough 10 sno" tne
dusky forms as they raced across the
white pond. The wetner tuggea az MS
line and dashed TO ana iro IN terror.
Two galloplng animals reaehe9 the oank
and rushed upon their trey. before tney
were done drinking the warm pIoou ~
more had arrived, ana more we're noin-
Ing.
lake the middle, 6lI, saiu henne-
dy, In whisper. on, jim, pug away
at the lett, while II see what oAo 90
for the right. READY Let 'em nave u
ahey enpiied their magazines among
the lighting PACK, ana mad hren 10"
shots from the second Ioaulhg Deiors the
sprtlVlnS coasts usu 10 tue Woous' 1He
body OF the weihsr was scattered over
many rods OF snow when was mapped
with pools and splashes OF frozen -oloou.
Lying around sinSly or 10 hehps, as tney
had falier, were 10 deau OF nylDB anl'
| mails, with sharp ears ana long, DubDy