The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1901-01-30
Protest Of Portland WOOdcOek
ShOOiiStS.
Want Present Law on
Birds Repealed.
Bill TO Tax Deposits in Savings
Banks and Trust Co.'s.
rsrrc1AL TO THE rREss.I

tsPRCIAL 10 THE FREss.1
Augusta, January 20 --rhe legislature
re-assembled today and the flood gates
being opened torrent of new measures
set tbs wheels of the legislative mill
rumDling.
SoNGO SINUOSITIES.
The Sinuous Songo seems to be taking
as winding q course through legislative
halls as 1t does between Its shelving
banks In Western Cumberland. Last
week, the con- mittee on interior waters
yoad to report adversely the bill in re-
lation"to log driving there. Today Mr..
White of Naples introduced another bill
which sesks to accomplish the same end
under different conditions. This DIN
makes the date after which log driving
Is prohibited June 10 instead OF June 10
snd makes exceptions If cases ot.unavoid'
able delay. The bill is as follows:
Section l-All persons using the chan
mel OF Chnte river and Songo river In
the town of Naples in the county OF Cum
beTlard, for the purpose OF driving logs,
pulp wood of any description, shall have
the channels free from such logs, pup
wood and lumber on or before the 10Th
day OF June under penalty OF slOO
day for each otfenEe.
Section 2.-EveTy person using the
channtl of the above rivers Tor DRIVING
logs, pulp wood and lumber shall be- re-
unired to keep a daily record showing
when and where the drive was started,
the amount of lumber or pulp In drive,
the number of men employed and the
number of days required TO complies
such drives from the plsce OF starting 20
the waters OF Sebago lake.
Section 3-Provided, however, that the
persons using said rivers for the purpose
OF driving logs, PULP wood or lumber
can prove that they regan the work oil
driving said logs, pulp wood or lumber
at the earliest possible moment after
the ice left the rivers and made every
reasonable efTolt to get the drive to Sc
bago Lake then, and In sucn event, such
person or persons, snail be exempted
from said penalty.
PORTLAND SHOoTISTS PROTEST.
The Port land gunners who In days OF
yore secured the country In pursuit OF
the fat and Iuo,ous woodcock, have been
heard from in protest against the
present law which, they say, makes Maine
a breeding ground for the woodcook
which are shot by Massachusetts, sports
men. Today Senator Virgin introduced
the following petition and moved its
reference to the committee on inland
fisheries AMI game:
''To the Hon. Harry X. Virgin and all
other senators and representatives elected
In Cum berland county TO the legislature
now in &c 4sion at Augusta, Me, and all
other wocdoock shooters OF Cumberland
county, solicit the influence OF senator's
elect to repeal the law that was made
some two years ago prohibiting sports
men OF Maine shooting woodcock until
the 18th of September whereby depriving
Main, sportsmen from shooting any
woodcock bred in Maine ana giving
them to Massachusetts sportsmen, which
is decidedly wrong and an insult to
Maine sportsmen. We Cumberland coun-
ty shootists some three years ago or more
had a law passed whereby we could
shoot wocdcock September the LIST and
partridge the 10th, which was perfectly
satisfactory to the sportsmen of Maine,
but quietly and unheknown to US the
law was changed and now we, the wood
cock shooters, respectfully ask to have
the law changed whereby We can shoot
wocdcock SepIem ber LIST ard partridge
the 18th. We claim the privilege of shoot
ing few woodcock bred in Maine before
they make Hight to Massachusetts,,
which is no later than the seDonds week
in September. We think We have right
to bag few woodcock bred in Maine
before they leave for the west"
Ths signers TO this protest against
protecting Maine woodoook for the bene-
tit of Massachusetts gunners are Joseph
N. Marion, L. L. Randall, Arthur Ii.
Gray, Silas b. Adams, w. Il. Dunham,
Il. q. Peterson, ]. X. Peterson, q. Ia.
Davis, Il. Il. Cummings, Charles +.
Jordan, Harry b. Lowell, +. l.. Marston,
Z. ). Randall, w. n. Taylor, George +.
Loveitt, W. f. Loveitt, j. +. Fowler, W.
II. Soule, George q. Cobb, e. X. Davis,
George Ii. barton, Il. b. Davis, Ira
Crocker, Charles II. Newell. George b.
Leavitt, Sumner Barbour, Charles stan
wood, Charles f. Cannon, II. IL. Mer-
till, Luther Redlon, W. Ii. KohIing,
Charles A. Kohling and Charles M. TAI
bat.
THE BANGOR BRIDGE.
The famous Bangor bridge is again a
subject of legislation. bill having been
introduced today TO provide that 1t may
be taken by the cities OF Bangor and
Brewer upon the payment of just price
which in case of failure to agree may
be determined by u commission to be
appointed by the chief justics of thu
Supreme Judicial court. The Bangor
bridge is one of the few toll bridges In
Maine.
Another bill of interest in Penobacot
enunEv Is that authorizfn0 the oountv