Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-11-22
STATE HOUSE,
Maine Sportsmen's Association
to Meet in Bangor.
Will Discuss Questions Affecting
Interests ofGame Supply.
ss"oo's ." unorsat lad Townships Are Show.
ing commsadabIe Growth.

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| constitution of the association.
me secretary. General +. c. Earring
ton OF this city. stated yesterday. ma
the object of the directors in mectiu. :.
thiS time is Ia make arrangements fl.
the annual session Of the association
which will be held in Bangor in January
The time has come" said the general
when the people Of the State of Main,
must consider the preservation of gam,
as "a business proposition. While a crea;
deal of money is brought into Maine bs
hunters. and while their coming her. !,
of great material benefit to the State. til.
iact must not be lost sight of that some.
thing must be done To prevent the ille.a
killing of big game. 1t is fact that
large numbers of deer are killed in III,
close season. II is also a fact that tn.
number OF deer is decreasing year after
year There has been wanton destructio
ana with the present resources of the fish
ana game department it has been impc $
Siblr TO put a stop To the practice
At the january meeting oi the Maine.
Sportsmen's Association a full discissiu;,
Of The needs ana requirements Of the tisl.
had. and plans perfected to secure the
passage Of laws that will he NOR. effeN-
tuai IN preserving our big gam. than
those now in vogue. The matter of Ii
ccnSing hunters which has been talked
al for Il long time. will be considered an,
it is intended to have th.. question ,iiS
cusscd in all its hearings.
IT is planned to have Il big publ,
meeting III Bangor City han in the even
ing at which speeches will be- made. hv
leading citizens OF the State on the uut $
ZION of game preservation. Tn, directors
on Monday will prepare a program inl,
that meeting and will invite gentlemen
Interested in the matter to discuss the
different aspects Of the situation.
The feeling is general that new meth
DDS must be adopted if the big game in
uUr woods * to he preserved for the benc-
lit of the STATE. There have been hum
drces Of hunters from out Of the State
i'll thr Maine woods this tail. who haze
come here over foreign railroads. bring
ing all their supplies with them and hav,
conr away carrying with them an inn
m"nse amount uf gam". As genera
thin" th.S. hunters have been of no add
vantage to the people of this STATE: III, Y
have lt-ft n" money anywhere. ana they
hav" taken more game than I'll : real!
needed They do not nave registered
guides in accordance with the law ard
they DO Other things that work injury -
the interests Of the state.
The State must secure Il new source
uf rrycnue ;,nd the licensing "f hunter
seems 10 b" th- best way u rroduc :.
what is needed Evsry stat" that las ANY
gam" at a!l t. preserve for the tru1
sportsman imposes n license fcr upon all
hunters. ana there seems /" bc no reason
why the Stat- OF Maine should rot du
likewise. With an incom" Of several
thousand dollars added To The resources
If the department extra warden s"rv.c &.
may I've secured and the gam" We have
bc thereby better protected than it Is
possible IL do now"
Recent visitors at tn. fish and 2amv
mlIS.,im are as follows: Mrs \. q. An
derson Carbon. Rudolph Anderson.
Mrs J. NJ. Nichols. Augusta Edward
O'DnnncIl. Eoston.
1'h. teacher with :; salary of from SJ9i
to $i,r II year. occupying a well heated.
ventilated and lighted school room. has
no conception OF tn" trials of her sister
VINO for Il mere pittancc teaches III some
shack in the Maine wilderness far r.
moved from the centcrs Of business ana
trade Th-s,. sch"olS in un"rsanized town
ships. says EN-Surt Luce Of NaSs'ti-
buro who has charge Of them. ar" com
in. on finely ana doing It good work.
Their nJmbcr has increased, this year.
more scholars attending than ever hri"rr.
There are Is OF them now in as many
averaging about l. pnihiA
each The largest has = in Attendance.
The income "f the schools consists 81
an annual appropriation of So" by TN
state, an assessment of = cents per car-
ita on all residents Of IN" townships
wh-r, the schools keep. and the interest
ON the money OF townships in the Stat"
treasury Not all nf them have funds
there but many do. An Increased cN
prrs,. has been uccasi"ned. TINS year nv
IN. necessary purchasing OF an outfit o.
textbooks for the schools.
As showing the isolation II some oi the
schools. the one in Dyer Brook township
is located nin. miles in the woods. tn
TEACHER Ia reach it being; Obliged t" either
walk rid. ,D Il sled or :" hoFS""ach
p;tS.i,Ity hls been reached in hndinG 4
woman teacher who will bray" the tril'.
ON Nno+- river. a tributary "i Hio"s'
ho,d ,.k.. the teacher ferries a part %
his scholars across III" river I" Schoh lis
,h. morning and back again at night
ora scbool is on the st. J"hn river. ~
miles beyond Fort Kent Mf, i'"'' ~
r.,t,v visited it, Twenty miles oi th'
~. Travelled on the river IN z cdn"'
d,,,, rro,, - log. passing through MALI .
mil. or uclv rapids. While ne mas see
-. ., ,he schools ne has been unab!'
,o visit them AL but expect" !" COIN
| pl-te th, list in time
Hon. W. w. Stftson S'a'e '''''
| ~, t nublic schools, ana MIS- Ste'S"i
o.,,.. , dinner. "Wednesday evening. a
,,,;, home in Auburn |" hon -A"I"'
80, ,,,,s,.r of the National EiahS'
a,d Mrs Jones. Hon. \. }. "arhei"ei
,a,.,,r..r of the National grange. ai'
49, raob.,der. and Hon. Edward WiSSh
:. ~. educational department ana M'r
v-;-.i, The occasion Was N''N eh!o'
| able one 10 all.
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