Daily Kennebec journal., 1901-12-18
STATE HOUSE.
Chairman Carleton Talks Inter-
estingIy About Deer and Moose.
Department Is Preparing Figures
Showing Number Killed in 1901.
Storm Prevents Railroad Commissioners from
Having a Meeting.

! chairman Carleton OF the fish ant
Sa'he commission is engage in prepar
ing an estimate of the lumber Of dee
ana moose killed in Maine legally ant
4 Illegally, so far as il is possible TO OBJ
tam the figures. Besides the report,
OF registered guides and sporting camr
proprletors. which are required to b.
made by tho 18th of December. Mr
carleton is depending upon town clerks
IN PAGES where there are no guides 10,
Information. He has already sent out
queries tC I50 town clerks and has re-
ceived answers from two-thirds al
| them. He believes that when his fie-
ures are all in ana tabulated the result
VIII be the nearest ard most authentic
estimate Vet made. OF course Mr..
carleton cannot ascertain the number
or deer Killed Illegally and eaten in the
woods. but he can euumerate the car
casses which have been found in close
time and when he adds them together
he Will find they make no inconSid ar
able number.
In speaking about the matter. yester-
day, Mr.. Craleton said:
The delay in the receipt of mail
from the east is somewhat hindering
ne compilation of figures which we are
preparing, showing the number of big
game Killed the season just closed.
There must be hundred letters for
this department il the eastern mails.
Registered guides and sporting camp
proprietors as Il rule live in thc east. as
YOU undoubtedly know. THAT part OF
Maine is our game country.
Notwithstanding this dsisv the re-
turns have come III splHndGly. The
guides are not required to report un-
I'll December Is. the end Of the open
season. There are at present 1860
re sister1l guides and thus far we rava
rcC"iI ed ,cturns from nor" than 800
Of them. Before the end Il this .yeak
believe We shall have the report If
every guide who did ans work during
the season.
I'VE have sent out postal cards To
trWn clerks in 100 places. il the game
country. ani have received more than
leo replies. From these various sources
Of information We expect To be ahla to
civ" pretty reliable statement as to
the numher Of deer and moose killed |
during open season. The method of |
obtaining the information is as COM |
rict" as it is possible to make it, |
Each guild" covers certain territory |
tain hunters. He must report an !,
gamn known BY him to have been !
killed. The game wardens also assist !
in collecting these statistics.
Here's a report from Rangeley. In |
that town the report says. 200 deer |
We're killed. the past season. BY resi- !
dents Of the town. Very few hunters !
from abroad 60 there. In Eustis ana !
fou, other places adjoining. the num- |
ber Of deer killed was 40. There We're /
10 deer killed in the town Of Dxiield. !
Az i'm Damaliscotta and l. in Mt Yer |
non. The law was taken off in certain |
towns in Cumberland county for the |
first time this year, and we shall have |
Il pretty good record Of the deer killed /
there.
''Of course there have been great |
numbers of deer killed Illegally, the |
number Of which no record can be OBJ |
tained. Still it will be quite a record |
which Will be shown when our figures |
are tabulated. Whether the total will |
equal the estimate made by some Of |
Tho papers | cannot say at present. |
see it is stated that the legally and |
illegally killed deer this year will ap- |
prcximate 25.o0o | don't know upon |
what information these figures are
based and hence cannot tell as to their !
accuracy.
since the storm | have received tel |
egrams from a number of persons who
have been stalled in the woods with
deer that were shot before Saturday
night They can't get them moved, as
traffic Is suspended over east. And 81
they ask for permission to bring them
out as soon as the railroads begin run
ming again No permission can be given.
nor is il necessary, for the law pro-
vides that those killing game in open
time must remove the same within a
reasonable time. If no transportation
car. be secured. through no fault Of the
sportemen. reasonable time is allowed
them by the provisions of the law.
The railroad commissioners We're to
hold q meeting at their rooms in the
Capitol. yesterday. to take action on
several pending matters. Commits
yiorer Chadbourne was present, but
cpmmis> toner's Peaks of Dover. and
Sp0ford of Bucksport. could not get
here. 1t is hoped that railroad COM
munication with the east will permit
their coming here. today.
Cattle Commissioner Frank :. Adams
Of BuWdon, was at the capitol. yes
ttr,lay. lie was on his way To the
Grange meeting in Bangor, but couid
not 90 farther than here.
Last year there were 730 corporations
tiors organized under the general law
This wear, with nearly half a month
left TO be accounted for. the 500 mark
has been passed. and the remaining
DAYS will be enough to set the total up
tN over $50. Last year the total amount
fo, the u months was $32.3io, and up
., hp first day of December was SD.