Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-30
THE ARIEL CLUB
Of Lewiston. Addressed by
Commissioner Carleton.
"0ut Door Life in Maine" Interest
ingly and lnteIligently Portrayed.
Large Attendance ard Much Erth.si-
ASH, Shown in Subject

irFGc gathering on out Door Lille IN
Maine 1t was an elegant portrayal
! nf the beauties of the Maine woods and
streams as enjoyed by 50 many thou
sands and the audience keenly en-
i"yed it, manifestine their approval by
! liberal applause. Mr.. Carleton said :
! Mr.. President and Gentlemen of the
Ariel Club:-I yvish first of al to ex-
press to YOU. my sincere thanks for
your Kindly courtesy, in extending to
| me an invitation To address you upon
Nsf ana game matters, tneir relation TO
| nea'th,ut and proper out door sport
aht The business interests IF the state.
u IS an encouraging omen that the
business men Of the State are taking
! \ more Intelligent interest in out door
sport than formerly. At the close Of
the Civil War, in 1865, the country at
large had no out door Snorts recog-
nized by refined and cultivated people
! as becoming and proper Angling and
hunting was practically unknown to
| the adult population, That tremend-
Gus struSgl" did much to give to us
As 4 people the right ideas touching
! out door life. When that vast army.
| thai spranS into existence rs if by
! .uagic ut thu can OF Abraham Lincoln,
had done its glorious work and dis
banded, the veterans who returned
| and love of out door he.
| They had slept In abin and tent and
on the bare ground. under trees and
stars. On the picket line they had
heard the voices of the night, the roar
4 lf mo- fni ..tt I'D foil i,n
call of birds and beasts that see in
darkness: they had seen the soft weird
glamor Of the moons light in wilder
ness places, the Respondent arch
which rooted the world, and, more
than all. the righteousness of pure air
had become known to them-of all
these they had knowledge. and the
love of these stayed with them when
the war was ended. These men knew
the value and joy of out door life, and
they contributed directly and beyond
Iestimate to the movement already in
Iaugurated, which had for its object
the Introduction and establishment of
new ideas, habits and fashions in the
lsocial life OF the American people.
Nor should we forget the debt we
lowe to literature. A new school of
writing has grown up out of this
movement in favor of out door life.
The daily and weekly press. maya
zines. and published volumes bear
Overwhelming testimony to this fact.
The state Of Maine from its northern
Isituation. its bracing air, its pure
water its varied scenery. and its eX-
emption from those diseases of a fatal
character so frequently the scourge
of southern climates, has become de-
! servedly popular as an ideal resort for
outdoor sport and summer recreation,
and the number OF those who spend
! a considerable portion Of the summer
months within our borders each year
is steadily increasing. and embraces
persons from all parts OF the country.
The conditions and surroundings in
different parts of the state are so
varied. that even the most fastidious
cannot fail of being suited. and the
people who come to Maine are not on
" suited. but charmed and delighted.
We have every graduation of rustic
beauty, q long extended sea coast,
beautiful rivers, towering mountains
and hilly districts; broad valleys and
level tablelands populous and thriving
cities; rural villages and the sombre.
lunbroken wilderness.
our long extended sea coast. with
its bays AMI inlets. and outlying is
lands. afford unlimited accommoda-
lions for seaside resorts and climate
uncxcelled for healthfulness in the
whole country. II has been the policy
Of the state for years to invite-to hold
out inducements 10 people from out
sidc Of the state to spend their yaCa-
tons with us-large sums of money
have been appropriated and expended
for this purpose, and these people have
been coming to US, in ever increasing
numbers. until Il great number visit
us annually on pleasure bent. to spend
their vacations and to fish and to hunt.
Complaint is sometimes made by
some of our people that too much effort
has been made 10 please "out siders' a.
they are sometimes called. II the js:ri-
ment Of our own citizens. This COM
plant is not well founded. Everybody
can fish and hunt on precisely the
same terms. Our tisn and game belong
To the people Of the State of Main.
and through legislative enactment
they can do with them as they choose.
The Legislature may attach any con-
Gitions to the taking of fish and game
that it sees fit. or may prohibit their
taking altogether. So the highest
icourts have recently decided.
There is one element in connection
with visiting tourists that I have never
seen commented upon, but which grows
upon me. that is. the knowledge they
obtain and disseminate of the wonder
full. natural resources slowed away in
cur woods and lakes; while Maine is
about holding her own. decade after
decade. the country at large is making,
strides that astonisil the world.
A friend of mine wrota me the other
day and asked ME this question. in this
connection: What is the matter with
Maine? There is not such an area nj
| our kind of timber SO near the Atlantic
coast. left in the United States. There
are plenty of water powers. storage
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