Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-10-03
STATE HOUSE.
Ohio Hunters and Others Off for
the Woods.
The Familiar Sound to the Kicks at
the Hunters License.
Investigation Of Incendiary Fircs-De-
partment Notes.

denS reported for a week or two have a
large number of non-residents in the
woods in various parts Of the State, all
armed with rifles and claiming that
they We're not hunting for deer but
only for cartridges and rabbits. rms
looks rather suspicious to those who
know how Il man feels, when he sees a
good shot at Il deer. even if he was not
hunting for it. When the deer is in the
right place, and the hunter IS i'll the
right place, the rifle bullet discharge!
ut q rabbit may possibly fly wide and
Kill the deer. However, so long as
these parties shoot at the right sort of
game and hit nothing else, nobody will
disturb them. Anyway it is now open
time.
1t seems rather odd to those who
have lived all their lives in the tame old
state of Maine to learn that hunters
are coming from the wild and Woolly
West to find game here. The chief
game warden of Ohio, one OF his
deputies and four other OHIO parties
called on Chairman Carleton ut his
home in Winthrop. yesterday, and all
procured licenses to hunt moose and
deer. They stated that they thought
more hunters would come TO Maine,
this year, than ever before. When
parties come 2G00 miles to hunt in our
forests, it would seem that we must
have the best there is. Maine boys
must now forget the tales of Indian ana
bison, brought to the ten cent novel
from athe Western prairies and just
make up their minds that about all
there is left of the aboriginal is TO be
found out in the back pasture, and they
can shoot it, when the law is oft.
The criticisms of the present license
law have very familiar sound, come
from the same sources as formerly,
and are promulgated in the same WAY:
only they are not as Virulent and per
haps not quite so loud as even the criti-
ciSmS on the law shortening the open
season for moose, the prohibition of
the sale of partridgeS and the guide
hawaii of which are now unanimously
acknoW lodged to be good and abSo-
lutely necessary for the preservation Of
our game. The worst trouble the COM
mission has to contend with is ms
understanding. The object Of the laws
is not to make the woods swarm with
game 81 tlloit liit IpS, van Sl''tiIH
his greed for slaughter and kill off al
the game in one season, but is fol- the
preservation of our game and its pro-
lection from year to year, so that the
inhabitants of Maine, who are hunting
more and more, every year. can enjoy
the benefit. The laws do not aim at
revenue, and they are proving that
fact as we'll as their own worth.
j. J. Pastene has been appointed
agent for selling hunters licenses at
Lily Bay. The department has re-
ccivcd request from the Iver Johnson
Arms Il cycle Works to place Il num-
Der of licenses at their office, 1873
Washington street, Boston.
In the fish department. Wallace f..
Ferry of Winthrop has been deSignat-
cd by the commission as general super
intcndent of the hatcherieS and fish cui-
turc stations. Mr.. Berry is eminently
qualified for this position. and is
recognized as one of the most expert
fish culturists in New England. The
hatcheries at Monmouth and Winthrop
have been under his charge since their
erection. and the new ones built this
year at Sehago and KanSeley were built
under his direction.
The supposedly incentliary fires in
Belfast which have been causing
good deal of excitement and perplexity
lately. have attracted the attention of
the insurance commissioners, and they
are having Investigations made. on
their OWL account. Detective +. +.
Yiartnett of Portland. is in that vicin-
:ty. and has been telcphoned by the de-
partment to give the matter his per-
sonal attention, and to give the
municipal officers all possible assistance
in their efforts to Investigate the cause
of the fires. 1t is too early, as yet. for
any comparative estimate of the num-
Der of fires for the past year, but there
have been Il good many, especially dur
ing the last two months.
Major House OF the Labor depart
mcnt was in Lewiston, yesterday, on
official business.
An odd letter which has been received
at the State House recently came to
the attention of the Journal man, yes
terday. 1t was from Il lady in Califor-
MIA who evidently allows her evangelis-
tic tendencies make up for her lack OF
information about secular affairs. She
wrote asking that the names of all
prisoners in the State of Maine who
were to be executed, or under sentence
of death. might be sent to her, so that
she could forward tracts and religious
literature to such misguided persons.
she Will probably feel her burden
somewhat lighter. when she learns that
the government of the good old state of
Maine obeys the precept, Thou shalt
not kill.
Col. Charles B. Morton OF Porto Rlco,
nov visiting his old home in TINS Guy
was a visitor at the Capitol, yesterday.
The following corporations nave oeeii
filed at the Secretary of states once
Bay State Rubber Process Company
organized at Portland, for the purpose
of Rubber and rubber substitute f'iahu
featuring with 100000 capital stock OF
which nothing is paid in. the or'eers
are. President, Frank H. swan VI
Portland treasurer, Chas. +. Iooo VI
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