Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-04-09
STATE HOUSE.
Game Commissioners Of New
England to Organize.
Directory Of Maine School Improve
ment League Issued.
No Marked improvements to Be Made
at State House This Summer.


\ meeting of more than ordinary
Importance will be held at kineo i'll
July. next, when the members of the
Maine Sportsmen'S Fish and Game As
ISOLATION 20 there for their annual
outing. At that time the members OF
the fish and game commission of the
New England States and of the Mr.
antime provinces will have a meeting
for the purpose of forming an assOCia-
ton OF the commissioners of thos states
and provinces 1t is believed that such
an organization will prove Very help
full in the work Of protecting fish and
\ game in the provinces and New Eng
land States.
Il Commissioner Carleton will. at the
II ernest solicitation Of his friends. de-
liver an address on the history of the
struggle for fish ana game protection
II in the State Of Maine. He is already at
Il work upon the paper. which h" pro-
poses SHALL be an exhaustive one. coy
"ring The subject from the passage Of
the first Inv protecting either fish or
game down to the present time. That
il Will b. paper which will be listen
ma members Of the fish ana game III
ISOLATION, there assembled, goes with
out saying.
! In conversation with the Kennelec
! Journal man. yesterday morning, Com
| missioner Carleton said that nc rather
I Expected that the coming spring fish
/ ing season would be good one Said
! he:
! In tho old times they always claim
Ell that the late going ont Of the ice in
III" ponds. lakes and streams made
good fishing. Sucn being the case this
! spring fishing ought to be the best
which Maine has known since the ear
/ ~ days. before the fish had been ex-
| terminated by tn" uses Of spear net
anu explosive. Personally. l look for u
| splendid fishing season this spring"
! a. yet there is but little fishing in
! Maine. only a few IF the streams have
! Hrcne1 and practically none of the
. AXES and ponds, so that. as the law Of
| Main" makes a close time until tho Ice
IS out of tie ponds. the fishermen have
/ been forced to content themselves with
! cooking at their gear AMI signing for
! the ice - e. out. However. it won't be
many days now, in all probability. he
fore they will have plenty of oppor-
tInity to 20 forth ANA enjoy themselves
! Z. E. Hut hinCS Of Watcrvi!Ie. has
| been appointed superintendent Of thu
MooS"hcli lake fish hatchery located
m Squaw brook. T. succeed Charles e.
Nichols Of FoXcroft. resigned. Nj
Nichols has been connected with Hill.
| hatchery from the Gay the first ground
| WAS broken for the work Of constru-
tinn to commence. He was in charge
Of the construction and. later Of tho
coUinin-. acting. Of course. under TIL
| orders "f commissioners OF inland fish
ana game. When tha hatchery WAS
completed AMI dcaIy for use. Mr.. Mich
"ls WAS. as had bean expected would he
b" CIsc. appointed surerintnn ont
Tor III. present he will devote himself
! to the management OF his large farm
in Foxcroft. though it is hinted that h.
may return to tn warden service OF
the commission. Of which ne was for
many years a most efficient member.
TIE educational department has just
completed ana issued :, directory OF th,.
presidents of the local leagues of the
School Improvement league through
'
cow uicnt by those interested in the
work of the league. The directory con-
tliDs 500 names. though it is believe
that this does not include all the prtSi-
dents. as despite the great effort made
to mako the list complete it has been
founl imnossible to secure Ill names
| Presidents whose names are not in
Clud"l in ;hs Directory are requested
t. scnl their names with addresses to
the state secretary. Kate Macdonald.
NachiaS who will likewise he glad to
r"c"jv" information Of any corrections
that shout! be made in the names or
addresses included therein.
State House folks are beginning to
figure cut that summer is getting clos
1T hGnl. ana in fact have been think
ing So for some time past. The idea
was clinchcI. on Friday morning. when
VI. ". Wl.sWeli. or the treasury depart
mcnt announced, on his arrival at the
capitol. that he should. that day. open
his cottage at Cobbossee for the sea-
son; that henceforth and until snow
fIcw Mrs. Wiswell ana himself woul.l
make their home at the lake.
With all the changes and improve
ments which have been made in the Can
itol elevator during the past winter ii
has been hard for tho>t who use it daily
- get accustomed To it. but they AZ"
gradually becoming rcconclod to the
changes and while they mourn III loss
Of the big soft seat which formerly was
a portion of the lifts equipment they
recognize that its removal is. On the
whole. a good thing and SO do COM
planning. Probably no one thing has done
more to accustom people to the change
than the presence of Genial Alf' Perkins
at the lever of the carriage. Mr.. Perkins
has been doing duty there for a long time
and his never-failing good humor and ev!-
don't al.sirn 10 he OF aSsistanco to all who