Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-02-16
STATE HOUSE.
The New Provision of the
State Pauper Law.
An Estimate of the Wo.k in the lum-
Der Regions.
Four New Corporations File Their
Certificates.

in the care of the 5000 State paupers
in whose behalf the State government
now deals annually with about 40
towns. Judge Chase is at the head of
the Council committee or State bene-
fciaries and pensions and he has done
much to systematic this work. He
has new troubles, however. since the
last Legislature added to the burdens
of this committee by SO changing the
pauper law that under a liberal inter-
probation of its provisions a city or
town might palm Off on the State it's
bills for extending the courtesy of a
supper and breakfast to a strolling
hobo. But the Legislature forgot to
give the Council any money to pay for
such handouts. 1t appropriated Just
enough money to suffice for the usual
run of State paupers in the old mean
ing OF the statute.
To prevent any heart burnngs and
over this new law,
Councillor Chase has notified the va
rious municipal officers that the State
does not propose at this time to be held
up for the price of any handouts
which the towns may give the hobo.
To the end that there may be no mis-
take us to the attitude of the council,
Mr.. Chase has established the rule of
procedure for municipal! officers This
procedure is thus clearly set forth:
Before any person can be recognized
as State pauper it will be incumbent
upon your town 10 prove by affirmative
evidence with as much accuracy as
would be required to prove Il pauper
case between towns in court: %
That the person has no pauper settle
ment in any town in the State
Cd That he was in distress and in
need of relief. CD That he asked for
and received supplies with full know
ledge that they were pauper supplies
a. That said supplies were reasona-
BILE and necessary. This evidence must
be in the form of af1idavits, signed and
sworn to by some competent person or
persons having knowledge of all the
facts. Conclusions will not be accept
ed as evidence at this department.
This evidence must disclose: % Date
and place of birth of the alleged pau
per. (2) Where he has lived and how
long in each place. o. The number
of his family and the ages of the chill
dren if any. 90 The condition of the
alleged pauper or family and reason
for having fallen into distress.
(5) Such other facts as may be
deemed necessary to establish his lack
Of settiepent ip the State
If a town insists on having the full
benefit of the law which the last Legis-
iature liberalized, they can file their
claims and wait. Councillor Chase in
forms the municipal officers that the
next Legislature may make an appro-
priatiCn to cover the additional eX-
pense incurred and says that such
towns as wish may prove their claims
and have their evidence flied with their
claims for reimbursement.
prominent State official who has
returned from a trip into northern
Maine says that with three to five feet
OF snow Oh the ground all through the
numbering regions, the log haulers are
| making rapid progress in getting the
winters cut to the landings on the
streams and lakes and it now seems
| likely that the entire cut of new logs,
| together with all the many millions OF
feet of logs that We're left OH the yards
| when the snow disappeared last spring,
| will be gotten out. Driving prospects,
SO far as can now be judged. are good.
for the ground is frozen deep and hard,
and the snow water will all go to swell
| the streams when the logs are ready to
start. The outlook for good prices for
| logs was never better so that. with a
| favorable spring for driving. all hands
will make up the losses Of last year and
q good profit besides. Wages have
been high this winter ranging from 81
! a day to So month for fair to good
men. while cooks have received $40 to
$50 month. Provisions also have been
| higher than usual, so that the cost Of
! getting out logs will be greater than
| formerly, but prices of the product will
probably be high enough to offset ali
extra cost of operations. 1t is now pos
slble to give fair estimate of the sea-
sons work on all Maine waters, and by
one good authority the cut is approx
mately as follows: Penobscot River
! West branch, new logs, Sj.000,000 feet
old logs. 1000. 900: Mattawamkeag.
new logs, 25,0OO,G00; old logs. 5000. 0O0
East branch, new logs, 6O.O00,O0O; old
logs. 100000: Passadumkeag. new
logs. 100000: old logs. 100000
| lStdtdtIuiS, Hc" Tugs, IU.VUUUUU. OIu
logs. 100000: total 231. 0OO. 900 feet, in
Guiding 100000 feet of ord logs.
| On the Kennebec River the cut is
4 smaller than usual, but as large
quantity of old logs left on the yards
| last spring are to come down with the
new cut the drive will be as large as
| formerly. There will be about 100000
! coo feet of new logs and 25O0O,0 900 feet
of the cut of last winter. On the
AndrOscoggin River about 1SO,0OO,OO0
! feet Of logs will be cut. but only about
$50, OG0 feet OF this will come to
Maine mills the remainder being for
mills in New Hampshire. A very large
proportion of the Androscoggin cut is
| for pulp.-On the upper St John and
its tributaries i'll Maine. the Allagash
and AroostOok rivers, the cut is about
G5O0O,UO0 feet of which 100000 feet is
on the st. John and Allagash and o.
00o.Ge0 on the Aroostook. In eastern
Maine. comprising the Union. Machias.
Narraguagus and st. CroiX rivers and
| smaller streams, the cut will aggregate