Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-11-30
STATE HOUSE.
tuesdays Meeting Of
Governor and Council.
November the Best Month Of
Year for New Corporations.
Need Of More Protection for Deer Dis.
cussed by Sportsmen.

A meeting of the Governor and Conn
ell was held at the Council chamber at
O'Clock, Tuesday afternoon. The
usual amount of routine business was
transacted and in addition thereto the
nominations made by the Governor,
Nov. %, were confirmed In connection
with the above, Bernes O. Norton. the
newly appointed warden of the State
prison at Thomaston. was present and
the oath of Office was administered to
him by Governor HILL
The members of the Board Of Cattle
Commissioners, F. O. Beal of Bangor.
j. NJ. DeeI ing of SacO. and F. =. Adams
OF Bowuoin, We're in attendance and
through the chairman, Mr. Beal, made
Il request. asking that the appropria-
ton made by the State for the benefit
of the Eastern Maine State Fair and
which WAS unexpended, be transferred
to their account, their appreciation
having been overdraWn that they
might devote the sum to the payment
OF debts incurred by condemning and
destroying diseased cattle and horses,
many of whom We're owned by people
in reduced circumstances. The ques-
ton was taken under consideration in
Executive Council and the decision
reached was that the Council did not
have the authority to make the trans
fer
A notice was presented to the COun-
ell through Councillor Chase of Blue
hill. that petition would be presented
asking for the pardon of Calvin Graves.
who is serving a life sentence at the
State prison at Thomaston. for the
murder OF Game Wardens Hill and
Miles in Washington county, in the
fall Of 1886.
At the adjournment Of the body. the
next meeting was appointed for FRIDAY,
Dec. Is, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon.
Governor Hill has received a tele-
gram from President ID. Il. Francis of
the st. Louis Far Commission, rela-
tive to the visit OF President Roosevelt
to the fair, the text of which is as fol-
lows:
president Roosevet's visit to the
Exposition greatly enjoyed by himseif
and appreciated by Exposition man
agement and the people. who welcomed
him in large numbers. He saw and ad-
mired Maine building and expressed
great qualification at participation OF
your State.
The Governor is also in receipt of
letter from James Wilson, president of
the American Forestry Association. in
viting him to attend as a delegate the
American Forest Congress. to be held
at Washington. D. c., Jan. &c. 1865,
dele
gates. III accordance herewith. Gov.
Hill has appointed the following gen
tlcmcn: Charles f. Oak, George Eaton.
A. A. Rurleigh, :. w. Philbrook and
Frank G. Deering.
The month of November, which
comes to a close at midnight. tonight,
has been ali unusually prolific one III
the way of corporations. Up to Tues
DIV noon, the certificates of "a had re-
cei-ed the approval of the Secretary OF
State, aud 1t is likely that before the
month Of December comes IN, the
number will reach an even 100, perhaps
more. AS it is. however, the figures
exceed by good margin, those OF any
month for more than year past. Inc
Capitalization of many when nave
been received through the month mas
been large a number of them reachlIls
into the millions. and OF two when
were approved, Tuesday, the capltal
stock was in one case $5OOO,OOO, anu III
the other. 81 500. 900. Portland leads III
the number of corporations FORMED
during the month and Augusta comes
second. The average of the numper
of corpora tons received each nohlh
during the year is about 50, but tnat Vi
November will lead them all.
fact that is becoming apparent to
snortsmen. and especially those who
| have been into the Maine woods, this
season. is the increasing scarcity oi
deer. and the growing CONVECTION ina
something must be done to give 1ur-
| Their protection to this type OF ois
game in order to save it from becom-
| ing extinct. And with this 1eeiiis
within the breasts of those who have
~. interests of Maine game at heart,
II is not unlikely that the matter VIII
h., Wrought before the coming Legisia-
ture with a view to securing the ell
actment of law which shall secure
for the deer further prOtectloh' Wy
placing a close time on does, ana oeei
without antlers. -, Lee.
The hunting season, which will close
Dec. Is. has been productive OF -
much proof of the rapid decrease III
the number of deer that many nuiiteis
have become alarmed for the safety OF
the animals which furnish the srea'
| recrea ton of the Maine woods. ana are
of the opinion that deer. like the
moose must be protected by a law
which will prevent the killing OF the
females of the family. 49,
Hunters who have gone into the
woods. this fall, have found the deel
to be fewer than usual in the hauh'.
where they used to be found aimos'
as thickly as sheep. In some places
where deer were numerous but a ie"
wears ago. solitary individuals were
found. this season. and on the othe'
hand. they were found in numbers II
nlaces where they were formerly seer
only occasionally.
| 49, o,nSa IF tha decrease. var1-