Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-04
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| consists of Il frame building for the ac-
commodation Of the lookout, his in
struments and charts
| "Wcll. Bill, you always were a schemer
| Let's get into this thing deeper. Where
| are your watch houses and what has the
| observer to aid him in locating tres?"
well. you should know that old
| Squaw mountain, which has yielded
| some Of the best pine and spruce IN its
day. IS located at the foot of MoosChead
| lake ana tina. it's top rises nearly four
| Thousand feet above the sea level When
you and l were cant-doS men on Ken
nebec waters, good timber was being
| taken from old Squaw. Mr.. Shaw is TAX
ing some good stuff Off the sides OF the
old mountain yet You will remember
| that the top of old Squaw is a bare rock,
without vegetation. On that rock has
been erected a small frame structure for
the observer. He takes his observat lions
from the top Of the house. He is pro-
vided with the latest thing in field glass
es, charts and range finders. This obser-
vatory is under the personal charge of
Mr. Shaw who is the chief warden for
Piscataquis county but overlookS a large
portion of Somerset county. You have
been on top of Old Squaw Now stop
and think of how things looked up
there"
The writer remembered Well his last
visit to the top of Squaw mountain and
recalled the scene which then was laid
before him. The scene must he the same
now Greenrille laying almost under the
rocks of the mountain may have a few
more dwelling but the forest section, al
though millions and millions of feet of
timber Gave been cut away, must look
the same. Far to the north the great
north wood stretches to where the beck
oning skies begin. a sweep of fully
sixty miles before Il mountain range
breaks the View, lays before the OBJ
server on the top of Squaw mountain.
Forty miles to the west and about the
same distance to the east with the eX-
ception that i'll the latter instance Kin
go and Katahdin break Oh the vision.
South the view is for fifty miles. The
reader should remember that the observ
er is on top Of 4 mountain which rises
500 feet above the sea level and that tn.
surrounding country is comparatively
HAT.
The whole section within the visin,
;co,. Of the observer has been churted
and mapped into squares and circles just
as war department engineers plan de
fences ut harbur entrances for the pur
poses OF submarine mines, just as tn
japanese Planned and, planning, managl
to locate TIE forces OF the Russians an.
surprise the latter by the accuracy wit.
which shells Were dropped i'll on them.
The observer goes to the roof, takes "
All cIIlrDlndNlu cnnnf1N T.,
his powerful glass, discovers nothinS
alarming, then seats himself upon Il blocr
of wood. Whether it is because Morli
chairs are cumbersome when taken to tht
roof. or because Il true observation-disclosures
prefers Il block of wood for seat. the pur-
poses of this article do not require eXpla
nation. Far away CheSuncook lake comes
down the stretch of wild land and appear.
as wide strip of silver. and this is il.
the protectoratc. of Mr.. Shaw. To tn,
west. lTassuii. l-onG pond Wool and Al
team ponds. are seen plainly. Thu SQuaW
mountain man is Kept pretty busy most O.
the time by day and if he Wakes durins
the night he is expected [" take pee.
out of tn" windows. The Canadian PA
ciflc Railway stretches across the Stat
from west t." cast ana now and then when
travcrsnS Il hong stretch Of woodland
and ii is most All that-u fireman gets
free with thu shovel and coal and 4 hiGu
column of blacl smoke appears to III,
view of the observer. AT FIRST this wa
rather startling 10 the observer. but now
he has come to tell q locomotive smok"
the moment it appears above the trees
from the base OF SduaW mountain e
The north stretches MooSchcad lake TIL
entrance 81 Moose river. Roach river
the Socdtttan, the deep feCcSSeS OF LAZY
bay are in plain view. There ar" no file
on Sruaw mountain-at least not any a
the top-and the observer brow IS ran
ned by the cool. Swtet-scentcd bre"zeS
which sweep across the big lake, laden
with inc perfume 81 y hundred lills; q
thousand mowers anu imlihoN tossing
pines. kathtr z lonesome JOB. put u"
Keen interest thnt comes over thc cp-
server IN Ms ciiort 70 El2nl w Hr5l hirK-
ef OF iiaint III thc d'rp Wo9d makes me
hiC on tile Hio",,dli w rIiuutIplt.
NOW. men. a MAJ" starts .l,;,l IN u. me WOODS
ferhapS some ctmll"r, 5quuter, Sp1itt'
or proSptct"r has dropped 4 match, shak-
"n out the coais 81 ms ,IIlpe ana haS
thought nothing oi T. me forest sec
ton has pen fXcceulnElE ury Tor many
weeks anu ne covering ol me ground Is
- li''ai'iil'tni, ~ t!it no" "a 4 po"uti
h"'Sr. Jus, think % "hat Is IN the c1xer
OF the ground IN IN" great iortSt. nm"
and spruce needles. cones. burs and
twigs. filled with oil and ready for n