Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-03-25

Dacoiyp III IdN VI vi thC SACi N Vi ties
oonmittee on telegrarhs and tele-
homes. pensions. STAKE prison and
manufactures.
resolve in favor of the State House
employees
Dill relating to the wilful destruc-
.ian NJ The trailing arbutus, came from
,I,. Senate indefinitely postponed.
-, ,oction of Mr.. Hodgkins of Jeffer-
nm liII in relation to Lincoln county
rrunicirial court, WAS taken from the
,I. and on further ]. ction by Mr..
uo1qkins. the House voted to adhere.
~, ,rotion of Mr.. Higgins of LINER
"a, rho vote. was reconsdered whereby
tb.. House finally passed. resolve in fav-
49, nj the clerk to the committee on
temperance.
an motion Of Mr. Hcwes Of Palmy-
r the vote. was reconsidered whereby
,be resolve was passed to be engrossed.
ur. Howes moved to amend by in
,.r,ipg the words lone hundred and
,.rorf the word Atty in the first line.
The amendment was adopted and the
r.solye was then passed to be enSross-
"a as amended.
ON motion of Mr.. Milliken OF Island
Fills bill, IN relation to bounty on
hears in Franklin county, was taken
r,on tho table. and IN further motion
ly Mr.. Mlliken the vote was reconsid-
,rad yhereby the bill was passed to
y. anGr0sset.
Mr.. Nillik"n Offered all amendment,
by striking out the word state in the
second and third lines and inserting
md b,r irco rt inc F.
ter the word treasury III the fourth
line the words upon recommendation
,,f the county commissioners of this
county also strike out the word
"state" in the eighteenth line and in
cert the worl county also strike out
the words state of Maine" in the first
line Of schedule A and insert the words
county Of Franklin
Mr. MOREY Of lewiston: Mr. Speaker.
hnne the amendment will not he adopt
ed Tnis bill was Introduced by the dele
gation from Franklin county. who are
unanimously in favor of this bill that
has been pissed to be engrosSed. Now,
he county of oxford has received a
bounty from the State by a law passed
At rhr last session of the Legislature in
1919 During the year 1868 Oxford county
received from the State $780, and during
rr4 /. received $50. 50 that the burden
placed on the State will be comparatively
small The western part of Franklin
county. which is adjoining Oxford coun-
" Is ovcrrun with quite a number Of
bars and they work havoc with the
farmers sheep. The delegation from
Franklin county desire very much that
this bill should become a law. that it
amendment. such as Is suggested by the
gentleman from Island Falls, and it
seems difficult to imagine the reason
why. the State having passed i law for
F.,rH t,t tn tJon mo n
IN" same tenor.-why the county of
Franklin should not he paid for the hears
killed within its borders. and the State of
Maine pay bounty on bears killed
sity for that community as far as the
protection of sheep is concerned that an
act of this sort should be passed, and it
would be- wholly inconsistent with the
pr.vuus act of the Legislature of 1902
that the State should pay a bounty on
bears in Oxford county, and that the
county treasury should pay in Franklin
county.
hope Mr. Speaker. that the amend
ment will not prevail. and that the bill
that has been passed to be engrossed will
continue on its way and become law
without any amendment.
Mr.. MllLikEN of Island Falls: Mr.
Speaker, | have no personal interest In
this matter and | dislike to interfere
with anyb"dy',s project of this kind !
wish to say. in the first place. that the
hill WIS not called to my attention until
| saw it ON the calendar, tabled pending
its third reading. | happened to be out
when 1t went To its third reading. Now
with regard To the question of bounty
on bears. If | remember correctly we had
bounty on bears some time ago in this
Gears a ,:s AZ t.s' it has been said. 0xfort
county did have Il bounty on bears Now
here is the condition of things We have
IN ArooStook county. 1t any county OF
the State ought to have a bounty or
hears it ought to be ArooStook; We have
great many hears in that county. ant
great many are killed every year.
have had letters. and think others from
M"uStook county have received letter:
asking for a bounty on bears in tina
county ON this same ground. that ONtort
S"ny ma bn On" ana therefo Tow nf
men. II amounts to this.-it is not
question of one county Of the State o
another, Init whether We shall gradually
tnunt> by cnuaty. go back tn the con
dton which we had before, where W
had hnIuty on bears throughout tn
S'ai" There is No good reason VIII.
Aroos'"ok county should not have
bounty If this county OF oxford has
bounty, and probably that will be III
result NJ the next session of the i-egis
Ature In our opinion the danger is no
Et'a@ enough i'll Aroostook county $
mat the state should pay bounty i
mat county on hears. There are in tina
county men who make it their bushes
20 XIII bears for the intrinsic value q
.ie pear. There is one man IN my as
tf't who has killed nearly three hun
ufed hears i'll the last few years and VIII
makes a business out of it. He would h
glad to have this bounty placed upo
t%arS and Ii would have made n differ
thcr "f fifteen hundred dollars with hill
N III" last year He kills bears now Il
matter of business. and | doubt Yer
much whether any more would be kille
WIN this bounty. The proposition {
ms PHI Is this. that if it is necessary
rankin county TO have a bounty.
mere Is local feeling there. then
mink 1t is only fair that the count
SHOULD pay. | do not advance that id6
from any undue desire to economiZe, b'
muse II is not that amount of none
Hat vii! be paid out to the county
rankin. hut If We keep on giving 1t
que county at a time then We have
tsAlend the bounty all over the State
i'St as the different counties ask for
Relieve. on the other hand that If Il
iopie OF Franklin county would be Sa
i>teo TO allow their county to pay
IinWh'y on hears il would make only
inference Of n few dollars year
merely bring forward this amendment
II suggested On the line of what l have sal
sMr HASTINGS of Bethel: NJ
nFaher | should like to see the coun
III " rrankiir used the same as the coun
VI ,Niord is used. The county of ONfo
hlflng its bounty paid out of Il
.HtIi'e treasury. Now. this measure h
II wy unanimous support of the Frank