Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-08-13
STATE HOUSE.
Meeting Of Governor and
Council Today.
No Forest Fires Since June in
the Maine Woods.
lumbsrIng Conditions n. r. Com.
mlssioners Al s. Berwick.


STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Coun-
Gil, Tuesday, Aug. H. at 10 a. N.
The regular August meeting Of the
Governor and Council will be held at
10 o'clock this forenoon. The session
is not likely to be a long one. as there
is little besides the routine business to
/ be attended to. The list of nomina-
3 lions announced by Governor Cobb a
week ago will be confirmed and it is
. probable that the pardon cases of Con-
roy and Burr, laid on the table a
month ago. will be disposed of. A
hearing will be assigned for the Sep
TENDER meeting on the petition for the
pardon Of Oscar Watson Of Biddeford,
who Ia serving fOur-year sentence in
the State prison at Thomaston on a
charge of breaking, entering and lar
ceny.
Governor Cobb was at the Capitol
Monday. busy with matters to come
before the Council at today's meeting.
No fewer than 10000 forest fire no.
State of Maine, some being sent to ev-
cry town and plantation, and those
with large wooded sections being very
4 literally supplied. Doubtless the warn
4 ing conveyed by these notices has been
I, factor. as well as the wet summer. in
making the Maine record of forest fires
Il more favorable than for many years.
There were few fires in June in Som
cot q nd nch h,,t
z they were not extensive and did very
little damage. June is usually the worst
. month Of the year for these great fires
which have worked such havoc i'm the
8 wild lands of this State. There were
no fires In July or thus far in August,
i and the woods are now so wet and the
n swamps SO full of water that it is very
y unlikely that Maine will suffer much
4 from forest fires this year, even if a
/. long dry spell should now come on.
Il. 1t is needless to say, however that
n there will be no relaxation in the Wig
iiance OF the fire wardcns. There are 200
4 OF these wardens and though they are
paid by the State only for time actu-
& ally spent in fighting fires or otherwise
i serving the commissioner, they are al
ways on the watch. Most of them are
men employed in the woods by private
4 concerns or engaged in running sport
ing camps and their own interests keep
them very watchful against fires These
wardens posted the fire notices in the
unfncorporated places. while the no.
tees were sent to the selectmen Of the
towns and the assessors Of the organ
lied plantations.
m tS no ri
on all Of the Maine rivers are now in
the boOms. or just as good as there
The drives have been especially clean
this year. no logs being left to win
ter in the streams and brooks This of
. course has been due to the high water
which has continued through the sum
mer. ard the oldest lumberman cannot
recall more favorable spring and
summer for getting out the logs Now
IN midsummer when the rivers are
usually the lowest. they are still well
up to the spring pitch. 1t is roughly
estimated that last winters cut in
Maine was about 800. sOo. 900 feet of
spruce aud perhaps 100000 feet of
pine. most of the latter being in the
southwestern part of the state where
second growth of pine has now de-
&
those first great pines which gave
Maine the name Of the Pine Tree State.
I Commissioner Ring proposes to get
from the various lumbermen, mill own
ers and driving companies exact and
D accurate figures as to this cut, not to
be used in detail but simply in the ag-
eregate. Such statistics have hitherto
been too often the result of guess work
hoiv nl,,a no
HANGED II they are known to be abso
lutely correct
The lumbermcn are already locating
the camps i'm the woods and making
active preparations for next years cut.
In the old times numbering was strict
ly a winter business. but in these times
practically all the cutting is done in the
fall and this part Of the work is end
ed by New Years. The Indications point
10 very large cut. though the search
" OF labor is a serious obstacle to be
overcome.
The railroad commissioners are mt
South Berwick today. where a hearing
Will be held on the matter of crossing
or the Boston & Maine and the Atlant-
ic Shore Lines. This is a matter which
mas long been in controversy. but it is
likely that a satisfactory settlement
will be made.
The three members Of the Board of
STATE Overseers. with Mr.. Plummcr.
the clerk Of the board. are in south
eastern Maine this week, where three
meetings will be held in addition to
various side trips and informal con-
Ierences The meetings are at Calais
tuesday: Machias Thursday: and Ellis
worth Saturday.
The many friends at the State House
VI Hon. A. p. Gordon of Fryeburg, one
OF the inspectors of prisons and jails
and recently a member of the Execu