Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-07-27
Restrictions Placed on Trout
Fishing In Cold Stream Waters.
I avail Reserves Will Cruise o.
the y. S. S. Prairie.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Nsxt Meeting Of Governor and Coune"'
Tuesday, Aug. 13, at 10 A. M.


lanes Plumnaer, secretary to the
poard of State assessors. who has just
rstn,ned from a trip of exploration
! ss..,,h the members of the board up IN
ssaornerset and Piscataquis counties
Z anring which they examined CLOSELY
kss,ho existing conditions as REGARDS the
t,nher growth. the soil. the lay OF the
,a,,, as we'll as other details, reports
that hetrip was a very successful one
4, .varvF particular,- and that by their
40, observation and by minglinS with
~. guides who make that region their
h.mes they were able to acquire a
,arae amount of valuable information.
In speaking Of the land itself MT.
p,ummer said that. at the westward OIL
Moosehead lake and that vicinity; as
well as some of the, land to the east
ward. the soil was very rocky ana
y hard, and after the timber had oee"
k.cut off would take many years 10 pro.
I<aucet another growth, neither wouiu -
Ea1e adapted for the use OF farming ~
b in Oxford and Franklin counties INC
soil was found to be very diiieie"''
n and the trees grow much faster.
During their trip the assessors 'isi'-
q ed M0osehead lake and expiored anu
examined the timber growth IN that
locality. and of course while they were
80 near. visited kineo. Mr.. RUNNER
s,a,es that the resort of the great in
land sea. Moosehead, is growing year.
! " in popularity. There are many
~ ,,ennie Al the Kineo House and num-
r. her Of new cottages are going up thls
~ season. The increased facilities for
q reaching the lake are bearing fruit, es-
I necially those afforded by the Somer-
% set extension.
~ This road, says Mr.. Plummer. is
destined to greatly develop the locality.
q III Is TO a certain extent in the rough
tE, hut there Is a lot of work going on at
% its terminus at Birch Point in the way
x of finishing up and everything Will
soon be in first class condition. The
new hotel, the lockwood, owned by the
rs COMPANY, is located on the Point
Z across an arm Of the bay from kineo
y and Is doing good business, and takes
Its name from it's location, which Is
knawn as the lockwood strip. The
fax1toad station is close to the hotel
md the new wharf which has been In
: eess 0fs construction and on which
nUffaek VIII be run out. Is nearing
SG6npletiOn. There is also "a great
k3eal being done there in the way of
K6iling i'm and when it is completed the
Ebcality will be one of the beauty spots
1Cf the State The party came down
lover the road on their way home, and
NJ the trip was most enjoyable one.
@From the lake to bingham the road
runs through the wilderness, with an
occasional lake to break the mcnotony
Of forest scenery and gives to the tour
list an experience not easily forgotten,
and being the snort line to the lake is
destined to be very popular.
Announcement was made Friday at
the office Of the Commissioners of In
land Fisheries and Came of decision
whereby it shall be unlawful for four
years from Aug. l, 1907, for any person
10 take. catch, kin or have in his pos
session i'm one day more than ten
pounds Of trout in all in the waters of
Cold Stream and all the tributary
waters of Cold Stream, including all
the ponds whose waters flow into Cold
Stream.
The waters are situated nearly in
West Forks plantation, Upper Cold
steram township, Misery township and
Johnson Mountain township. in Somer-
set county.
announcement was made at the
Office Of the ad'utant general Friday
mat the annual cruise of the Ships Co.
OF the Naval Reserves would COM
mence on Tuesday, Aug. 20. and con-
t'hue until and including Wednesday,
Aug %. The vessel assigned for the
use OF the Reserves during the cruise
+. the U. s. S. Prairie.
/. o. w. Poland of Washington, who
mas the contract for boring the artesian
well on the State ground for the use
VI the National Guard during its en-
'ampmantS there. has arrived with the
necessary apparatus and will commence
WORK as soon as the weather is suit
able. A siX-inch we'll will be sunk and
'ae location will be in a slight depres-
won between the Gile place and the
mess houses at tine west side of the
a'ates property. IL is expected that
IN ample water supply will be fur
"ished for all camp uses.
Attorney General Hannibal F.. Ham
IN of Ellsworth was at the Capitol Fri