Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-02-24
STATE HOUSE,.
Wolves Are Not Guilty Of
Killing Deer
Slaughter Now Laid to Com'dr.
Peary's Eskimo Dogs.
Maine School Superintendent Hold
Meeting In Senate Chamber.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Tuesday, Feb. Is, at 10 A. M.

i rom winch mas DGen
received by Chairman Carleton of the
Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and
Game relative to the reported killing of
a deer by wolves at Little Sebago lake
Il few days ago, it is not now believed
that the killing was the work of these
animals, but that of some Eskimo dogs
which were left on an island in Casco
bay last season by Commander r. L.
Peary, the Arctic explorer, and that
while these animals might easily b..
mistaken for wolves by those not
familiar with them, it is probable that
they were the ones seen by the war
dens at the time that the deer mas kill
ed.
Commissioner Carleton received Il let
ter Saturday from Game Warden NJ. G.
Morrill, Of Gray, under date of Feb u.
III which the latter says that he is con-
Nin'ed that the killing of the deer in
question was not the work of dogs In
The tan or late in the fall ana early
winter, Mr.. Morrill, says, that there
were several yards of deer in that vi
tinity, but that within three or four
weeks he had noticed that they had
abandoned their Yards and were scat
tered ard in very disturbed condi
ton. Ec had been inclined to lay the
troubi" TO hounds and saw iva on .
deer track also saw the deer He
caught one of the dogs and killed him
ON IN" morning that the deer was
Killed At Liz" :;eLaGp the les WAS
glare 50 that the animals left no tracks.
Dut ne set :: man 20 watch for them
ANA left meat or the ice. Later il
came on 70 snow and then peculiar
thInS happened. Two charcoal arches
about Il quarter of a mile from the
lake We're on fra and they made a lot
81 smoke which tioated out on ;he lake,
and covered it up so that one could
not see dog ten rods ahead, so the
men concluded to leave the island and
remove the scent of human beings,
and take their chances on the snow by
tracks the next morning
On the morning following Warden
Morrill, and another man visited the
lake and found that the animals had
been there but had not visited the
meat. The two men took the tracks.
however, which We're side by side, and
followed them until they were mingled
with lot of hound, rabbit and fox
tracks in a swamp. The next day
Warden Morrill, took two men and
looked over some of the high cliffs
and lodges in that vicinity to see If
they could locate the dcns of the ami
mails but were unsuccessful and up H.
the time of writing the letter had been
unable to find them.
Warden Morrill, further states that
the story of two wolves having es-
capped from Dcering Oaks vas not
true, but that several people in Port
land said that Commander Peary has
some wolves on an island down the
coast from Portland and that when
tn" water frozc between the island
and tn: mainland some of the animals
went across. In closing his letter War
den Morrill, said that he with three
other men would start out on the hunt
again Saturday and if the animals
We're in that section of the country
should try and locate them ii possible
Chairman Carleton has also received
:: letter from Game Warden L, NJ
Handing OF Bangor in which the lat
ter states that while on Il cruise last
fall among the islands Of CnSco bay
he s,tw Il Hot Of the Eskimo dogs
which lad been left on an island by
Peary.
Chairman Carleton is convinced that
the animals seen by the wardcnS on
Little Scbago lake were two of these
dogs and is determined that the hunt
for them shall be continued untid they
are disposed. Of if possible.
At Il meeting Of the Association of
Maine School Superintendent. held in
the Senate chamber Saturday Supt
Dennis f.. Bowman of the public
schools of Waterville, presented Il reso-
luton recommending that the assoca-
ton favor the establishment Of a
board of education in this State, AMI
that a copy of the resolution he sent
To the Legislative committee which now
has the question of the creation of
board Of education under considerations
AlonZo ]. knowlton, superintendent OF
schools at Belfast. and f. l.. Palmer.
superintendent of schools at Dexter,
spoke IN favor of the resolution, while