Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-07-22
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STATE HOUSE.
Bears Reported Plenty
In PisCataQuis County.
Railroad Commissioners Order
Two Hearings al Portland.
Three New Enforcement Deputies
to Enforce Law.
STATE HOUSE CALENDAR.
Next Meeting Of Governor and Council
Thursday, July 80, at 10 A. M.


been brought down to Augusta from
the wilds of Northern Maine it would
seem that bears will be very plenty in
the PiscataquiS county region this fall
and that their juicy steaks are des-
tined to brOil over many a campfire.
They are now seen by the wardens in
groups Of two or three roaming about
the woods and in the blackberry and
raspberry patches on the clearlngs,
and d few days ago Warden w. A.
Farmer of Charleston, whose beat is
up in the Onawa country, ran up
against five of them all in a bunch,
and had one of the livelicst times of
his life.
The story as it was told the Journal
was that Warden Farmer was coming
down from Onawa on his way to But
termilk lake, which cmpties into Sc
bee waters, and while tramplng
through the woods saw three cubs up
in n tree The warden was unarined
with the exception of u 2-caliber re-
volvcr, but he wanted one of those
cubs ana drawing his gun let drive at
the cub nearest him. The lead took
effect in the animals body and letting
out a howl he came down out of the
tree heels over head.
When Warden Farmer fired at the
cub he did not stop to think that IN all
probability the mothers of the bunch
were somewhere in the vicinity but as
he reached the tree to pick up his game
he heard Il noise in the bushes as IL Il
freight locomotive had got adrift and
was crashing through them, ana Out
came one Of the maddeSt bears i'll
PiscatauuiS county. An old bear
when she has a cub on her hands does
not turn out for anything that walks
on four legs or two, and when the cub
is i'm trouble nothing but a bullet Will
stop her The warden knew this, and
he knew also that the bullets from his
revolver would affect her about as
much as SO many black hornets.
The only thing to do under the cir
cumstanccs was to run, and run he DID.
He has some pretty good legs under
him and the way he struck off through
the woods with that old bear close be-
hind him was: a caution. He had no
pedometcr. with him but the speed he
acquired would without doubt have
put some of the SprinterS at the
Olympic sports at London to the blush.
To add t. his troubles he tripped over
stub and fell hcadlong, losing his
watch and could not stop to pick 1t
up the bear was so close to him. The
story does not say whether the bear
chased him three miles through the
woods or one, but she finally gave up
the chase and went back to her cub
and the warden was given time to get
back the wind he had lost in the race.
He finally retraccd his steps and found
hi; watch and afterwards went back to
the scene of the shooting to get the
cub, but it was not there.
1t is thought that he may be able to
get Il cub sometime but when he tries
IT again he will see that he is pro-
vided with the necessary implements
to prevent an interference on the part
of the mother bear.
Announcement was made at the Of
fec of the Board of Railroad Com
missioncrs Tuesday that hearings had
been ordered on several petitions as
follows:
on the petition of the Cape Shore
Railway for Il change in the location
of its road on Ocean street from South
Portland to the town house in the
town of Cape Elizabeth. Il hearing Will
he held at the Lafayette Hotel in
Portland at 10 A. M. Tuesday. July %.
on the petition of the Maine Central
Railroad Company for the approved of
location of railroad tracks in the city
of Portland. to extend from present
track of the company on and to a new
wharf. with coal discharging plant
thereon. of said company, which
wharf il called Maine Central wharf
No. /. a hearing will be held at the
Lafayette Hotel in Portland at 10 A,
NJ. Monday. August 10.
1t was learned at the office of the
Enforcement Commission yesterday
that three additional deputy commits
sioncrs had been appointed to assist in
the enforcement of the prohibtury law,
they being William X. Clifford of Show
hogan. George t.. Herman of West
brook and Henry A. Hodges of NaSSal-
boro. This makes % deputies in all
who are now working under the dircc-
ton of the commission. Mr. Clifford is
former deputy commissioner. having
held that position from June. 1905. to
Jan. |, 1907. MeSsrs. Hermann and
Hodges were formerly employed as de-
tectives by the Civic League of Maine.
The following corporations have filed
their certificate of organization at the
office of the secretary of state:
The International Submarine Co, or
gani2ed at Augusta. for the purpose of
building and dealing in submarine
boats and apparatus, with $150O,OOO
capital stock, of which nothing is paid
in Officers: President, J. Berry of
Augusta: Treasurer. J. Berry of Au-
gusta. Certificate filed July 20, 1908.
East Haven Land Go. organized at
Portland, for the purpose of dealing in
real estate. and for various other pur-