Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1915-01-22
Maine SP0RTSMEN and GUESTS
BANQUET ON THURSDAY EVENING

The members of the Maine Sportsmens
Fish and Game Association and guests
sat down at the banquet tables in the
Augusta House banquet hall shortly aft
er O'Clock Thursday evening. Manager
Emerson served an excellent banquet in
most acceptable fashion 10 ia diners
Among those present at the banquet
We're the following we'll known sports
men of Maine and neighboring states
together with many other prominent citi-
zens of Maine. wardens. guides and low
ers of the wild II. D. Waldron of Port
land. Heber Bishop of Boston, Roland
+ Whitehouse of Auburn, Charles 3.
Carter of Lewiston, Blaine S. Nies OF
Augusta, John S. T. II. Wilson of Au-
burn, Willis ". Fisk of Providence,
James ". whipple' of New York Hon.
John Burnham of New York. c. c. VII
son, George W. Ross of Vanoeboro. Mat.
thew Morrill, of Gray, Cyrus r. Blanch-
ARD Of Wilton, Thurston Burns Of West
brook, Joseph W. Emery Of Manchester.
Capt. w T. Pollard Of Foxcroft, Harry
B. Austin of Phillips. Walter A. Plum
mer Of Lisbon Fails. F. Ray Neal of
Waldo, Dr. Ezra H. White of Lewiston,
Arthur G. Staples of Lewiston, Edward
Lowell of Lewiston. Harry NJ. Smith Of
Bangor, Hon. John F.. Sprague of Dover,
j. ]. Pooler of Portland. D. L. Cummins
of Houiton. c. c. Murphy of Rangeley.
Harold l. Goss Of Augusta, Hon. Forest
Colby of Bingham, Ivan E. Lang Of
Bowdoinham, Horace II. Fowler Of
Portland, Charles E. Cobb of Denmark.
u. s. Wait of Lewiston, Robert D. Hodg
don of Lewiston, Roland T. Whitehouse
Of Auburn. Walter /. Neal of Belfast.
The address of the evening was deiv
cred by James W. Whipple of New York,
! one Of the best known opponents of for
, est and game conservation in America
4 and a man who has accomplished as
much IS any American in the work of
conservation. Mr.. Whipple so impressed
the legislators Of New York state with
! the necessities of his department when
he was the official head OF the state work
that for six years not a dollar asked in
! appropriations was refused and not a
! Law suggested was denied the people of
the state.
At Disadvantage
The speaker was at a disadvantage in
and views and stated that he had be-
come SO accustomed to speaking only
with views to prove his statements that
he would prefer TO be excused Before
he asked to be excused. however. he
had said enough to convince the ban
Queters that they wanted to hear all
that he could say in the time available
and he launched forth into one of the
most eloquent appeals for conservation
Yet heard in this State. and though he
did not have pictures on a screen with
which to back up his statements. he
! proved them by statements of fact which
! did not fail of their errand.
In speaking Of game and native ami
/ mails Of the wood he said that in New
! York state it was the policy of the con-
! serva ton opponents and state officials
; to make permanent residents of the Adj
rondacks all the wild animal families
were ever resident there with the excep-
( ton OF such animals as panthers. lynx
and such beasts as those considered I'M
desirable. One reason for this plan, he
said, was the fact that people like to
see these animals in their native haunts
where they belong and the desire to see
them takes thousands afeld every year.
I And, he declared. it is greatly to be de-
sired that men, women and children
! should go afield to acquire physical tone
and breathe the pure fresh air. Beaver.
/ elk, moose and other animals at one
! time practically extinct in the New York
! forests have been introduced again into
/ their old homes and not only to the great
advantage of the lovers OF nature but TO
! the immense financial gain of the bust
ness interests of the State.
$33,6oo,ooo Expenditure
He estimated that the annual gross ex-
penditure of money in one way and an
other in connection with hunting and Wis
iting the New York mountain forests
amounted to s33.600,O00. This estimate. of
/ course, included everything from guide s
| fees TO railway fares and hotel bills in
: the sporting country.
! Mr.. Whipple said that New York state
was more than satisfied with the practi-
! cal results Of restocking sea shore fish
especially the work had brought gain
and encouraged extension.
| His Age 81
| Looking into the faces of the men about
him the speaker told them they looked
like men accustomed to the ways Of the
| wood and field and given to the love OF
outdoor life with its inIgorating fresh
/ air and lfe-giving qualities. Then,
| apropos of this statement. he remarked
that he had begun active life at nine
as an employee in shingle mill. had all
| his life insisted upon being much out
of doors. and-here he startled his hear
! ers-at GO years of age expected he would
! live TO be a hundred. One would have
| guessed his age. even good Yankee
guesser, TO be not over Is or 30
| He urged upon the sportsynen the need
| Of the sort Of life they love for the
masses and pointed out 70 them the fact
| that in some respects the Eaen of the
West are broader and more comprehen-