Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-10-06

something in the humpback salmon
| line worth mounting and worth seeing
Even these specimens attracted no
end of attention on Friday. but few
people in this section having seen that
variety of fish.
| The letter from Supt. Rocher also
| alluded to an important matter, which
| Mr.. Austin consents to making pub
| lie, on account of the statement which
will be found following the extract,
which says:
The Dennys river is full Of the spe-
| cies but there is no fishway that is ad-
| eouate and they are spawning on the
) rips below the mill and the waste from
! the sawmill, especially the sawdust,
! flows down the river and is covering
| the eggs, which is very sad state
/ of affairs.
! "Once more. in behalf of the Bu-
reau of Fisheries. I beg of you to in
| tercede in behalf of a new f1shway,
also to have this mill provide car
rier for refuse matter.
| "This river is beautifully located for
! this species and the Bureau OF FISH
| cries has expended great amount OF
money. introducing them in Eastern
| water. and I respectfully ask that
your commission assist in this matter
if possible
II discovered many Of this species in
tho Pembroke river at Pembroke and
was 81, notified by Mr.. Frank Perkins,
for which I wish to express my sincere
| thanks"
| The Frank Perkins mentioned is from
| Bradley ad one Of the Maine iniano
Fisheries and Game Commissions EN-
| cent wardenS
| Chairman Austin's statement, 1ol-
! lowing the wishes expressed by oupt.
| Rocher in his letter, were TO the erect
that the commission had already peen
giving attention to that very matter
and the places had recently been VISIT
ed and the conditions investigated
fishway is now being Installed IN
! Tho perchroke river at Pembroke ana
+bo owners of the dam at DennysVllle
have recently agreed to equip thelr
s.,,, With a proper kind Of fishway and
m have it in operation this season
| I, will thus be seen that the Maine
Inland Fisheries and Game Coiiiiiile
| s;on appreciates the fine WORK pe.iis
| done nv the government on our Md
| coast and have been and are more ',,ah
willing 20 cooperate in every possioi7
uav to make a success or all such az
tennis. The prospects OF great 'oli-
! ,erc;al industry arising from the ia
! reduction Of the Pacific hurnPoach
| .a,rnon in the Maine coastal "atci'
ore already so fattering that we '"i
fool repaid for all the outlay
| The inland Fish and Game Connnls-
, sion has been notified of an Interesting
case in Hancock county. the prosecu-
tion of two men for the illegal posses
sion of moose meat and their as
! charge on account of lack OF evidence
ia connect them with possession or the
meat, the latter being much in evl-
dence. The Ellsworth American gives
the following report of the case
| An interesting moose case was heard
in the Ellsworth municipal court Mon
! day. Aldana Richardson and B. g.
| Archer. both of Tourtelotte Ridge IN
| the town of Mariaville, were the re-
spondents.
Warden Crosby one day recently saw
the two men going over the Airline
road with a jigger wagon. His sus-
picions We're at once aroused IN 1ne
evening he went by automobile to the
! Airline fOdu anu dWditSN NY
of the men.
| He was rewarded about II O'CLOCK al
night when the team, loaded, came
along. He stopped the men, whom he
recocnizod. and started TO examine the
load, which he believed to be moose
meat. Warden Crosbys wife who ac-
companied him, also saw the men and
! the meat
/ AS Mr.. Crosby was looking over the
meat. the men whipped up their horse
and rushed past the automobile. Be-
fore Mr.. Crosby could crank and turn
his car, they had disappeared. He
! followed hut lost track of them.
! With Chief Warden Macomber
Warden Crosby the following day went
to the scene and found tracks where a
! heavy wagon had turned out of the
road into the bushes, only short dis
lance from where Warden Crosby had
met the team. There were evidence
that meat had been unloaded there
but it had been removed One piece
! of moose meat which had fallen be-
hind a log had ben overlooked, how
ever, and was produced in court
! Judge Mason decided that the evil
dence was not sufficient to connect
the men with the piece OF meat found
and thoV were