Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-01-15

The Finest Hunting Camp - NAME.
The finest hunting camp ever built In
the great north woods OF Maine 10 own
ed BY Charles n. Schwab. the New
York steel magnate, says the Portland
Express, but owing to sudden pressure
of business due to the war, the owner
never has seen his camp, which was
finished only this season.
The camp 10 located on tho banks OF
the Umculcus River In Penobacoe coun-
t., 800 miles "a the arrow flies from this
city and In the heart OF the greatest
deer and black bear hunting country In
the world. 1t IL 10 miles from Masardis
and five miles from Oxbow, from whore
hundreds of deer are shipped every
season by sportsmen.
Work was started on Mr.. Schwab's
hunting lodge last March under the su-
pervision of Walter D. Kinds, . Port
land sportsman, who for many years has
gunned the Oxbow region. Mr.. Kinds
selected beautiful spot, but 20 nearly
inaccessible that IL was necessary to
blsze trail FOR Ave miles through the
woods and then lay corduroy road In
order to tote the building materials to
the site.
Two great freshets caused by the
melting Of tho immense amount OF snow
In the woods washed away the corduroy
roads and 90 deep Was the back flow
caused by the avalanches of snow water
that the lumbermen and carpenters
several times narrowly escaped with
their lives, while two Of the horses we're
drowned.
The lumberjacks helped by guides
and several native Indians began to cut
their way to the chosen site late In
March and 1t was the first of June before
the camp was ready for occupancy.
The snow In some places Was over six
feet deep and when the road finally had
been cut through the men were nigh over
come by exhaustion.
Mr.. Schwab's camp 10 the only one In
the state of its kind, where hot and
cold water and bath room are included
amongst the comforts which make 1t as
convenient as . city home. 1t is q great
big log cabin built entirely of spruce,
with pine and cedar underpinnings.
There are three double sleeping rooms,
q main living room and dining room and
kitchen, all contained in the main build
ing which is Is feet by 45 feet, while
there is an ell IS by % feet and guides
camp in the rear with accommodations
for 10 guides and an Ice house with q
$50 cake capacity.
When it came to building the huge
fireplace weighing 80 tons and where
the hunters can sit and spin their yarns
of winters night, the gates were shut
in lumberman's dam in the Umculcus
river and the bed of the stream made
dry, 80 that the big stones could be
picked up and used BY the masons.
Since Mr.. Schwab was unable to use
the camp this fall he turned 1t over to
the use Of several parties Of New York
and Massachusetts, business men. Many
of them have hunted the Adirondacks
and the Rockies and claim that along
the banks of the Umculcus, in the
forests of Maine, the hunting is the best
they ever knew.
One party of five shot their quota OF
deer of two apiece, all the law allows,
during their first couple of days in camp.
There are five dead waters near the
camp and these swarm with ducks dur.
ing the fall, while the woods are alive
with cartridges, and the streams and
lakes with big trout. 1t is literally q
hunters paradise. AZ one hunter said,
"You can stand on the veranda and get
weeks supply of food any time"
More than one deer has been shot from
the front porch and a good caster with
long rod can bring the trout to the
river top with q dextrously thrown fly,