Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1920-01-22
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ChiIcott. William H. Rowe. Percy Y.
Hill. J. D. DeXecher and Willis f.
! Parsons. The following were ap-
! pointed by the president: Executive
, board, the president. Harry B. Aus
tin, l.. S. Chilcott; legislative Gem
mittee. ]. c. Stevens. r. II. Hodg-
son, ]. r. Sprague, Forrest II. COL
i by. Howard Wood.
The retiring president. George :.
| Orr, gave the following address,
Message of Retiring President.
The message of retiring president.
George C. Orr referred to certain
oranges in the law. and to needs OF the
present situation. He said: The time
! mas row arrived when we should set
aside certain tracts Of forest land and
seashore fowl-breed!ng grounds as
game .sanctuaries." wherein game may
not be hunted, but allowed to propagate
, unmolested and permitted to spread out
into the surrounding country. and thus
serve the purposes OF game-St0cking
tracts In the case of forest lands We
should start with several Of these sane
tuaries. provide a keeper for each tract,
post the boundaries and instead of "A
fence a single line Of wire about four
fee. from Fe The ns These
should be 10 to 20 miles square. The
state Of Pennsylvania has "a Of these
sanctuaries. and authorities report the
scheme very successful and the game
increasing. -
hard tax on the deer supply. and ven
turetl TO estimate that during 1919 5000
to 1000 deer have been shot in Maine.
Deer have been reported very plentiful
o. hunting conditions prevailed for a large
part of the time when it was lawful to
hunt and every deer in the locality left
weli-defned trail. Almost every gum
ner got his dee. hundreds Of automo-
hi,es carried away from one to six
carcasses. and every back country farm
is living on venison. The fact that the
past seasons bag was large one is not
a proof that we have an abundant sup
ply. but rather a warning 20 have care
for our future outlook. He felt that we
should still further shorten our open
season on deer. and limit the bag to one
deer Of either sex, and that we should
take these steps before we are driven
TO ii. while We still have reasonable
supply. and not delay until we grasp at
1t in dismay.
He believed that the Fish and Game
commission is doing noble work in
the rearing and stocking OF fish. but
one thing that is needfui is a real down.
, right trout hatchery with that all
important adiunct-coid water supply.
In almost all of our hatcheries the
water is too warm in summer and 100
cold in winter for the successful rear
ing Of trout. We are forced to buy mil
lions of eggs each season. hatch them
to the fry and lingering stage and then
iiberate them in an undeveloped state
BECAUSE We can't carry them through
the warm water season. l believe that
somewhere in this State there must be
suitable locations for trout hatchery
where Criven pipes will yield a water
i supply with a temperature in the 5O-cdd
degrees summer and winter, and think
the ate should start a search for such
location so that we may be able to sell
eggs rather than purchase them. and
rear strong and healthy yearlings for
distribution. Such a hatche.;, with a
railway ..sh-car. would be worth any
eight stations that we now maintain.
&c SAID he was convinced that we
should work for national acceptance Of
the Mount katahdin region as a Fed
eral Park and said We undoubtedly need
Federal interest. and we should work to
bring this about.
! The session was then thrown open
! to a general discussion of Ash and
/ game matters. 1t was voted to have
an outing of the association this
year. the time and place to be lef-
to the discretion of the president an:
executive board. Suggestions were
made and discussed upon regarding
! the institution Of game "sanctuaries'
( for the protection and propagation Of
game.
Many of the members gave their
views on the moose situation. It is
the assertion that one or two more
open seasons will make such inroads
the supply for stocking purposes of
this steadily disappearing animal
will be too far depleted to use for
years to come.
| Another matter that came in for
discussion was the need for a real
trout hatchery with that important
adjunct-cold water supply. 1t was
the opinion that the State should
start tsearch for a suitable Ioca-
, ton SO that the eggs may be sold
| rather than purchased, such q hatch
cry would be able to rear strong.
healthy yearlings for distribution.
The Association was in favor Of
the national acceptance Of the Mount
katahdin region as a Federal park.
Last season the Legislature passed
an act in support of State parks,
but for Katahdin Federal interest is
uuAOuOtS0ty hCc0eu anu the mem.
bers Of the association were heartily
in favor of working to bring this
about.
The meeting adjourned soon after.
and William F. Dawson Of Lynn,
Mass. a member Of the famous Ap-
palachian Club, gave the following
lecture illustrated with many ster-
ioptican slides:
MI. ktaadn or katahdin
The illustrated lecture by VIM. F.
Dawson was very interesting feat.
ure: "ktaadn; in the Abenakis
tongue it meant principal" pre-
eminent" or greatest mountain.
Was it simply preeminent in respect
to their limited environment, or did
they know that 1t was ''prseminent"
| Of all the mountains east Of the
Mississippi? Other mountains ara
higher and more extensive.-viz. Mt
Mitchell in North Carolina, e710 fee.
| and Mt. Washington in New Hamp-
shire, G27s feet and have no wish to
disparage them. have an affection
ate and intimate regard for Mt.