Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1922-01-13

the State anything" said Commits
sioner Parsons. They are taxing
for fishing and hunting
for they are real sports"
Robert ]. Hod-don of Lewiston told
the members of tbs association that
he did not believe in the so-called
buck law.
Neither do I believe" said Mr..
Hodgdon. sin charging friend from
Providence SIS every year for hunt
ing and only charge me % cents for
a life time for the same privilege"
Howard Wood of Patten. a warden.
said that he believed that the deer
were on the increase in his section
Of the State. He could see no reason
why law limiting the number of
deer taken to one should be passed.
Otis H. Taylor of -opsfield. a chief
game warden, said that the deer in
his county Of Washington were on
the increase. and that they were more
numerous the past season than for
several years.
"why deer were travelling last
week in the streets in the town OF
Princeton" said Mr.. Taylor.
B. A. Parker of North Berwick,
chief game warden for York county.
said that deer were quite plentiful
in certains parts of his county and
that deer has increased 100 per cent.
in York county in the past 25 years.
David Brown of C-eenville, war
den, said that he did not believe that
deer were on the increase.
I'm Northern Somerset and Piscat-
aqui5 counties tf"-e Is not one deer
now where there were four Year
ago." said Mr.. Brown.
There was better hunting the past
season than ever before because there
was no crust, but should not say
that because a large number of deer
were brought out of the woods that
it is any barometer that deer are on
the increase,s continued Mr.. Brown.
Motion pictures of hunting and fish
ing were shown late in the afternoon.
Addresses at Banquet
A report that the State of Maine
had appropriated 100000 or even
less to further the work of the State
Fish and Game Department, would
be better advertisement for the State
than all of the propaganda which is
at the present being put out by vari-
Gus organizations of Maine boosters,
is the belief of Senator John F.
Sprague of Dover. He expressed this
sentiment at the banquet which was
given at o'clock at the Augusta
House. This idea was entirely in
accordance with the thoughts of the
others present at the meeting as was
manifest by the succeeding speeches.
Senator Sprague was the first
speaker of the evening and he said
that in his opinion that amount
could be secured by good hard work.
He said that the Fish and Game COM
mission and the laws which are en-
acted about those subjects come in
for more fault finding than any other
part of the State government and
that this was in face of the fact that
it was the only department which
functions to bring to this State many
millions of dollars in one way and
another.
Robert Hodgson Of Lewiston was
the POSTMASTER and he performed the
duties of that Office with great deal
of satisfaction to the others and also.
he said, with a great deal to himself.
He next introduced a former presi-
dent of the Association, George c. Orr
of Bangor.
George c. Orr Of Bangor
Mr.. Orr spoke very briefly. saying
that he was especially interested in
deer and that he thought that there
were three things that might be
remedied in regard to these animals
and the laws now in effect. They
are, first, the present law is all right,
! observe. That is an important point.
Second, shorten the open season;
it is necessary. Third, take the gun
away from the guide. He thought
that these three points WOULD be
good food for thought between now
and the time for the next legislature.
Robert Hodsson Of Lewiston
Mr.. Hodgson stated that the State
was mean in regard to the appropria-
ton which was made for the work of
conserving and preserving the fish
and game with the vast territory and
the amount of work to be done here
the appropriation is only about $780,
900. He said that the only way that
the department was able to do what
they did, is through TIE fact that
many men wrok at Small wages with
the commission rather than so away
from the woods which they love to
earn more. He recommended that the
resident hunters license. be raised
from IS cents to 50. He thought that
thing which comes cheap is regard
ed as cheap and is treated in a man.
ner BETTING it. He thought that the
higher price would benefit everyone
and that there would be no more
grumbling over 1t than over the raise
in the price of registerin autos.
Hon. Blaine S. ViIes
Hon. Blaine S. Viles of Augusta,
was the next speaker. Mr.. Viles has
had experience on the commission
and he is in full sympathy with the
work which it is doing and striving
to do. He expres sed his surprise
that the State was able to get such
talented men for wardens at the price
which it pays. He also said that
the department was in a little differ
ent place than the rest of the State
departments: that this department,
asked for an appropriation and then
turned in more than the appropria-
ton in many cases. 1t used to be