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New-York tribune., 1922-02-03

Nature Be Chanycd9" 1856 chrystis
Street, so o'clocn
Dance OF the Alpha Chapter or Phi Delta
sigma Fraternity. Hotel Butmore. s
o'clock
oriental costume bali Of The National
Academy Of Design Students Associa
fion, rs West ,oath Street o'cloc;<
Lecture BY Mrs. jackson Flaming on For
slgn Rotations OF the United states -
Town Hali $50 o clock.
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THE grandmother of the flap
cer." That's what the Gentleman
With a Duster calls her in his latest
hook "The Glass of Fashion"
"The Glass of Fashion" is
singing arraignmcnt of certain
sections of modern British Society.
Mr.. Duster particularly devotes
himself to Margot Asqulth and
Colonel Repington.
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MONSiCN0R JOSEPH = BvH

pendent Orce. OF Odd Fellows, died
tn-NaV.
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fiIILLiPS-Cn January 81 Percy Cape
inonJ. husband Of Mary Y. Phillips ,ncs
Tnylorl and father Of Dr Percy T. Phil
lirs Funeral services at his late resi-
uence 2ss9 Bainbrilge av. Bronx. OF
Friday evening. February 3 at O'clock
Masonic services. $50. lnterinent Wooa -
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PORT-Cn Wednesday. February /. ,se
Wilheimina J. N. Leinbergef. beloved
wlte Of the late Paul c. Port, aged 81
years. Funeral from her lete residence.
$40, Fourth av.. Brooklyn, Oh Sunday
February .. a. .. m. lntermeut Green
New-York tribune., 1922-02-03

Another book YOU should read is
The Dragon in shallow Waters" ny
v. sack, iileN est. The theme u ter
and If you have ever read any Of "
eackVilie-W Vests books YOU don't have
70 BE- told that the style Of this novel
u one Of rare literary quality. We
cant describe it. but perhaps this eN-
cerpt from punch" Eneland's great
est humorous and literary magazine.
VIII give You line OF it. Power
InI can be candidiY applied. II is nj
most dreadful book
New-York tribune., 1922-02-03

RANDOIPH-PhilipW Ward Randolph. ,n
boston: December -. ls2l He is sn' -
vived BY his mother. Mrs Emily Ran
doiph. and one sister. Emily Funers /
services December 81 Burial in Green
l..nAA q q tnr..
New-York tribune., 1922-02-03

OsHoHNE-At Winter Park Fla. OF
February !. 1922 Walter j.. husband o.
Elise Osborne. ia his 65th year r'unera
services will be held at his home
Gregory av.. Hutton Park. West Orange
r. j. on Monday. February g. al e:30
,. N. lnterrent in Rosedale Cemeter y
at convenience Of family
New-York tribune., 1922-02-03

Plalrheid < J. or
Wednesday. February !. 1922. Siancha ri
e. beloved husband OF Ieanora Williams
Randolph. Services viii be held at his
late home. 50 Albert ST.. PlainfielJ
\. J.. on Saturday. February {. al $50
New-York tribune., 1922-02-03

SHAEP-Si1ney W. suddenly. on Wedne=
day. February J. at Hotel Willard. 20 ,
West 18th ST. Funera, service in thu
chapel Of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church, 5 West 55th ST., Saturday morn
Ing al 1890 o'clock. lnternept Gran
New-York tribune., 1922-02-03

NEW INyMAS-Suddenly. January 81 1925
Peter H.. beloved husband of Jenriv
Newman (nee McDerInotcc Funera ,
from bis late residence. 63o West l5sth
st.. Friday, $50 g. m. Requiem mass .
Church OF 81. Catherine Of Genoa In
ierNent q. Ray'nonds Cemeuery.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-04-20

ocs and supplies for about three miles
they came to Buttermill Pond. Cros-
sing this they arrived, just at dusk,
on the opposite shore where they de-
cided to stop i'll cabin over night.
Next morning, burdened only with abb
solute necessitiec and light canoes,
they made o trip through chain of
ponds, catching as many trout as the
Law allowed. They saw tWenty-seyen
deer and one bull moose. They re-
turned along the same course.
Guide Lord was born in Connect
cut but at the age ef nineteen years
moved to the Pine Tree State. In
his boyhood days he WI1 lover of
nature, wild animals ana birds being
of special interest to him. He COM
menced guiding at the age OF 10 years
in his home state where, he says,
small game was about all that was
hunted. He did not Immediately go
into the woods upon arriving in
Maine. Eventually, however, THE
Call of the Wild va too magnetic
and Mr. Lord started bag and bag
gage for Dover Foxcroft and thence
to Sebec Lake He bought the Ga
witt Camps on it's shores and continues
to manage this popular sporting re-
sort
The buildings are situated on high
elevation facing southeast with Mt.
Borestone and kahtadin in the dis
lance. The fishing season begins with
the breaking up of ice and ends Oct
ober list. Angling is not confined to
Lake Sebec alone, for Buttermilli
Ponds. Mill Brook Pond, Bear Brook
and Cotton Brook offer the finest of
sport to the lover of the rod. Sebec
Lake is noted for It's bass fishing Sew
eral steamers plough through its wa
tiers which cover an area about thir-
teen mile1 long and in some places
five miles wide.
Near the camps is an ice cave in
which, it is claimed, ice is to be
found throughout the year and the
land adjacent is separated by some
freak of nature Another curiosity
not far away is beaver dam which
is indeed an interesting study.
Mr.. Lord. whose likeness accom-
panies this article dncluding the non
erasable smile1 has made extensive
improvements in and about the camps
and his congenial manner attracts
more and more sportsmen to his eC-
adjustment each year.
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object he discovered, 70 his complete
surprise, that he was not facing IA
hunter but rather an enormous bear
Mr. Beane took aim at bruins head
and fired. The animal took one grand
leap and atarted running in circle.
1t stopped, giving the guide another
opportunity to get shot. The sec
ond bullet did not, so far as is known,
kill the beast but it did succeed in
making him run up the mountain side
with the greatest OF speed. Mr.. Beane
tried to get word to his partner but
failed He then thought he would
trail the bear and after going about
one-half mile and it being rather dark,
decided to locate his friend and re
turn to camp He shouted and whist
led hut to no avail and decided to
go back to the Ledge Houfe. Ar
irving there he found his client had
already been back for sometime and
by the looks Of his clothes his jour
ney had been rather roughly inter
rupted Upon inquiring why he had
not kept his appointment over in the
Notch the hunter only would reply,
II couldn't" More urgent inquiry
revealed that fact that Mr. hunter had
seen what he said was dozen bears
in cave and being convinced that
his company was not in the least de-
sired among the cave dwellerH beat
hasty retreat which resulted in
the torn clothes. scratched hands,
blood-stained face and a determination
not to return to the scene of his
fright, Shortly after. Mr.. Beane's
friend left the camp with an explana-
ton that he had rushing business in
Madison. There are others. however
who are inclined to believe that the
hunter did not care to linger in a
country inhabited with such fer
ocious" wild animals
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CINE. Mr.. Ellis says the strict en-
forcement of our game laws is the
reason.
He tells US that the bucks alone
have antlers which appear as tiny
stubs covered by soft velvet sub
stance which serves as a protecting
pad. Such a condition is called in
the velvet" In a deer country one
may find trees with bark rubbed off
about three feet from the ground.
This is caused by the young deer rub
bling its "Yelvet" pads against the
tree thereby gradually wearing them
away BY autumn all of the pads are
removed and the antlers come into
prominence. The distance between
them widen each year and extra
prongs grow out An experienced
woodsman, seeing the number Of
points on the antlers, can give a re
markedly accurate e innate as 10 the
size of the animal that wore them
even without seeing its body Ant
lers do not always fully develop and
in such cases there are two straight
horns about eight inches long. These
are called spike horns
The deer's Genses are very keen
and especially that of smell. In view
of this fact the gunners hunt against
the wind otherwise the beast would
smell them from distance. making
1t impossible to get near enough for
a shot A common sound heard in
our woods about dark l. that which
comes from a deer. blowing The
noise is made with the nose, usually
upon smelling an enemy and, it is
thought. given as danger signal.
Another warning sign is one that CON
sists in the deer stamping its front
feet on the ground. This is done
when the direction in which an enemy
is approaching is uncertain.
The deer feeds on buds of evergreen
trees, moss, grass and growth on dead
trees. During the summer a favo-
rite feeding place place for the deer
is pond having lily pads and weeds
growing near its shores. Ii will wade
into the water, submerge its head and
bring it up with the mouth filled with
pad1 and weeds. Standing in the
water it will hold the head high, as
if expecting danger to be ever pres
end. and chew away at his evening
meal.
Mr.. Ellis makes an appeal in behalf
cf the deer. asking that all game
laws be obeyed to the end that these
animals will continue to roam about
in our woods in even greater numbers
than at present.
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Philadelphians Rough Ii

The hand of man has wrought very
little change in our big woods. Other
than two or three railway systems,
sporting camps and barren spots hued
out of the mountain side by the wood
mems axes, our forests remain re-
markably the same as in the days
when the Indian shot deer with a
bcw and arrow and ,'peared the sal
mon at the famous Skowhegan and
other falls. 1t is the desire of many
0ut-of-state sportsmen to leave, SO far
as is possible, every day life behind
and, with blanket, fishing rod, gun,
hard tack, salt pork and molasses,
start out to live as did their forefa-
theirs of a hundred and fifty years ago.
During such trip the tired, nerve
wrecked. health-failing business man
gets back sufficient enegy to again
take up his position as leader in
the commercial world.
Mr.. J. II, Lord, guide in the Sebec
Lake country, had a party from Phil
adelphia who were anxious to take a
fishing trip as outlined above. Packing
grub" to last for five days they start
Ell in Mr.. Lord s motor boat and land
ed at the head Of the lake in what is
called Buck Cove. Carrying can
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spruce gum. Another was the act
of hiding his shoes and stockings
which necessitated his walking for
what seemed hours on the rough froz-
en- ground in bare feet This hap
pened in 1896 and pleased we are in
decd to state that thorough inyesti-
gaiion fails to reveal the existence Of
this malicious organization at the
present time and the city boys can
now enjoy all the sports without mol
estation.
However, this gentleman does
admit that he learned many interest
ing habits of our wild animals from
hi Savage" friends.
The party made the trip in a buck
board to Parsons. where they launched
their canoe into Dead River and pad
died down stream to their fayorite
hunting grounds. How the reporter S
mouth did water as Mr.. J. II. Jones
(the gentleman from Connecticut above
referred tol told about the partridge
stew, beans (baked in the ground
hard tack with molasses and square
tails 50 large that only part of them
could be put into the frying pan. Sure
ly the proprictorsr of Delmonico's or
Shanley's restaurants in New York
City must have felt their ears burn
ing as Guide Jones compared the eX-
cellency Of these meals over those to
be had in the best of city cafes.
This trip made such an impress ion
or Mr.. Jones that he could hardly
wait for the hunting season to open
When it did come he would oil up his
trusty 1910 and make Il pilgrimage
from Connecticut to the Dead River
region. always carrying away fine
trophies
Mr.. Jones liked our country so much
that in May, 1921, he went to live on
an extensive farm, Valley View, about
four miles from Pennington. He
has a number of Engli ih Setter dogs
that are the pride of the farm. He
entertains summer guests and sports
men who, we understand. are loud in
their praise for the cordial reception
received at VALLEY View and pleased
with the results Of their hunting and
fishing trips.
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IN interrupted Deer Hunt

" \. Beane was born in MeGallo-
way. y. H.. in 1872 and his fOrefathers
before him lived and fought Indians
in the same community For the
past five years Mr.. Beane has been
a resident of Lower Dead River and
during the last three years a register-
ed guide. He tells a good bear story
worth relating.
In the company of IAan, whom he
was guiding. Mr.. Beane started from
the Ledge House over the mountain
toward Sandy Stream on deer hunt.
They divided at Sandy Stream. the
hunter going by way of the upper side
of the mountain. toward the Notch
and Mr.. Beane taking the course lead
ing by Torn Togne's 4eamp. They
were to meet at the Notch. Mr.. Beane
came upon a piece of beech wood and
as the beech nuts were very plenti-
full, decided to gather few. He had
secured about two quarts when. at the
right of him. he heard rustling
note. Mr.. Beane thought it was his
friend but couldn't quite comprehend
how he had succeeded in getting
around to the right The guide de-
cidel to investigate in the vicinity
of where the noise came from. Upon
arriving at this point he saw what
seemed to be his friend picking beech
nuts. About twenty-five feet from the
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-04-20
John j. Comber, Guide

John J. Comber. guide, vas born at
Pleasant Ridge in The Forks Planta-
ton in the year 1894 and has always
made that vicinity his home In his
boyhoOd days he was an ardent lover
Of fishing and hunting and it is quite
natural that, upon reaching the ne
ceseary age limit he took out a guide
license. He has been guiding for
the last ten years. He owns two
furnished cottages ON the lhore of
Peasant Pond the greater part of
Which lies in the town Of Caratunk.
THIS body of water is one Of the most
beautiful in the state. being noted for
its clear water and the elevation is
such as to make it an ideal location
for health resorts. Mr.. Comber be-
lieyes that this fact is being consid-
cred more each year and within a
short time Pleasant Pond will he one
of the greatest health restoring cen
tiers in the state. There are several
surrounding lakes and ponds easily
accessible from his cottages He be
lieYes the deer and birds were more
plentiful during the season OF 1921
than at any other time for years
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has been q resident at Carmel lie
spent most OF H. cafls las with an
uncle Who wa guide and trapper. 1t
IS quite natural therefore. that as
soon as MS age womb permit. ne took
out a gnid" leon q. Tho territory
which he cotefs Us Lake sp1Ie and
the surrounding "'oss.
Two year ag9 he took "a ST Louis
party on Ten Gay i3hJhe trip which
re- aited III laeH procuring Two line
deer ana some paIifiaee.. III" cone
OIL the hunt VIZ ah9Hi thirteen mites
BACK o. Ao%'e. place called ff3 Pan
Fohh.
Ar. Law rene iel|# good one on
MS brother II seems Ms relative
Wds not mu'h u hunter and one day
DECIDED 70 - out aI1ei deer. he
t39E tuIi box oi cartridges with him
anu ID ABOUT al I7aa. Af. Lawrence
heafd NM shooting AMI On counting
the Reports learned mat all OF the
bullets had been -. Tie brother
found he had wounded the deer, break
ing the MP am Thought lie could get
near enough II SLASH her throat with
his hunting Enfr. This was rather
M Jim III 'i''-H ~ HoA ~ petVtu
for the deer "9ai1 strike at him with
her uninjurca leg He did finally
succeed in getting hold Of her good
foot ana with quIeo motion buried
the knite into her neck. sir. Law
renee suggested bis brother take along
two boxes Oi cartridges Oh his next
trip.
Guide Lawreaer has tine luck in
catching h-h n the East Branch Of
the picturesque kenhebec River. He
ana his brother started from MoXie
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-04-20
Tendcrio0t's Introduction 10 Our
Big Woods

There was little boy living III
Windsor, Conn, who was very iona
of fishing and hunting and early in
his teens was the proud owner OF a
little gun and hunting dog AT every
opportunity he would hunt the SPUR
rels and wild birds in the wooda sur
rounding his home town. lie would
listen with wide eyes and open mouth
to the tales of the wild animals that
abound in the woods up north. Eager
was he to grow up and visit the for
ests of Maine.
Great was his joy when he reached
manhood and upon the invitation oil
Skowhegan friends hOuldered an hon
est-to- goodness gun and made tril
into the "wilds OF Maine after greai
big ferocious animals such as deer
bear. and moose. His native friends
were experienced woodsmen and tool
il upon themselves to initiate thi,
Connecticut young man into the or
der of the Big Maine Woods o.
course. we do not know of what al
the degrees consisted but we are told
one of them was furnishing rosin viii
the explanation that it was genuine
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-04-20
". J. Henderson, Pioneer Guide

v. J. Henderson guide Of the
old school. was born at Jaekman in
1S63 and ha always lived there. He
has been guiding Tor forty-three years
and. Of course, Is thoroughly familiar
with the surrounding woods country.
He tells the following story that would
seem to indicate that even keen eye
ed guide OF 50 many years experience
sometimes makes Il mistake.
Il waa guiding man and his wife
two years ago. WAS preparing
breakfast and the lady, who was
staading on the porch said John,
what is that out in the lake says
1T is duck. NO. she says, it is
not a duck. Well ] says, it IS d
loon It is not loon for l can SEE
his ears. size answered. That Is
his ~hiskers,' says l. She says, 1
want YOU to run down and zee it.. Sc
went and, sure enough, it was a
be8r. returned to the camp and
asked the lady if She cared about
shooting bear. She says, show me
o1e and see if ! do told her to
gef a gun and We went out and shot
The animal
Big Woods Philosophy. Don't
contradict a woman.
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Bob Harrington, Guide

Bob Harrington, guide was born IN
Greenville. September Is, 1899, and
has lived in that town ever Nince. He
has been a guide for three years and
is a trapper during the winter months
He can handle canoe well and Is
very familiar with the mechanical
parts of a motor boat
We asked Mr., Harrington what lake
he considered was best for fishing and
he Immediately replied, "Moosehead
He says he hac had splendid success
when fishing on Horse Shoe, Wilson
Secret, Mountain. Rum. Indian and
Prong Pond He also fayors Pleasant
River and the Allagash for quick wa
ter fishing
He reports the trappers were very
successful latt season.
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are numerous. Elwyn l.. Hay
den. guide and proprietor of sport
ing camp in this region, tells us that
party of four came into his e TAB
lishment Thanksgiving G92D, which
was on Thursday, and went out the
following Sunday having secured sew
EN- nice deer. The picture published in
this column makes one wish that he
could have been a member of that
lucky quartet. We learn from the same
source that another party of four were
fortunate in occurring five deer in the
course of three days hunt.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-04-20
Where Deer and Fish Abound

About tx miles from the little town
OF Abbot and between Big and Little
Russell Mountains, lies a beautiful bo-
dy of water called Sylvan Lake but
better known as Milestone Pond. In
its depths trout abound in plenty-it
being a known fact that one party
caught casting from shore, thirty of
the speckled beauties weighing from
one-half to one and one-half pounds.
The accompanying illustration shows
a string of twenty-one 'pippins
caught in its waters. In the sur
rounding woods deer, moose and bear
roam in plenty and partridge and duck
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1922-04-20
Tia! ton Arbo, Registered Guide No.
BIS

A very cute little verse greets the
eyes when one looks at the name card
of Clayton Arbo, registered guide No.
3lS, We quote;
Talk about your real life,
There's only one 'tie plain;
That's to be in the care Of a guide
In the woods of Northern Maine.
Mr.. Arbo has been a guide for %
years and during this time has had
all sorts of opportunity to become
familiar not only with northern Maine,
but with parts Of the Province as
we'll He takes great pride in the
fact that he has guided prominent
men. many of them years in aucCes-
sion. Some of these are the Cram
party, Mr.. Cram is an eX-president
of the Bangor e. Aroostook Railway
and the Atterbury party of Philadel-
phia. Mr.. Atterbury having charge of
the railways across. in the Great War.
He is a very careful guide, claiming
no accident ever happened on any of
his trims.
During the winter, when he is not
guiding, Mr.. Arbo cooks either at ho-
tells or campr and finds the experience
thus obtained very helpful when cook
ing for some of his guiding parties.
He believes that his is Que of the best
localities to hunt or fish. The East
Bemis Lakes are noted for basI. white
perch and pickerel and in the streams
can be found fine trout fishing.
One may get to Brownyille by auto
or railway and there will be no trouble
in locating a guide so popular as Mr..
ArbO.
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M a Square Tail With Edward
Harrington

,..t5 Harrington, guide, was born
fpenyille in which town he has
L lived. He has been a sue
II guide for the last five years
W. consisting of two gentlemen
H. Harrington as guide left
traIe Junction at noon one July
r. rho GUNNER of 1921, arriving
,a.y island at about las p, M.
/ 9artaking of a lunch, rods were
l. and. sliding their canoe into
|sbaqd Lake. they padded to the
East side of the island. The
\ decided to fly fish as they did
mink trolling was giving the fish
Il chance to fight for their lives,
(iolly when aulier spinners are
h. had gone about three humid
[sr1s when Jack raised a square
hooking him solid, An exciting
al once ensued as the fish was
hg up a pirited resistance. 1t
10 the surface, broke water and
/ from one side to another. Jack
4 il with all his strength and
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WARD HARRINGTON, GUIDE
until Steve, the other fisherman,
excited, fearing that the prize
get away. Jack was begin
10 get tired and his wrists, due
ncessant and exhaustive pull
line, were starting to awell.
rel the square tail in and as
be alongside Of the boat, guide
EigOn dipped the net and landed
ghrr in the canoe. Jack said
ihe biggest fish he had ever
b. Weighing five and one-half
harrington is very familiar
The woods surrounding Moose
Lake He tells vi there is
fishing at North East Carry,
forty miles from Greenville.
is also good angling at West
b en- the west side of Moosehead
and good pond fishing in Noun
Wilson and Fitzgerald ponds.
! fine vacation trip he suggests
hg MooSehead Lake at North East
h and starting on what is known
Pc Mlagash trail. This course
on through section whose
+ beauty is uneXcelled anywhere.
|dtion to liz being a beauty spot,
fkes, rivers and streams are lit
\ full of fish and deer, moose,
partridge and black ducks roam
lenty
Pre- are any number of splendid
|ing sights along the way.
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ORR DEER

II is indeed very interesting to stu
DIV the characteristics of our deer and
F'lorin S. Ellis a Skowhegan High
school sudent. tells lB the results of
some of his obseryances.
Although great many deer are shot
each year they do not diminish in
,--,Lo- NJ -o-iI'v &C. one would VIVA