Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1924-11-01
THINGS LOOK TOUGH
FOR BIG GAME IN
MOOSEHEAD REGION
Local Nimr0ds of the "We'll
Tell 'em Club" Off Today for
Penobscot Lake, On Annual
H uniting Expedition -
Friends Anticipate Return
With Full Bags and Almost
Incredible Stories of Adven-
lures

! Four local young men who have
! achieved more or less of reputation
for their prowess as big game hunt
ers through their own vivid accounts
of past experiences in the woods.
will leave this Saturday morning by
automobile on their way to the north
woods on their annual fOray. In chase
! Of the sometimes elusive deer. The
local quartet which includes Frank f..
Southland. county attorney elect;
George w. Macomber. of the Macom-
! Der. Farr & Whitteh insurance
agency; Herbert f. Locke of Pattan-
gall. Locke g. Perkins: and Leigh D.
Flynt. assistant business manager of
the Kennebec Journal. are accompan-
led this fall by Carl c. Jones,
prominent attorney of Portland.
Facetious friends have dubbed the
aggregation Of Nimrods the well
Tell 'em Club" having in mind per-
haps the we'll known group OF sports
men who each year leave Lewiston
for the big woods as the William Tell
Club. The quintet will make their
headquarters at Elliot's Camps on
Penobscot lake in the Moosehead re-
gion, and it became known yesterday
that the party would make the trip
by way of Canada. OF course to the
initiated this itinerary seems diff
cult to understand. hut those who are
informed of all of the circumstances
are nodding knowingly.
Frank Southland seems to be the
manager of the "Well Tell 'em
Clubs" junket this year, and local
acuuaintances have observed that his
cares and responsibilities have worn
him down until he is but shadow
of his former self. Franks particular
bug bear seems to be the problem Of
how, on the return trip. he is going
to transport five full grown men and
their quota Of ten deer all in one
small touring car.
Remembering the lurid tale OF two
years ago when photographs and af-
fidavits were produced to substanti-
ate the sportsmen's claim that Frank
Southland rode his deer into camp In
the Dead River region. 1t is perfectly
obvious what Herbert Lockes con-
nection with the party augurs. No
doubt this year Frank will herd his
two deer down the road and into Au-
gusta and tether them on the court
house lawn and Herbert Locke will
produce a veritable avalanche of
documents couched in ambiguous
legal phraseology which will purport
to be conclusive proof Of the veracity
Of the episode.
OF course Leigh Flynt Is the ac-
'knowledged onearmed rife shot OF
these parts. and at that his rooters
will wager that when 1t comes to
counting the total bag of game.
Leigh's tags will be on a goodly por-
ton Of the wild critters. Furthermore
Leigh knows the Canadian trails.
George Macomber's real connection
with the conspiracy is still more or
less a matter for conjecture, but is
Is the general belief on the street
that the other Nimrods have taken
out quite heavy insurance on their
chances Of getting any deer at all,
and George has decided that to keep
his firm out of bankruptcy, he had
better go along and devote himself
to the effort of getting the men away
from the green baize table into the
woods for at least an hour day.
It seems that the fifth member OF
this extraordinary outfit, Mr.. Jones.
has recently received a very large
fee for legal services-enough so 1t Is
said, that he ranks we'll up in the list
OF income tax payers. OF course any
whisperings have been promptly
souelched by the other four kindred
SDlTllS, Dut tHc sun PSAo'SSS
that when the Portland man has paid
off the check for the expenses Of the
trip, he will have to go to work
again.
It is known for a fact that the Ave
mighty hunters have shipped their
arms into the north country by ex-
press. 1t is reported that the Spring
field arsenal would hardly hold the
collection Of blunderbusses. scatter
guns, rifles. pistols. shot guns, ma
chine guns and other artillery which
was sent out in cases, boxes and
crates by express, the other day.
Augusta radio enthusiasts will be
seeking to break through the terri
BILE static all of next week In the eff
fort to get all that will be broadcast
from the Penobscot Lake regions
concerning the activities of this IL
Mstrious quintet Of the We'll Tell
en- Club"