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VOL. XXVIII. NO. 28. PHILLIPS, MAINE, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1906. PRICE 3 CENTS

SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES j SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES Fish and Game Oddities. SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES

J l s p e c ia l fo r every bird A Different Skin. The animal known as fisher is very often called black cat. A number i of years ago a local fur buyer in RIFLE AND PISTOL CARTRIDGES Franklin county, Maine had a skin brought into his store one day and Winchester Rifle *nd Pistol Cartridges of was told by the man who had it for all calibers are loaded by machinery which sale that it was a black cat. Fisher skins were much higher then than sizes the shells, supplies the exact quantity We once knew a sportsman who thought he had to hand load his shells or buy other "makes” no w, a good one bringing as much as of powder, and seats the bullets properly. to get the game leads he p 'cferied. This was a great mistake. $10. The buyer looked at the skin, By using first-class materials and this remarked that it was an exceedingly U. M. C. GAME LOADS large one and paid the owner a tea up-to-date system of loading, the reputation dollar bill for it. Later on, when the of Winchester Cartridges for accuracy, are esigned for all kinds of game. Any standard combination of powder and shot may be had at regular fur buyer came around he your dealeis. You simply have to ask for a good U. M. C. load for duck, quail, etc. called at the local buyer’s store to reliability and excellence is maintained. examine and buy bis furs, which he They cost no more than inferior makes. THE UNION METALLIC CARTRIDGE CO., did each year. He looked at each skin separately and when he picked up Ask for them, and insist upon getting them. Agency, 313 Broadway, New York City. Bridgeport, Conn. the black cat the local buyer exclaimed: “ Ain’ t that an elegant fisher Mr. B— ? “ Fisher, be d— d! said the THEY SHOOT WHERE YOU HOLD There are a great many very attractive fishing and summer resorts in Maine, regular buyer; that is nothing but a but there is only one common house cat.’ ’ rj he man who had sold it to the local n Yf i • n RANGELEY LAKE HOUSE. dealer was seen at once and asked ^^jhbpvi^hh I lie t a^ation dCS* why he sold him a common house cat, p jc M lfu | I J J 3 son is not complete This is the distributing point for the great Rangeley Lakes region. It is representing it to be a fisher. The “ In The Maine Woods," gljllliigfifdW without a trip to the reached by one day’s ride from Boston. ' Strictly first-class service is found here. reply was: “ Didn’t I tell you it was Many of our patronssay that there cation overlooking lake, stream and village. no higher. and quick cash returns. T r a p - camps. All inquiries cheerfully answered. Write us early for any particulars; we are sure Come early; you’ll want to stay late. House open pers Guide Free to those whs we can satisfy you. We make special rates by the month. Let us hear from you thatjwe from May 1 to November 1. Send for booklet. jqlffiaPhSft ship and mention this ad. may reserve some of our best accommodations for you. Address ifr=? E. A. BUCK & COMPANY, FRANK H. BALL, f t W * McMillan fur 4 wool co. Jy' Bangor, . . . Maine- * MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Ed Grant & Sons., Kennebago or Beaver Pond, Me. Owner and manager, Grand Lake Sporting Moccasins all kinds. Stream, Washington county, Maine. Send for Catalogue. WRITE FOR CIRCULARS

Rangeley Region. Dead River Region.

Two more beautiful Lakes never East and north of the well-known sparkled in the summer sunlight Lakes of Rangeley, in all its wild than Rangeley (its Indian name is and primeval beauty, diversified with ponds, lakes and streams,— Oquossoc) and Kennebago. where trout never fail “ to rise to If you are a sportsman and in the fly"—is the great natural park, quest of waters where abound the the ideal playground of Maine, Landlocked Salmon and the Spot­ ted Trout, these lakes will al- The Dead River Region. w ays afford you the most gratify­ ing pleasure. The cut herewith presented ^rep­ If you are not a fisherman, but resents a secluded retreat in this very region. Who would not jour­ a lover of the picturesque in na­ ney from afar to enjoy for a vaca­ ture; if you long for a quiet, charm­ tion period the quiet seclusion of a ing, dreamy retreat, like that por­ spot like this? Surely none but those trayed in this cut for instance, these TO HIM WHO IN THE LOVE OF NATURE HOLDS COMMUNION WITH HER VISIBLE FORMS, SHE SPEAKS A VARIOUS LAN­ in whom the sweet, the wild, the Lakes will satisfy your heart's GUAGE. —B r y a n t . beautiful, the picturesque, in na­ fondest desire. ture find no responsive chord.

HOW TO GET THERE: —Boston via Portland to Farmington, Maine, by Boston & Maine and Maine Central Railroads, through Parlor Car ser­ vice; Farmington to Rangeley Lake, through Parlor Car; Farmington to the very threshold of the Dead River Region, through narrow gauge train service. For time-tables, information as to hotels, camps, boats, guides, etc., address,

F. N. BEAL, Supt. S. R. R. R., PHILLIPS, - - MAINE. SPRING LAKE 2 MAINE WOODS, FEBRUARY 16, 1906.

Game Shipped Out. SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES , SPORTSMEN'S SUPPLIES

The Maine Central railroad has issued ‘Penobscot" Model Canoes, Row Boats and Fittings. : its annual statement of the game ship­ 772czr///z ments of the railroads in t e state. The season of 1905, according to the The cream of winter sport is fo x hunting with hound and Maine Central’s figures, comes within rifle. W h en the dog brings the yellow fellow around to your 86 deer, 13 moose and two bear of the ; stand at last, it is well to be able to thoroughly trust your rifle, for shipments of 1902, which was the ban­ We manufacture Pleasure Model and Guides’ Model Canoes. Attach sponsons or put in "ouLof- you will get but one good chance at Mr. Fox. sight” air chambers for buoyancy and safety. We make the canoe you want. Write for our 1906 T h e fflar/in .25 is a rifle o f perfect prcuracy and sureness ner season, ond the last year before catalogue. CARLETON CANOE COMPANY. - - Box 109, - - Old Town, Maine. of fire, and has every Zf2ca//n feature not found in any other the license law went into effect. This gun. This rifle is specially adapted to settled districts where is without the report of the Portland & A. S. ARNBURG, - Rangeley, Maine. such game as coon, badgers, fox, woodchuck, etc., abound, and Rumford Falls railroad, which is lack­ Ferguson's Patent Reflecting Lamps will afford many pleasant hours when no other gunning can be ing in tnis year’s statement, but which Builder of Rangeley Boats. Write for prices. legitimately indulged in. | last year si ipped out 190 deer. Taking THOMAS J. CONROY, Have you our "Experience Book ” —It’a chock full of real hunting stories. j this for a basis it is natural to assume Manufacturer and dealer in Fine Fishing: Tackle H. M. BARRETT, Weld, Maine. Free, with 130-page Catalogue, for 3 stamps postage. Write to-day. and St orting Goods. Established 1830. that were the Portland '& Rumford 28 John Street, Corner Nassau Street, New York. Builder of Fine Cedar Boats Falls’ s statement this season available 7Jie7/Iar/ifi firea rm s Co., UPP^Write for price list and descriptive Catalog. even the record year o f 1902 would be C. B. I HA i t il Eli, 1U4 Exchange St., Bangor. • 33 Willow Street New Haven, Conn. broken. The statement also does not Manufacturer of Canvas Canoes and Row Boats. include the Grand Trunk railway sys­ ______Rangeley models a specialty.______tem in Maine along whose line a lot of | deer were shot last fall. Morris Canvas Canoes Augusta Game Notes. " B i l ” Sewell. RECAPITULATION FOR 1905. Unequalled in Strength. Beautiful in Finish. 0) A Washington dispatch says: V FLY FISHING IS more convenient at this point than elsewhere because it is right on sort and a number of cottages are being rail by the various parties interested in R the line of the Phillips & Rangeley Raihoad and you will always catch the welfare of the pond. There is a fighters and weigh the most in the wa­ nsn. Separate camps. Ttlephone and two mails a day. free circular. built on its shores, a large percentage ter. If you don’ t believe L rig up a good prospect of a most successful sea­ J. FREDERICK HOUGH, Prop’r., Redington Camps ancl.Cottages, of them being quite fancy and well fin­ son in 1906. good solid rod and try them. They are “only waiting!” 30-55 Sport. Redington, Maine; P. O., Rangeley, Maine. MAINE WOODS, FEBRUARY 16, 1906. 3

SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES _ | _ SPORTSMEN’S SUPPLIES dainty things I had given him and how his cries rang out in the midnight air; then he leaped against the bars of the I l T T H E BRAND cage and made them creak and rattle. I got my $50 and started home but ----- OF ------when I had gone a mile and still heard DUPONT SMOKELESS his crie-i and howli, I felt very much like a criminal and sincerely wished the showm m had his $50 and Beecher was safe among the rocky ravines of the AMMUNITION Odell. Danny Small, who went with the In the Lead as Usual. Which has attained Popularity circus from here, told me when he re­ turned that Beecher soon pined away and died. And then I resolved that Because of Superiority. neither for pleasure or money, if I had a dozen opportunities, would I ever The Official Records show that High Average take another little bear from its home in the woods to become a prisoner among men. W. T. A shby. for the year 1905, The Real World’s Championship, Manufactured by

was won by Mr. Fred Gilbert, who broke 956 per WELL-KNOWN SPORTSMAN. a * cent of the 17,065 targets he shot at. Richardson J. Jackson, Brooklyn, Died Mr. Gilbert, of course, used Lowell, Mass., U. S. A. Feb. 7, at His Home. Mr. Richard J. Jackson, one of the A gun attachment which as owners of Round Mountain Lake camps, _ iC U A sures a Quick and accurate ,• Y\ sight. It can be adjusted to Eustis, Maine, died at his home in ' \ any gun stock by the Sports- Brooklyn, N. Y., on Wednesday morn­ ! DUPONT SMOKELESS. I he Eureka Sight ing, February 7th. Price $1.00. Send for descrip­ Mr. Jackson was an enthusiastic Finder. (Patented.) tive illustrated circular with sportsman and visited the woods when­ testimonial. ever he had the opportunity and noth­ THE EUREKA SIGHT FINDER CO., Incorporated. 341 7 Mt. Pleasant St.. Washington, I). C ing pleased him better than to fish. BEAR GOT A PUNCHING. threw down my pole, ran across the Last spring his health began to fail and logs picked up the prettiest cub and all felt sorry, but had a faint hope that down there among the rocks. It was he visited the camps for a few weeks; starred for camp at a 2.40 clip. I knew he would return in the spring. Spring no use to call, for the thunder of the this short stay in the woods did him lots CUB W A S CARRIED FIFTEEN MILES tie old b^ar would soon get ashore and came and summer and autumn but we falls would drown the boom of a of good, but on his return he began to neither saw nor heard from him. cannon; I had small revolver in my WRAPPED UP IN JACKET. if she caught me with that cub she fail in heal .h and in October was ob­ would tear r e into shoestrings. But pocket and d -ci led to use it if I had liged to give up business. she did not come. When I goc to camp to. The bear came down on the rocks Everybody who ever had the pleasure Bear Was Named Beecher. He Had Holes It waj a bright June m rning when and stood and 1 >oked at me: he looked j I found the boss there re; airing some Frank Bartlett came to me and j of meeting Mr. Jackson found him a In His Ears and Wouldn’ t Den at peavies. familiar; could it be my bear in this perfect gentlemen and a man among bantered me to go with him on a fish­ rocky wilderness 40 miles from home? “ Jiminy crickits,” said he. “ What ing trip up the Tobique River. The men. He was liked by all and the pa­ Home. a cute lit'la bear; what air ye goin’ to I threw7 him a fish; he ate it and came trons of Round Mountain lake will learn p anting was done the weather was a step nearer. C a r i b o u , Feb. 9, 1906. do with it?” with sincere sorrow of his death. Mr. fine, and I decided to go. This famous I said, “ Beecher poor little Beecher, river is in New Brunswick, and empties Jac tson was 47 years old and at the To the Editor of M a in e W oo d s: is that you?” In my flight through the woods it into the mighty St* John nearly oppo­ j time of his death one of tne offiers of A few years ago I was river driving came into my head to take the bear site the Aroostook, but the latter He came closer and I saw the holes 1 the Broadwav branch of the Columbia on a stream that empties into the home. I lived 15 miles away but I d a ns a comparatively level country, in his ears. I held o it a fish and bank, New York. Presque Isle river. The brook was ct uld go there and back in a day. At while the former is hemmed in with ventured a little closer and finally he came close enough to lick my hands dead water, crooked as a rain’s horn and first tne boss obj* cte 1 and wanted me tall mountains from source to mouth. to turn t:.e cub out with its mother, We went to the mouth o f the Odell by he w7as afraid of me and I was afraid To Cure a Cold la One Day in getting ahead two miles it wandered of him and kept the revolver in my hut finally consented to take my place team, and then took a canoe and wen . Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. A1 ten, making all the letters of the al­ if I would prjmise to hurry back; so 1 1 eight miles to the forks. This hand ready for use. I threw a big fish fruggista refund the money if it fails to curew phabet and several oxbows in its wind­ wrapped the cub in my jacket and mountain stream is named for a out on the sand and when he went W. V\. (Sieve's signature is on earh box. 26c. after it I got by him and quickly climbed ings. Men were stationed all along started. mighty chief who once reigned there When I got to Presque Isle I went to supreme, and above the forks it is the out of the ravine. on the crooks and elbows to keep the a hotel and got some new milk for my same—unchange i by the hand of man I found Frank fishing close by and WANTS, FOR SALE, ETC. logs moving along in the sluggish t aby. The late lamented George Whit­ as when the great chief lived. told him I had seen my lost bear. Price i cent a word each insertion water. I was stationed at the bend of ney was the landlord and was much in­ Tne eagles build on the tall crags, “ Gee?” said he, as he commenced to gath- r up his fish, ‘ let us get out Stamps or-cash with order. an oxbow where I passed the long days terest* d w ith the little bear. It was where silver cascades leap a hundred not used to eating milk out of a saucer feet to the stream below. of this, he’ll eat us both before in sol.tude prodding along the blue- and at first put its paw in the milk and The cataracts thunder, spray fills morning. ” FO R SA LE . hacked spruce logs when they attempt­ then licked it off. We then fed it a the air, the fishhawks circle and “ We had about all the trout we wanted to carry and hastily started for ed to jam and stop. little sugar and I started for home. scream, and trout in countless numbers A N AXE that will stand knots. A new dis- covery in temp* ring. One can do twice the One morning I heard a cracking in amount of work they can with an ordinary axe. the alders across the brook on th p >int Two stamps for reply. We want agents. Sam­ ple, $1.50. A. B. Day’s Mfg. Co., Brockton, Mass. of land. I stepped back in the bushes W RAPPERS’ EOOK telling how to make and use and kept still. I thought it was a deer over 25 different fox and mink baits and and was a trifle startled when a big scents. Price, 10 cents. Jesse Lentley, Trapper. Arlington, Vt. bear and two little cubs came to the OTANLEY AUTOMOBILE—1903 with 1904 im- edge of the water. The bears had ^ provements in A1 shape, leather carriage top. Price, 11375. A. E. Itowell, 226 Summer St.. A t- probably wandered onto the peninsular burn. Maine.______in the night and hearing voices on all T^OR SALE—Cottages and lots on Belgrada sides of them when the men came to -1- lakes. Nice chance for Bummer boarding, also lumber for building. Apply to J. Littlefield. their work, were trying to get away. Mercer, Me. It was evident that the old bear wanted P A M P SUPPLIES for sportsmen, carefully to get across the stream with her cubs; packed for transportation. Send for prices, S. S. Pierce Co., Tremont and Beacon Sts.. Boetou, she tried once to eet onto the floating P'’ AMP FOR SALE.—A public fishing and hunt- logs. She was evidently in had humor ing camp in a desirable location—a money­ for when I came out of the bushes she maker for sale. J. W. Brackett. Phillips. Me si owed her teeth and growled. RANGELEY LAKE COTTAGE LOl-S. Van Now, I could ride a log and the bear desirarble Rangeley Cottage Co. Enquire of H, M. Burows. Rangeley Lake House. Rangeley. Oi couldn’t, so I thought I would have a J. W. Brackett. Phillips. Me. little tun with her. I rati out onto the logs and punched her with my pole. XJEALTH and Accident insurance. $1.00 per The brook was about 30 feet wide and month. Great se ler in lumber camps. Cov- I ers every disease and 1 ccider.t. Agents wai ted, full of logs. This enraged her so that j C. A. Leavitt, general agent, Journal Building, si e tun ed and came after me on the Lewiston, .Me. gallop and so sudden was her charge I rPRAPPERS.—Send stamp for sample copy of that she came m ar catching me with j Green Mountain Trapper; trappers’ paper her paw. 1 scooted for shore and when published by Jesse Bently & Co., Arlington, Vt. Mrs Bruin gut about half way across, the logs parted and let her in the water. Like a greenhorn she tried to get on a log by climbing on the side but the log BIRD GUIDE kept rolling ar.d she scon drifted down BY CHESTER A. REED, S. B. around the oend and out of sight. This is a popular gttide and text-book to all the The little cubs now came close to the birds east of the Rockies. Every bird shown in water and commenced to whine. I Natural Colors. Part 1. Water and Game Birds, Hawks an the canoe and sunlight for no sun’s rays Owls, 220 pages, 50c postpaid. I left my bear and the next day at 10 lurk in the deep pels; no need of Part II. Land and Song Birds, 200 pages, 50c TAXIDERMISTS o’clock I was back on my lonesome fancy flies to tempt them to bite; no came through the spray in the mountain gorge. postpaid. Bound in leather, 75c each postpaid bend. I went down stream a little way chance to use a fancy rod and reel; an We want agents in every city, town and schoo on a log and saw big tracks where the alder pole- a stout line, a strong arm. Frank was behind. Presently he THE S. L. CROSBY CO., screamed and rushed by me swearing. —good commissions paid. Send for prospectus o old bear had crawled ashore; she had a bit of pork, or red flannel for bait Bird Books and sample copy of the Leading Taxidermists of not succeeded in cros-ing the stream. and you can catch all the trout you I looked ar und and saw Beecher Three we< ks later we turned the logs can carry in a short time. s a ooping along behind. He was leav­ American Bird Magazine, America. into the St. John river and I came ing his home n the ledires and asking CHAS. K. REED, Worcester, Mass. A broken pine rea hed down some 20 hu old friend to take him hack to civil home. My bear had gained 12 pounds feet between to falls, with a deep Bangor, - - Maine. in 23 days and now weighed 26 pounds. ization. 1 stopped and ca led him and pool at f >ot of one fall and a strip oi he came up to me while Frank scooted He was tame as a kitten and harmless \ellow sand below. Down this I Chas. L. Harnden, Agent, Rangeley. as a lamb; he needed no collar and down the load yelling and left me to climbed and bee ftn to derrick out the my late. But I was in no danger; I FREE! FREE! Send for Price List. chain. The b o y s had made two h< les fisn. The water was black with them, through his ears with a harness punch: patted my old pet on the head and he and I think there must have been a lubhed his body against my legs and we I scolded a little about this lor I barrel in that one pool. I had caught Ten Mile Pedome­ thought it too bad to Kurt the little fel­ were fiiends again. NASH OF MAINE. about all I could get out with and We could not take the bear in the low, hut there came a time when I was was thinking of climbing up and find­ American ter. glad they were there. little canoe so I p’ut my fish and other Licensed Taxidermist, ing Frank, when bear commenced duds aboard ai d walked down the old to climb backwards down the broken 1 oad with the bear. As dogs were NORWAY, - - - MAINE. Wei', the summer passed and the tree. We had seen several bear tracks tear grew and thru ed. He would go abundant along the road and the bear that morning as well as those of moose would ki l any dog that came near, we Branch at Haines Landing May to with the children picking berries and and deer, but were too much taken pick and eat while they w< re filling wraited till night and made the journey October 20. Gold Medal on both Fish up with our surroundings to pay much home by starlight with Beecher gallop­ iheir dishe-. When I went a fishing he qttentinn. Bears will seldom molest and Game at W orld’s Fair, St. Louis. would go, too, and when he saw me ing along behind. But Beecher had a man in the open woods, but I did not learned bad manners in his absence; he Inventor of the famous Mezzo style catch a trout he would whine for it. know what this lad might do to me In potato digging he was in the field would dig up the garden, upset the of mounting fish most of the time and was very busv milk in tne cellar and kill the chickens gathering potatoes into litile p'les. He and once he jumped on the ta >le and wou'd eat anything; all kinds o f meat upset it and went so far as to dim in­ WALTER D. HINDS, or fish, fresh or s ilt, bread, molassts. to the pig pen and kill a pig. I had to mi'k, potatoes, apples, fruit of all kinds H e a l t h y L iv e r shut him up and he became sulky and Maine’s Leading and Largest besides n ice, rats, frogs, ants, bugs snappish. and worms. One day in August a big circus came Everybody should have one of the Taxidermist, Means Health along and 1 went to it. In the menag When the days grew short and the handy little Pedometers to tell the dis­ cold winds began to bl w, my bear be­ erie l saw several bears. I asked the 72, 74 and 76 Pine Street, Dear Sirs:— tance they walk after game or for came uneasy and cross. I thought he snowman what he would give for a Portland, - - Maine. I wanted to den and I got an old hegs- I took the “ L, F.” Bitters for my tame bear a d he said $50 if he was a pleasure. ! head and after filling it with rags and liver, and was greatly benefited. big one. I agreed to meet them at the Pay $1.00 on your subscription an Floor space of work rooms, 10,500 depot in ’ he night wn.n they were | moss, covered it deep with straw and Yours respectfully, send in with it one new subscription to square feet. Branches at Haines Land­ boughs and put him in. But he would getting ready to move. An empty cage MISS C AR RIE I. WITHAM. Maine W oods and we will send you on ing, Maine; Belgrade Lakes, Maine; not stay. One marninir when 1 got up was ready lor me. I got in myself and Ilov. .to, IQ03. No. Castine, Me. after mu-h coaxing with candy and ten mile Pedometer. Port-aux-Basque, Newfoundland; Her ry my bear was gone; he had broken down the f hed door and taken his departure It is easier to keep well than to get a.iples I tempted my pet to get in The regular selling price of the P© Siegel Co., agents in Boston, Mass.; J. Then I slipped out, the door was closed in the night. I tracked him about two well. Use “ L- F.” when you’re “ ail­ dometer is $1.00. B. Crock & Co., agents in New York miles and lost his trail in a dense ing” and you won’t be sick. The True and Beecher was a prisoner. But how quickly he dropped the candy and other City. swamp. The bear was gone and we “ L. F.” Atwood’s Bitters, 35 cents. MAINE WOCDS, - Phillips,. Maine. 4 MAINE WOODS, FEBRUARY 16, 1906. MAINE WOODS, MOOSE THAT ARE REALLY BIG HOTELS AND CAMPS HOTELS AND CAMPS SIZE OF SOURDNAHUNK AND KEN- Laflin & Rand An Illustrated Folder and Map PHILLIPS. MAINE. NEBAGO MOOSE COMPARED. KATAHDIN LAKE CAMPS — TELLS WHY — Publisher of “ The Sportsman’s Paradise” BLAKESLEE LAKE CAMPS Twelve Moose .killed this fall BRANDS IN 1905. ... . , Plenty of Deer and Moose for J. W. Brackett Company, Publishers, j Writes an Interesting Article Upon with its varied phases of sport and summer life , is one of the most delightful resorts in the world. J. W. BRACKETT, Editor and Manager. Maine’s Forest King, Giving Fa.ts High amateur average for the en­ 6Very hunter. JOSEPH H. WHITE, Proprietor, Eustis, Maine.' T, UXT _ . e u . T tj o u CLARENCE E. CALDEN Associate M’g’r. About Some Big Ones. tire season of 1905 was won by Mr. Patronized by a select class of Spoi tsmen only. | «^t)HN CUSHMAN, Prop., Sherman, Me Geo. H. Haynes in Bangor Commercial J. W. Akard, Fairplay, Mo., who Iasued Weekly. $1.00 a Year. The near approach of the Sports­ men’s fair prompted me to send you used We go Hunting at this letter in reg ird to big moose, as it Big Game, Big Fish Ma in e W oods solicits communications and fish ! also replies to the article following BILLY SOULE’S and game photographs from its readers. “ NEW SOHULTZE” taken from the M aine W oods, as cop­ Plenty of both as well as lots of small When ordering the address of your paper Pleasant Island Camps, game and small fish. changed, please give the old as well as new ad- ! ied from the Commercial: and broke 94 per cent of all targets 1000-pound moose. shot at in tournaments. Cupsuptic Lake, Maine, Fly-fishing for salmon and trout dress. “ Id like to see a 1000-pound moose,” throughout t he summer. If you want it stopped, pay to date and say so. said a well-known camp owner, who Laflin & Rand brands— “ Infalli­ P. O. Address, Haines Landing, Me. Birch Point Lodge, on Upper Shin Ma in e Wootta Information Bureau gives infor- j has a fine set of ca nps at Moosehead. ble, ” “ New E. C. (Improved” ) and Pond, via Patten, Penobscot County, ■nation on Summer Resorts and Fishing and ! Maine. Shooting. Boston office, 147 Summer St., with ‘You fellows tell in the papew now and “ New Schultze” also won three out TROUT BROOK CAMPS. then of somebody bringing down a 1000- Boston Home Journal. of the First Four High Averages for I am located in a new country and only a few For particulars address, pound moose with a fine head etc , but yards from Mackamp Station, Cottages made of DR. W. C. KENDALL, U. S. Bureau i tell you that when you see a moose the season of 1905. peeled lo 's and are clean and comfortable. Good spring water. Trout and salmon fishing com­ Fisheries, Washington, D. C. This Edition of Maine Woods 6,550. that weighs 1000 pound you’ll have mences here about May 10. Good, safe rowboats. something to write about. I ’ve seen a Plenty of trails and good paths to the top of the Or, developed. The spread is 39 inches. The head good many moose in the time I’ve been weighs 60 pounds divested of flesh.” mountain. For further particulars address, W. S. McKENNEY, Patten, Me. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1906. around in the Maine woods and I never Any person desiring to know more about it, can Robert Walker. Mackamp, via Askwith, Me. yet saw one that weighed within a long write John Danforth, Camp Caribou. Maine, an old guide and hunter, known personally by many shot of 1000 pounds. hunters and by reputation to all. I brought the Commissioners of Inland Fisheries and “ ‘I think the biggest moose I ever head to Lowell and have it mounted now. Many Bickford’s Camps I N T H E saw was shot by a party I was with up hundreds of people saw the head of my moose Game of the State of Maine. while in transit to Lowell. None competent to The only public Log Camps on around Sourdnahunk a good many years judge set its weight under 1200 and most of the ago. We got two of them and we said guides estimated him more. Danforth said “ not Rangeley Lake, Maine. L. T. Ca r l e t o n , Chairman, Augusta, either of them would weigh 1000 less than 1200 pounds.” Who do you think has One mile from Rangeley Village. Induce­ got “ Jumbo?” I shot mine Oct. 7, 1886, about ments to families for the season. Woods of Maine. J. W . Br ac k et t , Phillips, pounds. Well, we got them out to Pat­ ten miles from Parmachenee lake. HENRY E. PICKFORI). E. E. Rin g , Secretary, Augusta. ten and weighed ’em and one tipped Respectfully yours, the scales at an even 800 pounds and Elwyn W. Lovejoy. King and Bartlett Camps, 2,000 feet John Danforth left Parmachenee sev­ the other went 820. Most people are above sea level, unexcelled trout and SUPERINTENDENT OF HATCHERIES. deceived by the moose’s size. A bull eral years ago and went to Stuart, Dade county, Florida, where he has a SPRING LAKE, W . E. B e rr y, Winthrop. moose will stand 18 or 19 hands, but all salmon fishing, individual cabins, open his weight is through his withers. sporting camp near the Everglades, In the Dead River Region. He’s got long legs bat his hind quar- Later he went to Idaho and is now Best of Early fishing for Salmon, Square Tailed wood fires ex cedent cuisine, nat­ STATE FISH HATCHERIES AND NAMES OF j somewhere in the woods. i Trout and Lake Trout that weigh from 2 to 9 1 ters are small and he has no paunch to ; pounds. ural lithia spring wrater, magnificent SUPERINTENDENTS. speak of. If the rest of him was in SOME AUTHENTIC TESTIMONY. j One day’s ride from Boston. Only 2 1-2 miles of Lake Auburn, J. F. Stanley, Supt.,East Auburn; proportion to his head and fore parts It has always been considered unfor­ buckboard road. Lake 3 1-2 miles long, 1 1-2 scenery. Renew your health in the tunate by the Commercial game expert miles wide, surrounded by mountains covered Caribou, Grant Hinds, Supt., Caribou; Sebago he’d weigh more than half a ton, but as I with green woods. Cabins are very pleasantly balsam-laden air of Maine’s ideal resort. Lake Hatchery, C. L. Floyd, Supt., Raymond; it is I guess you’ll find more big moose that no authentic record has been kept I vituated on the shore of this lake. Spring beds, Address, Rangeley Lakes Hatchery, Arthur Briggs, Supt., that weigh nearer 700 pounds than o: the large moose killed in the Maine j new blankets and clean linen make our beds all woods. Every hunter who gets an un­ | that could be desired. New boats and canoes. Oquossoc; Carleton Brook'Feeding Station, W A. 1000. ’ ” ______Best of stream fishing near. We have canoe trips Whiting, Supt., Winthrop; Monmouth Hatchery, usually large moose is of the opinion the spo rtsm an ’s pa r a d ise . that take you by some of the grandest scenery in HARRY M. PIERCE, A. W. Wilkins, Supt., Monmouth; Moosehead that his moose weighs at least 1000 Maine, with good fishing all the way. Telephone In 1886 I published a book on the pounds and in this belief he thinks he connections at home camps with main line and Lake Hatchery, F. E. Hitchings, Supt., Green­ Rangeley Lake region, of which I is­ doctor’s office. Purest of spring water Hay ville Junction; Enfield Hatchery, A. J. Darling, is right. However, he has no real proof fever unknown. Excellent food. This is an ideal King and Bartlett Camps, sued 50,000 copies. While at Rangeley of the weight of his prize unless he is Supt., Enfield. 1 sent letters to the Portland Daily place to spend the summer with your family. one of a dozen hunters who bring their Terms reasonable. Correspondence solicited. Eustis, - - Maine. Press and in one I told of a big moose moose out of the a oods entire. Few do JOHN CARVILLE, Flagstaff, Maine. A Special Word to Subscribers. that was killed at Kennebago by E. E. this. A moose is too cumbersome and When you receive notice that your subscription Thomas, Oct. 23, 1886. 'This moose expensive a body to trar sport a great has expired renew at once to avoid missing an stood 181-2 hands and weighed 850 distance and more than this his flesh is issue of M a in e W oo d s. “•THE MT. KINEO HOUSE1 Those who find this paragraph marked are no­ pounds. This letter brought out the of little value as food. The tongue and tified that their subscription has expired or will following correspondence: the tender muzzle, the prehensile lip KINEO, Moosehead Lake, MAINE, expire very soon. Several weeks ago the Press pub­ with which fhe moose gathers in sprouts lished an account of the killing of a Nature’s Ideal Summer Wilderness, Lake and Mountain Resort : and lily stalks are the only parts of the Climate, Scenery and Location. Send for Booklets. T he Maine W oods never looked I monster moose in the Rangeley lake re­ bull moose that are valued as food by gion. The story came to the attention those w’ho are epicureans in regard to better than it does at present in its of officers of the Department of Agri­ C. A. JUDKINS, - M a n a g e r . brand-new dress. Bro. Brackett is a wild game. Be:ause of these facts culture in Washington and the follow­ probably not more than one moose in 20 hustler and has the secret of getting ing letter was sent to the Press: that are killed is brought out of the Division of Economic Ornithology and Mammal­ there.—Lisbon Enterprise. ogy of the Department of Agriculture. woods entire. The hunter akes the Washington, D. C., Oct. 28, 1886. head and sometimes the hide, gives the COPLEY SQUARE HOTEL, To the Editor of the Press: flesh to the guide or consumes a little of One of our advertisers, who recently Dear Sir—I notice in the daily papers a clipping from the Portland Press, stating that a mammoth it in camp and the rest is left to Huntington Avenue and Exeter Street. advertised in Maine W oods for a fox­ moose has recently been killed in the Rangeley fertilize the earth. hound, writes us as follows: “ The little Lake regions. For years I have been collecting Then to get an authentic record of Headquarters for the New England Forest, Fish and Game Association and reliable measurements of large moose, but the ad brought letters from three states biggest “ bull” I have recorded is much smaller the weight of a moose is a difficult for Sportsmen in general. A high-class, modern house, convenient to the busi than the size mentioned in certain early accounts matter for the reasons above stated. ness centers. One block from Boston & Albany Hunt;ngton Avenue Station. and they are still coming. I have a of the animal. Hence, I am particularly anxious As cited in the Maine W oods’ article Every room has a long distance telephone. Check baggage to Back Bay or fine hound.'’ to secure trustworthy information of the size of referred to above, which was copied this monster. The height at the shou der is the Huntington Avenue Station. most valuable single measurement. Do you hap­ from the Commercial of Nov. 3, the pen to know if accurate measurements were Trout and other food fishes, which writer tells why the weight of a moose AMOS M. WHIPPLE, Proprietor, Boston, Mass. taken? If so, can you put us in correspondence is so frequently misjudged. The reside in the ponds and lakes near with the person who made them? Vjery respectfully, animals look large enough to weigh a ton. t t t i r m T /^1 /"\ j x r m • Bangor, show great willingness to bite C. Hart Merriam. The hair is bristly and makes the body V V H 6 n I H 6 I C 6 ( j O C S O l l t III T ll6 SpniUT hooks and thus get in out of the wet. A letter was at once sent to t . E. look larger than it is and when stand-, Thomas, who shot the moose, stating Meantime, most of us easy-going citi­ that accurate measurements were de­ ing the moose is anywhere from 181 to Maine W oods readers will want to know where to go for the early fishing. zens are very willing to accept all the sired. This reply has been received, 23 hands high at t e shoulder. The LOON LAKE is three miles beyond Rangeley Village on a good carriage road! head and neck of a bull moose with a We have several ponds that furnish landlocked salmon, square tail trout and trout that wish for a change.—Bangor giving not only the height of the mon­ ster, but a hunter’s graphic descrip­ News. f r o n d s ’ 8 The ^ tion of the chase: heavy and powerful and contain most I Kennebago, Nov. 5, 1886. the weight the The To the Editor of the Press: of of body. J. LEWIS YORK, Rangeley, Maine. Novelty In Buck's Head Shot at Squa Pan You ask for the size and height of the moose barrel is very small in comparison Lake. that I shot and the particulars in regard to him. with the shoulders, and tapers back to i After the fishing season was over I hauled up at the loins. The hind quarters are also ______the little steamer Reindeer and started down the Boston, Mass., Jan. 24, 1906. lake, then up the stream to Little Kennebago and very small, and it is a large hind 1 To the Editor of M a in e W oo ds: I made my headquarters at the Wigwam (that is quarter of a moose that will weigh ; well known to all the sportsmen that visit the more than 75 or 80 pounds. I enclose a picture of a buck’s Kennebago lake.) I then paddled up and down the stream very carefully the first two days. I The largest moi se of which the Com- f head that 1 was fortunate enough to shot partridges that numbered over 60. Then I mercial reporter has an authentic record shoot on my trip to Squa Pan Lake, says: "Enough of this small game,” and stopped was killed on Oct. 6, 1894. on Twichell INFORMATION f r e e . near Ashland, Aroostook county, Maine firing. On the afternoon of the second day I met my game as I was slowly paddling my way down brook bog, at the head of Penadumcook last November. the Kennebago stream that flows from or.e lake to lake by William L. Miller, of the firm This head is quite a novelty in the other. About three-fourths of a mile down of Rice & Miller of this city. Mr regard to points. If you can see the stream I heard something walking in the wa- ter and to my great surprise a large cow moose Miller got his big moose after calling j them you will find three small points walked out on the bar 20 rods ahead. My rifle nealy all nigh:. The moose was taken at the base then one pair of double was on her in a second, but before I had time to out to Norcross and weighed, after points come next on each horn then pull the trigger a better specimen made its ap­ We often get enquiries from parties who want a bunch pearance from the same quarter, and the bearer the inwards had been taken out, and three perfect points at the extreme I of a splendid set of antlers was then my mark. tipped the scales at 1,153 pounds. ends; it is an unusual combination and The first bullet struck his neck, but missed the This moose was weighed in the i of circulars of camps and hotels in Maine and of Railroad and I thought might interest you. bone by one-half inch. This was unexpected, and presence of a number of reliable i This buck was not very large, not as he turned his head slowly around and began to think of the way to go I put a bullet through his witnesses and was photographed by j Steamboat lines. W e send these free of charge for the benefit over 150 pounds but had a very pretty heart. That finished him. He w ent about four Hon. A. A. Burleigh, then president j head and when I got it out I sent it rods and fell. Tbe other moose walked slowly away, and I then went to the wounded moose as of the Bangor & Aroostook railroad. of advertisers in Maine "Woods and our readers. to the S. L. Crosby Co., at Bangor he lay thrashing in the water, and waited for him Fred A. Colby, the foreman of the ■ and had it set up, and am very proud to be quiet enough to use the knife. Then to my taxidermist shop of the S. L. Crosby of it. surprise the old cow came quietly walking back, Co., and a man who has handled and With best wishes for “Maine and came up within six rods of me. She was not half so pretty as the one that lay in the water. mounted more big game perhaps than MAINE WOODS INFORMATION BUREAU, W oods” which I receive and read The long bristles on her back looked very much any other man in the country is a good with grent interset every week. like those of a porcupine and her nose turned up judge of the size of moose. Mr. | C. L. DeLaite. in a rather ridiculous manner. I swung my hat and shouted so loud that I think you editors might Colby says the largest moose he has j have heard me if you had been out in the open any recollection of seeing was brought Phillips, Maine. air. The Maine law gives a man but one moose a Fine Trout Caught Through the Ice. year and fines him $100 for every other one killed to Bangor five years ago. This molise Says the Biddeford Journal: In one of the same year. But the cow lett, and I was glad. was killed somewhere along the one ! I camped that night with him, and the next morn­ of the B. & A. and was sold at the show windows of C. F. Traynor & ing a party going up the stream hel red haul him out of the water. He stood 18 1-2 hands high (six Leighton’s market in this city. The i Co.’s drug window is a platter of trout feet and two inches) and weighed 850 pounds. animal weighed, dressed 1,040 pounds. i which has attracted a good deal of at­ ______E. E. Thomas. The head was a fairiy good one and ; The article below fallowed this, cop­ tention today. There are 15 in all and is now owned by Harry A. Chapman ied from my book Sportsman’s Para­ and adorns a wall in the Bangor they were caught by Dr. Willis Hurd dise, page 59. House. Experience Parmachenee claims the cake for and Artel Burnham at Sand pond in There are many stories of much Send Three backed by the general law of average Limington. Close time on fishing in the largest moose ever killed in Maine, larger moose than tnese, but in nearly ! this pond went off at 12 o’clock on in addition to the many other attrac­ every case there is nothing to sub­ proves that the first appearance of an Wednesday night and some 200 or more tions for sportsmen. Herewith is a stantiate the weight given except the advertisement does not bring business were out Thursday fishing for the letter received from Councilman Flwyn statmem, of the hunter that “ he 2 Cent Stamps to nor even create much curiosity. It W. Lovejoy of Lowell, Mass.: should say the moose weighed, etc.” ! speckled beauties through the ice. costs little to advertise in M a i n e One person is allowed to cut but five To the Editor of the Portland Press: The writer has talked with a dozen In your issue of the Press, Oct. 23, 1886, you W o o d s . A trial (one time) insertion holes and many of the fishermen were have an item, Maine’s Jumbo Moose Killed. While or more men who have seen a majority I out long before night Wednesday and I do not seek for publicity, I do feel that undue of the moose brought out of Maine in for business advertising is a waste of praise has been accorded the shooter of the moose the past ten years, and nearly every Maine Woods, had their holes cut and laid out. At by your article and for that reason only I am in­ money. If you go in, stay in and it one time Thursday there were 50 teams clined to write you. I send you this slip from the man says the average weight of a ' will pay you. ‘ ‘Keeping everlastingly along the river bank. Lowell Morning Mail of Oct. 16, 1886, which de­ moose is between 600 and 800 pounds j While some had good luck, others scribes the animal which I shot: and one that will weigh over 1000 is a at it’ ’ is the only wray to success. “ Mr. Lovejoy and his guide occupied a crow’s Phillips, Maine, fished for hours and did not get a nest, a platform in a tree, four days, until, after rarity. They get larger moose in New In continuity is strength. In discon­ trout. this patient waiting, this magnificent bull moose Brunswick, Canada, and the North­ nection is failure. Few people buy appeared below at out 11 o’clock in the forenoon of west. A customs official at Vameboro Oct. 7th. A shot from Mr. Lovejoy’s Winchester anything the first time they hear abou entered behind the foreshoulder, making a mortal vhere any moose coming across from For a little bunch of Backwoods Fairy To Hotel and Camp Owners. wound, but three other bullets were put into him New Brunswick must be officially it. There is not a solitary case where Tales, by This is to inform you that Maine before he fell with a crash into the undergrowth. weighed is authority for the statement intermittent advertising has brought Mr. Lovejoy drew his knife across the creature’s ‘it is surprising how many moose Woods has purchased a new Printing throat to finish him and the magnificent animal, a returns compared with that from c o b veritable monarch of the forest, was secured. The that go through here weigh 1000 Press, that is thoroughly up to date task of dressing him, however, was no sinecure. pounds.” Still the Commercial writer E D GRANT tinuous advertising—that everlastimr and the best machine in the market for The animal was one of the largest ever killed in pounding away at the public day in an the Parmachenee region and weighed between sticks to his statement that more of of Beaver Pond, Maine, edited by first-class circular printing. 1200 and 1500 pounds. . . . The head of the them weigh 600 or 800. The best evi­ day out. moose which was uninjured in killling him, was dence in the matter is given by the FRANCIS I. MAULE. We bought it particularly for print­ preserved intact and is an unusually handsome MAINE WOODS, one. The spread of the antlers is less than some­ guides who when they’speak of a “ sock­ ing booklets for hotels and camps. times found on a moose of this size, but it is rarely dolager of a big moose’ put the weight The’re not so—very slow. Phillips, that they are found so symmetrical and perfectly of the animal at “ nearly 800 pounds.” Maine i MAINE WOODS, FEBRUARY 16, 1906. 5

A MOOSE RIVER HUNT. It was the handsomest head I ever got We came in a canoe and were satisfied FISHING and considering that in 28 hours after we could not go back eleven miles in one arriving in camp I had secured my al­ STORY OF ENJOYABLE HUNTING and unless the ice was strong enough lowance I was satisfied to take it easy to hold us we shoul 1 be in a tight place. CAMPING IN THE TRIP ON ATTEAN LAKE. and look the country over. One of the guides would have to tramp We saw moose signs and if time were out and the nearest they could get a CANOEING A Party Of Four Have Most Happy Time team to us would be ten miles from our WOODS OF camp. HUNTING Hunting In Company With Two Well Saturday morning the ice was strong Known Guides. Two Fine Bucks enough to hold, but being cautious we waited one more day. That afternoon, RECREATION NORTHERN Were Trophies of the Trip. however, to test the ice we dragged N e w t o n v i l l e , M a s s ., Feb. 9, 1906. the two bucks down the river four miles to lighten our load for the next REST To the Editor of the Ma in e W o o d s : day. Sunday, the 22d, after a hearty MAINE I find I have read the M a in e W o o d s breakfast, we secured birch saplings to HEALTH and what used to be the Phonograph the canoe for runners and packed up since 1887 and in renewing my subscrip­ for good. Our trip down the river and tion for the present year, I will enclose across the lake on two and a half inches a sketch of a short hunting trip on of clear ice, where only four days be­ Reached by the Moose river some two years ago and fore we had paddled up in canoes, was send two or three pictures of the occa­ both eniovable and instructive. sion. Omitting all preliminaries, my friend, We picked up the two bucks below, Clark of Hartford, Conn., and myself, carried around the falls, stopped and with Fred Henderson and Allen Moore cooked dinner and taking plenty of time of Jackman as guides, left Birch Island walked over the east end of the lake Camps, Attean lake, for No. 4 Camp to McKinney’s, where we got a buck- board and reached Jackman about 6 on Moose river, on Wednesday morning, p. m., having had rather a novel canoe “ In The Maine Woods,” Nov. 18, 1903, in two canoes. It was trip and one which might not always cold and windy and ice had formed at result so successfully. This shows that Guide Book for Sportsmen. so late in the season it is rather uncer­ i taken one might possibly have secured tain to figure on open water one day Ninth Annual Edition, ready for distribution about March 1st. I one. Clark shot a nice fat doe and a ahead. 192 pages, about 130 beautiful half-tone illustrations from actual photographs 1 fine spike-horn buck. The weather Some time I will give you an account furnished by visitors to this section during the past season. Cover and two inserts I had grown colder and the ice these of how I spent 18 hours alone in a cedar in three colors suitable for framing. More attractive, artistic and valuable than the three days had frozen thicker and now swamp in the heart o f the Aroostook in previous editions. J comes the principal part of this trip. October, 1896. T. C . L e a v e n s . No Sportsman, Tourist or Vacationist should be without a copy of this publi­ cation. Mailed anywhere upon receipt of 10 cents in stamps to cover postage. AUTOMATIC Address Guide Book 6, Bangor, Maine. FLEXIBLE JOIHT R e a r S is h t C. C. BROWN, General Passenger Agent. 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Light Before deciding where you will spend On arriving at Attean falls, where we had to carry, Clark found his canoe Weight your had been cut by ice and was leaking, so 25-20, it was abandoned and left in a snug 25 25 place. Fred and I took the entire out­ - , Summer Vacation, fit with us and continued up the river, 32-40, while the others struck an old lumber 30 30 road, a much warmer proposition of the - , Write for booklet descriptive of two. We had five or six miles more to Calibre go and encountered many frozen places to break through and found that the Gun For All Kinds of Game whether it be Rangeley Lakes Resorts. farther we went the thicker the ice All points reached by the Deer, Bear or Quail. RUMFORD FALLS LINE THE THREE BARREL GUN COMPANY, Pullman Parlor Car service between Portland, Box 1007, - M o u n d s v il l e , W. V A . Rumford Falls, Bemis and Oquossoc during the Tour­ ist season. R. C. BRADFORD, Traffic Manager, Portland, Maine. 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afternoon Clark and Allen hunted down A 160 page book, containing 12 stories by an enthusiastic the tote road, while Fred and I watched Maine Woods Information Bureau. out in a big open field on the river sportsman, founded upon actual incidents in his lifelong inti­ above the camp. Just before it got too macy with the woods. Full illustrated, handsomely bound in dark I shot a nice eight point buck, but Write to M a in e W o o d s for information about where to go it took three shots to land him. We green cloth decorated with gold lettering. Sent postpaid on saw six deer in this field and it was shing, where fish can be caught. We have the circulars of hotels only luck that this one was near enough receipt of $1. to shoot. Price $1 prepaid. Given free for two subscriptions [to and camps located in fishing localities that we furnish for the ask- The next afternoon, after being up on the side of the mountain all the M aine W oods accompanied by $2. One o f the above must morning, I again went up to the field be a new subscriber. ng. Address, i and came right onto another buck and M A IN E W OODS, Phillips, Maine. j he never moved after the first shot. MAINE WOODS, Phillips, Maine. 1 6 MAINE WOODS, FEBRUARY 16 1906, TIME-TABLES FOX SHOOTING AND TRAPPING. TIME-TABLES Sandy River Railroad. Hunter From Waltham, Mass., Defends Portland & Rtimford Falls Railway A TRAINED NURSE Time-Table in Effect, Oct. 9, 1905. the Method He Likes. Time-Table, in Effect Oct. 9, 1905. 1 1 W a l t h a m , M a s s .,: Feb. 12, 1906. Tr’n 1 Tr’n 3 Tr’n 5 North A. M. P. M. P M. To the Editor of M a in e W o o e s: After Years of Experience, Advises Women in Trains leave Oquossoc f o r Rumford If it is not an imposition I would like Falls, Lewiston, Portland and Bos­ Regard to Their Health. ton, 6.50 a. m. Farmington, ...... lv 11.00 12.10 4.40 to ask you to allow me space in your Trains due to arrive at Oquossoc from Boston, Portland, Lewiston a n d South Strong,.. • • valuable paper to fire one more shot at Mrs. Martha Pohlman Rumford Falls, 6.25 p. m. | Trains run daily except Sunday. P. M. the “ fox trapper” even if it doesn’t o f 55 Chester Avenue, Strong, ...... 12.05 12.30 6.10 Newark, N. J., who is a R. C. B r a d f o r d , Traffic Man., Portland. Me. take effect. I saw an article in your 12.30 1.00 5.30 E. L. L o v e jo y , Supt. Rumford Falls. Me. paper last w eek, Feb. 9 edition, written graduate Nurse from the Blockley Training School, by someone (I presume a man) sign­ at Philadelphia, and for Maine Central Railroad. South Tr’n 2 Tr’n 4 Tr’n 6 ing their name as “ Landowner.” six years Chief Clinic A. M. A. M. P. M e Now L would like to say to Mr. Nurse at the Philadelphia From the Rangeleys to the Sporting Hospital, writes the letter “ Landowner” that while he seems to Points in Maine and New Brunswick. Phillips,...... 7.30 8.30 1.30 rinted below. She has be afraid to let your readers know who S Lv Rangeley...... 11 (0 a m tie advantage of personal Phillips ...... 1 30 p m 7.50 9.10 1.60 he is, le doesn’t hesitate in his article experience, besides her Farmington ...... ------2 25 Ar Portland ••••...... 45 to use my name quite freely and had I professional education, Boston...... 9 05 taken the course he has taken and what she has to say Belgrade ...... 7 40 8.20 10.00 2.20 may be absolutely relied Bingham ...... 11 Id a m he wouldn’t have known there Hartland ...... 9 30 upon. Bangor ...... 5 25 WESTON LEWIS, Pres. F. N. BEAL, Supt. was such a person as W. B. Stone. Many other women are Ellsw orth...... • • -7 16 While I admit it is a bard name afflicted as she was. They Machias...... 9 40 E astport...... 11 48 Franklin & Megantic Railway. I am not afraid to sign it under any ar­ can regain health in the Calais...... 11 43 aame way. It is prudent Princeton ...... 12 40 NOON Shortest and easiest route to Eustis and the Dead ticle 1 write to a newspapaper. to heed such advice from Greenville . • ...... 10 55 a m River region. He seems to have a word to say about Kineo ...... 1 00 p m such a source. Jackman...... 1 56 Time-Table in Effect, Dec. 18, 1905. the fox hunter and fox trapper from a Mrs. Pohlman writes: Katahdin Iron Works -...... 9 .'5 a m SOUTH. A. M. P. M. farmer's standpoint but I guess to look “ I am fh inly persuaded, N o rcro ss ...... 6 58 Bigelow, lv 11 00 2 00 him up he will prove to be a fox trap­ after eight years of experience Millinocket...... 6 15 Carrabassett, 11 20 2 25 per. He may call himself a farmer with Lydia E. Pinkhain’s Sherman...... 7 03 ( ar 11 40 3 00 Vegetable Compound, that it Patten ...... 1 1 40 Kingfield, 1 A. M. A. M. P. M. but I do not think he is a practical one Ashland - •...... 1 &5 p m ( lv 7 00 7 05 12 50 is the safest and best medicine Caribou ...... 2 40 according to his own statement. for any suffering woman to *N. Freeman, lv 7 0 12 55 When he comes out and says he has Vanburen...... 35 *Mt. Abram Jet., lv 7 35 use.” W inn...... 6 30 a m Salem 7 20 7 45 1 10 a right to allow his poultry to roam all “ Immediately after my V anceboro...... 30 ‘ Summit, lv 7 33 8 45 1 12 over his farm if he chooses and that marriage I found that my St. John ...... 12 06 NOON *W. Freeman, lv 7 35 1 25 is where they belong, I claim he is no health began to fail me. I be­ Fredericton...... -.11 45 a m Strong, ar : 45 9 10 1 35 NORTH. A. M. A. M. P. M. no farmer. I don’t think anyone came weak and pale, with Send for guide book and folder giving severe bearing-down pains, other details. Strong, lv 8 20 10 00 5 12 would question his rights to allow his fearful backaches and fre­ *W. Freeman, lv 8 30 5 17 hens to roost on the headboard of his Geo. F. Ev a n s , V. P. and Gen. Mgr., ‘ Summit, lv 8 40 10 30 5 27 quent dizzy spells. The doctors Salem, 8 45 10 35 5 35 bed at night, or allow his hogs to sleep prescribed for me, yet I did F. E. Bo o th by, G. P. A., *Mt. Abram Jet., lv8 50 10 40 in his parlor, or leave his mowing ma­ not improve. I would bloat Portland, Maine. ‘ No. Freeman, lv' 8 55 5 43 chine in thehayfield all winter, but be­ after eating, and frequently ( ar 9 05 11 30 5 50 cause a man chooses to do business that become nauseated. I had Kingfield, 1 P. M. pains down through my limbs so I could bility, irritability, nervousness, sleep­ (lv 9 20 12 00 5 55 way doesn’ t prove that it is the way it nardly walk. It was as bad a case of female Carrabassett, 9 50 12 35 should be done. lessness, melancholy, “ all-gone ” anc. Bigelow, ar 10 20 1 05 trouble as I have ever known. Lydia E. “ want-to-be-left-alone’’ feelings, blues ‘ Flag stations. Trains stop on notice to I say again that if the farmer’s poul­ Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound, however, The 1906 Time-Table of the ductor. tMixed trains. cured me within four months. Since that and hopelessness, they should remem­ Close connection is made at Strong with trains try is kept w7here any practical farmer ber there is one tried and true remedy. would keep, them the fox could do him time I have had occasion to recommend it to to and from Phillips, Farmington, Portland and a number of patients suffering from all Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com­ Boston. but very little damage and on the other forms of female difficulties, and I find that pound .at once removes such troubles. Stage connection at Bigelow for Stratton and hand he benefits the farmer by destroy­ Eustis, at Carrabassett for Flagstaff and Dead while it is considered unprofessional to rec­ No other female medicine in the River. ing field mice, meadow moles and ommend a patent medicine, I can honestly world has received such widespread Rangeley Lakes GEO. M. VOSE. Superintendent. grasshoppers. recommend Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable end unqualified endorsement. Compound, for I have found that it cures He also claims I would like to see a female ills, where all other medicine fails. It The needless suffering of women from Phillips & Rangeley and Eustis law passed for my own selfish interest, is a grand medicine for sick women.” diseases peculiar to their sex is terrible even though it is an injury to others. to see. The money which they pay to Steamboat Co. Railroads. Well that may be his way of looking Money cannot buy such testimony as doctors who do not help them is an at it but I doubt if the true sportsmen this—merit alone can produce such re­ enormous waste. The pain is cured SETH M. CARTER; Receiver. of Maine look at it that way. I ad­ sults, and the ablest specialists now and the money is saved by Lj’dia E. Time-Table, in Effect Oct, 9, 1905. vocate a law to he passed by the law agree that Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vege­ Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Will appear early in May. makers of Maine to prohib:t the trapping table Compound is the most univer­ It is well for women who are ill to The only all-rail line to Rangeley. The shortest, sally successful remedy for all female quickest and easiest route to all points in the of foxes, from a true sportsman’s write Mrs Pinkham at Lynn, Mass. Dead River region. stand point and no other, and I feel it diseases known to medicine. The present Mrs. Pinkham is the No. 5. would be no great injury to a practicle When women are troubled with ir- daughter-in-law of Lj dia E. Pinkham, NORTH. SOUTH. No. 6. farmer. I fail to see where a Massa­ regiilar, suppressed or painful periods, her assistant for many years before her A. M. A . M. 9 00 Rangeley, lv 11 00 chusetts foxhunter is in any way weakness, displacement or ulceration decease, and for twenty-five years Boston, ^ D.lv 8 30 Dead River, 11 16 benefited by any law that might be of the female organs, that bearing- since her advice has been freely given First-Class Livery. P. M. Eustis Junction, *11 18 passed in Maine, in regard to protect­ down feeling, inflammation, backache to sick women. In her great experi­ Portland, lv 12 55 Redington, *11 4 9 Farmington, lv 4 40 P. M. ing foxes, as we have p enty of foxes bloating (or flatulence), general debili­ ence, which covers many years, she i hillips, ar 5 30 Sanders, *12 08 here to hunt, for sport, as long as the ty, indigestion, and nervous prostra­ has probably had to deal with dozens We have everything in the livery line Phillips, lv 5 40 Reed’s, *12 16 trapper keeps away and I am glad to tion. or are beset with such symptoms of cases just like yours. Her advice Madrid, 5 57 Madriu, 12 28 that is needed. The stable has been Reed’s, *6 05 Phillips, ar 12 40 say that I know of no fox trappers as dizziness, faintness, lassitude, excita­ is strictly confidential. Sanders, *6 17 Phillips, lv 1 30 within 25 miles of where I live. enlarged and newly equipped through­ Redington, 6 45 Farmington, 2 26 Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound Succeeds Where Others FalL Eustis Junction, *7 05 Portland, 5 46 As a foxhunter generally hunts out. Experienced drivers will take Dead River, *7 08 Boston, 9 06 foxes mostly, he would be very foolish Ranveley. ar 7 05 to pay for the privilege of hunting parties when desired. part in tunbling do.vn stone walls ini Riehl as well as Messrs. Hubby and The American Express Company transacts foxes in another state when he had winter, so don’ t blame the fox hound Heikes used U. M. C. factory loaded business at all points on line of Phillips & Range- plenty in his own state to hurt. for all the mischief done to stone walls. Arrow shells. ley railroad. P, RICHARDSON & CO., ‘ Flag Stations. Trains stop on notic : to con­ Now Mr. “ Landowner” don’t think In regard to the killing of sheep, I “ Billy Heer ’ his been shooting in ductor. for a minute that whatever laws might would lik6 to ask Mr. “ Landowner,” co npany with Frank E. Butler at The above table shows the time that trains may be passed in Maine to protect the fox if when sheep are killed by dogs (not many of the best known eastern gun RangeW. be expected to arrive and depart from the several ' - - Maine stations, but is not guaranteed. Subject to from the pot hunter’s trap, would in always foxhounds) is not the owner of clubs during December and January. change and correction wTithout notice. any way benefit me, but it would bene the dogs held responsible if th ;y are From Dec. 12 up to Feb. 1 Mr. Heer F. A. LAWTON. Supt. D. F. FIELD. G. P. & T. A fit the true sportsmen of >our state known, and if not, does n >t the county snot at 3,055 targets, breaking 2,849, (assuming you are a resident of Maine) have to settle the bill. Will he please or an average of 93.2 per cent. At and do no great injury to the farmer, answer that question. He says “ if 1 many of these shoots the ta-gets and I have great respect for both either should be stopped, stop fox j thrown were most difficult, making . .. 0* Price 25Cts. classes. hunting and all >w fox trapping to go! h'gh scores almost im 'ossible. Mr. THE ANGLEKS He cl aims also that the foxhound is on.” Well such an utterance comes I Heer used, as usual, U. M. C. factory from a “ game hog” and nothing else, loaded Arrow shells. ■ J T ANNUAL. a curse to the farmer, because he Disclosing file haunts and fiatms- sometimes tumbles down stone walls as Mr. S. E. Stanton styles them ar.d of the popular sport in? fishes, and and kills the farmer's sheep. Well I will I think they are rightly named. If the favorite baits, rods ami tackle Arrangement of Trains. Mr. “ Landowner” could get every Amateur Badge. of the expert anylen. k x x adrrit that sometimes a s ’ one or two IN EFFECT MONDAY, NOVEMBER 27. 1905. owner of land in Maine to forbid fox The new M ain e W oods amateur is knocked ( ff a wall when a hound PULLMAN CAR SERVICE. hunters trespassing on their land then badge is on exhibition at the Phillips Edited by Charles Bradford. jumps over but we r us remember Pullman Buffet Parlor Cars between Caribou that jack fiost takes qi it an active the Maine fox hunters wou d have a post office this week. and Bangor on train leaving Caribou at 6.00 a. m. slim chance to enjoy his favorite sport, and Bangor at 3.15 p. m. Sleeping Car on train but I doubt if t e coul I make that woik leaving Caribou 4.10 p. m. and Bangor 3.55 a. m. How hard a mother has to coax before Mothers! Mothers!! Mothers!!! as all farmers are not built that way. she can get her child to take its first step. TRAINS LEAVE BANGOR. I am well aware that all fox hunters It is just about as hard to in- 3.55 a. m. — For and arriving at Millinocket, 6.40 M rs. W in s l o w ’s So o t h in g Sy r u p has beenu are trespassers and if they were not, j а. m., Houlton, 8.50 a. m., Presque Isle, 10.32 a. m. for over El KXY Y EAKS by SI ILLIO N S of MOTHI duco a con- firmed in- Fort Fairfield, 10.55 a. m., Caribou, 11.00 a. m. Van for their CHILDREN while TEETHING, with 1* th re would be but very little fox I valid, espe- icially one Buren 12.40 p. m. FECT SUCCESS. It SOOTHES the CHILD. SO hunting done. suf fering n with weak- 7.00 a. m.—For and arriving at So. Lagrange, ENSthe GUMS, ALLAYS all PAIN: CURES WI I have hunted foxes for 37 years in j 1 m il ncss lho 8.1d a. m. Brownville, 9.03 a. m. Katahdin Iron v* \ 11 ill aiungs, to Works 9.50 a. m. Mili .nocket 10.25 a. m. Patten COLIC, and is the best remedy for DIARRIIC Massachusetts, Maine and New ilamp- j 11.50 a. m. Ashland 2.1: p. m. Fort Kent 4.15 p. Sold by Druggists in every part of the world. Be s shire and I was n< ver ordered off a j m. Houlton 12.55 p. m Presque Isle 2.46 p. m. and ask for “ Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.” : man’s land. The majority hke to have Caribou 3.15 p. m. Vai Buren 5.30 p. m. Fort take no other kind. Twenty-five cents a bottle. Fairfield 3.05 p. m. Lim> stone 4.10 p. m. Dover the foxes hunted while there is no 9.17 a. m. Guilford 9.41 a m. Monson 10.17 a. m. damage being done. Game lawmakers MAINE WOODS, Phillips, Miine. Greenville 10.55 a. m. Kin to 1.00 p. m. of Maine, protect the foxes from the 3.15 p. m.—For and arriving at So. Lagrange trapper at once. 4.12 p m. Brownville 4.49 p. m. Millinocket 6.93 Camp Fires in the p. m. Sherman 6.54 p. m. Patten 7.25 p. m. W m . B. Sto n e. Houlton 8.15 p. m. Mars Hill anc Blaine 9.25 p. m. Presque Isle 9.57 p. m. Caribou 10.25 p. m. Fort SPORT INDEED Fairfield l.'.15p. m. Trade Rotes. take the first step to 4.50 p. m.—For and arriving at Lagrange 6.10 Wildernist health. There is a lack p. m. Milo 6.35 p. m. Brownville 6.45 p. m. Dover of confidence, and perhaps a crushini ------BY ------and Foxeroft, 7.03 p. m. Guilford 7.26 p. m, experience of a former failure wind Greenville 8.40 p. m. Quebec 1.15 p. m. Montreal On the U. M. C. Fortune Wheel. depresses and discourages the sufferer. THOMAS MARTINDALE. 8.55 a. m. In spite of doubts and fears you wil ARRIVALS. Mr. Thomas Upton of Hamilton, take the first step to health when yoi A graphic description of camp life in 9.25 a. m. Leaving Montreal 7.25 p. m. Quebee Ont., had the honor of winn.ngthe take the first dose of Dr. Pierce’s Goldci 2.45 p. m. Greenville 5.35 a. m. Guilford 6.44 a. m. Medical Discovery. It never fails t Maine, finely illustrated by photographs Dover 7.02 a.m. Brownville 7.20 a. m. Milo 7.30 a. Grand Canadian handicap at pigeons help. In ninety-eight cases out of on m. So: Lagrange 8.10 a m hundred it never fails to cure. Neve by the author. 1.00 p. m. Leave Caribou 6.00 a. m. Presque on Jan. 16-19 inclusive at Hamil'.or, Isle 6.27 a. m. Fort Fairfield 6.00 a. ni. Houlton Ont. His score was 35 out of 35. This mind about the symptoms. Obstinat A book every woods lover sffiould 8.05 a. m. Ashland 6.50 a. m. Patten 8.50 a. m. cough, bleeding of the lungs, spitting o Millinocket 10.16 a. m. Brownville 11.25 a. m. is one of the most important tourna blood, emaciation, night-sweats, condi have. Price $1.50, postage paid. Given Milo 11.34 a. m. ments held in Canada during the year. tions which if neglected or unskillful!; 7.25 p. m.—Leaving Kineo 1.20 p. m. Greenville treated terminate in consumption, liav free for two subscriptions to M aine 3.40 p. m. Monson 3.55 p. m. Guilford 4.50 p. m. Mr. Upron used U. M. C. factory load all been perfectly and permanently cure: D?ver 6.08 p. in. Limestone 9.50 a. m. Van buren by "Golden Medical Discovery.” Woods accompanied by $2.00. One of 2.30 a. m. Caribou 11.45 a. m. Prescue Isle aL.15 ed Arrow and Trap shells. p. m. Fort Fairfield D.40 a. m. Houlton 2.00 p. "I am thankful to say that Dr. Piorce’s the above must be a new subscriber. Mr. Lem Williar.i, shooting at Wat­ Golden Medical Discovery cured mo of con­ m. Fort Kent 10.45 a. m. Ashland 12.45 p. m. Pat­ sumption.” writes Mrs. Mattie L. Denton, of ten 2.50 p. m. Sherman 3.27 p. m. Millinocket 4.20 son Park, Chicago, Jan. 21, won the Morgan ton, N. C. "My health lind been bad MAINE WOODS, - Phillips, Maine. p. m. Brownville 5.33 p. m. Milo 5.43 p. m. La­ Scarecrow Trophy in a match of 57 en­ and for several months before 1 began the grange 6.10 p. m. The fun ai use of your medicine I had symptoms of coti- 11.45 p.m . Leaving Van Buren 2.40 p. m. Car­ tries with a score of 94 out of 1(>0. U. sumption. llad night-sweats, a bad cough, ibou 4.10 p. m. Fort Fairfield 4.16 p. m. Presque oeauties c M. C. Nitro Club shells were used. loss o f appetite and a great loss o f flesh. A ModestSuggestive Novelty Isle 4.38 p. m. Houlton 6.20 p. m. Millinocket 8.43 , camping in tl There were other symptoms of disease that p. m. Mr. Frank C. Riehl, who has been disappeared by the use of the*medicine. By SEND 60 CENTS- Trains leave So. Lagrange for Stockton. Sears- wild forest Hie lime I used one bottle of ‘ Golden Med­ port and intermediate stations at 8.15 a m. and making a Texas tour, has been shooting ical Discovery’ 1 began to regain my appe­ (stamps taken) foi Maine, grapl a beautiful Trout б. 20 p. m., arriving at Stockton at 10.16 a. m. and so well that he has led the best known tite and after using two and a half bottles Fly Watch Charn 8-20 p. m. and Searsport at 10.25 a. m. and 8.30 cally told in my cough was cured, I could cat heartily to be rent to youi p. m. Returning, leave Searsport at 5.50 a. m. and veteran shooters. At the Sunny and all symptoms of consumption had dis­ and 1.50 p. m. and Stockton at 6.05 a. m. and 2.05 appeared. Took seven bottles of ‘ Golden address prepaid. book by E. \ I A perfect trout fl p. m., arriving at So. Lagrange at 8.05 a. m. and Sou h handicap at Brenham Mr. Riehl Medical Discovery’ and one of tho ‘ Favor­ 4.05 p- m. Burt of Lyn ite Prescription.’ Am very thankful I re­ enclosed betweet shot an average of between 96 and 97 ceived so much benefit. I believe 1 would glass crystals an C. C. BROWN, General Pass, and Ticket nt. Mass., illustr have been dead if l had waited and not taken surrounded by guar per cent. At Bay City. Jan. 31 and ] anteed gold pla:e W. M. BROWN, General Superintend, i t ted. Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery.” Bangor. Me., Nov. 25, 1905. Feb 1, he completely outshot his fast Sick persons are invited to consult Dr. band. $1.00, Given free for tw Price postpaid. Given free f company by breaking 432 oat of 440. or j R. V. Pierce, by letter, absolutely without subscriptions t two subscriptions to Maine W oods a an average of 98 per cent. Mr. R. O fee or charge. Every letter is regarded M a in e W oods ar P O X HUNTERS who have been dis- Heikes and Mr. T. E. Hubby, his as sacredly confidential. Each answer is companied by *5L(h appointed of late years in not find- companied by $2.00. One of the a bo mailed in a pi ;in envelope. Address Dr. One of the abo». ing their game, should visit Phillips. Maine. There must be a new subscriber. shooting mates, also shot well 'in this R. V. Pierce, Invalids’ Hotel and Surgi­ must be a new aui are plenty of foxes in this vicinit> and the> are tournament, making averages of 931-2 cal Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. srriber. not trapped or hunted as much as they formerly M A r v v per T-'sr’e>*ti".re,v Yf r MAINE WOCT" were. For full information address, ^ iL-i .. A\ r i -2r.. . . tea:: I'l;' , MAINE WOODS, FEBRUARY 16, 1906.

HOTELS AND CAMPS. Automobile Notes. paying $10 additional. Such license Products of the Orient. shall entitle the purchaser to take to Ra n g e l e y , M e . Brilliant and stupendous are the only MAPS. his home, properly tagged with the tag We give greater values than any ether import­ Wanted, Summer Hoarders. Lake Side Farm words to express the impression that ing house in the United S.ates. offeis fine accommodations for sportsmen; is in detached from his license, and open close proximity to the best fishinir Rangeley lake will be conveyed to the sightseer at the to view, 10 grouse, 10 ducks and Importers Tea & Coffee Co., offers. For further particulars and terms ad­ Boston Automobile and Power Boat Main e W oods has frequent enquiries dress, H. M. Bemis, Box 325, Rangeley, Maine. 10 woodcocK that he has lawfully killed. 57 Washington St., Boston, Mass. show which is to be held in Mechanics’ The holder of a nonresident hunter’s Importers and Wholesale Grocers. for maps of the fishing regions of the Manufacturers of and Symphony halls, March 10 to 17. license shall be entitled to offer for state, etc., and we can furnish the fol­ transportation within or without the Cocoa, Baking Powder, Such a gigantic affair was 01 ly fore­ lowing Maine maps: Camp Bemis, state the carcass of one bull moose or ! Spices, Extracts, Etc. Rangeley and Megantic districts, 25c seen by Manager Campbell and the part thereof that ha has lawfully killed Note—Under our system of doing business the Mooselookmeguntic Lake, near the strenuous working committee, George on the moose coupon attached to such smallest dealers are able to compete with the Rangeley and Megantic districts, license also the carcass o f one eer, or largest merchant. log station of Rumford Falls & Range- H. Lowe, E. A. Gilmore and J. H. We supply our customers with any amount de­ very large, 50c ley Lakes railroad. part thereof, on each of the deer cou­ sired; all orders regardless of size receive prompt MacAIman Lut is now acknowledged by pons. and careful a tention. Moosehead and Aroostook districts, 50c all the automobile manufacturers and No nonresident can lawfully hunt TEAS, all kinds, 10c to 25c per pound. Millinocket and Munsungan lakes, $1.00 COFFEES, from 8c to 18c per pound. The Birches, boat builders of the country. game at any time without a license. Send for price list. Maine, Northern, for sportsmen ^Such large numbers of exhibitors will and lumbermen. 25c On Student’s Island, six miles from display their products that hardly an Camp and Hotel Printing. Franklin County, 50c Bemis reached by steamer. automobile or power boat builder but Maine Farms For Sale Oxford County, 50c will be represented. Boston has al There is nothing like arranging for On the Hills, Along the Lakes Somerset County, 50c ways been noted for innovations at its your printing early. The season of 1906 and by the Sea. 10 to 2,000 shows and this one will prove no excep­ will be on before we realize it and we acres with comfortable build­ Aroostook County, 50c The Barker, tion. can’t make a mistake by getting an ings, $500 and up. Catalogue of 200 Piscataquis County, 50c The new hotel and cottages on Sandy New effects in decorations—new ideas bargains FREE. Washington County, 50c in forms of display—new methods of idea o f how to lay out next season’s Point on Mooselookmeguntic Lake. creating an harmonious whole, will be printing. Special prices and special E. A. Strout, 88 Broad St., Boston. Outline map of Maine, 30x36 in. $1.00 The finest fishing is offered from this in evidence and all visitors—and they arrangements for camp and hotel print­ Geological map of Maine, 35c will number between one and two hun­ place. Special attention is paid to the ing. We know what you need for PATRONS of HUSBANDRY R. R. map of Maine, 35c cuisine. dred thousand—will realize that they U. S. map, size 18x29, 50e have seen rnd beheld the greatest of cuts. J. W. Br a ck ett Co., I am a member of Mountain Grange, Androscoggin County, 35c Steamers touch at the hotels many motor car and boat expositions. Maine W o o d s , Phillips, Me times a day, thus enabling parties to No. 331, Blaine, Maine, (to which I re­ Cumberland County, 35c take side trips. Mails received daily. fer you.) I am a Jeweler by trade of Hancock County, 50c The Beetle is coming and will be at several years’ standing; I wish your co­ For booklet and other information ad­ the Boston Automobile and Power Boat Kennebec County, 35c dress, show, Symphony Hall section, March ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING operation in the line of Watches, Knox County, 35c 10-17. Clocks Jewelry, Silverware, Sewing CAPTAIN F. C. BARKER, Lincoln and Sagadahoc Counties, 85c The Stanley racer, with its many IN THE GAME SEASON, Machines, Fire and Burglar Proof Penobscot County, 50c Proprietor Camps and Steamers, names—Beetle, Spider, Crab, Skipper Safes and watch repair work. will be exhibited on the stage at Sym­ Waldo County, 35c Bemis, - Maine. phony hall and so placed that all Vis BY JOHN FRANCIS SPRAGUE. I am here to help you. Write for York County, 85e itors will have an opportunity to in­ prices on your wants and be convinced. Ostrich Racing. spect this wonderful speed producer. The best treatise on this subject Fraternally yours, LOTTED TIMBERLANDS. Probably no speed automobile in the G. W. YOUNG, Blaine, Maine. In this age of queer ventures, when world ever created such an interest as that has ever been published. A Aroostook County, section plans no bid for the dollar seems absurd, even has this little 16-foot wonder. It neat and attractive .booklet. Sent to Nos. 3, 4 and 5, from Grand the plan of a man to supercede race weighs but 1,600 pounds but is the big­ gest little thing known to the trade. any address for 20c. Address Lake to Fort Kent, 50c horses by training ostriches to take The world’s record for a kilometre of Modern Rifle Hancock County, section plan No. their place on the race track may 18 2-5 seconds, a mile in 28 1-5 secord -, MAINE WOODS, 2, 50c strike some as a wise one. This idea is (at rate of 127.66 miles per hour), five Penobscot County, section plans actually being carried out at the Phila­ m les in 2 minutes, 47 seconds, have all fallen to this whizzing wonder. Shooting. Nos. 3 and 4, $1.00 delphia race track, known as Baarney Phillips, - - Maine Piscataquis County, section plans Owen’s course, the headquarters of the FROM THE AMERICAN Nos. 1, 3 andJJ, $1.25 Game Laws of Maine. East Suffolk park driving club. About STANDPOINT, Somerset County, section plan No. a dozen ostriches have been in training Caribou—No person shall, within 6 Lake and Forest 6, and Franklin Co. map, $1.00 at this track for several months past, years from Oct. 15, 1905, in any manner Washington County, section plans Bunt, entse, catch, kill or have in pos­ BY DR. W G. HUDSON, and several are in thorough condition, As I Have Known Them, Nos. 2 and_3, $1.00 broken to harness and ready to race as session any caribou or parts thereof. Oxford County section, see Oxford soon as the time is deemed ripe for Deer—No person shall hunt, take, is a standard work that is very much in By Capt. F. C. Barker. county map, 50c springing the new sport on the public. catch, kill or have in possession any demand. It has been no easy task to train the Postage paid upon receipt of price. deer or part thereof, between Dec. 15 A book of woodcraft, camp life, log­ Price $1.00. Postage 10c. For sale big birds. They are by nature a stu­ by pid, untractable lot, prone to take and Oct. 1; no person shall between ging, river driving, guiding and a gen­ MAINE WOODS, Phillips, Maine. fright at their own shadows at d ready Oct. 1 and Dec. 15, kill or have in pos­ eral description of life by water and in MAINE WOODS. Phillips, Maine. ! to strike out blindly with their great session more than 2 deer or parts there­ the woods. This volume is finely il­ feet at the mere suspicion of danger. of; a person lawfully killing a deer in lustrated by photographs from life. It By unlimited patience, h rwever, the meaning of '.he harness has been open season shall have a reasonable | contains much quaint humor as well as a NATURE'S ESSENCE beaten into the stupid head’s of the time in which to transport same to his vast amount of entertaining informa- birds, and once the ostrich is hitched to home, and may have same in possession i tion and many good stories. Extracted from the Roots of Native, Forest Plant* a racing sulky it is not difficult to man­ at his home during the close season. Price $1.10 postpaid. Given free for age him. The agonizing part of the Go Straight Back to Nature for Your Health. erformance is getting .he bird into Special county laws on deer. two subscriptions to Main e W oods ac­ Parness. This will be done behind the Close season on islands in town of companied by $2.00. One of the above There is Your Strength. scenes and the public will probably Isle au Haut until Oct. 1, 1907. must be a new subscriber. know little of the tremendous labor in­ Open season in Androscoggin county Consider your body as an engine extract is like Nature’s influence— the volved in preparing the racers for the MAINE WOODS, during October. which supplies you with all activity of blood is bathed in the invigorating start. mind and body. Keep the machinery tonic which gives life to it and the viUu The only way it has been found possi­ Moose—No person shall at any time Phillips, • Maine. well oiled and it runs smoothly. It fires of the body burn brighter and ble to harness the ostrich is first to hunt, catch, kill or destrr or have in does not groan in doing its work. But their increased activity consumes the blindfold him. No matter how many possession any cow or call moose, and let the stomach, which is the fire-box tissue rubbish which has accumulated times he has gone through the same the term calf moose shall be construed to the human engine, get "out of kil­ in the system. struggle he will resist the efforts to to mean that these animals are calves ter” and we soon meet with disaster. The " Discovery ” cures all skin affec­ harness him with all his great strength until they are at least one year old and The Angler’s Secret The products of undigested and de­ tions, blotches, pimples, eruptions and and unwildly weapons of defense. To nave at least two prongs or tines not composing food is poison to the system. boils; heals old sores, or ulcers, "white begin wit t, therefore, the attendants less than three inches long to each of By Charles Bradford. swellings,” scrofulous affections and draw over the b rd’s eye a black hood. their horns. No person shall, between kindred ailments. The hood is pulled do -vn on the neck, Dec. 1 and Oct. 15, hunt, take, catch, The "Golden Medical Discovery” ia leaving only a hole through which the kill or have in possession any bull moose Author of “ The Determined Angler,” just the tisue builder and tonic you beak protrudes. When this hood is on •r part thereof, and no person shall, “ The Wild Fowlers.” Illustrated. require when recovering from a hard the b id instantly becomes as quiet as | between Oct. 15 and Dec. 1, take, cold, grip, pneumonia or a long siege a lamb, although up to tne moment of I catch, kill, or have in possession more Net, $1.00 postage paid. of fever or other prostrating disease. the darkening of his sight he will fight ; than one bull moose or part thereof. Th’ Angler’s Secret is, as the author No matter how strong the constitution, like an enraged ti^er. When the hoed No person shall at any time hunt, our stomach and liver are apt to be is on and the ostrich stands meek and catch, take, kill or destroy with dogs, j tells us, to replenish the soul and not "out of kilter” occasionally. In con­ still the trainer drags the shafts of the jack lights, artificial' lights, snares or the creel. It is a secret that cannot be sequence our blood is disordered, for sulky to their place and straps the bird .raps, any moose, deer, or caribou. the stomach is the laboratory for the to the vehicle. Then he slips the har- Rabbits —It shall be unlawful to hunt revealed to an unsympathetic mind, constant manufacture of blood. ne s over the ostrich’s bill and the bird or have in possession, rabbits or wild and only the lover of nature can fully It is a trite saying that no man ie stands ready for the race. The hood hare, between April 1 and Sept. 1. stronger than his stomach. Dr.Pierce’e may then be withdrawn, for these rac­ Squirrels, chipmunks—I n Knox understand that communing with field, Golden Medical Discovery strengthen* ing ostriches stand still when the hai- county, no open season. stream and sky which results in the the stem ach—puts it in shape to make ness is fixed, they probably having Mink, sable, muskrat, fisher, close pure, rich blood—helps the liver and grasped, even with their limited intel­ season, between May 1 and Oct. 15. perfect contentment of the angler who kidneys to expel the poisons from the ligence, the idea that L is exercise Beaver—Whoever at any time kills or has learned the secret. Given free for body and thus cures both liver and time, a welcome relief from tne con­ 1 destroys any beaver, except upon kidney troubles. If you take thie finement of the pen. written pernfisnon of the commission­ two subscriptions to Maine W oods ac­ We do not live on what we eat but natural blood purifier and tonic, you ers, shall be fined. companied by $2.00. One of the above >n what we digest, assimilate, and take will assist your system in manufactur­ To Camp Owners. JLimit—No person shall in any one ip in the blood. The blood in turn ing each day a pint of rich, red blood, day kill or have in possession more than must be a new subscriber. eeds the nerves, the heart, and the that is invigorating to the brain ana Owners of camps in Maine should 15 of each variety of the above named vhole system, and all goes well with us nerves. The weak, nervous, run-down, send a few of their circulars to the birds, except sandpipers, the number MAINE WOODS, Phillips, Me. f the blood be kept pure and rich. If debilitated condition which so many M aine W oods information Bureau for of which shall not exceed 70 in any one lot, then the liver, which is the human people suffer from, is usually the effect free distribution. There will be no day; nor shall any person at any time liter within us, gets clogged up and of poisons in the blood; it is often in­ charge whatever and every circulir kill or have in possession any of the loisons accumulate in the body from dicated by pimples or boils appearing goes into the hands of a man who has above named birds, except for his own PRINTING TALK iver-eating, over-drinking, or hurriedly on the skin, the face becomes thin and or wants to visit the Maine Woods. consumption in the state; nor shall any We are constantly making estimates Joing both. The smash-up occurs the feelings "blue.” Dr. Pierce’s "Dis- person at any time sell or offer for sale i vhen the blood is poisoned by the covery ” cures all blood humors as well any of the above named biids; nor shall j for printing of various kinds. The re itomach and liver being unable to take as being a tonic that makes one vigor­ any person or corporation transport suit is that we get our share of the big •are of the over-load! The red flag of ous, strong and forceful. It is the only from place to place any of the birds jobs as well as the small, and we have langer is thrown out in the shape of medicine put up for sale through drug­ gists for like purposes that contains mentioned, in close time, nor in open grown to feel that nothing is too large sruptions on the skin, or in nervous- season unless open to view, tagged and less and sleeplessness, the sufferer be­ neither alcohol nor harmful drugs, and labelled with owner’s name and resi­ for us to print. We like to get U| soming blue, despondent and irritable, the only one, every ingredient of which dence and accompanied by him, unless small business cards. Big cataloguet Decause the nerves lack nourishment has the professional endorsement of tagged in accordance with the follow­ are also in our line, in fact big or little ind are starved. the leading medical writers of thie country. Some of these endorsement* ing section: anything that can be printed by any* Nature’s laws are perfect if only we Transportation of game —Any resi­ ibey them, but disease follows dis- are published in a little book of ex­ dent of Maine who has lawfully lulled a body anywhere, can be done right her*-, ibedience. Go straight to Nature for tracts from standard medical work* moose or deer or one pair of game There are many reasons why the peo{ Ic ;he cure, to the forest; there are mys- and will be sent to any address free, Hammer blows, steadily ap­ birds may send same to nis home or to who read this should have us do theii ;eries there, some of which we can on receipt of request therefor by letter iathom for you. Take the bark of the or postal card, addressed to Dr. R. Y. any hospital in the state without ac­ work. plied, break the hardest rock. companying same, by purchasing from tVild-cherry tree, with Mandrake root, Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. It tells just what 3tone root. Queen’s root, Bloodroot Dr. Pierce’s medicines are made of. Coughing, day after day, jars the duly constituted agent a tag, pay­ J. W. BRACKETT CO„ ing for a moose $5, d^.er $2 and 50 cents ind Golden Seal root, make a scien- The "Words of Praise” for the ■*▼- and tears the throat and lungs a pair for game birds. ;ific, Glyceric extract of them, with eral ingredients of which Dr. Pierce*! until the healthy tissues give Licenses—Persons not bona fide resi Phillips, - Maine. ust the right proportions, and you have medicines are oomposed, by leaders ia dents of the state and actually domi­ Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. all the several schools of medical prac­ way. Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral ciled therein shall not hunt or kill any It took Dr. Pierce, with the assist- tice, and recommending them for the ince of two learned chemists and phar- cure of the diseases for which the stops the coughing, and heals bull moose, deer, ducks, grouse, wood­ t ff“ If you “ can’t go” we’ll bring the wildernese cock, or other birds or wild animals at to you—If you can we’ll tell you how, 'when and nacists, many months of hard work "Golden Medical Discovery” is advised, the torn membranes. ar.y time without first having obtained experimenting to perfect this vegetable should have far more weight with the “ I always keep Ayer’s Cnerry Sectoral in a license. Such license shall be issued iterative and tonic extract of the great­ sick and afflicted than any amount of the house, it perfect relief whenever (" f i e l d a n d s t r e a m . the so-called "testimonials” so con­ any of us have couchs or hard colds. I have upon application and payment of $15 to est efficiency. To make rich, red used it for a great many years and so know hunt bull moose, deer, ducks, grouse, A lot of good things in.the issue now on sale oi Dlood, to properly nourish the nerves spicuously flaunted before the public all about it.”—M r s . Ma r t O r e r t k a n , Varys- all news stands—16c. ind the whole body, and cure that by those wrho are afraid to let the in­ burg, N. Y. woodcock and other birds and wild ani­ Don’t miss Horace Kephart’s series of articles mals during their respect ive open sea on CAMPING AND WOODCRAFT now appear­ assitude and feeling of weakness and gredients of which their medicines are ing in this magazine. This is only one of the Made by J. C. Ayer Co., Lowell, Mass. ] sons in October, November an d Decern nerve exhaustion, take Dr. Pierce’s composed be known. Bear in mind Also manufacturers of I many invaluable features which have contributed that the "Golden Medical Discovery” ber. But to hunt ducks, grouse, wood­ to the success of Field and Stream—America’s 3olden Medical Discovery. It bears y SARSAPARILLA. cock and other birds and wild animals i biggest and best magazine for sportsmen. rHE BADGE OF honesty upon every has t h e b a d g e o f h o x m t y on every PILLS. during their respective open teai-ons SJg^To all wno send $1.50 for a year’s subscrip­ bottle in the full list of its ingredients, bottle wrapper, in a fall Ust of its in­ ha:r vigor. tion and mention this paper we will send postpaid gredients. yers rior to Oct. 1, a license fee of $5 shall i a copy of Theodore Roosevelt’s book, “ Hunting the printed in plain English, and it has sold J Grizzly and Other Sketches,” or if preferred,a pair more largely in the past forty years than Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets cure Biliousness, constipation retard re- Ee paid annually. A person having constipation, invigorate the liver and ! paid the fee of $5 may procure a li­ ! of our famous duck shooting companion pictures any other blood purifier and stomach c very. Cure these with Ayer’s Pills. ! in color, fit to adorn any sportsman’s home or d- r . tonic. The refreshing influence of this regulate stomach and bowels. cense to hunt bull moose and deer by FIELD AND STREAM. 35 W 21st. St. New York 8 MAINE WOODS, FEBRUARY 16, 1906.

A Notorious Bear Skin. Can Stand the Present Moose Law All PERCH AND SPOTTED TROUT.! h o t e l s a n d c a m p s . HOTELS AND CAMPS. Manchester, N. H., Feb 10, 1906. Right. Aroostook County. Penobscot County. Sherman, Feb. 7, 1806. GEN. FARRINGTON, A WELL-KNOWN To the Editor of M a in e W oo d s: Via Ox b o w , M e . On a w a , Me . Bear talk and the taking of bears To the Editor of the M a in e W o o d s: SPORTSMAN, REITERATES. Atkins’s Camps. Famous for Moose, deer and Camp Onawa. Do not write us for accommodations Not long since I read an article in big fish. Write for special small maps and circu­ during J uly. August or first half of September, seems to be the favorite theme this Maine W oods where a man from out lar to W. M. Atkins, Oxbow, Me. as all are taken. If you wish to come during the winter and some of the stories lately fad tot mooi-t. leer, boar birds or small 'amt, o f the state tells where our game laws Says He Never Found Young Trout In Via Ox b o w , Me . n :tt til "t '-net. Yount" & Buxton. Onawa. Me. printed remind me of the fine bear skin Spider Lake Camps. Good camps. The best are all wrong in regard to moose. He B an g o r . Ma in e . shown at the Sportsmen’s show in New Perch ^Stomach and Wants to Hear of hunting. Good accommodations. Allegash Bangor House, distributing poinL for Moosehead says the law should allow a man to trips a specialty. Address, York a few years ago by A. B. Dodge, Arbo & Libby, Oxbow, Me. Lake. Aroostook and Washington counties. kill any kind of a moose, cow, calf or Reasons From U. S. Bureau Author­ H. A. Chapman & Son. Proprietors. where it was much admired and I dare bull, as nature intended there should ity. Franklin County. Somerset County. say there are a few guides and sports­ men who still remember it. This skin be as many bulls as cows, that the law A ug usta, Feb. 12, 1906. Ra n g e l e y L a k e s. M erc er, Me . was unusually well dressed, the skin | as it" is now is, is working great harm To the Editor of M a in e W oo ds: fSS£ Camp Beniis, The Birches, The Barker. Write Rome Mineral Spring Farm delightfully locat­ being smooth and white and the fur was and in a short time our moose will be for free circular. Your comments upon my suggestions Capt. F. C. Barker, Prop’r, Bemis. ed 11-2 miles from the north end of Belgrade in prime condition. run out by interbreeding and become lakes. The best trout brook fishing in Maine. Considering the circumstances under regarding the introduction of the white Reasonable rates. For further particulars and extinct. Now please excuse me for perch in the waters in this state, where Ra n g e l e y La k e s , M e . new booklet, address. which it was taken it was considered showing" you how the game com­ there are none, have been carefully A. S. Foster, R. F. D. No. 1, Mercer, Me. quite a prize. A. B. Douglass, I pre­ missioners are running our game sume, could give the particulars under read. On the whole your comments J a c k m a n . M e., P. O. interests. I will speak from my own rather strengthen my claim, than Speneer Lake Camps. Fall hunting at Spencer which it was taken better than anyone experience in the winter of 1885. otherwise. Lake Camps. No better place in Maine for deer, else, if you can pin him down to tell Elijah Brackett a man who had moose and partridges. Two deer guaranteed to the whole truth. You seem to agree as to its value as each sportsmen 44 deer taken out last season. hunted for forty years, Wm. Boynton, a food fish, but do not think that it is My territory extends from Attorn Lake to Spen­ I understand that this trophy is to be ( James Dunn and myself went to the as good a fighter as the trout. I am cer Lake. Write at the coming show in New York. Thomas Gerard, Prop’r., Jackman, Me. East branch after moose. We hunted wondering what your experience has Camper. for a week, followed every brook and been in catching white perch. If you Via Bin g h a m . valley where moose would yard if there ever had a white perch on your hook, Carry Pond Camps. Do you love the woods? were any in the country and in all that with 150 or 200 feet of line out—say a If so spend your vacation at Henry Lane’s camps Forest Service Will Identify Trees. time not a track nor a sign of a moose perch that would weigh 3-4 of a pound, where the best trout fishing and hunting can be did we see that had been made in five or a pound, and a trout of same size, found in Maine at its distance from carriage The increased interest in forests and road. Not only good fishing and hunting but a years, now 1 can go ovei the same and could distinguish the difference in fine place to bring your families through the sum­ forest trees which is a sign of the times country and find more than fifty the fighting or staying qualities, you Mountain V ie w House is one of the most modern, mer months. has, among other things, led many moose. On only a small part of the have achieved something I have not up to date summer homes in the state of Maine. Henry J. Lane, Carry Pond, Me. Its beautiful location at the foot of Rangeley city and town officials to seek to make section that we hunted in 1885 this and I have caught many of each. If lake on a picturesque cove, gives it many at­ fall just passed, in about ten days the you have ever had a pound or less trout tractions, while the best of hunting is within close F l a g s t a f f , M e . known the names of trees growing in Timberlake party from West Virginia, or perch upon your hook, with a short proximity. The boating and canoeing are tne The Flagstaff. Fishermen, tourists and hunters streets and parks. Not only are such best on the lake; the drives are unsurpassed tor find this an ideal place to spend their vacation. saw by actual count over 100 moose, line, and got better fighting out of the beautiful scenery and the woods around are niiea Salmon and square tailed trout are found in near trees in very many cases now without but no doubt there were many of those trout than the perch, your experience with delightful paths and trails. Croquet and by lakes, while pickerel fishing in Flagstaff pond tennis grounds adjoin the house. The cuisine is marks of indentification, but in not a that were seen more tnan once. As to has been different from mine. In is unsurpassed. Moose, deer and black bears are this statement I would refer anyone to of the best; fruit,vegetables, fish and game in found here. Small game in abundance. Duck few cases they have been labeled with either case the fight of either ought not their season with plenty of milk and cream. Pure shooting unexcelled. A delightful fifty mile canoe R. W. Timberlake, West Virginia; to give a man the buck fever, or un­ spring water is furnished the house from a spring trip to Big Spencer lake. incorrect names. The Forest Service above. Rooms large, well lighted ai>o. pleasant. W. J. Roderick, West Virginia; W. T. string his nerves. Hunters find plenty of deer, partridge and wood­ Frank Savage Jr., Flagstaff, Me. has devised plans by which its coopera­ Gales, Verta, West Virginia; Andy Your quotations from the article of cock in the woods near by. tion may be secured in correctly ident­ Flanagan, Hinton, West Virginia; each Mr. Virgil Eaton of the Bangor News, „ Send for 1906 booklet to of those men got a moose and two deer. L. E. Bowley, Mountain View House. New Hampshire. ifying the public trees of any com­ to whom most writers take off their .Mountain View, Rangeley Lakes, Me. J. F. Van Sann and wife N. Y. got one hats in recognition of his power as a munity which may care to call upon it. Ra n g e l e y L a k e s. moose, 4 deer; Milton Lamb, Howard descriptive writer, comes near the E ustis, M e . It is remarkable how little uniformity Peck, E. E. Sline, and Norman Dick­ point and while he may prefer togue to Round Mountain Lake Camps. Excellent trout Lakeside House, on Umbagog, a most picturesque fishing all the year round. Reached by a good retreat, charming scenery, beautiful drives, excel­ there is in the use of trees names. inson all of New York City, each got perch I think most persons would not, road. Log camps, up to date, nice and clean. lent boating, good hunting. Send for booklet. a moose and 2 deer; Wm. Erl, Phil., but that is a matter of taste, and tastes ates always reasonable. Telephone connections. E. H. Davis, Proprietor. Lakeside. N. H. Even scientific names, which are, of Pa., 1 moose 2 deer; J. E. Cushman, differ, and it is well that they do. I We answer correspondence promptly. course, always more exact than the Maine, 1 moose 2 deer; Nelson Mc- know of no one acquainted with the Dion O. BSackwell, Mgr., Eustis, Me. New York Office, Room 29, 335 Broadway. ____ Washington County. common names, are in many cases un­ Maran, Maine, 1 moose 2 deer. Now white perch but who accord it one of Mr. Commissioners, you can see to the sweetest and best of food fish. R a n g e l e y . Ma in e . . settled, but common names are often Oqnossoc House. Headquarters for commercial Gr a n d L a k e St r e a m , M e . what extent you are causing the moose That ought to be enough to settle the men and sportsmen. Natt El’is, Rangeley. Me. Onananielie Lodge and Sunset Camps, Wash­ used almost at random. In different to become extinct but please keep question. ington Co.. Maine. For the fisherman. A dead parts o f the country the same species But there are other good reasons why R a n g e l e y L a ke s. sure place for a satisfactory catch. The vacation­ right along and do as you have done the perch might to advantage be put Bald Mountain Camps tre situated at the foot of ist. An ideal spot for an outing. The hunter is may be popularly known under very since Hon. L. T. Carlton became chair­ Bald Mountain in a good hunting and fishing sec­ in the center of the Washington county game different names, and, on the other man of the same commissioners and I into waters even where there are trout belt. Second to none in Maine. Open fireplaces, and salmon. In all our Kennebec tion. Steamboat accommodations O. K. Tele­ running water, good beds, clean wholesome food. hand, the same name is often used in will try and put up with it as lc ng as waters there are abundance of them, phone at camps. Two mails daily. Write for Reasonable service. Steam Launches, Teams. different localities for altogether dif­ I want moose, but when we do not Canoes and Rowboats. Send for 1906 circular. ferent trees. want moose any longer and want them and to no disadvantage, tha^. I have free circular to Look us up at Sportsmen’s Shows. W. G. Rose. ever heard to the trout or salmon and Amos Ellis, Prop’r, Bald Mountain, Me. 108 Water St., Boston, Mass.: Grand Lake In the effort to assist toward uniform­ all killed off, then we will let those I think that any attempt, if such was Stream, Washington County, Me. April to ity of usage in scientific names of for­ poor forlorn hunters who have never Via F a r m in g t o n . November. est trees, and also to lessen the chaos I possible to exterminate them, would be Clear W ater Camps. First-class hunting. killed a bull moose have a chance at met by widespread opposition. In fact E. G. Gay, Route 1, Farmington, Me. in the use of common names, the For­ some poor old cow or a calf moose, every year more strict conditions are LADY WHO SHOOTS GAME. est Service has already published “ A and how proud he would be to take Check List of the Forest Trees of the imposed to preserve the white perch. St r a t t o n , M e . home such a beautiful trophy to adorn Why? Because it is a fine food fish; Hotel Blanchard. Headquarters for sportsmen United States.” This serves as a his home. Mrs. Lillian Glover of Waltham, Mass., because, in the summer its flesh is hard when fishing or hunting. Clean beds and cuisine guide when once a tree has been J o h n C u s h m a n . and sweet when mcst fish are soft and unexcelled. Largest and best livery in the Deal identified by the botanist. But the Reg. Guide. Who Shot a Deer first requisite is that the identification unpalatable; because, it gives protec­ River region connected with house. For terms, tion to the trout and salmon, for when [Special correspondence to Ma in e W oo d s-] should be correct. It is here that dif­ etc., address, ficulty is often met with. For this those fish go into deep cool w ater, the E. H. Grose, Prop’r., Stratton, Me. i Dead River, Feb. 5, 1906. perch is moving about and fishermen reason the Forest Service now offers Ar)irr>&l 5 t o r y F o r fish for them instead of ‘ plug fishing” On P h ill ip s & Ra n g e l e y R a il r o a d . I thought perhaps some of the many its technical knowledge to city authori­ ties. Little FolKs for trout and salmon. It protects in Redington Camps and Cottages. Good accom­ readers of the Maine Woods both this way the trout. The perch makes modations, with best hunting and fishing. One j There are two ways in which assis­ minute’s walk from Redington station. Write for j ’adies and gentlemen would be inter­ tance may be given. Where the work the finest o f chowders. A fish chowder circular. J. F. Hough, Prop’r., is a luxury. Those living about the P. O. Rangeley, Me. I ested in the successful hunting trip of is on a large scale, a representative A Rather Brave Chicken lakes add much to their table fool by Mrs. Lillian Glover of Waltham, Mass., of the Service will visit the town or Via Ra n g e l e y . this fish for chowders and p in fish. one of the finest little up to date hunt­ city and identify the tree by examina­ Dead R iver Pond Camps. One and one-half tion on the spot. In most cases, i What have you in the Rangeleys for miles from rai road. No better lake or stream ing ladies that has ever visited Black There was a chicken who wanted to chowders? If you had perch you trout fishing. First-class hunting. Camps newly however, identification by correspond­ be a policeman. Now, what do you furnished throughout. Telephone, daily mail, ex­ Brook Camps. ence will prove entirely adequate. would have something that would tempt think of that? A chicken a policeman! cellent spring water, good table bountifully sup­ She is a lover of Maine woods hfe and This will require merely that specimens the appetite of the most fastidious plied with farm produce. The ideal place for Anyway he went down to see the po­ erson. As a pan fish it would be a women and children. $2.00 per day. Special o f nature in all its wildness. Rough­ of the trees be sent to the Forest Ser­ Selicacy for the breakfast table. It rates by the month. Address, vice, together with a rough sample lice board, which is the body of men Dr. J. R. Kittridge. Farmington, Me. or John G. ing it in the woods and living on game plat showing their location, the plat who make the policemen, and he told would save thousands of your large Coburn. Lewiston, Me. trout, which has become a question of and fish is her delight and happiness. and specimen being numbered to cor them just what he wanted. importance with your people. Instead P h il l ip s, Me . Sne is a congenial companion to every respond. “Very well,” they said, and they Phillips Hotel. Carriage meets all trains. Good For such indentification a full set of * of taking back anything I have sug­ hunting. C. A. Mahoney, Prop’r. one in camp and is all ways looking for turned him over to the doctors to see If specimens, illustrating mature foliage, gested regarding the introduction of the something to do that she may help he was strong and healthy, and they A t F arm in g t o n . and, if possible, specimens of the white perch, I want to emphasize my said he was. former declarations on this point. The Stoddard House is delightfully located for others. Mrs. Glover is one among a flowers and of the fruit (as the bot­ those wishing to spend the vacation among the anist call the seeds) should be sen*. “Now,” they declared, “we will have You say you have a letter from one hills and near good hunting and fishing. Write thousand that one likes and enjoys to of the fish culturists connected with for particulars. have in camp. Fruit specimens are very essential, but W. H. McDonald, Prop’r.. Farmington, Me. flowers may be omitted if they can not the United States bureau of fisheries, She is an expert shot with both rifle which says that if we ever put white be readily secured. Two or three Via F a r m in g t o n . and shotgun and when ever she goes perch in good trout waters we will re­ Hotel Strong, one of the finest hotels in the specimens of branches in leaf, 10 to 12 gret it. state of Maine reopened under the experienced out one can expect game of some kind inches long, taken from different parts Now if this expert knows more about management of Mrs. Lillian Porter. This well- for dinner on her return. She shot a of the crown, so as to exhibit all of known hostelry contains handsome, well equipped the leaf forms common to the species, the white perch than those having a newly furnished commodious apartments, electric nice deer here last fall. practical knowledge by years of close lights, furnace heat, toilet and bath (open plumb­ will answer for the foliage. One or acquaintance with it and can give us ing throughout,) in fact every up to date conven­ When it comes to tramping in the two specimens of the foliage, flowers, ience familiar to guests of the best hotels. It is points on its quality, or tell us the the aim of the management to make its excellent woods don’ t think for a moment any of and fruit may be placed Between sheets reasons why it may not be put in any table a special feature of this establishment, you that guide has got any soft snap of ordinary newspaper or blotting waters in Maine, for one I would like where an endless variety of well cooked dishes is paper at out 12 by 16 inches in size. ever in evidence. Carriages will meet guests at trotting around with her as it was so to know what they are. I cannot think the depot. The comfort and convenience of the Thirty to fifty specimens and sheets of only one reason tnat may be offered guests is the si udy of the management. proven last fall when she walked across may thus be piled one on top of another and that is one common to all fish that four townships by trail to see the big and the whole bundle plact d between they may consume the young trout. I 'YTTVTpljr’j H a in e s L a n d in g , M e . moose shot at West Carry Pond by two stiff pieces of mill board, paste­ have fished in waters where there "■ Mooselookmeguntic board, or thin picture backing, a little House offers excellent ac­ Jacob Wirth of Boston, and hence by were an abundance of whi:e perch also commodations t o sports­ larger than the sheets of pa;.er carry­ trout and salmon and have never found men. It is in close prox- trail ( ut to the Ledge house. ing the specimen^. The package I in the perch stomach, and I always ex­ ■ . imity to the best hunting in Both Mr. and Mrs. Glover have been must then be well tied and wrapped, H is , this section. No hay fever. when it may be sent by mail if u der amine it, a single young trout. Smelts Address from Nov. until annual visitors to these camps for the are the food usually found and smelts May. Theo. L. Page, Prop., 4 pounds in weight. If, before send­ are so plenty that sportsmen often Senate Cafe, Washington, past five years and Mr. Glover is him­ ing, the specimens are changed to dry D. C. After May 1, Haines self one of the best hunters that come complain that that is the reason why . Landing, Me. sheets of paper once in twenty four a little talk with you to see if you are hours, keeping them constantly under trout do not bite better and such would to Maine and four years ago he was re­ brave enough to be a policeman.” like to see less smelts. a weight of from 40 to 50 pounds, they Via Ra n g e l e y . warded by getting a large bull moose “ Ob,” exclaimed the chicken, “ I’m E. C.Kenncbago Farrington Lake House. on the shore of Kenne- can be thoroughly dried within two or bago Lake. One of the best hunting sections. while here. three weeks, when they will not be very brave.” fin our first comment upon Gen. Good hunting every day in the season. Excellent They are expected here for a ten so heavy and still be in excellent con­ “Are you afraid of nothing?” Farrington’s statement that he consid­ accommodations. Address, Richardson Bros., Proprietors, days’ or two weeks’ fishing trip as dition for identification. “ I am af raid of nothing,” said the ers white perch gamier and of better Kennebago, Me. soon as the ice goes out when we hope Suggestions as to labels and their chicken boldly. quality than the trout we stated that use are also made by the Service when “W hat would you do if you saw two D e a d R iver Reg io n . to give you readers a further account requested. big, bad robbers in the dark, with pis­ we hadn’ t done much white perch fish­ The New Sliaw House, Eustis, Maine, a brand of their good success and sport. ing. We have heard from many peo­ new hotel with hardwood floors, hot and cold tols in their hands, and they tried to water, water closets, hath, etc., almost in the Jim Harlow. ple who consider the white perch the woods. The fithing on the Dead river in the vicin­ shoot a poor man and take his money ity of this hotel is first-class, 'ihe Shaw House The fourth annual dinner of the Ca­ from him?” best pan fish, but none but Gen. Far­ table is said to be gord; come and visit us. Fur­ nadian camp will be held on Monday “ Is that likely to happen?” asked the rington who will say that they are as ther particulars by addressing, Deer a Wrestler. evening, Feb. 26 at 6 o’ -lock at Hotel A. B. Sargent, Proprietor, Eustis, Me. chicken. gamy as the trout. We would like to During the open season a few years Astor, New York, Broadway and Forty- E ustis, M e . ago, a Maine man took his 38-50 one fourth street. “Yes.” frCih others upon the subject.— Tim Pond Camps. Situated in the Dead River day and started out for a deer. When “Then I would seize the robbers and Region, 2,000 feet above the sea level. In the Ed .] heart of Maine’s best hunting ground. Write for he discovert d his game he pulled up take their pistols from them and send further particulars to and fired. The deer ran about twenty Two Papers, $1.50. them to jail for twenty years,” an­ Julian K. Viles, Eustis. Me. rods, in the open, and turned squarely swered the chicken. To Camp Owners. Main e W oods readers who wn- Via Ra n g e l e y . around, apparently to see what was “That’s very good,” replied the men. Many owners of camps who have Y o rk ’s Camps, Loon Lake. Ten Ponds. Best up. He stood in his tracks until the to subscribe for M aine W oo dsm an, cl* “But what would you do if you saw an Deer and Birds si ooting in this section. A postal hunter came up, and took him by both M a in e W o o d s regularly but who have old negro woman creeping up behind brings illustrated booklet. horns, when he gave a snort and a weekly local paper, can have it at ’ had no camp news in our columns for t> J. Lewis York. Proprietor. Rangeley. Maine. you, with a hatchet in her hand, about lunge, throwing the man fully twenty cents a year in addition to their M * :' 1 long time past, if ever, would do wel Kennebec County. feet down the hill. The deer tnen an hour before dinner?” to send us a little news about their peo­ bounded away and ran about fifteen W COBS subscription. This makes >• : “ Is that likely to happen?” asked the ple and their attractions. We would B e lg r a d e L a k e s , M e . rods when he fell dead. It was found papers cost only $1.50 a year chicken. Tile Belgrade. Best sportsman’s hotel in New the bullet struck him just back of the “ Yes.” print it and it would pay the camps England. Best black bass fishing in the world, best shoulder, passing through his lungs. M aine W oo ds. Phil!ir.« V « trout fishing in Maine. Chas. A. Hill & Son, Mg’rs. “Then I guess I don’t want to be a well. We like to have mail sent to us policeman. Good day, gentlemen.” And as early as Monday for the current the chicken was so frightened he hid Oxford County. A Guaranteed Cure For Piles. WHERE TO GO HUNTING. week, when possible. behind the pigsty for two days before Via Rum fo rd Fa l l s . Itching", Blind. Bleeding: or Protruding Filer Ask M a in e W oo d s Information Bureau foi J . W. B r a c k e t t Co., Upper Dam House. Good hunting. Send for Tour druRRist will refund money Lf Puzo Oint­ he ventured out to get something to eat circulars andSnarticulari. Phillips. Maine. Phillips, Maine, circular. John Chadwick & Co., Upper Dam, Me. ment fails to cure you in 6 to 14 days. 50 eta. and drink.— Pittsburg Dispatch.