Oct. 27, 1906.] 
FOREST AND STREAM 
657 
Massachusetts and Maine. 
Boston, Oct. 20. —Editor Forest and Stream: 
The lastest report from Deputy Commissioner 
Rausch, who' was shot in the Rowley woods by 
one Cahill, whom he had placed under arrest for 
hunting on Sunday, are somewhat encouraging. 
A Boston surgeon has succeeded in removing two 
wads that had entered his right breast and 
traversing the ribs had found lodgment in the 
back. A few of the shot have also^ been removed. 
Cahill is confined in the Newburyport jail. 
On Wednesday Warden Edward Joyce, of 
Lawrence, came upon four Italians with guns in 
the woods near Willowdale. When called upon 
to surrender they covered the officer with their 
weapons and succeeded in making their escape 
to the roadway and avoided arrest, although pur¬ 
sued by a posse of men who rallied to the assist¬ 
ance of the deputy. 
Hon. David M. Little, a former Mayor 'of 
Salem, had an unpleasant experience Thursday 
with poachers at his country place at Pride’s 
Crossing. Mr. Little heard shooting near his 
house and on investigating discovered three 
armed men who threatened his life and covered 
him with their guns, thus affecting their escape. 
One of them had shot a pheasant belonging to 
the estate. Essex county appears to be infested 
by a gang of desperadoes who have no respect 
for law and no fear of its officers. 
It is claimed by wardens Rausch and Nixon 
that they informed Cahill and his companion that 
they were deputies and exhibited their badges,, 
and it is believed that Cahill’s claim in self-de¬ 
fense that he thought they were “yeggmen,” is 
nothing less than pure invention—the merest 
pretense. Every sportsman and every believer 
in law and order, whether a sportsman or not. 
devoutly hopes that Cahill will receive the 
severest punishment for his dastardly crime. A 
deputy game warden takes his life in his hands 
the moment he enters upon his duties, and every 
safeguard the laws provides should be thrown 
around him. 
A Fire Warden for Massachusetts. 
The Massachusetts forestry bureau has just 
issued a bulletin with reference to forest fires, in 
which it asserts that the present system of deal¬ 
ing with them lacks efficiency. 
It show’s by figures that for the past twenty 
years there has been a loss of $60,000 worth of 
timber annually and an annual average of 21,557 
acres burned over during that period. From the 
experience of foreign countries, as well as of 
several states, it demonstrates the possibility of 
successfully combatting such fires and recom¬ 
mends that the state establish the office of fire 
warden. Within a dozen years several of the 
best game sections have been burned over to the 
great disadvantage of the hunters. 
The hunters have been getting a few woodcock 
and partridges the past week, but the foliage has 
been too heavy for easy killing. The leaves are 
falling now. however, and the coming week will 
see larger bags, no doubt. Mr. Aborn, of Wake¬ 
field, reports very fair shooting in covers in that 
and adjoining towns, and chairman Poland kindly 
invited your correspondent to' join him and Mrs. 
Poland Thursday evening in eating some birds 
he had shot. To-day Mr. Poland with several 
friends left for central New Hampshire. They 
take along two or three bird dogs and a rabbit 
dog. They count on bagging a good number of 
woodcock and ruffed grouse, as well as rabbits, 
and there may be some chance of getting a deer. 
The members of the party occupy an old aban¬ 
doned farm house and are thoroughly acquainted 
with “the lay of the land” and the haunts of the 
game. Mr. Warren Jones, of Stonehant, one of 
the best shots with either rifle or shotgun in the 
county of Middlesex, has gone into a more re¬ 
mote section of the Granite state, and his friends 
predict he will add at least one more to the 
numerous tronhies now in his possession. 
Lancaster. N. LT., hunters report that the woods 
have been too dry for successful deer stalking, 
the rustle of the leaves giving the game warn¬ 
ing. They anticipate good sport the ‘coming 
week on account of the recent rain. They say 
deer are plentiful in wods of that region. 
Bangor Shipments of Game. 
Although hunting conditions for some days have 
been good, and game is reported plentiful, and 
the number of hunters equal to that of former 
years, the receipts show a large falling off. Ship¬ 
ments for the'season up to Friday the 19th were, 
295 deer, 5 moose and 7 bears, while for last 
year the figures were 674 deer, 13 moose, 8 bears. 
This week’s shipment of deer was 134 against 421 
last year; 5 moose as against 13 last year. 
Partridge hunters say there are plenty of birds, 
but they are mostly in the swamps. They antici¬ 
pate finding them on the higher lands after the 
heavy fall rains fill up the swamps. Many sports¬ 
men are going into upper Aroostook by way of 
Patten where some 75 or more licenses have 
been issued. Mr. L. K. Hermon, of Boston,, se¬ 
cured a buck this week and Mr. L. E: Adams 
succeeded in killing a large bear. 
Camps reached from Rangeley and Eustis are 
filled with hunters in about the usual number, 
HENRY C. SQUIRES. 
The many friends of Mr. Squires, who were shocked 
to read in our last issue of his death, will be glad to see 
this portrait, which is a splendid likeness. 
and while some have been getting deer others 
are bent on securing a bear or moose. 
One of the sons of Mr. and Mrs. C. F. 
Hutchins, of Boston, who are in camp, has 
already killed two deer. J. H. Parker, of Bos¬ 
ton, got two deer in one day, one of them a buck 
with fine antlers. Several ladies from Massachus¬ 
etts have gone to camp in pursuit of large game. 
Mr. S. L. Tweed, of Boston; Mr. Harlow, of 
Gardner; E. W. Lincoln, of Winchester, and 
W. J. Spinney, of Revere, have secured deer. 
A party of four Masachusetts gunners have 
found good woodcock shooting in Lincoln, Maine, 
the past week. 
“Uncle” Nathan Moore, who has been desig¬ 
nated the “Pathfinder of Maine,” recently passed 
away at his home in Moscow. Somerset county. 
He survived three desperate fights, one with a 
bear defending her cub, one with a bull moose, 
and one with a bald eagle. His record of bears 
killed was 274, of moose 324, of deer 900, and 
caribou 200. 
Spread of Antlers 60^ Inches. 
Mr. George B. Clark, of the state association, 
and member of the gun club of the B. A. A , a 
noted trao and rifle shot, brought back from New 
Brunswick recently a magnificent moose head. 
The spread of antlers is 6 oV\ inches and in width 
17 inches from point to point of palm ; it is one 
of the finest heads ever obtained in eastern North 
America. H. H. Kimball. 
That Anticosti Goose Egg Story. 
Quebec, Oct. 1 7.—Editor Forest and Stream: 
My attention was called to an article in your 
last issue, regarding the shipment of carloads of 
wild goose eggs from Anticosti Island to France. 
The whole thing seemed so ridiculous that I 
drew the attention of Mr. George F. Gibsone, 
who is Mr. Henri Menier’s representative in 
Quebec, to this matter, and now inclose his 
letter to me on the subject, which will no doubt 
be interesting to. thousands of people, who would 
feel very indignant if it were possible that such 
a state of affairs could exist. I am very well 
acquainted with Mr. Menier, who is the sole 
owner of Anticosti Island, and I have every 
reason to believe that that gentleman fully re¬ 
spects the laws of this country. I do not believe 
he would allow an egg of any kind to go off 
that island for the purpose of traffic, and the 
next thing there is no railroad within two hun¬ 
dred miles of Anticosti Island, and there are no 
railroads going to France from anywhere in this 
country. Mr. Menier is taking every care in his 
power to propagate game, large and small, of all 
descriptions; and the increase, as Mr. Gibsone 
says, has been very large for the past few years. 
1 can assure you if I had ever heard that there 
was anything of the kind going on, I would have 
been the first to have taken steps to notify the 
authorities to stop it. An investigation into these 
charges has been called for by Mr. Menier’s 
representative here, and I trust the result will 
fully support what I state and believe to be true. 
J. U. Gregory. 
Quebec, Oct. 16.—Commodore J. U. Gregory, 
!■ S. Q., Quebec: My Dear Commodore 
Gregory—Thank you very much for the copy of 
Forest and Stream and for drawing my atten¬ 
tion to a communication from Mr. George Piers 
and one from the P. E. I. Fish and Game Pro¬ 
tection Society in which it is stated that “car¬ 
loads of wild goose eggs have been shipped from 
Anticosti to France.” I do not think I need 
tell you what an absurd fabrication this is and 
that there is not an existing circumstance which 
.could have been misinterpreted or magnified into 
that rumor. 
1 am sure nobody knows better than you do 
from the fact your knowing Mr. Menier so well, 
and from the fact of his being advised so often 
by you in matters respecting fish and game, that 
nothing of the kind could happen with his per¬ 
mission. 
I have been there several times each year for 
the last twelve years and I know that the pro¬ 
tection of fish and game is most efficient. Mr. 
Menier has in his service about ten fish and 
game wardens whose sole duty it is to protect 
game, and their work has been so effectual that 
game has very much increased in the last ten 
years. 
I may say that the other day I received from 
the provincial government a communication to 
the same effect, and T immediately wrote promis¬ 
ing that there would be an investigation and re¬ 
questing that the grounds of the complaint be 
given us. The P. E. I. Fish and Game Pro¬ 
tection Society say they have “reliable informa¬ 
tion” in support of what they state. I hope they 
will promptly furnish it to us; if they do it will 
receive the most careful attention. I am sure 
you have noticed the inaccuracy of the expression 
carloads, for there is not a railway car on the 
island, and shipments made to France would not 
be by carload. Tf you could drop a line to your 
friends' of the Forest and Stream to let them 
know how untrue the statement is you would 
do us a great service. Yours very truly, 
George F. Gibsone. 
The Fairmont Game Association has estab¬ 
lished a game preserve in Marion county. West 
Virginia, and has employed game keepers to look 
after the preserve and its game. The tract com¬ 
prises 7.000 acres, we understand, and is held by 
lease. Small game is fairly abundant on the land, 
and ouail that have been liberated there are re¬ 
ported in good condition. 
