Report of the Forest Commissioner of the State of Maine, Volume 5The Commissioner, 1904 The [9th] report contains "Wood-using industries of Maine by J.C. Nellis." Title-page omits "Report." |
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50 acres acres area burned Aroostook back fires balsam fir Bemis berries blueberry blueberry barrens blueberry industry burned in 1903 camp cedar cent Cherryfield Clearing land conifers COUNTY FIRES crews east extinguished fighting fires fighting the fires fire started fire warden fires occurred Forest Commissioner forest fires forestry FRANKLIN COUNTY fruit ground cover HANCOCK COUNTY hardwood Hardwood Put hemlock inches in diameter June Katahdin land burned locomotive lumbering Maine miles mill Mixed Burned Mixed Put Mount Katahdin owners paper birch patrol Penobscot PENOBSCOT COUNTY Pine Put PISCATAQUIS COUNTY places Plantation popple protection Put out Put Railroad Rain Range 9 red maple region ridges River road season seedlings selectmen species Spruce and hardwood spruce flat Stacyville stand stream striped maple tion Total damage Total loss town Township XXII tract Trenching valley vegetable soil vicinity virgin Wassataquoik Water white pine wind wood yellow birch
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Page 10 - ... information, together with the probable amount of property destroyed, specifying the value of timber as near as may be, and amount of cord wood, logs, bark or other forest product, fencing, bridges and buildings that have been burned.
Page 10 - ... punished by a fine of fifty dollars, provided that such fires built upon the sea beach in such situation that they cannot spread into forest wood or cultivated lands or meadows, shall not be construed as prohibited by this section. One half of any fine imposed and collected under this section shall be paid to the complainant. SEC. 56. Selectmen shall erect in a conspicuous place at the side of every highway, as they may deem proper, and...
Page 10 - ... upon its valuation for purposes of taxation. If any person so ordered to assist, and not excused from said service by said forest fire warden on account of sickness, disability or some important business or engagement, shall neglect to comply with any such order he shall forfeit the sum of ten dollars, to be recovered in an action of debt in the name and to the use of the town, by the treasurer thereof.
Page 10 - Sec. 58. Municipal officers in towns, and county commissioners, the latter with respect to unorganized places, shall -proceed immediately to a strict inquiry into the cause and origin of fires, within wood lands; and in all cases where such fires are found to have originated from the unlawful act of any person, to cause the offender to be prosecuted without delay.
Page 129 - Attitaash (whortleberries), of which there are divers sorts ; sweet, like currants; some opening, some of a binding nature. Sautaash are these currants dried by the natives, and so preserved 'all the year; which they beat to powder, and mingle it with their parched meal, and make a delicate dish which they call sautauthig, which is as sweet to them as plum or spice cake to the English.
Page 10 - Whoever by himself, or by his servant, agent or guide, or as the servant, agent or guide of any other person, shall build a camp, cooking or other fire, or use an abandoned camp, cooking or other fire in or adjacent to any woods in this state, shall, before leaving such fire, totally extinguish the same, and upon failure to do so such person shall be punished by a fine of fifty dollars...
Page 9 - But in towns particularly exposed to damages from forest fires, the supervisor may divide the same into two or more districts, bounded, as far as may be, by roads, streams of water, or dividing ridges of land or lot lines, and he may, in writing, appoint one resident citizen in each district as district firewarden therein.
Page 121 - ... such districts such number of deputy forest fire wardens as in his judgment may be required to carry out the provisions of this act, assigning to each of the latter the territory over and within which he shall have jurisdiction. All chief and deputy forest fire wardens, so appointed, shall hold office during the pleasure of said Commissioner, be sworn to the faithful discharge of their duties by any officer authorized to administer oaths, and a certificate thereof shall be returned to the office...
Page 130 - Every year a certain section of each "lease" is burned over. This burning must be done very early in the spring, before the ground becomes dry; otherwise the fire goes too deep, the humus is burned from the ground and most of the bushes are killed. Many hundred acres on what should be the best part of the '"barrens
Page 126 - He then describes nine different sorts, the first two being referred to as "Bilberries." In America the fruit must have been used extensively by the Indians in colonial times, though there are few records of such use. Parkinson refers to Champlain who in 1615 found the Indians near Lake Huron gathering blueberries for their winter store. Kalm speaks of the Indians drying the fruit by the sunshine or by the fireside for winter use. Roger Williams mentions: "Attitaash (Whortleberries) of which there...