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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Jan 18, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 3.

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A HORRIBLE SLAUGHTER.

THERE has been "glorious" killing in Maine the past season: no less than 4,295 deer, 221 moose, and 45 bears having been legally slaughtered by sportsmen. The bear and moose records are unsurpassed, while in only two years since 1891 have more deer been killed. In the past five years over 20,000 deer have been the trophies of hunters. During the season now ended, six persons were killed, being mistaken for deer, and fifteen fatalities among sportsmen have occurred. Nearly 1,200 persons from outside the state, sixty-four being women, engaged in the sport this year, Mr. Roosevelt need not fear for his country. The killing instinct, just for the fun of the thing, survives.—Springfield Republican.