Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1901-02-07

The name Of Col. MI. Horton Of Poult.
ney will be presented to the next annual
encampment OF the Grand Army OF Yer.
mont tor the Office of department com.
mander. In consequence OF Col. Horizons
action at the last encampment in with.
drawing his name in the interest of hsr.
mony and unity, together with bis ac-
knowledged qualification for the position,
his friends predict his unanimous election
without opposition
Assemblyman Fish has introduced a bill
in the New York legislature which will
enable Senator Redfeld Proctor to consol.
ldats his Marble interests into one corpor-
aion. The Fish bill SO amends the stock
corporation law that New York corpora.
ton can consolidate with corporations in
in other states, when 95 per cent of the
stockholders S, vote. The Vermont Mar
BILE company is incorporated under the
laws of New York, and the legal way IL
be open by the passage of the Fish bill to
bring all the marble interests of that ex-
tensive concern under one corporate man
agement.
The state board of health is,ues the. fol-
lowing circular: The state board of health
wishes to call the attention OF the people of
the state to the prevail 'nce of small pox in
the country. There is hardly state in
which there are not cases. The disease,
which was of mild type last year, i, grow.
ing more malignant. This is undoubtedly
largely due to the neglect of vaccination.
For many decades the country has been
comparatively frse from epidemics of this
pestilence, hence parents have neglected to
have their children vacciuated. This has
resulted in very large number of persons
arriving at adult life without having given
a thought to the necessity of being protect
ed from this loathsome disease Hence we
would urge upon the local boards of health,
aud through them, upon the people, the
importance of a thorough and immediate
vaccination and re-vaccination, in order to
prevent the occurrence OF an epidemic Of
small pox by importation from outside the
state.
Second Assistant Postmaster General
Shellenbsrger has prepared to re-advertise
for SO star routes in Vermont. This is
necessary because of the high prices that
Vermonters want for carrying the mails
The department has just opened bids for
carrying mails on Vermont's star routes for
four years, beginning next July, and in
stead of allowing everybody to bid, includ-
ing non-re ,ident professionals, who would
afterwards let the contracts out to local
people, the depa- tment confined the awards
to residents along the routes. In all 139
contracts have been awarded and the prices
paid for those 139 contracts are at top
notch, in many cases twice as much as the
department is paying for the service at
present. 1t is true that there will be some
additional service after next July, as car
riers must deliver mail to people living
along the route, who will provide mail
boxes. In some cases, where the bids
were abnormally high, the department has
written to the lowest of the bidders, off r.
ing to award the contract at compromise
figure, but generally the bidders have
refused, apparently thinking they had the
department up tree. This is not the
case, however, for the department has the
right to reject all bids and even now, if it
chooses, throw bids open to non-residents.