The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1906-10-19
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Waterbury Record

Waterbury Record
If the legislature is going to
pass on any automobile laws, they
should be favorable ones. We be-
lieve in throwing out inducements
to automobile owners, especially
those who reside outside our
state. We want this patronage.
They bring money into the state.
Best of all, what better advertise
ment can Vermont have than to
have city people journeying
through our state these autumn
days.
Mortified News
The promptness with which the
general assembly passed the bill
Friday in both houses, compelling
corporations to produce their rec
Ords etc, before the courts as
evidence indicates that the mem
bers represent the feeling of the
people in regard to the meat scan
dal. This law, is a good one to
have on the statute books all the
time but it was put through so
hastily that the Burlington Rem
dering company might be COMPEL
ed to furnish their books in court
on the diseased meat investiga-
ton, it having previously refused
to do so.
bennington Banner
Did you ever count the words in
a column of newspaper? There
are over a thousand words in a
column. Suppose you sit down
and write one thousand words on
one subject and another until you
have written about fifteen thou
sand words. TRY it and see if it
is right easy. Keep that gait up
for a month. Then chase local
item all over town and after you
have secured the facts all right
condense them in a few lines-an
hours work that can be read in
a few seconds. Do this for dozen
items that seem insignificant
when printed, but which you know
are important, then have the
items criticised and inaccuracies
pointed out to you when it is too
late to correct them. Oh yes, it's
dead easy to conduct newspaper.
randolph Herald and News.)
Tt transpires that "Col." Moore
and Mr.. Loucks, the experts who
we're going for a liberal consider
atom to tell VermOnters how to
wave a magic wand and get i'm
proved highways, came lacking
credentials. Their National Good
Roads association is now said to
be myth, or to consist of them
selves only, whose little bunco
game it is to drop into rural COM
munities and pass themselves off
as the real thing when it comes
to road building, stir up an excite
ment and arrange conventions"
for the expense of which-the
chief item being their own com
pensatiOn as speakers and demon
stratOrs-is borne by local cOntri-
buttons. Burlington, Middlebury,
White River Junction, Rutland
and other places were worked,
but when a grand state conven-
tion-price $400-was planned
for Montpelier, John Senter pune
tured the scheme, and now the
truth comes out.
burlington Free Press.
It is announced that Represen-
tative Hapgood of Peru has re-
signed his position as representa-
tive in the Vermont House, hav-
ing sent a letter to Speaker
Cheney, asserting that he will not
continue to sit as member be-
cause of the improper manner in
which the House has begun to
conduct its business. 1t is sup
posed that this refers to the act
of the House in passing a bill
for the inspection of
the books of a corporation, con-
aimed at the Burlington
Rendering plant, at least Mr.. Hap |
good was very pronounced in his
objection to the hurrying of this
through the Legislature.
1t would be interesting to know
20 what extent the fact that Mr..
made close connections
between his pOstOffice and his posi-
ion as representative figured in
he case. When he appeared to
submit to the administration of
he oath of office, he claimed that
lie had handed in his resignation
Us postmaster in accordance with
he law that no man holding Office
If profit or trust under Congress
s eligible to a seat in the Legis-
allure. It follows as a matter of
course, that, this being the case,
Hr. HapgoOd loses both offices, I'M
ess he is able to secure a reap
1t we understand the
correctly, there is an
,ther applicant who needs the of
ice fully as much as Mr. Hapgood
md who will make just as efficient
/ postmaster or postmistress.
(St. Adams Messenger.)
A news item setting forth the
,usy season just closed at the
Equinox house, Manchester, one
If Vermont's most popular sum-
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