The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-02-01
ments are made Jointly by the gov.

menus are maze JOINTLY by the gov
ernor and the state commissioner
Others will be announced soon
The law which makes it neces
sary for country towns to pay the
tuition of pupils who go to higE
schools in other towns, if theil
own town has no such school, has
caused contingency in Pawlet
almost unprecedented in Vermont
educational circles. The town
has been obliged to close its
schools, after only twenty-eight
weeks session, because of lack
of funds, the additional expense
of paying buttons making the de
ficiency. The selectmen have re
fused the directors permission to
borrow sufficient funds to keep
the schools open. Some teachers
have left for their new positions,
and in other districts, where
school could have kept two weeks,
the schoolmarms have absented
themselves without ceremony Tor
other fields where pay was more
certain.
Articles of incorporation are
being prepared in Rutland to be
forwarded to the secretary of
State to incorporate a body of
men to control temple which is
to be erected in that city by Cairo
Temple, Ancient Arabic order,
Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine. Its
membership of 300 includes all of
western Vermont. The shriners
have obtained an option on land
adjoining the Masonic Temple and
propose to put up a handsome
structure, probably two stories
high. Although one of the most
recently organized temples in New
England, Cairo Will be the second
within the district to have a
home Of it's own, the Lewiston
(Me.) temple being the first.
II. G. Thomas, state fish and
game warden on Jan. 23d made
public town game wardens in
Orange and LamoiIle counties as
follows: Orange County-Brad-
ford, Frank Lamb, B. w. Rowell !;
BroOkfield, John marlborough,
w. G. Clark, Charles Taft; Chel-
sea, Orcutt Bixby, Francis Ladd;
Corinth, Gilbert Blake, George
Hastings; Fairlec, A. B. Ban
croft; Newbury, j. j. Johnson, Fl.
T. Baldwin; Orange, Royal Elan
ders, F. N. Gauthier; Randolph,
E. w. Kemp, Irwin Heath; Straf-
ford, j. O. Kendall, James Huse,
Wilbur Sleeper; Vershire, e. B
Brown, Byron Titus; Thetford,
William Upper, F. T. Howard;
Topsham, w. w. Hood, Grant
jackson; Tunbridge, James Row.
ell, Benjamin Tucker, A. B. Bick-
nell; Washington, Horace White,
George Downing; West FairIee,
H. M. Miller; Williamstown, Geo.
Nichols, e. A. Reed.
State Tax Commissioner j. E.
Cushman of Burlington has sent
out to the railroads and other
transportation companies in Yer
mont the notices of the biennial
appraisal against each one. Mr..
Cushman has the appraisals com
pleted and will send them out
soon. Formerly the railroads paid
about $4,000 to the state, but
beginning from the first of Jan
uary the sum will be increased
about $4,000. This will make
the total tax $225,000 The rail
roads have the privilege of either
paying on the appraisal or the
gross earnings. There are be-
tween So and 60 railroads and
other transportation companies
in the state and the appraisal for
1905 resulted in the collection of
$175, 900. The recent legislature,
however, increased the tax rate
on the gross earnings of the COM
panies and the amount collected
this year will be fully $4,000 in
excess of that of former years.
The state board of health, of
which DR.. Henry d. HoltOn of
Brattleboro is secretary, plans
to. begin at once an examination
of the milk sold in all sections of |
the state. An examination was
made last year, and while nearly |
all of the milk was up to the
standard in many respects, about |
two-thirds of the samples when
analysed were found to be con-
No prosecution was
begun, but the milkmen were Civ |
en- instructions as to how to keep |
their milk clean. DR.. Holton in |
Inmates that unless the second ex-
shows an improvement |
some action will be taken. This |
year men will be sent to inspect |
the farm barns. Heretofore the |
board of health has had no appro-
priation for this work, hut at the
last session of the legislature an
appropriation of $500 was made.
The merger of the Bennington
& Hoosick Valley railway with the |
Bennington & North Adams street
railroad has been cOnsummated
by the filing of the necessary legal
naners with the New York secre- |