The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1907-08-16
THE BRATTIEBORO REFORMER, FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1907

Walter Stanley Dunton, the IL
months old son OF Mr., and Mrs. John
| II. Dunton, died Wednesday morning
Of cholera infantum after . short III.
ness. The boy was born Sept. II of
last year The funeral will be held
al the house this afternoon.
Tennis and golf teams will 20
from here TO Pine Grove Springs to-
day for matches this afternoon. q.
II. aud 4. $. Thompson, Greene and
Young will compose the tennis team,
while the golfers will be II. l.. and i,
IL. Harris, w. Il. Hubbard, ii. Il.
Whitney and Il. W, Stoddard.
AT the regular meeting of Protee'
tive grange Wednesday evening ~
candidates were instructed in the
first and second degrees. The first de,
gree was worked by the regular OIL
GERS aud the second by n special de
gree team with Philip L. Franklin
acting as worthy master, The third
and fourth degrees will be conferred
the evening of Aug. 2s, and instead OF
the usual harvest supper cake and lee
cream will be served.
The docket for the September
term of the Windham county court
,ontains at the present time 225 eases
of which l59 are civil cases, 80 chanc-
cry cases, 20 divorce cases, and four
state cases. The time for filing suits
closes next Wednesday but it is prob
able that several more cases Will be
filed before the final closing of the
docket which is slightly smaller than
last spring owing 10 the number Of
cases which were disposed of at the
special session held here in July be-
fore Judge W. II. Taylor of Hard
wick.
An item appeared in several Bos.
ton papers early in the week to the
effect that unless the local board of
trade could induce more young women
to take up employment in the Hooker,
Corser 4 Mitchell factory the town
would lose that concern. Officials of
the overall company say there is abso'
lutcly no truth to this story and are
surprised to think that il should have
gained circulation, especially as the
item attributes the statement to one
of the officers. More young women
could be employed in the factory it is
true but the company has no desire or
intention of leaving Brattleboro.
The matter of establishing branch
factory was taken up several months
ago and negotiations were begun
with several towns for the purpose of
finding out about the availability of
help. No definite steps have been
taken, however and il is unlikely that
the matter will be taken up further
this year
The Connecticut River Power
company, which is constructing dam
across the Connecticut river between
Vernon and Hinsdale, is considering
the matter of building a dam across
the Ashuelot river mile or more
above Hinsdale village. Surveys have
been made with that object in view,
but it is stated by representatives
of the corporation that no definite
conclusion has been reached. Some
years ago a dam was built on the site
contemplated by the Connecticut Riv-
er company, but it was not very sub
,stantial, and was washed away by
high water. The power company is
under obligations to reserve a certain
amount of power for a specified time
for the use of Hinsdale industries.
Some of the Hinsdale people see in
this project plan to make the Ash
uelot river dam supply that town
with power, but they say the water
supply in the Ashuelot river is uncer-
tain at some seasons of the year, and
for that reason they would rather be
supplied by the Connecticut river
dam.