St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-02-20
VERMONT NEWS.
n.o vermont Delivered.

Mass o I6 400. ton battleship Vermont
cent 6l nc" Admiral A. S. Snow, command N,
70 N ef the Charlestown navy yard Inc
ant al .sa ne the ship pending its final
latter l p'ce bv the government. The in
acceptance , ~ took place at the COM
io ,l9,ndant's Office, and was witnessed 1 BY
nla 'lmber of yard officers and officials OF
anulhli;p o building company. So tar as
the shlP t;,Jsrs are concerned, the ship is
the Ia She left Quincy about 8
co o1pnS that morning, in charge OF Capt.
S SGloord Evans of the Boston Towboat
EdWa1u ,r and a skeleton crew composed
cG 9aGs EMPLOYEES of the builders. Presi-
Of inc p srrg and other officials of the
dent po" were aboard and all were
c Ich{r nIeased with the showing made
hS my Vermont on her trip to the navy
,! s+ d where she berthed at pier at
lV no. 0oyernment work Of fitting her
lns mi, ordinance and thousands OF
o ,ah. T'I necessities, will require several
ou stbs She will be in charge of a
f1 3g;an ship keeper and Eieut.-Com-
c' .nder + vi c. Bertolette of Washing
ll" a viii act as general inspector OF the
ION, M atI she is commissioned and her
saappmander assumes authority.
VV Tbe new commander is to be William
i9o now assistant chief at the
t,r aor Of navigation at Washington,
Dd hoss arrival at Charlestown is not ex-
v,.ted until few days before the Yer
p por is to be commissioned, at which
t;ms her crew of marines and sailors will
he assigned to duty.
State Fair Discussed.
Twelve members of the state fair COM
n;ss;on including Gov. Proctor and
ls,c Aitkin of Woodstock, ex-officio
,nsm6ers met at the Van Ness house,
Pnrlington. last Wednesday, and organ
; 1 by electing Maxwell Evarts OF
Windsor, chairman, and George E. Whit
nev Of Burlington, secretary and
tr:,nrer. Gov. Proctor addressed the
meeting briefly and there was general
n discussion of the project Opinion as to
The hest place for holding the fair seemed
\ divided between White River Junction,
Rutland and Burlington, and no decision
\ was reached Others present at this
meeting were W. G. Appleby, of Ben
nnoton. T. n. Vail, of Lyndonville
george f. Whitney, of Burlington, {,
n Fletcher. of Canaan, W. B Dodge, o.
n Xorth Hero, G. II. Ferrill, of Morrisville
I'M Tyson, of Strafford, NJ. A. Adams
Of Derby, H. F. Noyes, of Rut
a land Orlando Martin, of Plainheld
and Maxwell Evarts of Windsor
At the annual banquet of the Burling
81 ton Commercial club Wednesday night
4 Maxwell Eyarts of Windsor offered tt
give $4,000 toward holding the STATE
u fair in Burlington, provided the cit,
n would raise $4,000 more for the sam,
purpose. The other speakers were Lieut.
"A Gov. Pr6uty E. B. Finn of Springfield
i ". II. ZONES Of Albany, n. Y, and Mayo
n !. E. Burke of Burlington. w. J. Vai
Patten presided.
State Forestry Association.
Alargely attended meeting of the stat
# forestry association was held at Bui
lingoa, Wednesday afternoon. Repre-
scntatiyes and experts discussed tn
matter Of the state taxation, forests, tn
establishment of a seeding nursery eX
pertinent station, etc. The following
officers we're elected: President, Prof. l.
R. ones, Of Burlington; vice-presidents
George Aitkcn, of Woodstock, and A. NJ
Fletcher, Of Cavendish; secretary an
treasurer Ernest Hitchcock, of Pitt'
ford, executive committee, Charles /
Greene of White River Junction, 4
DeBoer Of Montpelier, and w. ], Va
Patten, Of Burlington. The afternoo
conference was devoted largely to an il
W formal discussion OF the recent law pre-
uding sum of $500 for the establish
ment of a forest seeding nursery at til
University of Vermont. At the evenin
session Coy. Fletcher D. Proctor, {
Proctor, spoke on the forestry question
and Prof. j. W, Tourney, professor Y
forestry at Yale University, New Havei
Conn, read paper on THE Essenti;
Elements in Sound Policy for the Pr
notion Of Forestry in the State" tt
speakers in the afternoon included Pre-
lessor Tourney and c. H. Pettis, Ne
ioTk state forester.
Prisonersto Work.
lhe assistant judges and sheriffs
Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Oranl
and Washington counties met in Burlinl
Ion last week to discuss act 20 of Il
last legislature entitled, IAN act I
authorize the employment of certa
prisoners committed to the county jail
S'ate Road commissioner c. w. Gates
rankin explained in response to queri
.la' there was no connection betwet
Ine new highway law and the Jail lab'
law According to act 200 the officia
aOoVe named, together with the count
Supervisors, constitute for each county
PRISON board which shall classify and
soH time to time the labor to be pc
t torHi ne! BY Jail prisoners serving sentenc
W. w. ntoxlcation, breach of peace al
trampng.
H. Inc officials had general discussion
MY rns pactbllity Of work done by j.
PRISONERS, osers but they took no actio
t Ieiore iadtjourning it was decided tn
s sae problem be left with the officials
>"NHeounty, to be solved by them.
r. Site for shriners Temple.
NO JSlfo Temple, Ancient Arabic Ordt
c lU"iss OF the Mystic Shrine, has PIT
v wb;SI site in Burlington tor a temp
V Vnlvn will be the first shriners' home
c ,~lnont, The lot which is said to ha
t oI tll nearly $4,000 adjoins the proper
To ',,t Masonic Temple, and has sire
feet I'a * OF 90 feet and depth of /.
Cr r@ The property is decided by the ]. Y
Son ,a'4 n1 estate to DR.. Jesse E. Thorn
w Jn, past illustrious potentate of Cair
Thu Thu y, WI later transfer it to the temp
ths s o S.te is one of the most desirable
wy and because of the interest of t