Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1908-11-18
Vermont's Next Governor.

AS is usually the case curing d. SeSSIOIl
of the Vermont legislature, consider
able discussion is heard of late as to
who will succeed George H. Prouty as
governor two years hence. By an I'M
written law it is conceded that the gov
ernorship two years hence will go the
other side of the invisible mountain
line and the name most frequently
heard around the state house as a
probable successor to Governor PrOuty
is that of Charles P Smith, president
of the Burlington Savings bank. The
fact is recognized that Mr.. Smith has
done valuable service in both branch
es of the legislature as senator and
representative and his large expert
ence in connection with various public
| institutions and interests it is thought
will serve to we'll qualify him for the
highest Office in the gift Of the state.
AS is we'll known Mr. Smith in addition
to being president of the largest saw
ings bank in the state is an active
working director of the National Life
Insurance company and is also connect
ed with the boards of various public
charitable institutions. 1t is readily
recognized that his experience along
those lines would peculiarly qualify
him to deal in an intelligent manner
with state interests of similar char
acter. Everyone recognizes that it is
yet early to talk about new governor
when Governor Prouty has hardly be-
gun his administration, but Legislators
and public men when they gather al
the state house are bound to discuss
these things, and it is easy to see thai
at the present time the name Of
Charles P. Smith of Burlington is re
ceived with much greater satisfaction
than any yet mentioned for the gov
! ernorship in 1910.
g State Nursery for Forest Tree Seedlings
This has been an unusually har
sdmmer to young plants; yet there ha
IL been very little loss among the seec
Z. lings in the state nursery at the ag
& ricultural experiment station at Bul
8 lington. To lessen the risk of loss
g since these seedlings are delicate, TIL
4. beds are distributed in four places, tw
le on sandy and two on clay loans
lg Those on the light sandy soil were fel
Or tilted either with lime and ashes, {
with stable manure and bone mea
The results on the latter bed wei
w very fine. Those located or the gra,
ts ely clay-loam were moderately e.
nd riched with stable manure. A mo-
tie perfect stand was secured here ths
as on the lighter soil, probably because
ed it's greater moisture holding capacit
he One bed about $50 feet long by fo1
es feet wide is estimated to contain rs, OF
it also arranged two years ago to ha'
nd seedlings grown in the New York sta
at nursery and a good supply of plan
RI. will be received from there ne
spring for distribution in Vermont.
addition to those grown in Burlingto
70 The nursery has an interesting sto
IL, in smaller quantities Of various 9th
,to conifers which will be offered in linn
~ ed quantity for trial planting ne
NJ. spring. These include red or Norw
T. pine, pitch pine, Scotch pine. yelk
no pine, Norway spruce. European lar
be and arbor vitae white CEDAR. T
lat ocoscn pile 10 .onlinon.S p'""teu
,o+ Europe and makes strong healt
INF growth here. Neither this nor the +
b;s cine have shown any Of the big
Far which has in some places affected I