Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-03-04
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Some Fun at Town Meetlna.

Some Fun at Town Meeting.
The most interesting feature in Tues
days town meeting was the debate and
vote on the proposition to exempt for
term of five years the Boston White Cross
Milk company. This concern built its
plant here last winter under representa-
tions from the Board OF Trade that it
would be exempted. The proposition was
voted down last year without debate.
1t was inserted in the warning again this
year.
". Srear offered the resolution, and
supported it. DR.. E. 0. Blanchard, H.
W. Vail, Rev. Fraser Metzger, Dix ].
Camp, H. NJ. Totman, g. II. Slack and c.
L. Smith favored it, urging that the ex-
emption would only be in the line Of fair
treatment to the company and the Board
OF Trade, and that refusal to exempt
would discourage further movements
toward adding new industries.
n. L Boyden made an effective speech
against exemption. He said the Board of
Trade acted beyond its authority il it
guaranteed exemption; that a special
town meeting gould have been called last
year to consider it, and he alleged that
the White Cross company, if it was able
tc pay its stockholders 80 per cent, as it
guaranteed in its prospectus. was better
able to pay its taxes than were the farm
ers. He claimed that the concern had
not been of the promised benefit to the
town and had not kept its agreements
with the farmers.
Lyman Hutchinson also opposed ex-
emption.
On ballot. by vote of 1O2 to III, ex-
emption was refused.
The only other ballot in the town
meeting proper was over road commits
sioner, which resulted:-W. S. Bryant
1ss; Charles W. Danyow, 1O7; scattering,
4.
Taxes took another upward hitch.
This year the rate is 6Oc.; last year it was
Soc. the year before, 42c.
The license vote stood:-Yes, 95; no,
25e. The license vote for the past sever
al years follows:-
1905 1907 1906 1905 1904 1908
Yes, 72 76 n 7s 115 21s
No, 1s4 263 276 pa $40 319
The full list Of town officers follows;-
/ Moderator-L. B. johnson.
/ Town clerk-E. A. Hatch.
/ Selectmen-H. A. Allen, / yr. o. j.
Msrcott, yrs; e. 8. Hall, yrs.
Listers-G. II. Temple, / yr.; H. M.
Gaylord, 2 yrs. c. S Hall, yrs.
Auditors-C. r. Granger, ]. w. Fargo,
A. A. Priest.
Treasurer-A. NJ. Hubbard.
Collector-A. H. Beedle.
Overseer-A. H. Beedle.
Trustee public money-E. A. Thomas.
First constable-D. ID. Howe.
Town grand jurors-L. ]. Harrington,
D. d. Howe, E. d. Camp.
Road commissioner-W. s. Bryant.
Cemetery commissioners. r. Waldo,
I. s. Chase, J. w. Fargo.
Trustee public library. W. Fargo
for five years TO succeed himself.
Town sRent-First selectman.
These officers nominated by the board
of civil authority, were elected
Grand jurors George Buswell, j. B.
Adams. /. S. Chase, H. A. Allen, E. d.
Camp, H. W. Vail, A. NJ. Vaughan.
Petit jurors-F. II. JOslyn, w. W.
Morton. d. ]. Frazier, Clayton Wight,
Julius Hebard, A. A. Priest, II. G. Gill
bert, George Goodrich, Q. w. Jones, L.
c. Drew, Alfred Webster, Irving q.
Heath.
These officers were appointed by the
selectmen:-
Fence viewers rs-Julius Hebard, Julius
Green, w. A. Jones.
PouEd pers-George ID. Hyzer, G.
R. Granger, A. W. Emery.
Inspector of leather-F. c. Cone.
The officers reports, as printed, with
certain corrections made in the type,
we're accepted and adopted.
Voted to appropriate $500 for highway
purposes to take advantage of the state
aid law.
Appropriated $50 for Memorial day.
Appropriated $500 to support public Ii
brary.
Voted town tax CT 60c. on the dollar.
same to be subject to same discount and
! time of payment and collectors commits
sion as last year.
The town district school meeting fol-
lowed the regular town meeting. ID. II.
Morse was chosen moderator and j. b.
, Adams secretary. Considerable discus
, sion took place over features Of the report,
especially the cost of the new Osgood Hill
schooIhouse.
George d. Hyzer defeated c. /. Boyden
: for school director for three years, 81 to
55, with scattering. It took a ballot to
fix the school tax rate at 60c. for the
coming year. Last year it was zoe.