Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1909-06-10


Although be is a cripple, Mr.. Woodward
used his crutch With such good effect that
bis assailants finally desisted from their
attacks.
The differences between the stockhoId-
ers OF the Hooker, Corser & Mitchell
company OF Brattleboro have been AMIGA
bly, adjusted at Rutland and the temper
airy injunction restraining the company
from moving to Schenectady, n. Y, re-
moved. While the terms OF the settle
ment are not made public it is understood
that price has been agreed upon and
either side may buy out the other.
William H. Proctor brought the matter
TO head when he became convinced that
1t was the plan of the other stockholders
to remove the plant from the state and
leave him out of the deal. He Is interest
ed in the company to the extent OF $780,
600 par value OF stock.
Tho license fees from the several license
tow Ms and cities in this state are all in
with the exception OF one or two small
places. The sum total shows q small in
crease over that OF 1908, as the result OF
the new Law giving the state all the fees,
less expenses OF license administration,
instead OF half OF them az before. The
total. including everything except about
II, 200, is F51, 605.07, while the total last
year vas s45,s13.2B. The wholesale fees
are more this year than last, in spite OF
the fact that the fee has been lowered, for
several additional firms have started bust
ness owing to this fact and their contrib
utioDs will swell the total to about s1O,-
900 instead of 1000 in 1908.
The tearing down OF a house which
stood on q part of the site. marked the
beginning Of the erection at Rutland Of
the first Shriners' home in Vermont, the
place to be the headquarters of Cairo
Temple, Ancient Arabic Order, Mobiles of
the Mystic Shrine. The plan accepted
AID the name Of the architect have not
been made public. The building will be
of brick and cement and two stories high,
the dimensions being 100 by SIS feet. It
will stand in the rear Of the Masonic tenn
pie, entrance being gained through a
two-story store and Office building which
the Shriners also intend to erect al once.
Cairo Temple has q membership OF over
500, extending from Brattleboro to ST..
Albans on the west side OF the state.
/ The annual convention OF the Vermont
/ Equal Suffrage association was held at
Barre last week. Various resolutions
we're adopted and the following officers
were elected for the ensuing Presi-
dent, Mrs. Julia 1. Pierce; recording sec
rotary, Mrs. Mary I. Whitney; cores
pending secretary, Mrs. Laura Kezer;
/ treasurer, Mrs. Ellen Pierce; auditor,
Mrs. Jane Tinkham, all of Rochester:
press correspondent. Mrs. E. ]. Parmelee
of Enosburg Falls. At the meeting
Friday eFening in the Hedding Methodist
church, Mrs. Parinelee spoke On "Wom-
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sion of the legislature in words of ridi-
cule. The Hon. Henry F. Blackwell OF
Boston, aged 81 years and the most prom
inent male advocate of woman suffrage in
the country, also spoke.
State Auditor Horace F. Graham is OF
the opinion that it will cost Vermont
/ $50, 900 more this year to support tramps
and prisoners at the county jails OF the
state than it did before the legislature OF
i 1905 passed the law which provides that
these prisoners shall be confined in iails
instead of at the house Of correction when
their sentences are one year or less.
These offences mainly are for intoxica-
ton. breach OF the peace and vagrance.
Gov. q. II. Prouty has been in consulta-
ton with the state auditor and it is prob
able q large number OF prisoners from the
several jails in the state will soon be
transferred to the house Of correction,
where they can be kept at work. Their
numbers in the county jails have in
creased so fast since the new law went
into effect that. it has been impossible for
the sheriffs to keep them at work.
The Cooley Manufacturing company Of
Waterbury has just turned out an engine
suitable for an automobile. The engine
is eighteen horsepower and has been
placed in the Rambler car owned by one
Of the members of the company. The
car with the new engine was given 6
''try out" last week and surprised even the
concern that manufactured the engine
II Is very quiet running engine ano
takes the grades in an easy manner. The
work on the engine was done by William
and Edward Cooley. The company haI
gained an excellent reputation as marine
gasoline engine makers and the plant is 9
busy place on this grade OF engines. II
this concern should decide to go into th'
automobile business-which il is wei
fitted IN to dot would no doubt be thu
means Of building up q plant which
would employ q large number OF men.
The efforts Of the Vergennes board o
trade resulted last week in securing new
industry for that city, New York con
Germ having arranged to move its plant t
J vergenEes. The company handles mill
. and will manufacture by-products.
! plant to cost SIC, 200 will be erected nea
the station and at the start fifteen o
twenty hands will be employed in tn
! business. The company now has plan
! in Chateaugay, N. Y, and is getting it
milk from northern New York and alonl
the line of the Rutland railroad. In or
! der to get this industry Vergenne dit
! not have to vote the usual exemption
from taxation, but was only asked t
guarantee water at a certain rate and t
build q sewer to the plant, toward the ex
pense Of which the company agreed I
! contribute 1900. A new milk train OF
: the Rutland railroad was started May 30
. While attempting to use an automati
: pump in initiating an automobile tire u
! BrattIeboro last week Wednesday, +
E Rowland Woodward of Fitchburg was SC
! riously injured. Woodward with
companion stopped there to repai
: the tire. They had replaced tn
shoe and inner tube and young Wood
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