The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-08-20

orators. Iney are 10 FecelVe DO
ct day and travelling expenses.
W Se1ator W. P. Dillingham; was in
s. Montpelier for few days rest
Iasuweek, before leaving on his
IN Uktern trip to Honolulu, on i'm
t. ration matters. Senator Dill
IN ham was seen by a reporter and
re ed his views on the new tariff
IN The senator seemed to be
LEASED with it. He said it had a
n 5ndency to raise duties on luxu-
l. les and to lower them on every
d by commodities. He predicted
V 3period of industrial prosperity
m throughout the country following
~ he enactment of the law. He also
Y said the statement issued by
President Taft voiced his views
with the single exception of the
presidents statement as to the
corporation tax. This tax is really
the lesser of two evils. If congress
hadn't passed this it would have
Iassed an income tax law. The
Corporation tax is one per cent.
on incomes. of $4,000 and over.
Prof. L. r. Jones of the Univer-
esity of Vermont, Burlington, will
Aeave about February 1 for the
diversity of Wisconsin, where he
\ will be at the head of the depart
ment of plant pathology. This
is a new department at Wiscon-
sin which has recently been Great
ed there. Professor Jones was
k,born in Brandon, Wis.,, December s.,
|dis64. He entered Ripon College in
h 1888 and graduated from the Uni
of Michigan with the de-
sree of Phi. B., in 1889. In 1854 he
'pok a DOCTORS degree from the
tme institution. Professor Jones
is carried on original research
FORK in the bureau of plant indus
sify at Washington, ID. c., under
che direction of DR.. Edwin F. Smith
and for some time he studied in
Europe. In 1889 Professor Jones
feeSame to the University of Vermont
q Ind has been with the institution
h9ver since. He has been at the
4 head of the botanical department
n pertinent station. He is member
| of the board of park commission
| ers of the city Of Burlington,
member of the Vermont Botanical
Club, the New England Botanical
Club and the Botanical Society of
America. He is also joint author
of "The Flora of Vermont"
An Injunction was served Aug.
18th, on DR.. E. S. Weston, the treas
urer of the town of New Haven,
restraining him from cashing any
of the orders which were reiSsued
by Alfred P. Roscoe, the former
treasurer, who is now dead and
since whose death Irregularities in
the accounts of the town have been
found. The restraining order was
issued by Judge F. M. Butler of
Rutland. at the request of the law
firm of Lawrence & Lawrence of
Rutland, counsel for the town
agent, E. G.. Hunt. Several days
before the voters of the town at
a town meeting gave Mr.. Hunt the
authority to obtain the injunction
and it was agreed that Doctor
Weston should not pay the money
as Mr.. Roscoe had borrowed the
money without authority and,
therefore, the town was not liable.
1t is said that Doctor Weston has
been paying these orders when
presented to him bearing the sig
natures of the selectmen of the
town, and it is further alleged that
the selectmen have exceeded their
authority in signing orders for the
payment of the money. No record
appears on the books of loan
made to Mr.. Roscoe for the town
by William M. Mcintyre, although
Mcintyre holds a receipt for $1,000
signed by Mr.. Roscoe as town
treasurer.
If reports from New Haven,
Conn, are to be accepted as cor
rect, business at the Moretown
/ FOL hn 40 q
ever been in the past, and some
large amounts will be spent to put
the plant in working condition.
The dispatches state that ]. w.
Taylor of Boston, who is remem-
bered in this section as the origi-
nal promoter of the international
Mining Company, has offered to
purchase the Moretown mine from
that company. The affairs of the
company have been in an involved
condition for some time and the
mine has been closed. Mr.. Taylor
offers to give $4,000 for the mine
4 on condition that he be allowed
\ to issue S1,000,000 in six per cent.
/ thirty-year bonds in the name of
the company, and this offer is now
under consideration by the referee
in bankruptcy at New Haven. Over
900 shares of the bankrupt con-
Germ were voted in favor of the
plan at a recent meeting, as that
would mean that the creditors will
) recover about rs per cent. of their
claim. If Mr.. Taylor gets the mine
and issues the bonds he says he
intends to construct a railroad to
the mine, which will reduce the
cost of transporting the product
and make it possible to operate
the mine at a profit.
The former Sultan of Turkeys
health is said to be precarious.
That is usually the next step in
the elimination process in the OF
toman Empire, after the throne is
, vacated.
FROM OUR EXCHANGES.
fMontpplier JOurnan