The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1910-02-18
STATE NEWS.

tional church at Barre.
The Rutland board of aldermen
have voted in opposition to thu
proposition to install water meters
in that city The opposition express
ed the opinion that the installation
of meters would be move against
the growth of industries in Rutland
Lake Champlain, which was
practically frozen over at Burling-
ington, Monday night, February Z
was again open for a large area
IN the middle Tuesday A strong
wind from the south opened up
some of the small cracks and blew
the anchor ice shorward for a
long distance.
The Rev. John B. Reardon,
pastor of the Universalist church in
Springfield, has decided to accept
the office of president of the
agricultural society offered him at
the annual meeting. Twenty-one
years of his life were passed on a
farm.
From a reliable source it is
learned that the Canadian fisher
men on Mis- sisquoi bay are cutting
ice and getting their nets ready
for fishing as usual March |. With
the high prices prevailing the Cana
dians will receive large returns
this year.
The Vermont delegation in the
major baseball leagues has been
increased by two. J. Bert Quigley
and George E. Walsh of Rutland
have signed with the Boston Nation
ais. Both are familiar figures on
Green Mountain diamonds, the
former as a pitcher, and the latter
as an outfelder.
The St. Adams school board
was asked to allow seniors of that
High School to hold a fair to raise
money for a Washington trip. The
board drew up a set of resolutions to
the effect that such trip should
come under the sanction of parents,
and while they approved it and the
raising of funds by means of concerts
lectures, ETC., they put the ban on
fairs.
Vermont Lodge, No. 2, Indepen-
dent Order of Odd Fellows, of
Montpelier is making plans for it's
new club house in the old Jail
building which was bought last
srping. 1t has been voted to
expend between $4,000 and $4,000
in improvements on the property
before May l. The most important
innovation will be the tearing down
of one of the side walls and moving
it out twenty feet, making the
building that much wider and in
addition to that, another story will
be built, making it a three-story
structure.
William Ryan, a senior of the
Burlington High School, has receiv-
ed from President Taft an appoint
ment at large to the military
academy at West Point and he has
left for Highland, N. Y, where he
will attend the school of Lieutenant
Brighton in preparation for the
examinations, which are held Febru-
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Gov. G. H. Proutv has
Guy w. Bailey, secretary
of state, to officially represent the
State of Vermont at the meeting
of the National legislation committee
on the American Automobile Assoc
citation. The Automobile club of
Vermont has named the following
w. w. Brown, president.
Allen NJ. Fletcher, Charles T.
Warren, Addison Ely james Bout
well and SecretaryiS.. S. Ballard.
Ms. Levi X. Fuller, of Brattle-
boro, has placed an order with the
Tiffany studios for memorial
window to be erected in the First
Baptist church. Brattleboro. in
memory OF her husband. Levi X. /
Fuller, who was at one time governor
Of N,rrcn. The subie selected |
: :" ST. john and will be a life /
lie figure, standing in a lands a1e /
scene IN an attitude Of representa- I
he text, I heard a voice from \
Heaven saying, Write.
James Schumuch. aged thirty
.lN years a machinis5 for the
american Fork company in its
Nallingicrd plant, was held Febru-
nv s, under $1,000 bail before
Justice J. ID. Hopkins of Rutland.
or alleged stealing Of valuable |
patterns from the plant Of the same
oncern in Geneva, Ohio. He was
rrested under the nominal charge
Il breach OF the peace so that he
night he held for the Ohio authori-
les. 1t is limited that he stole the
rade secrets Tor another concern.
Arthur L. Weeks, Chinese in
pector in charge Of the port of
,ichford, has received official notice
hat that port. also Malone Y Y