Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-12-07

railroads. have been nghtlng the public
measures so long it is indeed refresh
ing to see them lighting each other.
The committee on conservation have
had strenuous time considering the
charter of the Champlaip Realty COM
pany to float logs and pulpwood through
Woodstock. This is fight between
the section of the country through
which the river runs and the lumber
company. The people of Woodstock
claim it will be of great damage to
their beautiful river along the banks
of which they nave taken the trouble
to set out trees for the protection of
the river banks. This fight is to the
bitter end. 1t is understood the COM
mittee are with the people of the COM
munity which will be damaged. The
appropriations committee have been
considering the state fair appropriat ton
and now the county fairs are fighting
the bill unless they. too, can have a
finger n the pie. The fight is taking
on all the aspects Of a tariff making
fight and will doubtless result in both
state and county fairs getting in on
the division. The scheme is to appro-
pirate money for the purpose of aid
ing fairs TO give more premiums for
agricultural and industrial exhibits.
About the only opposition to this prop
osition was that some of these fairs
would take the additional sum of mon
ey and make one more purse for horse
race and some of the members Of the
committee even do not think the state
ought to appropriate money for horse
races. The bill will probably be
amended so that it will go to the ben
eft Of the agricultural and Industrial
classes and exhibits alone.
DEMONSTRATIONS.
The house has reconsidered two bills
during the past week. Early in the
week bill compelling towns to keep a
separato fund for the making of snow
roads came in on a favorable report
from the committee on highways. Mr.
Bettell of Middlebury made stirring
speech about the independence of the
small towns etc land succeeding in kill
ing the bill without any one getting
in word of defence for the bill. Be-
fore the next day Bates Of Derby and
other members of the committee got
busy and on the following day the bill
was reconsidered and Mr. Bates made
his first speech Of the session. Bates
does not pretend to be a speech-m maker
but he is worker and he knows his
business when it comes to matters of
road making and keeping, aud after
short speech from him the house
passed the bill as it came from the
committee. A bill to tax certain fra
! ternal insurance companies who have
a place of business outside by the com
mittee on insurance. Mr.. Rabbit of
Rockingham opposed the bill and
showed up certain conditions wherein
the bill would work hardship and it
was killed. The bill has now been re-
| considered and NAV have a chance
1t is understood now that it is bill
drafted by the commissioner of state
taxes and the prestige thereby gained
will probably pull it through.
| The hotel exemption bill introduced
by Senator Powell of Burlingto ton has
been made over and the bill now pro-
vides that town may vote to exempt
any kind of property.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
! Don't abuse this legislature because
/ they are staying here so lorg. The
! trouble is not that they will stay too
! long, but that they will adjourn before
their work is finished.
The members more than ever before
row appreciate the value of the free
tele phone service at the state house.
| as week owing to the storm the
wires were out OF commission.
The house has exempted twoM as onit
organizations from taxation. Sons
morning the chaplain will read, "Ask
and We shall receive" etc.
The governor has made some chang
es in the municipal judges Throughout,
the state. At Brattleboro he appoint
ed kittredga Haskins in place of E. w
Gibson; in Orleans county he has ap
pointed r. ID. Thompson in place OF
H. 3. Cushman and at Island Pond
Porter Dale has been appointed t.
take the place Of Herbert Blake. re
signed. The pointees are all goot
Mead men. but no one questions thei
fitness for their respective positions
The senate has passed an employ
ers' liability bill in mild form.
The bill permitting railroads to ex
change mileages for advertising ha
passed the house without dissenting
vote. This was the bill given such pub
licity recently by reason of an attacl
upon it by Mr.. Redmond. An amend
ment has been adopted which make
it satisfactory to all concerned and tn
, lion and the lamb can now lie down to
gether.
There is another fight on abou
changing names. The people of Mil
ton wish to change the name of Ar
: rowhead Mountain to Rattlesnak
Mountain. Why don't they change it
The Legislature can't stop them.
Mr.. Fletcher's tax commission bill
has passed the house. If it passes tn
, senate it will mean square deal TO
, the on-resident tax payer.
;; The ways and means committee hav
introduced an Inheritance tax bill.
A rough estimate Of the fishing law
looks like this. There will be n,
, change in the opening and closing o
the season; the length of trout will
, not be changed and the number o
, one days catch will be limited tt
; forty trout with the legal weight lief
. as at present.