Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1910-07-06
STATE NEWS
Appointed to Superintendency.

Appointed to Superlntendency.
Rev. r. F. Lowe of st. Adams
has been appointed superintendent of
the st. Adams district of the Method
list conference of Vermont, to succeed
the Rev. G. w. Hunt, deceased. The
was made by Bishop Nc
Intyre.
Rutland Boys Working on Biplane.
George and Charles Schmidt, two
Rutland youths. have been working
several months on biplane which
follows the general lines of the Curtiss
airships. Their undertaking is a re-
suit of thorough study of aeronautics.
They are reluctant about giving the
specifications of their craft. Some
months ago, George Schmidt attracted
graph outfit at his home, by which he
was able to communicate with sta
tions in Massachusetts.
St. Johnsbury Sick of River Water.
At special village meeting in st.
Johnsbury Tuesday evening, June %,
it was voted that the village trustees
be directed to discontinue the supply
ing of river water to every person and
to every corporation for every purpose
and in every place where it can be
drunk, Intentionally or unintentionally,
the same to take effect not later than
September l, 1910" A motion that the
streets be oiled was also carried, after
considerable sparring. 68 votes for and
81 against being cast.
Contract for New Hotel at Burlington
The contract for the foundation of
the new Hotel Vermont at Burlington
was awarded Tuesday evening by Max
L. Powell to E. F. Moore, a Burling-
ton contractor His bid was $4,000
lower than the next lowest bidder.
The foundation will be solid concrete
and will probably be the strongest in
Vermont. The excavations will be
much deeper than the present cellar
and when completed will be solid
enough to uphold a seven or even ten
story hotel. 1t is expected that the
wall will be laid in 80 days.
Post-office Robbed Second Time.
The post-office at Wells was robbed
Thursday night, when yeggs blew
open the safe with nitroglycerine.
Postmaster Orhopson had been &C
customed to take the government
stamps home since the office was
robbed ten years ago, and the thieves
secured only SIS in change. They
gained an entrance with tools stolen
from a nearby blacksmith shop. The
explosion was heard at twelve o'clock
by several people who thought it a
blast at the quarry. Two men did
the work, but there is no clue to their
identity.
Prohibitonists' Party dominates.
The following state ticket was
nominated at the Prohibition state
convention held in Burlington last
week: For Governor, Edwin r. Cole
of Franklin; for Lieut.. Governor, Fred
l.. Page of Barre; for secretary
Willis V. Farr of Burlington; for
treasurer, Merrill l.. Barton of Yer
gennes; for auditor, Archibald O.
Ferguson of Burlington for attorney
general, Merritt B. Morgan of Benning-
ton, for representatives in Congress,
1st district, George A. Thrall of Rut-
land, End district, Eugene M.
Campbell of Lyndonville.
Ten Years Exemption.
At special town meeting in Rich
ford it was voted unanimously to ex-
empt for ten years the plant of the
Quaker Oats company, which is to be
erected at once. The matter of
securing the Union church property
for town hall was held open, as the
special committee on the subject re-
ported the time was not yet ripe for
taking the title. At the special vii
lage meeting free water was granted
the Quaker Oats company for domestic
and commercial purposes and ample
protection from fire was guaranteed.
The contract for building the new
plant has been let to the Leonard
construction company of Chicago, and
the work will be started at once.
Birthday Gift Mountain.
On attaining his majority, Mortimel
r. Proctor, son of ex-Gov. F. D
Proctor was presented by his father
last week, the whole of Mt. Pico, ont
of the highest peaks in the Greer
Mountains, having an altitude of 8, OOl
feet, as birthday gift. The tract
contains 200 acres and is heavily
wooded, and young Proctor will no
let an axe touch the timber: ht
intends eventually to convert it into
game preserve. On the mountain is
pond and hunting lodge, where tn,
late United States Senator Redfielt
Proctor, grandfather of Mortimer
spent his vacations for many years
MortimerProctor is now in Europe witt
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