St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-07-05
VERMONT NEWS
Field Meeting at State Forest Wen
Attended.

E1e10 Meeting AT state rOfGSt ssCAA
Attended.
The field meeting and basket pic
mic, held at the state forest at Plain
field Friday proved very successful
and about rs persons wore pres
ent. state Commissioned of Agri-
culture o. L. Martin welcomed the
guests and many brief addresses fol
lowed. State Forester Halves ex-
planned the work of the state nursery
and gave many points concerning for
eskry. He stated that trees should
be planted about six feet apart, - 0
to the acre. Clement Smith OF Nor
rfsville, master Of the state grange,
spoke of the need OF larger appFopri-
atoms by the legislature to carry out
the work now SO well begun. Charles
Green Of White River junction, 2
member OF the board or agriculture
and forestry and a lumberman of
considerable experience, was quite
enthusiastic over the growth Of the
state forest and thought there was
no state better fitted than Vermont
to give especial thought to this sub
ject Other speakers were H. NJ.
Farnham, master of the pomona
grange; Col. H. S. Foster of North
Calais, lecturer of the Pomona
grange; Burnham Colby OF Plain
George Blanchard of Montpelier. The
forest was inspected by all. Perhaps
Is per cent. of the pines planted have
died, but most of them are in a thriv
ing condition. The area of the land
included in the tract is 500 acres and
when it was purchased, in the fall Of
1909-1910, cost between 81 and So
an acre. The first year 5000 four
year-old white pines were planted;
the next year $500 three-year-old
white pines were planted and 10000
four-year-old Scotch pines. In the
winter of 1910-1911 the spruce trees
were thinned out and $4,000 feet of
soft wood lumber and 1841s running
cords of hard wood were cut, at small
profit. AS money becomes available,
this open land will be planted and
the rest of the forest will be thinned
out.
A Day of Suicides.
John j. Rogge of St. Adams COM
mitted suicide on June 81 by shooting
himself When found he had a large
knife at hand in case the gun failed.
He was Sc years old and had been
in poor health for some time.
Charles Clark of Rutland, Y years
old and many years ago cashier of
the Baxter National bank, committed
suicide June 81 by jumping into, the
East creek. He was sufferer from
Bright's disease. Three months ago
he made similar attempt by inhal-
ing gas. He was a 32nd degree
Mason and captain of Co. I, 7th YER
mont regiment.
Mrs. Emeline r. Kiser of Barre,
S3 years old, took her own life on
June 81 by hanging. It is thought
her mind was unbalanced by recent
sickness.
Her Brother Knighted.
A message received by Miss Annie
A. Aitken, superintendent CT nurses
at the Rutland hospital, states that
her brother, William Maxwell Aitken,
member of the English parliament
and former well-knoW fnancier of
Montreal, was knighted during the
coronation ceremonies of King
George and Queen Mary of England.
Sir William Maxwell Aitken is one of
the younger members of the British
Parliament, being but 81 years of
age. He has lived in England but
little over a year, and stood for Par
lament last December from Ashton,
the present residence of Sir William
and Lady Aitken, winning out with
a good margin. The son of the Rev.
William Aitken, Presbyterian cIerg-
man, Sir William is a native of New
castle, N. b., and before his removal
to England, was numbered among the
millionaires of eastern Canada.
Sons of Veterans Officials.
Commander A. J. Griffin of Ben
nington has announced the following
appointments on his staff: Secretary
and treasurer, Fred w. Spear, Camp
9, Bennington; patriotic instructor,
UnIk
Royalton; counselor, Clinton J
Smith, Camp 80, Huntington; chap
lain, Charles D. Stevens; Camp rs
Lyndonville; inspector, Charles H
Little, Camp 40, North Montpelier;
correspondent, Alvin j. Davis, CamI
SO, Manchester Depot; color bearer
Otis Cummings, Camp Is, South Lon
donderry.
A Reorganized Medical College.
A reorganization of the staff of the
Medical College has been made tc
keep the institution up to the high.
est standard of efficiency Of the
present faculty the following will re
main: DR.. J. N. Jenne, DIR. H. C
Tinkham, DR.. J. B. Wheeler and DIR
A. F. A. King of Washington, D. c
Changes in the list allow the retire
ment of DR.. Sceane of Montreal a,
professor of physiology, DR.. Tink
ham as professor Of anatomy and DIR
John McCrea of Mntreal as professor
of pathology. The following elections
to the staff have been made: DR.. T
S. Brown of Burlington, professor O
anatomy and histology; DR.. Davi,
Martin Of Essex Junction, professor
OF materia-medica and pharmaco
logy; DR.. Fred K. Jackson, professoI
of physiology; DR.. B. H. Stone, pro
fessor of pathology and bacteriology
DR.. J. N. Jenne, professor of clinica
medicine and therapeutics; DIR. C
H. Beecher, professor of medicine
DIR. H. c. Tinkham professor of clini
cal surgery; DR.. c. S. Caverly o
Rutland, professor of hygiene; DR.
John B. Wheeler, professor of sur
gerry. and DR.. A F. A. King of Wash
ington, D. c.. professor of obstetrics