St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-08-30
VERMONT NEWS
The Government May Abandon Fort
Ethan Allen. A#

The Government May Abandon Fort
Ethan Allen.
1t is said that there is a possibiIi-
ty that the military post at Fort
Ethan Allen may be combined with
Plattsburg barracks in the formation
of a brigade post. Important plans
are said o be under con-
sideration by the general stan
of the war department con-
corning the mounted troops OF
the army. A recommendation viii
shortly be made to establish at least
one large cavalry post and possibly
two garrisons of that branch OF the
army. 1t is also proposed In some
quarters to abandon Fort Ethan Al
len as a cavalry post. One plan is
to establish cavalry posts in those
parts of the country where the clt-
mate is favorable to cavalry man.
ouvers and training, where it will be
less expensive to obtain cavalry
horses and where there can be OBJ
tanned a supply of forage without
the additional cost Of transportating
it long distances.
Power Projects in Vermont.
Enosburg Falls has voted to build
a concerto dam in connection with
the Twitchell Lumber Co., to be
used to develop electric power the
expense to the village not to ex-
coed $4,000 and will proceed with
it at once. The Connecticut River
Power Co. is planning to dam the
Deerfield river in three places near
Shelburne Falls and build a reser-
voir at Somerset where water will
be impounded to height of 100 feet
and over an area of approximately
six square miles. The charter was
granted at the last session of the leg
islature to the Wilmington Power
and Paper Co. but the name will be
changed to the New England Pow
er Company of Vermont. The same
interests will own the New England
Power Company of Massachusetts.
Ultimately there will be two or three
times as much power developed on
the Deerfeld as at Vernon.
Suicide in Police Station.
Thomas Cutter, 35 years old,
Barre stone cutter, committed sui
eide in cell in the police station
esRSly Friday morning by cutting his
throat with a piece of 4 broken
bottle. Cotter asked the police for
lodging that night. He apparently
was in an intoxicated condition and
being admitted. He is survived by
his mother, a resident of ST. Ezeer,
Que, by two sisters of Berlin, N. H.,
and two brothers, who reside some
where in Canada.
Meeting in Orchard.
The midsummer meeting of the
Vermont State Horticultural society
took place August "A at Charlotte in
the large orchard belonging to c. T.
Holmes, with about $50 present. A
basket lunch was served at noon
Papers were read by a number of
experts and demonstrations of tree
spraying and the use of high ex-
plosives in the removal of stumps
and in sub-soil cultivation.
May Lose An Eye.
Frederick Smart, of Bethel, en-
gagged Monday in a pitch fork
fight with bees on the mountain and
in some way pierced his left eyeball
with the fork. It is said that serious
results may follow and the escape
from loss of sight was very narrow.
Redmen at Barre.
At the session of the Great Coun
Gil of Vermont, Order of Redmen at
Barre last week the following Off
GERS were elected: Great sachem, M.
E. Lermond of East Barre; great
senior sycamore, F. E. Marshall, of
Beecher Falls; great junior saga