Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1911-05-19

season the following Tuesday The park
is being cleaned up thoroughly and many
important improvements are being made
to assist in making, it the popular resort
during the coming season that it always
has been.
The annual interclass athletic meet
was held Monday afternoon on Green
street and in the rear of the old high
school building. Each event was watch
ed with interest by large crowd, and
the results of the scores of the different
classes showed that the seniors won by
a very narrow margin. The points won
| by each class were follows: 1911, Sc;
1912, SO: 1913, 6.
The listers filed the abstract of the
individual lists, made for taxation pur-
poses, with the town clerk at midnight
Monday, having taken every hour allow
ed by law to complete it. 1t has been
very carefully made and many changes
are manifest under the new laws. They
advertise a hearing for those who may
feel agrieved at the appraisal at the
town clerks office next Monday morning
| at 8 o'clock.
Mrs. Clara S. Hale, widow of a former
| rector of Emmanuel church, died in
Claremont Tuesday, and the body was
brought here yesterday for burial in the
| church yard beside her husband. Rev.
| Charles S. Hale was rector here from
! 1867 to 1872 and removed from here to
| Claremont in the latter year. He re-
| mained as rector at Claremont until his
| death, which took place several years
! ago.
The Boston e Maine road has large
| force of men at work putting In the
| foundation for a large turn table in the
yard at North Walpole near the toll
| bridge. The increased size of the loco
motives running between here and Bos-
ton necessitates a heavier and longer
ia hn oil &c tod a
little southeast of the old table, and is
so situated as to accommodate the new
round house which the road expects to
build there in the near future.
The first of the annual drive of logs
for the International Paper company ar
| rived here this week. a portion of them
are being drawn out across the river
each day. The drive amounts to nearly
100000 feet, or about the average of
former years The large drive of the
Connecticut Valley Lumber company is
well out of the small streams on the
banks of which it was cut, and is in the
north waters of the Connecticut, a few
already having reached Wells River
They are being held there until the In
ternational drive is out of their way.
Last Sunday morning much valued
dog owned by j. ID. Cote was killed by
being run over by an automobile neal
the Gates garage on Westminster street
The machine bore a New Hampshire
number and as Mr. Cote's machine was
standing near he started after the car
which was running at an excessive
speed. He overlook it near Westminster
station, and the only satisfaction which
he got at that time was in giving a Sc
we're tongue lashing to the occupant. II,
ascertaned the ownership, and purposes
to make it warm for the owners if Their,
is any law to apply to the case.
l. -
tween the high school pupils and Yer
mont academy in Assembly hall on tn,
question, Resolved, that United State
Senators should be elected by the direc
vote of the people" V. A. has tn
affirmative and will be represented b.
Kenneth Lord John Richmond and JOIN
V Piper The Bellows Falls high schoo
boys taking the negative side are Ed
ward F. Shea, Edward c. Kirkland an,
William j. Murphy. The judges will b.
John Il. Paddock of Saxtons River, Wal
ter A. Graham of Bellows Falls and l.. d
Record of Walpole
; George F. Goodspeed died at his hom
, on King street Saturday morning, afte
an illness of five weeks of tuberculosis
He born in Rutland As years ag
and had been a resident of Bellows Fall
for 20 years He was a member of Bel
4 lows Falls lodge 90, |. o. o. F., and o
r the Knights of Pythias. He is survived
= | by Wlte ana son, CaSpar GOOdSpeed
| The funeral was held Monday at 3 p. m
at the home and was in charge of Bel
+ | lows Falls lodge Rev. c. l.. Eatol
! | officiated. The bearers We're Postmaste
!, j. H. Blakeley and r. c. Bristol from
2 Bellows Falls lodge Fred Wilbur an
e Hosea Parker from the knights o
e ! Pythias, and Neil Macdonald and Ere
Rowen Interment was in Oak Hi
\ cemetery.
5 The various phases of the railroa
situation are being watched locally wit
much interest. The 10 Grand Trunk en-
gineers under Mr.. Estep are making tn
survey between here and BrattleborC
- and were yesterday as far south a
u Westminster or possibly CIRCUITS station
A plan was submitted last week fo
widening the tunnel just south of tn
Bellows Falls yard of the Boston
= Maine, making ii wide enough to &C
commOdute a double track admitting tn
Il Central Vermont to its use. The var
u room at Bellows Falls, which is owne
u by the Rutland and the Boston e ATain
u is much restricted, and because of tn
L river and the hills there is little ROOF
II left for the contemplated Central Vel
< the privilege of occupying the Rutlan
II yards At Bellows Falls for the movemeI
II of its trains, The plans submitte,
therefore. call for concessions by II
Central Vermont to the Boston & MAR
IS at Brattleboro and for reciprocal favol
n by the latter company and the Rutlar