The Brattleboro reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1907-1912, 1911-07-28
THE BRATTIEBORO REFORMER, FRIDAY, JULY %, 1911


afternoon,
There are already $50 entries ON
the county court docket for the sep
TENDER term.
-Gilman & HelyaT began work this
week az the Austne institution grounds
on their spring water system, when y
Ia be used for fire protection ANA 10
nestle use.
Crosby Adams, formerly of tins
town, won the Saturday golf handicap
az the Springfield Country club last
week, getting gross score of ~ whleh
his handicap of IL reduced TO q,
Chairman John Calvin of the select
men sent out Saturday checks ~ pay
ment for services Of volunteer IRE hEht'
ers during the recent forest fires IN tins
town. The bills ranged from GO cents
TO SEQ each and totalled about s25'
Transfers, who are obliged 10 use
the south Main street hill. again agl'
tate the cutting down of the grade near
the top. This is not only one OF the
hardest pulls 10 be found in the village
hut MANY an automobile finds II diil'
cult proposition 10 get over
Though there are signs at different
points IN the little grove near the cold
spring ON Elm street stating that the
easily discover old planks, fence posts
and other pieces of lumber which have
evidently been discarded during the
past wear or two. The plank Walk
leading from Canal street 10 the Elm
street bridge is also in need OF atteh'
tion.
The office of second assistant ply
stefan al the Brattleboro Retreat has
been filled by the appointment Of Dr,
Herbert W. TAYLOR. one of the honoi
men who graduated from the medical
department of the University OF Yer
mont, class of 1911. He entered upon
his duties Tuesday. DIR. Taylor, served
as inferno nj the Retreat during the
summer Of 1910, and is exceptionally
well qualified bv education and natural
fitness for psvchopathic work. lie Is
native and resident of Fairfax
An involuntary petition in bank,
ruptcy was filed Monday in the office of
Clerk T.. :. Platt of the United states
court against Israel Hall of Halifax,
merchant, The petitiOning creditors
are W. +. Mason of Pawlet, and RoNai
Faulkner. L. II. SAWYER, FLOYD +. Reed
and +. r. Reed of Nottingham. Their
claims exceed $1,000 The ATTORNEYS for
the petitioners are Chase Daley OF
Rrattlehoro. The claim is made that
l.
act of bankruptcy bv allowing Allen
Gleason of Shelhurne Falls, Mass. TO
take n Judgment of 5000 against him,
thereby getting in their account TO bet
fer advantage than other creditors. N
will be remembered that several months
AGO Mr.. Hall told his family he was
coming to Brattleboro and apparently
started for this town. He has not been
seen since and there are many who be-
lieve he persisted in the woods, He was
dealer in live stock 10 quite an extent
and somewhat involved.
-Bratteboro people who use water
from the Brattleboro Water Works sYs'
tenn need have no fear of a shortage
Yesterday the water was only one foot
below the crest of the spillway and rs
the reserve at Sunset lake will not be
drawn upon until the water IN the bl9
basin MT Pleasant Valley is lowered
about three feet more there Will be
annie water TO last this village not
only through the summer and fall but
far into the winter and following spring
even with less than a normal rainfall
from now on. The reservoir in Pleasant
Valley is estimated TO hold l20,ooouoo
gallons when the water reaches the
crest of the spillwav Though it would
be difficult to estimate very accurately
the amount of water now IN the reser-
voir there are probably over lOO,0OO,00O
gallons. Next wear the waterworks
company will build dam AT Sunset
lake to greatly increase the reserve
The company has laid about one mile
of new pipe at Fort Dummer Heights
George w. Fairfield, II, died Mon
day in the Soldiers Home at Chelsea
Mass. where he had made his home for
about two wears. He was at the nome III
Togus, Me-. about four wears before
going TO Chelsea. Mr.. Fairfield was
born in Dublin, \. H., and came to Brat,
tleboro when a Young man. lie married
Anna. Oldest daughter of W. c. Perry
of BrattlebOro for many wears the pro
prietor of the Brattleboro House. Mrs.
Fairfield died about 2S years ago. She
was sister to w. d. Perry of tins
village. For several years Mr.. Fairfield
was associated in the grocery business
with w. D. Perry under the firm name
of Perry 4 Fairfield. Their store was
where Root s drug store now stands:
Mr.. Fairfield left Brattleboro about 50
years ago and went to Meadevllle, "a,
where he was employed in a responsible
position by the Erie railroad: Two
wears later he went to st, Louis. lie
was a member of Company !, Sth Yer
mont Volunteers, and served at New
Orleans. being assigned to the com
missarv department when that city was
taken by Gen. Benjamin F. Butler. Mr..
Fairfield leaves four children all llVlng
in Chelsea. Funeral services were held
in Chelsea Wednesday and the burial
was in that city.
The selectmen have decided to have
the land records in the town clerks Of
| fee indexed on cards as suggested by
| The Reformer a number of weeks ago;
| They have instructed Town Clerk carr
| S, Hopkins to do the work and he has
ordered 5000 index cards. 1t is not the
intention of the selectmen to have the
older records transferred to cards for
the present The transactions OF the
| last few wears will be entered on cards
and these cards will be made the founda,,
| tion for new system of indeXing all
of the records of the Office. 1t is prob
able that after the foundation for the
! index is well laid the selectmen VIII
authorize the entire list of records trans
ferred to this, file. Town Clerk Hop
| kins went to Springfield, VT, last week
and studied the card index system in
use in that place. He pronounces it one
of the yery best he has ever seen, and
| one that will be used in Brattleboro.
In the indexing of land TRANSACTIONS
the convevances and mortgages will be
entered on different colored cards and
where ii is now necessary TO take an
hour or more to locate the ownership
of a piece of property the use of the
card index will give the desired data in
few moments.
Wesley R. Phillips of Keene, N. H.,
who is well known in Brattleboro was
recently held up by a bandit, who gives
his name as William Morris of Plain
field. n. j., and robbed of a valuable
scarf pin and minor articles, one, of
which was his hat. The affair took place
near Belle PLANE, Ia. aboard the North
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