St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1911-12-06
VERMONT NEWS
Time to Apply for Trout.


State Fish and Game Commits
sioner J. w. Titcomb announces in
pamphlet just issued that brook
trout, steelhead trout, lake trout,
1andlocked salmon and Chinook
salmon will be raised by the state
this season and may be obtained for
stocking public waters by applying
to him at Lyndonvi1le, one blank
water it s~desired to stock. All ap-
1912 must be in the commissioner
Office not later than March 80 of
that year the number of fish as
signed depending on the size of the
stream and the number of fish
available for distribution. Fish to
be planted in public waters will be
delivered by the state free of charge
to the applicants nearest railroad
station Commissioner Titcomb
calls attention to the fact that fish
may be obtained from the federal
government by making application
through the Vermont congressman
or through the state commissioner,
and that applications to both state
and the federal governments may
be made for fish to stock the same
waters.
The question of whether streams
must be stocked before April Is in
order to make posting lawful has
arisen so frequently that Mr.. Tit
comb has referred it to the attor-
ney-general whose opinion is to the
effect that any person who has
stocked a stream this year may con-
slider that his posting holds good for
year from the date the fish were
planted.
Getting Correct Returns.
Mr.. Titcomb is 1aboring to get a
very accurate list of the deer killed
during the past season and to this
end a system of cross checking will
be made to verify the reports. Cards
were distributed at the opening of
the season to the various wardens
throughout the state and they were
requested to report daily by this
means: The name of the hunter,
residence, date and weight of deer
were placed on the cards which were
easily indexed at the Commission
er's Office and was a great improve
ment over the old system of report
ing at the end Of the season. A
list will be sent back to the ward
ems to compare with their own list
and any possible correction made.
By this means there will be practi-
cally no mistakes and until this is
done the exact number killed will
not be known. Any one who has
failed to report or show the head
to the warden is requested to do
so as soon as possible to avoid de-
lay. Many new and interesting
methods of conducting the depart
ment have been introduced since
Mr.. Titcomb assumed the Office and
the work has been greatly simpll-
fed in every line of the work and
better results are obtained.
Adjutant General Lee S. Tillotson
has organized Company G, V. N. g.,
in Burlington to take the place of
company recently disbanded in Bel
lows Falls. The officers are Capt,
E. A. VanCor; 1st lieutenant, E. K.
Allen; End lieutenant, L. B. Timms.
At present there are 40 members.
The Central Vermont has placed
orders for 200 steel hopper bottom
cars, 1000 steel underframe box
cars and equipment for two new
trains for the New England States
Limited as we'll as for new freight
and passenger locomotives.
John Connell of Rutland, "A
years, old, died Thursday of heart
failure. He was not very well the
night before but it was not known
that he was dead until his wife went
to awaken him.
A. P. Leach of Enosburg Falls
has given two large farms to the
ST. Adams hospital and one farm to
the Warner home for orphans. The
only proviso is that the income
of the farm be used for the support
of free beds and the care of the sick,
aged and infrm who are unable to
care for themselves. The hospital
already owns five farms and the
Warner home three.
It has been decided that Roman
Catholic pupils attending the Bur-
lington high school need not attend
chapel exercises. Rev. FIR. ellis of
the Cathedral forbade his children
to attend and their principal i'm
mediately yielded to his wishes in
the matter as he did not wish stu
dent to attend exercises against
which he has religious scruples.
William Wilson of Island Pond
and his sister whom he had not seen
for over so years have been spend
ing a few days together In Balti-
more. They were reunited through
the efforts of brother and sister
across the ocean. Mr.. Wilson left