The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1911-11-10
STATE NEWS.

organized and systematic work is
being carried out each day. Mas
ter Signal Electrician j. H. Mitch
UNI, of the United States army sig
nal corps, is instructor. The chief
part of the work now is wireless
telegraphy. There are several sets
of United States army wireless
instruments which may be set up
in three or four minutes and mes
sages sent from 80 to 40 miles. The
pack set, as they are called, con-
sists of two strong chests and a
low watt generator. The students
take trips from 10 to 20 miles
each afternoon and set up a sta
ton, and receive and send mes
sages to the college campus.
At least $75O,00O has been ex-
pended in Brattleboro in new
buildings during 1911, not includ-
ing the value of the land upon
which they are located. OF this
amount, about $45O,OOO was devot-
ed to the building of the Fort
Dummer cotton mills. Thirty-eight
new houses have been built in the
year, ranging in price from $1,000
to $4,000 each and several cellars
have been dug this fall ready for
houses to be erected in the spring.
The cotton mills are a great thing
for Brattleboro and are three stor-
les high, 324 feet long and 100 feet
wide, being equipped with $4,000
spindles and 648 looms. About
100000 bricks were required in
the construction of the main
building.
Considerable disturbance has
been created in Middlebury by an
examination into the milk ship
ment. There had been various re-
ports and rumors to the effect
that there was something wrong,
and W. E. Aldrich of Rutland, rep
resenting the Boston Dairying Co.
passed a good deal of time there
and in the neighboring towns in
vestigating. He had the assist
ance of DR.. D. C. Noble, the health
officer of Middlebury. 1t was as
certained that at least three we'll
to-do farmers in that section had
been watering the milk furnished
by them to the company and had
skilfully made such substitutes as
to make it appear that innocent
milk men were the actual Offend
ers. 1t is likely that prosecutions
of a criminal nature will be insti-
tuted within the next few days.
Winfield Whitney, aged As, shot
and seriously wounded his wife at
their home in Halifax Oct. 29th,
then killed himself with a bullet
thru the head. The woman, who is
also about As years old, will re-
cover, it is believed. A few weeks
ago the woman went to Brattle-
boro to work, while the husband
lived with Mrs. Whitney's broth
er, Francis Miner. Rheumatism
had prevented his working, and
he had his household goods auc-
toned off. Both went to the house
10 pack up few remaining arti-
,les, the woman planning to go to
i've with a daughter. They had a
dispute, following which the shoot
ng took place.
Charles Storms, for q years a
lrygoods merchant in Rutland,
lied at his home there Oct. 80, of
diabetes, complicated with neur-
llgia of the heart, aged 81 years.
lie had been acutely i'll only "a
hours, having been at his place of
business the Saturday previous.
Mr.. Storms was one of the best
examples of a self-made man to
be found in Vermont. He was born
n Schluchtern, Germany. When a
young man he came to America
md began business as a peddler,
'or several years tramping thru
he towns on both sides of Lake |
Ihamplain with a pack on his back. |
At the time of his death he was |
senior partner in the store of |
Charles Stems & Co., in Rutland, |
vas interested in the Grace-Sterns |
FUR company and the Jas. A. Lillis |
Clothing company store in the |
iame city and was a partner with |
". B. Winters in a dry goods store |
n Keeseville, N. Y. He had also
,een part owner of a hotel at Sar-
mac Lake, NY, and the store of !
& Co., at Plattsburgh I
Wy. Mr.. Storms married at Platts-
,urgh Miss Bertha Cain, of that /
own. He is survived by his wife,
i've daughters, Miss Regina d.
'terns, OF Rutland, Mrs. Isadore
,ckstein OF Chicago, Mrs. Isaac
filler, of Duluth, Mimi, Miss
- DLCA anu AAloo dAl- |
es c. Stems, and one SON Arthur
!. Stems of Rutland.
Gov. John A. Meade has made
he following appointments: E.
:. Wright of Middlebury, j. NJ.
tevens of Orwell, z. II. Hallett of
t Johnsbury, A. A. Halliday OF
fellows Falls, and Arthur Fl. Hill
( Isle lie Motto, to be delegates
D the National Horticultural Con-
ress to be held at st. Joseph, Mo
low. % to Dec. 2. Senators Will
am P. Dillingham; of Montpelier
nd Carroll S. Page OF Hyde Park,
David j. Foster OF
arlington, and Frank Plumley OF
to be delegates to the
Society for Judicial Set
ement of international Disputes
, be held in Cincinnati, o., Nov.
and s. William L. Gokay of Ben
ington, a member of the state ! ,
oard of pharmacists for a term
five years, beginning Dec. 1,
III. Frank c. Williams, of New
ort, to be a delegate to the ma
onal conference of supervisors
state banks, to be held in New
rleans. Fanny B. Fletcher, of
a member of the
- 1871