Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1912-06-14
BELLOWS FALLS NEWS
Logs in River Piled Many Feet HIsh.

Logs in River Piled Many Feet High.
The high water in the Connecticut |
has acted as serious hamper to the |
driving of logs the past few weeks. Not |
wishing to have the logs left so high |
upon the banks, If the water receded to |
it's usual height, the drivers nave .held |
them back somewhat. The accumulated [
logs in the boom of the Connecticut |
River company's drive began to push so |
hard a week ago upon the pooms at |
the jam piers that it became necessary |
to let some pass over the dam and at |
that time they began passing here, but |
very slowly. This continued until Monday |
morning when the high wind down the |
river added to the strong current broke |
the booms at the jam piers and about |
two million feet started down the river, |
carrying all the booms below with them, |
and all started over the dam together. |
There was at the time about three and |
half feet of water on the dam and |
all were dumped over the dam into a |
pile under the Boston e. Maine bridge |
where they formed a pile many feet |
high, the largest jam in this locality |
for years. a portion were also jammed |
al the upper piers and at the piers con-
tanning the International Paper com
pany's logs, which are all safe. large
force of drivers have worked continu-
ously since then trying to clear the
stream and hundreds of valuable logs
have been shattered by dynamite and
by the force of the current. The larger
part of the drive is being held back at
the Wilder and Mcfndoes booms until
the river is clear here. The early pros
pect of a quick running of the logs
seems unwarranted, as the abnormal
height of the water has interfered. Of
ficials of the Canal company here say
that for many years past it has been
necessary to place flash boards on the
ri no
but there is still three and one-half feet
of water and the boards are not neces-
Sary until it recedes to one foot, which
point has not been reached this year.
Miss Evelyn Macleod, daughter of
Simon Macleod, was operated upon for
appendicitis Wednesday morning at the
Rockingham hospital.
An interesting game of baseball will
be played at Barber park tomorrow
afternoon. 1t has the familiar legend
tackled to its advertising, benefit for
the Rockingham hospital
The Mems club of the Congregational
church held special town meeting Mon
day night al which a large amount of
fun developed and many sarcastic
take offs" were INDUCED in. The vestry
was well filled and the audience fully
appreciated the points made, as well as
athe well-gotten up suffragette attach
ment.
Miss Iva Young, who has been en-
ployed in libraries at different points Tor
several years, has resigned her position
in the state library of Mississippi and
will come to her home here on Atkinson
street within few days Her future To-
cation is undecided, but she has become
an expert and valuable librarian and will
still continue in that line of work.
This weeks issue of the Bellows Falls
Times has been handled entirely by a
ladies' committee of the Hospital asso-
citation, and Local Editor Manning has
been having a weeks vacation, which he
spent in his home in Lowell Mass The
paper is creditable one in every detail,
brim full of news and interesting matter,
and patronized literally by the business
advertisers. The entire income of the
week is devoted to hospital purposes. The
issue is of "a pages, or 16S columns ana
has entailed a vast amount of work
upon the committee Of Is members, of
which Mrs. Frank G. Flint was the
chairman.
Albert r. Smith has resigned both the
position of treasurer and manager of
Wheelers Bellows Falls Band. He has
held both places several years. There has
been a little friction this year between
the village trustees and the band in ie-
lation to terms under which the annual
appropriation of $500 by the village for
band concerts Is to be expended and at
one time it looked as if the band might
go to pieces but at the present time it
seems more than probable the organiza-
ton will be saved and the concerts be
given the same as in former years. Ow-
ing to rainy weather no concerts have
yet been given.
The Democratic caucus was held in
Banquet hall Tuesday evening and
proved the largest held by the party
here for many years. Questions regard
ing candidates for various state officers
had been discussed here for many weeks
and representatives in favor of both the
Burke and Browne factions put in a
large amount of work. The result was
that delegation favorable to Thomas
Browne was chosen for each convention.
The delegates are Daniel H. Cray, j. j.
Fenton, M. ]. Grandield, DR.. ]. T. Rui-
den, s. ]. Cray and F. H. Kimball The
caucus of the Republican voters will be
held next week Tuesday, the 18th, to
elect delegates to state, district and
county conventions.
E. H. Stoughton post, No. "a, G. A.
r., has issued a new roster, attractively
printed. 1t shows the present active
membership to be SS. 1t gives a list of
Go deceased members. showing their
regiment, company and date of death.
including the larger part of the business
men OF Bellows Falls, who contribute so
annually to the treasury of the post. 1t
shows the active list of members of the
Relief corps to be 67 and the deceased
members to date number 25. Owing to
the rain that occurred on Memorial day.
necessitating the dscontinuance of the
parade the amount OF expense to the
post was not as large as usual and
Quartermaster j. o. Spring was enabled
to return to the town treasury large
portion of the 800 appropriated by the
town for the day. The present COM
mander of the post is Fred II. Hob
son, with E. H. Brace as senior vice
commander.
The board of trade made arrangements
at their monthly meeting Monday for
the entertainment of the trade extension
committee of the Boston chamber of
commerce. President Edward Kirkland,
"a thap .lDo.