Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-25

The schedule of progressive party raj
lies in Vermont includes two next week.
at South Royalton, Wednesday evening
october l. and at Newport Thursday
evening, October . Three speakers will
appear at the rallies: Senator Moses T.
Clapp of Minnesota, Tariff and the Far
mer'; Frazer Mctzgcr, "Thc Industrial
Plank of the Progressive Party; Secre-
tary David Hinshaw of the Kansas pro-
gressive state committee, Tariff Versus
The cost of High Living; Charles
II. Thompson. State Issues
About l0,0oO,D0 feet of spruce has been
imported from Canada thus far this year.
This is an unusually large amount The
boats arriving i'm port thu far this sea-
son number Sc, which is % more than
were unloaded here year ago
at this time. All of the impor-
| tations at the present time are
of spruce and where Canada shipped
barge loads Of pine few years ago, it
! is seld' m seen now. The number Of
harges unloadcd last year was 81. or this
number 81 were taken care of during
November.
Several Burlingtonians are Interested
in the prizes offered by the Lake MohOnk
conference ON international arbitration
for essays. For the best effort on Inter
national Arbitration," by an undergrad
uatc man student of any college in the
United states or Canada, $50 Is offered .
and for tho hest ESSAYS ON "lutcruatiCnal
Peace by undergraduate women stu
dents of any college or university "a the
United States. first and second pr'2cs of
respectively 5000 and 800 are offered The
offers of similar prizes last ,rar brought
out IA essays
The wedding of George t.. Hudson
of 100 North Champlain street and
Laura Finneran of 49, Lafountain
street took place Tuesday morning
at six o'clock at st Marys Cathedral.
The Rev. J. NJ. Kennedy performed the
ceremony The bride woro blue
travelling suit and hat to match She
carried a prayer book. They We're at
tended by Thomas Finneran and James
H. Lynch. \ wedding breakfast was
served at tn" home of Mr. Lynch. Mr..
and Mrs. Hudson will reside in this
city after a wedding trip to Spring
field, Mass
| Hugh l.. Thomson who resigned Sep
TENDER as food inspector at the State
! laboratory of hygiene went Friday to
BlackshurS Va, where he will take a
course Of study in scientific farming ut
the Virginia Polytechnic Institute, in
Guiding special research work The va
cancv at the state labora tory caused by
his resignation has nos been filled. His
successor as city milk inspector will he
named by the board of health within "A
few days, and will probably be DR. Henry
A. l.add. S V. Phillips. formerly a stu
dent at the University of Vermont, ac-
companed Mr.. Thomson to Virginia
The viii of Abbic NJ Han. late Of this
city, was proved Friday in probate
court. and will be contested by Cornela
V. d. Russell, as guardian in behalf of
Ruth HALL granddaughter of the testa-
triX. \. c. Whittemore is attorney for the
prepayment and S. X. Moulton for the con-
tostant Other action in probate court
Friday ncluded Issue of license to
sell real estate in the estate of John H.
Pickett, late of Burlington appointment
| of Frank q. Peck Of Jericho as admins
traitor in the estate of Hannah Hardy.
late of this city, with f.. b. Jordan Of
Jericho and George A GIL" of Burlington
as commissioners and appraisers.
The annual meeting of the Burlington
Credit Mems association was held last
evening in the Commercial club rooms
II. r Ruttcr presiding in the absence of
the president, s. +. Henry. The secretary
treasurer, II. s Howard. made his report
showing tn" association to be in a flour