The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1913-12-19


The editor of the Bennington
Banner brings home some encour-
aging news from his trip to Florida
He was in attendance on the Allan
tic Deeper Waterways Convention
and met Governor Miller of Della
ware. The governor is a business
man who has travelled in every
state of the union and he said that
of late he had been finding Vermont
a delightful state for summer vaca-
tions for the reason that Vermont
roads are better than those of other
states. That for a general average,
Vermont is better than any other
state. A Massachusetts man at
the same convention said that while
Massachusetts, and Connecticut
were building more trunk lines, he
believed that the general road i'm
provement from year to year is
more marked in Vermont than in
any of the other New England
states. We hope the effect of Lieut..
Gov. Howe's remarks will be to
stimulate Vermont to further effort
in the same line.
The Senate's passing of the
Hetch Hetchy Grab" bill, as it
has been called by those opposed
to San Francisco's using this scenic
wonder for the prosaic purpose of
a water and power supply, does not
meet with approval Of the friends
of conservation throughout the
country, as far as they have been
heard from. The bill has no strings
to it, if reports Of the bill are cor
rect. Nothing is said about beau
tifying the park around the lake
which the damming of the Hetch
Hetchy will make. 1t is quite pos
sible, should the city get the sup
ply, that the park which has ex-
listed so extensively in circulars will
not be developed beyond the circu-
lar stage. Those who are opposed
to this grab " hope that Presi-
dent Wilson will yet save Hetch
Hetchy for the nation by veto.
The Rutland Woman's Club has
started out to be a great benefit to
the city as the Club has taken upon
itself the providing of a gymna-
SUM for boys and girls and a club
house for the boys. Here is
work which appeals to the women
who know that if boys and girls
are to be kept off the streets of
city or town, something equally as
entertaining has to be provided. |
The Club room will appeal to the
boys because a Club is so very |
mannish. The gymnasium idea is
always a drawing card as boys and |
girls crave physical exercise if it is
disguised as play. Every town and |
city in the state would be better if |
they had Club rooms for the boys |
and girls, with plenty OF attractive |
amusements provided under proper
conditions.
Brattleboro has had a shooting
accident where the victim was thir- /
teen and the boy who did the
shooting but eleven. A week be-
fore a Hardwick boy of fifteen shot |
a boy of eleven, accidentally. 1t
is nothing short of criminal careless
ness which makes these accidents |
possible. Why should it be posi- !
BILE for boys of these ages to get .
hold of guns? The only explana-
ton is that with the hunting season
either on or just over loaded guns
are left carelessly about the house
where there are children.
The Swanton Courier has Just
issued a monster edition for a
country newspaper. 1t has thirty
two pages and more to the point
every page is interesting reading,
much of it being history of the ear
lier times of the town. Swanton
ought to appreciate the enterprise
and public spirit which made this
edition possible.
The departments of Agriculture
sends out the glad tidings that eggs
are falling in price as the hens have
begun to lay. We hope there is no
lie about this. !