Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1913-10-22
STATE NEWS.
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ley denied but admitted talking with
Mr.. Stickney about this free service.
| This free service amounted to what
would be charged at $4,000 under
regular rates.
A large part of the hearing per-
tanned to the Champlain Valley
company, comparison of services in
this state and others. statistics. etc.
New Features of the Vermont State
Corn Show.
Hardly a day passes without the
addition of some new feature or
detail to the program of the Third
Annual Vermont State Corn Show to
be held in the mammoth Kennedy
arena, Windsor, Nov. 5-6-7. The state
agricultural college will make large
and comprehensive exhibit of the work
carried on at the college and of their
plans for the new extension service
over the state. Harold L. Bailey of
the State department of agriculture,
in charge of the Insect Suppression,
will have an interesting exhibit also.
The corn show will feature again the
''Thetford Kitchen exhibit which
will be much enlarged over last year.
that has already gained for itself
country wide attention and common
dalton. The women of all New Eng
land will want to see this part Of the
show at least.
Another feature for the women will
be the cooking demonstrations and
talks to be given by Prof. Bertha M.
Terrill, Dean of the Domestic Science
Department of the University of
Vermont, and her assistants.
In special department six or eight
oranges will make displays that will
be we'll worth seeing.
While corn will remain king and the
prospects are that there will be lot
of good corn shown, the departments
for apples and potatoes are receiving
many entries, which will make the
exhibition an interesting land show.
The general program will include
addresses by noted experts on corn,
poultry. farm-management, agricul-
tural Improvement, special music, a
corn products restaurant and lnStruc-
tive moving pictures, all arranged for
with desire to make the corn show
as instructive and entertaining as
] possible with all fakirs, shows, etc.
eliminated.
Changers, Farmers, Teachers, Boys
and Girls may have program and
premium list by sending their address
to Secretary A. C. Hurd, White River
Junction, vt.
Vermont Aut oists Paid $1O9,628
According to figures now published
for the first time, automobile registra
Secretary of State Guy w. Bailey
during the ten months since December,
1912, have amounted to $109, 628. 70.
This exceeds the fees for any previous
IL months since the present automobile
law was enacted, being more than four
times the fees collected in the whole
year Of 1910. and much larger than the
complete yearly collection of 1911 and
1912. The total automobile fees for
those years were as follows: 1905
(ten months). S26, 657.34; 1910 az
months). s43. l12. 90 1911, az monuhs>
$50, 635, "a: 1920 IL months), $50. 798.-
4 Is. Of this years total, Washington
county pays the largest share, S13, 755.
81, and Windsor and Rutland counties
] come in next with S13. 294 Is and S13,
I 254. 26 respectively. Windham county
Z comes after these with total fees Of
S11. 284. 26 and Chittenden county is
fifth with $11,213.75. The county
paying the least tax is Grand Isle,
1 with fees amounting to 1888. IL. The
I number of cars shown by the yearly
B registry in Vermont has increased
] steadily since the law was passed. Ir
1909 the number was 1858 and in 1915
i it was 2, 446. In 1911 in was 2, 254 anc
in 1912, 4,283. Fo- the ten months OF
this year it is 1924. The number OF
cars registered for the first time
practically all new cars) in the pas
ten months is 1,763. Assuming thai
the cost of those new cars averaged
$500. conservative estimate, this
n would show that 81. O57, 800 must have
:. gone out Of the state in the past ter
months for the purchase of automo
n biles. Of these 1.763 new cars, 80:
are Fords. Washington county alone
showing 100 new cars of this make
n Next to the Ford cars in number com,
Z. the Bucks with a total in the state o:
1875. The figures also show 122 Over
n lands, 101 Cadillacs. 76 Studebakers
40 Metz cars, 80 Hupmobiles, % Reos
10 Maxwells, Is Stanleys. Is Packards
n Is Chalmers, Is Mitchells, II Ram
!. blers, five Pierce Arrows and numerous
other makes in small numbers.
n Vermont Notes.
An almost perfect pearl was foun,
:. between North Montpelier and Calai