The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-08-08
GREATER VERMONT NOTES


The weekly luncheons of the Bur
lington Merchants Association are
becoming one of the features Of the
week in Burlington. AT the lunch
con on Friday August / the associ-
alton and their quests were address.
ed by Governor Fletcher and Lieu
tenant-Governor Howe.
The annual meeting OF the Ben
nington County Vermont Improve
ment Association will be held at
Bennington on Saturday, August 16
Reports will he made Of the years
work, plans fer the coming year will
be discussed and related, tories pre-
scented By several cofnpetent speak
ers.
Through tho untiring efforts of the
Commercial Club ST. Johnsbury will
have remodeled hotel which will
appeal to the tourist Fifteen men
have purchased the St Johnshury
House and have formed a stock com
pany which will eecure. TO ST. Johns
bury a most attracting hetols ys
A large party from the AppaIauh
ian Club of Boston is planning 20 FOL.
lew the Long Trail FROM Killingtsin
to Mansfield They viii set dtl
from Mount KiIlington on Saturday
September G. BY thai date it IL
hoped that the trail from Lincoln
Mountain to Mount Hcrrid VIII be
completed, 70 that there will be q
continuous trail from afount Killing
ton 10 the Village Of johnson north
Of Mount Sterling, distance of
mere than one, hundred miles by
trail. bfM
The plant of'the Holden & Le9nard
Company WOODEN Mills at Beuning.
ton is to be enlarged. The addisions
are to be built this GUNNER
The Fairbanks Scale Company is
now constructing lis ffth new bsAd-
ing to meet tho demandSs OF its in.
crcasing business. All al these
buildings are constructed toe NEE,
tho requirements of the Efficiency
Test as applied 10 modern manufac
turing. ya,
The Ascutnev Mountain Associat.
| ion have leased for the seaEon three
burros and have placed them on the
farm Of c. r. Lamphere, telephone
number "4-5. Windsor" for use az
pack or saddle animals for parties
desiring to climb the mountain
The tramway which connects the
Vermont Marble CompqnY's Mills
with . large sand deposit has JUS
been supplied with new cable
! This means that 22500 feet OF wire
rope had to be drawn over The noun
| taing--l piece of work that kept q
| gang of men busy for several DAYS
| Through the operations of this sus
pended cable sand Is dumped into the
| mills al the rate of abou, 400 IONS q
day IN the last ten years approx
| mately 5000 tons have been picl
ed up, thus providing fer, the saving
and ruhbing,of millions OF cubic fee
OF marble.
The -Swanton Board ofusfrade an
nounces that a corn show open tC
exhibits from Franklin County viii
be held under the ausplcesls of al,
board at Swanton on October 30 ant
81. The object of the membetsi.s O
board is ito promote the -.ipcreases
production Of Corn and other F'afii
products by the use of improves
methods and make farm life NOR
attractive TO oar, boys. anu girls,
There are two Glasses OF = entpks
Tho Farmers fslass-Open 20 AN.
man over eEhteen years 80
and the Roys Class Open 10. y an
BOY and Girl not over eigfteen year
Of age. The chairman OF the CON
mittee cf arrangements Is II. ]
Brown. the agricultural. expert is 7
N. Moran - = - -
Windsor offers an opportunity 70
enterprising builders 81, houses .yhic
can be rented cor from 1zst0f15 do
lars a month. There is a great d,
mand for houses OF this iclass b
men employed in the plant OF IN
! Windsor Machine Company. II ]
expected that the compsnSi!Stl bull
an addition 10 their plant in the nea
future. They would pat ,ffty NOR