The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1914-10-10
CREDIT NOT EXCLUSIVE.
Green Mountain Club as Well as Greater
Vermont Assn. Has Doomed VT. Mts.

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Editor Barre Times There appearc,
in the Free Press, Oct. 8 clipping from
the Barre Times, under the heading
Vermont Mountains" The articl,
speaks OF most gratifying influx o
visitors to the Green mountains and tn,
Long trail from outside OF the state.
Credit for this is given solely to the
Greater Vermont associations publicity
work The glaring omission is that the
Green Mountain club, which launched
the movement for creating interest in
the Green mountains, built the long trail
and has carried on without letup cam
paign of publicity by maps and litera-
ture is not even mentioned. Such pub
LEFTY material as the Greater Vermont
association issued was made up of writ
| ten articles and maps, the work of the
| Green Mountain club showing its growth
and activities There is no desire in any
way to belittle the valuable aid of the
| Greater Vermont association in the work
| OF publicity for the Green mountains,
| but simply to have the play proceed
with Hamlet in his usual place in the
cast of characters.
The Green Mountain club has few
members in Barre, but has never been
so fortunate as to awaken an interest
general enough to result in the orgauiza-
ton of a section of the club in Barre.
The Green Mountain club has a mem
bership which closely approximates 600
This membership is in the ! sections
Of the club and large unattached mem
bership in Vermont and outside of the
state. The entire supreme bench Of the
state are members. as are the men who
have been foremost in civic and official
activities of Vermont. Hon. Harring-
ton Putnam, Judge Of the supreme court
Of New York, and Howard Palmer Of
New London, Conn. are members of the
Green Mountain club and are respective
" president and secretary OF the Amer.
lean Alpine club.
list of the state officials of the
Green Mountain club and presidents OF
its sections is appended and il would be
difficult TO gather a more representative
body of Nermonters. There are two in
dependent mountain clubs in the state.
An official Of the Green Mountain club
is president OF the Ascutney Mountain
club co operates with the Stratton Noun
tam NAup VI WEST " az W
Last season the Green Mountain club
the Mansfield TO killington"
project and the long trail may now be
Travelled from johnson TO killington, a
distance OF $50 miles The Green Noun.
tain club co-operated with the state for
estry department in building the long |
trail from Camel's Hump to Killington,
the Green Mountain club providing the /
funds. the forestry service locating and l
the building of the trail, |
100 miles long This provides the state
with fire patrol trail for the forestry /
service, practically the gilt Of the Green
Mountain club All OF the other trail
now in existence and 20 be built by the
Green Mountain club will also be open
10 use as FIRE patrol trail.
During the past season, he killing.
ION 10 Greylock" project vi the Green
Mountain club received substantial
III from the activity Of the new sections
u Bennington and Manchester. The
ong trail now extends from the Mas
.achusetts line 10 the Peru turnpike
distance Of IS miles. leaving only about
b miles airline 70 Killington peak un
inished.
The Stratton Mountain club has erect
a a steel tower IS feet high on Strattnn
which clears the trees which
over ts crown giving fine views from
his the highest peak in southern Yer
mont. A new section at Ryegate has
uilt a trail up Blue mountain. and has
BE- material 20 erect = G0-toot tower
ext season Word also comes that
fat has been rut NJ Belvidcre noun
ain from Eden. which viii cross the
l0uutain 20 Hazen's Notch
More people thar ever before haze /.
'imted the mountains this season. The
oysters kept Nv the Camels Hump
Iuh the summit house Mt Mansfield
I'd BARNES camp. Smuggiers Notch.
hos that maHY more than can - se-
ounted for hase been On the long trad.
lany have written a. TIE Green Noun