St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1914-07-29
VERMONT NEWS
Gigantic Undertaking to Open Great
Lakes TO Ocean Going Steamers.

Lakes to Ocean Going Steamers.
Following closely upon the con-
structiOn of the Champlain barge ca
nal by the state of New York comes
the announcement that the appropri-
alton for improving Lake Champlain
has passed the United States Senate
and will undoubtedly pass the House
very soon. This means that $337,-
coo for the broadening and deepen
ing of the narrows of Lake Cham
plain will be available this year. This,
says The Times, is one of the steps,
in the endeavor to make the Great
Lakes of the United States and
Canada accessible to ocean-going
steamers. other parts of the plan
are the deepening of the Hudson
river, enlargement of harbors on
Lake Champlain, improved naviga-
ton on the St. Lawrence river, and
a possible Georgian bay canal utiliz-
ing a part of the Ottawa river. The
importance of this gigantic under
taking, of which the deepening of
the Champlain narrows is but a step,
is little realized. Lake Champlain
has long been the summer cruising
ground of a large fleet of small
pleasure craft. The greater posi-
bilities of the lake as a water route
have only lately been recognized.
The Joint construction by the Unit
ed States and Canada of a deep wa
terway for ocean-gOing vessels be-
tween the Atlantic seaboard and the
great lakes is one of the projects
which emphasizes the Importance of
the Champlain route as a connecting
link.
Vio'a Brunette. the L year old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
Brunette of Ware, rescued the IL
year old son Of George Whalen. when
the latter became exhausted and
ssnk to the bottom o. Muddy Brook,
whele he was swimming. Miss Viola
was attracted by the cries of people
"n the shore, dove where the boy
WAS ~st seen, seized young Whalen
by ~" hair 2 1 succeeded in Iaa"h-
ing the shore.
President John E. Weeks, Secre-
tary Frank G. Dyer, Treasurer
Charles #. Rogers and the other ex-
rcutive officers of the Addison County
Agricultural society are making
preparations for the county fair
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday September I, 2, 3, and A.
The Vermont Branch of the In
ternational Order of the Kings
Daughters and Sons VII hold its
21st annual convention at White
River Junction, October 8, and 8.
The State Order of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians has accepted
the invitation of Rutland division to
hold the next state convention in
that city early in August and DR..
John ID. Hanrahan, John r Moloney,
and Daniel A. Bruten, of Rutland,
have been appointed a committee to
fix the date and make local arrange
ments. Efforts are being made to Sc
cure several speakers, including
some from out of the state. The
meeting will last three days, prob
ably. The Ancient Order of Hiber-
mans has in Vermont over 1000
members who are distributed in II
divisions. Rutland county leads with
FIVE and the branch in Rutland is
the largest in the state. An attend
ance of 800 is looked for at the Au-
gust gathering.
The Montpelier officers are looking
for man named r. w. Morrison,
who had been employed in Dean w.
Edson's printing Office in that city for
four months, as they wanted him to
explain an alleged forgery and an al
legged larceny.