The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1914-06-26
Over $50 Persons Followed
the Trail to StrattOn
Mountain Top
IN FOREST OF
$4,000 ACRES
Addresses and Music Mark Consumma-
tion of Efforts of stratton Mountain
Club-Tower Gives Remarkable View
Used Also for Fire Detection.

Club-Tower Gives Remarkable View
Used Also for Fire Detection.
Stratton mountain S 65.foot steel tow
er, erected by the Stratton Mountain
club with the cooperation OF the state
Of Vermont, was dedicated Yesterday
afternoon under conditions which were
especially gratifying to all interested
Although It IS situated in the heart of
a dense forest of $4,000 acres. on the
summit OF one Of the highest mountains
IN southern Vermont, more than 250i
persons followed trails to its location
and about 200 signed the register book
They came from both sides Of the
mountain, % being present from Man
chester, including President Swift of
the Manchester section of the Green
Mountain club. Those in the audience
ranged in age from Is months to 81
years, and good proportion We're wo-
men.
The tower, which is not wholly com
plctcd, owing to unavoidable delays
extends above the trectOps, and most
Of the party climbed to the top and
We're thrilled by the magnificent view
which is uHcNcellcd in New England
The weather conditions were delight
tul in marked contrast from those of a
few days earlier. when it was 50 cold
that the rain frozc to the tower and
stopped the construction work. The
tower is a good illustration of the CO.
| operation of the club and the state for
cstrv department, both of which viii
use it for lookout purposes, the club
| for pleasure and the state for fire pro-
| lection. \ short distance away is a
| cabin owned hv the club. This will
/ be used principally by the man in
| charge Of the fire station, but both the
| cabin and tower are for the use of all
vino make use of the trails.
Miss Eddy Presided.
Miss Ethel \. Eddy of Stratton, pres
ident of the Stratton Mountain club
| presided over the dedicatory program
| Rev. Ashfield Ashford, the Methodist
minister in Wardshoro, offered prayer
| and the first Spea kCr was AttOrneS
HeImon Il. Eddy OF Brattieboro. Mr.
Eddy gave an address Of welcome anl
| gave an account OF the activities OF
the Stratton Mountain club and of it,
! influence as a social force in bringing
people together
James =. Taylor of Burlington, pres
ident of the Green Mountain club, wa
fine next speaker. lie offered c0ngratu
| laIlOES 10 lht FNlf3LtbI .A4OEHLitH GlAtt
for its work in bringing about the tow
cr, the cabin and the trail, thereby set
| ting the pace for the rest of Vermont
lit was under the shadow of Strattol
mountain. he said, that the Gree
Mountain club and its long trail on tn
i. Green Mountain range had It's lnceI
tion. That trail is now loo miles lon
and good use is being made OF it. 3
fall It viii extend from the Massachu
sctts line to Sterling mountain IN John
: son. lie closed with a statement 0
: contemplated extensions Of the Ion
. trail from New York citv to Quebe,
following the mountain range, with
branch from the Green Mountain rang
, in tie north part Of the state across
/ the White Mountains IN New HamI
shire.
Municipal Judge Frank +. Barber {
/ BrattIeboro was the closing speake
He made reference to the fact that bt
! two or three miles from where the toy
. er stands, on the same mountain, Dal
iel Webster. one of the most eminel
! statesmen the country ever had. a
: = dressed a throng in the great politic
: campaign of 1910 He noted the mar
! ed development of interest in outdo
$ life and expressed the hope that
I might enter more extensively into Il
lives of business men.
Z Lieut. Coy. Frank Il. Howe Of BE
I, ningtdf had intended to he present
a one Of the speakers, bat on account
being afflicted with infiammatory rhe
t matism he had to give up the trip.
: Singing by Mr.. Adams.
e The singing by Frederick c. Adar
ps of this village, baritone, was pie;
ld ing feature Of the dedicatory progra
"a He sang three selections, We Tha
Thee, Lord, For This Fair Earth,
Bishop Cotton, Thou Art, o God, t
Life and Light of All This Wondrc
World We See, by Thomas Moore, II
sic from the Creation, and America, t
ST. Beautiful, words by Katherine
Bates. The last mentioned song, whi
was especially appropriate, is as t
ID lows:
II o beautiful for spacious skies, for a
I'D Der waves of grain,
o For purple mountain majesties abe
of the fruited plain.
ost America. America. God shed His or;
of on thee,
To- And crown thy good with brotherhC
from sea to shining sea.
he o beautiful for pilgrim feet VIII
his stern, impassioned stress
he A thoroughfare for freedom beat acr
the wilderness!
the Americal America! God mend tn
the ev 'ry flaw,
zen Confirm thy sonl in self control,
ted liberty in lawl
I'M
10 beautiful for patriot dream that 5