Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1914-08-05
STATE NEWS.
Stoves Cooperative Creamery.

the following officers were elected:
President, Warren L. Demeritt; vice.
president. Ernest M. Houston secretary
and treasurer. Mark C. Lovejoy trus
tees, Levi S. Small. of Morristown, A.
P. Smith, J. C. Benson. The commit
tee has secured a subscription list of
$3.50. and expects soon to increase it.
There is membership of about 30.
It is expected that the Mount Mans
field creamery of H. w. Belden, of
Waitsfeld. may be secured, as the
owner is willing to sell for $4,000.
Seven hundred cows are pledged the
creamery and it is expected that there
will be between 1900 and 1900. Milk
will be brought from parts of Morris
town and Waterbury.
Large Business Failure.
The largest business failure in Wind
ham county took place in July 10. when
Willis H. Taft, of West Townshend,
was adjudicated bankrupt. Mr.. Taft,
who is widely known in that part of
the state and served in the legislature
of 1912 as representative from Towns
bend, is manufacturer of chairstock
and is engaged in the lumber business.
His liabilities are S48. 500 and his assets
are $43.047. Mr.. Taft has operated a
chair stock mill in West Townshend
many years and the community has
been dependent upon it. A year and
half ago Mr.. Taft and C. II. Willard.
who owns mill in Townshend, formed
partnership Independent of their two
mills and bought timber lots in Wards
boro. and they now have 100000 feet
of lumber stacked there. The market
conditions are such that they cannot
dispose of it, and this with the large
interest obligations was responsible
for Mr.. Taft's failure.
Democrats Do Not Ask for Session.
About so members Of the Democratic
state committee met at Burlington
Tuesday, and discussed the political
situation with particular reference to
the Democratic outlook. A public con-
| ference was held, after which the state
committee went into executive session,
the result of which was a decision not
to cooperate with the Republican state
committee in asking Gov. Allen M.
Fletcher to call a special session Of the
legislature on the primary law question
and the Republican committee will be
so notified. Emory S. Harris of Ben
nlngton resigned as chairman and
member of the Democratic state COM
mittee, because he has recently been
appointed postmaster and A, H. Glea-
son of st. Johnsbury resigned as
treasurer and member for similar
reason. Mr.. Gleason is to recommend
his own successor on the committee.
Fred G. Brown of PoWnal was elected
chairman to succeed Mr.. Harris. The
NEE ting then adjourned subject to the
call of the committee. 1t was an
nounced that the Democrats would
hold their state convention about the
middle of September but no date was
set.
Special Educational Commission Reports
The report of the long anticipated
Vermont Educational commission,
which was submitted to Governor AL
len M. Fletcher last week. contains 284
. typewriter pages and the printed re-
port of the Carnegie foundation upon
which the Vermont commissions re-
port is based. Governor Fletcher will
cause several thousand copies of the
report to be printed in full and they
,, will be distributed throughout the state.
The commission goes even further
in it's findings and recommendations
than the Carnegie investigators.
The findings of the commission are
as follows:
Teaching in the rural schools insult.
able for daily life of pupils and mostly
preparatory for secondary schools.
Secondary schools still more unsuita.
tutions of higher learning and there
fore of benefit to but one-tenth OF
their pupils.
Length of school term insufficient.
Lack of adequate vocational training
for pupils and of efficient normal schoo
training for teachers.
insufficient emphasis on agriculture
Appropriations to institutions OF
higher learning too large according tc
states property valuation.
Duplication of effort in u. V. NJ
Middlebury College and Norwich Uni
versity, which are declared to be pr
vate institutions and not entitled OF
right to any state aid.
5 Grand Lodge knights of Pythias Conyen
The annual session of the Crane
, Lodge Knights of Pythias, Domain OF
= Vermont. will be held in Montpelier
, August IT. and 49, The Uniform Of
: rank will also be in camp at this
- time.
Grand Chancellor V. w. Rand has
one of the most interesting and largely
attended of any convention of simiia
+ nature ever held in this state TX
= that end he has arranged the following
g program:
:, ATT o'clock p. m. Monday. Angus
. IL there will be parade of the Uni
= form Rank. At z o'clock .. m. tn,
= Peter Woodland Rank Staff of ninet,
! men. of Lynn. Mass, will put on tn,
= the play of Damon and Pythias in tn
= new city hall. In the evening at tn
:, same place. by the Degree Staff
. will be exemplified the Rank of Knight
!. Some idea may be had of the spectacu
{ lar feature of this work when know
;. that their robes and general outfit ar
insured for 100000. and that stron,
). searchlights are thrown upon eac
e scene.
!. On Tuesday the 18th will be held tn
f business meeting of the Grand Lodge
n ho fol