Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-08-18
WHAT THE PAPERS SAY.
Hearing Things.


The Brattleboro Reformer hears
there will be senatorial contest in
Vermont next year. with Senator G. S.
Page defending his seat against "other
aspirants at the starting-line. barre
Times.
Two st. Johnsbury Churches Federated.
The federation of the North church
of st. Johnsbury and the First Congre-
gational church of ST. Johnsbury is a
move in the right direction. Such con
solicitations are needed in many rural
districts. Efforts are duplicated and
weakened when a small community
tries to support three or four churches.
Far better results would be secured
with single church we'll supported in
which the people generally would have
an Observation-Disclosures Reformer.
Patrol System for Vermont Highways.
The matter of building permanent
highways under the direction and con-
troll of the state has long since passed
| the stage of argument and practically
every state in the Union is following
some policy of highway construction in
charge of central highway depart
ment The great increase in mileage
of good roads in the various states, and
the steadily increasing traffic that
has followed have made the question
of efficient and economical mainten-
ance a vital one That the state which
builds the permanent highways should
have and should exercise the full
power of maintaining them would seem
| to be beyond dispute.
| Even the best and most expensive
road rapidly deteriorates without
oversight and attention, and expert
ence has demonstrated that in this
matter. as in that of road building, it
cannot be left to local authorities. A
state patrol system, on lines similar
to those just put in operation in
solution of the question. It is in line
with the "section hand" system of the
railway companies, where every mile
of track has regular inspection. and If
need be. repair. The patrol system
which is in operation in Vermont to a
limited extent. should be made more
effective and far-reaching until the
: full possibilities of the system, are
realized in the maintenance of Yer.
mont's highways. -Enosburg Standard.
Where Vermont Leads,
Vermont is such little state anc
gets so much knocking at home anc
abroad that it is worth while to lay
down a few cold facts occasionally
says Luther B. Johnson in Randolph
Herald. Alphabetically Vermont has
no real rival in New England and ever
stands up among the leaders of the
, Union in certain departments.
In number of mich cows, according
to the census of 1910. she had 265, 483
' with Massachusetts trailing at III. 93t
) and New Hampshire reporting onl,
, 1O1,278. In cattle of all kinds her leat
was proportionately great. In horses
, Vermont stood second to Maine among
2 the New England states, with almos
t twice as many as New Hampshire.
M aine led US in sheep but we dis
tanced our sister state across tn,
Connecticut, by almost three to one
e Massachusetts took first place il
swine, but we were second, with double
the number reported to New Hamp
=. shire. That it was due to quality O.
l our lands and farming appears when i
Y is known that Maine has twice a
+ many acres under operation as Yer
mont, Massachusetts, considerably more
and New Hampshire, whom W.
j lead in almost every respect. ha
24,493 acres to 28.065 in Vermont w
O stand second to Maine in the value o
hay crop. But it is in dairying tina
Vermont really shows up big. w
make 20,227, 495 pounds of crearner
butter per year. while all the rest o
New England makes less than 5000. 90
S pounds. Of cheese Vermont produce
s substantially all made in New England
z In dairy butter we lead all the othe
= states, though not so greatly. Indeed
IN IF brrffor nboocn
e Vermont reaches way out of her cl as
y and ranks with the big states, stand
g ing tenth in the whole Union.