Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1915-02-24
STATE NEWS.
Harlan B. Howe for District Judge.

Harlan B. Howe for District Judge.
Harlan B. Howe of st. Johnsbury
has been nominated by President
Wilson to be United States district
Judge for Vermont, to succeed the late
James L. Martin. Mr. Howe is q
prominent and able lawyer and has
twice run as Democratic candidate for
governor of Vermont. He was born in
st. Johnsbury on Feb. 10, 1873. He
graduated from the law department of
the University of Michigan in 1894 and
commenced the practice of law in st.
Johnsbury in November of the same
year He married Mayhelle j. Kelsey
of st. Johnsbury and they have four
daughters. He has represented his
town in the legislature.
Massachusetts Cattle Not Yet Admitted
to Vermont.
F. L Davis. state livestock commits
sioner, has announced that orders have
been issued to railroads and express
companies prohibiting all stock from
Massachusetts, coming into Vermont.
This order was issued after discussion
of the matter with Governor Gates.
There have been several outbreaks of
the foot and mouth disease in Massa.
chusetts of late, and this fact caused
the issue of the order.
Up to date Vermont has been free
from the dreaded disease, and is one of
four states east of the Mississippi
river in the free area. Massachusetts
is accepting mich cows from Vermont
and calves were shipped from the
state recently. Last week several men
were in the state purchasing cows for
dairy purposes. This is an ADVERTISE
ment for Vermont and is giving a
great opportunity to the farmers to
dispose of their surplus COWS. In all
probability Vermont will issue quaran-
tine regulations not admitting stock
from any quarantined state, Mr.. Davis
| said.
Marbles OF Vermont.
| The caIcite marble and dolomite of
eastern Vermont are discussed in a
report by T. Nelson Dale. of the
! United States geological survey, just
printed and now beng distributed by
the survey as bulletin $50. The western
part of the state includes the most
! United States, but strange as it may
seem in so old state as Vermont. the
eastern part, as stated in the bulletin,
is ga virgin field. where in the lack Of
a general study of the stratigraphy.
the structure, the paleontology. and
the areal geology, it is at present not
only impossible to determine the area
and position of many of the beds, but
also even the thickness of some of the
marble formations which are but part
ly exposed" Mr.. Dale has personally
examined most of the marbles of the
area. which he discusses as to their
texture. color. composition, uses, ETC.
The marbles of eastern Vermont
many of which are dolomitic, vary
widely in kind and character. and the
outcrops, though few in number are
scattered from the Massachusetts, line
to the Canadian boundary. Many of
the marbles are suited only for indoor
ornamental use. About a dozen out
crops occurring in as many areas are
regarded by Mr.. Dale as more impor-
tant than the others, but the greater
part of the lodges are to be classed as
mineral reserves which will be drawn
on in the future.
A copy of the report may be oh
tanned free on application to the
Director of the Geological Survey,
Washington, D. G..