The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-09-20
TALK OF THE TOWN

A man locked up by Officer John w
Dineen near noon to-day will be ar
raigned on an intoxication charge to-
morrow morning.
Walter Wood, Ernest Calhoun and
George Elwell of Dorchester, Mass, are
passing few days in the city as the
guests of +. NJ Laws of Wellington
street.
Dean Lawrence, who has been visiting
friends on North Main street since the
first of the month, left this noon for
Woodsville, where he will visit for few
days before going to his home in Lunen-
burg.
Harley W. Heath, former instructor
of science at Goddard seminary and now
teacher of science and chemistry at
Lawrencevlle academy at Lawrenceville,
\. j.. left the city to-day for his New
Jersey destination, after spending few
davs in Plaintield since kamp Kill kare
closed at st. Albans bay about two
weeks ago. Mr. Heath was an instructor
at the camp this summer.
Another well known film concern is
anxious to display Barre's famous gran
ite industry on the screen and to the end
that the pictures may be taken most
advantsgeously, the general manager OF
the Town Country Films, Inc, is cor
responding with the secretary of the
Granite Manufacturers association,
Sometime before snow flies the movie
people plan to film the quarries as we'll
as the cutting plants. it Is represented
that the educational film resulting from
the cinematograph mans visit to the
Barre granite region will be shown be
fore 1000 900 people in 5000 theatres in
the United States. Manufacturers and
Quarters are going to cooperate with
the picture folks.
Barre granite manufacturers and quar-
riers are anticipating lecture in the
near future by Robert +. Belt, chief ac-
countant of the federal trade commits
sion. who will speak on subject near
to members of both associations. I'm
proved Accounting Methods is the topic
to be handled by Mr.. Belt, according to
a personal letter received by Sec. II. +.
Hinman of the manufacturers assoela-
tion from Edward II. Hurley OF Wash
ington. ID. c.. chairman OF the commis-
sion. who is making the arrangements
for Mr.. Belts visit to Barre. Corre-
spondence with the federal commission
has elected much information of value
to the granite industry in Barre. but
personal visit from the commissions eN-
merit accountant i expected to be of in
calculable worth The meeting will be
held sometime in October.
For many wears the farmers in Yer
mont claimed that alfalfa could not be
grown in this state. But several plants
Of the Californian prize hay were
brought into the city last night by Coun
tv Agent F. H. Abbott from the farm Of
George Nav of Marshfeld Mr. May has
a plot of ground sowed to this grass,
there being two varieties on the three
acres. One variety is what j. known in
California as the common alfalfa, while
the other plant is of a newer variety. il
being known a. the Grimm plant. The
roots on the common plant are about II
inches in length and are very straight.
with very little taper. while the Grimm
variety has stockier root with several
smaller roots attached to the one main
root. The alfalfa which Mr.. Abbott has
at his Office Is the second crop this ~ea-
son and i about - inches IN height Z be
seed was sowed the latter part Of May.