Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1916-09-20
VERMONT NOTES

! Inc hunting season IN vermont
opened Friday. September Is.
The Republican nomination for gov
ernor by the primary method cost Hor-
ace F. Graham the sum of $28. Is, ac-
cording to his sworn statement of eX-
penses filed with the secretary of state,
according to a provision of the primary
act.
The 9th annual convention of the
| Vermont State Teachers association
will be held at Burlington October IL,
Ii and IA. DR.. John II. Findlay, COM
missioner Of education for the state of
New York, has been secured as one OF
the speakers. Further information rel
alive to the convention can be obtained
from Prin. A. S. Hartman, chairman
executive committee.
T. J. Heaphy of Montpelier has sold
his summer place at Marlboro south
pond, few miles from Brattleboro,
con sisting of about % acres of land
and 15O-acre trout pond, to John W.
| Tjtcomh, state fish and game commits
sioner. The ultimate purpose TO which
the property is to be put is unknown,
but it is understood that at least SO
cottages will be erected there for use
next summer.
While Iaboring under the delusion
that her brother-in-law, John Deyette,
was trying to defame her character by
spreading stories about her, Miss Rose
| Willets crept up 10 ii window in Dey-
cite S coal office on lower Champlain
street, Burlington, Wednesday, and
fired two bullets at the man as he sat
in chair reading 8 newspaper. After
merely wounding Deyette slightly, the
girl turned the weapon on herself and
killed herself on the spot
At the state convention Of the Prohi-
bitIon party of Vermont, held at Mont
peljer Tuesday, DR.. L. W. Hanson of
MONTPELIER was selected a candidate
for governor. Otter nominees are:
George F, Kerr of Berkshire. liouten-
ant governor; S. A. Gallup of BGriDg
ton, secre' ary Of state: w. c.. RodIiffe
Of st. J0hnGbury, state auditor. Dr.
Hanson was made state chairman to
succeed himself The convention was
addressed during the afternoon by Mr..
Kerr and Rev. William Shaw of Mont
pelier.
James E. Burke of West Rutland, a
prominent marble man, insurance
agent and Democrat, died Thursday
following long illness with sugar dia-
betes. Mr.. Burke was a member Of
the Democratic state committee for
several years and had been sent as
delegate to several national conven-
tons of the party. He was at the
head Of the so-called Burke" faction
which was in opposition to the
Brown" division of the Democratic
party several years ago, the warning
factions dividing the party in Vermont
for number of years.
The state forestry department will
cut or have cut more lumber on state
lands this fall than usual, if a big
piece of the tract near Plainfeld is let
out on contract. Assistant State For
ester B. H. Chandler said that the de-
, partment had decided to clean out the
white birch which is overlapping the
thick understory of young spruce. If
the timber is sold the birch will be cut
clean in order to give the spruce a
chance to come through. There is
, more timber to be remodelled than one
: novelty concern could we'll look after.
r White birch is used mostly for novelty
. objects.
= -View-n- the. Pines hotel at Lake
!, ST. Catherine was destroyed by fire
early Wednesday morning at loss of
> S25, 1000. It is believed to have started
from fireplace as a fire had been
:, started the previous evening in the
!, CRATE in the parlor by employees, who
) were the only persons remaining in the
= building, the hotel having been closed
for the season All the contents of the
= building were destroyed including the
:, furnishings. The hotel, which was the
!. largest on the lake, was owned by the
Lake View Company incorporated.
] The main structure was built about 2E
years ago.
A compilation of figures made at the
university of Vermont shows that since
the beginning of the college year Sept.
: 20, 1915, there have been enrolled 997
students. Of these students 81 or 81
per cent were residents of Vermont.
; Of this number 346 were students OF
the summer school The actual atten
dance of the summer school was 361,
, but Is Of these students had been en-
1 rolled previously during the year as
students in some OF the regular dspar t.
:, ments of the university. The number
= of summer school students registered
I from Vermont was 81 Or Sc per cent.
When President Benton assumed his
: duties five years ago. he expressed the
: hope that the university might have ar
enrolment Of 1000 students. During
. the past year this number has beer
approached SO closely that his desire
may be said to have been fulfilled.
e The state board of education have
employed Clyde NJ, Hill of Springfield,
: Mo, as supervisor of junior high
: schools. Mr.. Hill has had several ar:
j. of experience in conducting a junior
q high school and has spent two year:
t in graduate study specializing on the
e subject. He is considered one of the
r best qualified men in the country fol
s the supervision of his line of work
q Mr.. Hill will visit each of the school,