The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-08-08
TALK OFTIIE TOWN

only two more days in which TO pay
your taxes without extra costs. Oflic,
open evenings from $3.50 to s o'clock.
Milo Riddel, who is travelling sales
man for Farley, Harvey Co. of Boston
was a business visitor in the city to,
day.
Edison l.. Lander of Lebanon, N. H., is
passing few days with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. George w. Landry of South
Main street
Mr., and Mrs. w. r. Clapp returned to
their home in Branford, Conn, this morn
ing after spending few days with
friends in town.
Mrs William A. Bishop of Washington
street returned to the city this morning
after passing month at her former
home in Campbellton, N. b.
Il. d. Bessey of GAINESVILLE, O., retail
monument dealer. is registered at Hotel
Barre while placing orders among manu-
facturers in the Barre district.
Mrs. c. H. Kenerson and Mrs. George
Milne left yesterday for Cabot by au-
tomobie, where they viii visit at the
home of Ralph Hopkins for few days.
Adam G. Craig of Plain street, who is
taking brief vacation from his duties
in the Smith Cummings market, is pass
ing few days in Boston on business,
| Mr.. and Mrs. H. d. Webster and Mr..
and Mrs j. w. Kelly, who have been
passing few days in Barre and vicinity,
returned yesterday to their home in East
Burke.
The issue of the Saturday Evening
Post for Aug. ii will contain another of
the series of page advertisements which
forms part of the national campaign
being waged for Barre granite. A proof
of the page has been received at the
headquarters of the quarters and manu-
facturers' associations and is regarded
as one of the most attractive advertise
ments of the series The center of inter,
est is held by a picture of a granite |
quarry with hundreds of quarrymen |
gathered on an overhsnging shelf.
After a thorough cleansing, following
masonry repairs made necessary by
break in the spillway last winter, Boil
ster reservoir is filling rapidly and once
more may be defended upon to furnish
a part of the city's water supply. Dur 4
ing the spring the water department was
engaged in completing new cement dam
and spillway of sufficient thickness and
to preclude the probability of
another break. Latterly much time was
spent and teams and men were used ad.
in removing from the basin
an accumulation of water weed which
had encrusted the sides and bottom. Wa
ter began trickling into the pond week
ago and yesterday it had attained con
depth, lacking only five feet of ,
The normal depth.
Final plans for the trip to Philadelphia
IN which Barre granite manufacturers
ind quarters, bound for the national re-
alters convention, are to participate
rave been worked out by a committee
consisting of j. c. Booth, w. p Scott, J
lanes Carswell, Alex Straiton and B,
4ucchina. Pullman service is to be pro- :
'ided for the travellers when they leave : !,
MS CITY over the Nehtiai Neihoht idii-
Dad Saturday afternoon at $3.50 o'clock. Z
)ther members of the association from
torthfield, West Berlin and Montpelier
viii join the local delegation and it is II
expected that the party will arrive in
late Sunday forenoon. Some
{ the manufacturers who have been u
raveling in the West expect to be in O
late IL the present week f