Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-03-21
VERMONT NOTES

Bishop Franklin Hamilton of Pitts
burg, Pa, viii preside at the Vermont
Methodist conference at Waterbury
beginning April Is.
The Vermont Branch Of the League
to Enforce Peace has enrolled a total
of abount 1900 members, says Sec
rotary Roderic NJ. Olzendam, largely
as the result Of the recent meetings
at which former President William
Howard Taft spoke. The Vermont
branch wants not less than 5000
members.
Little Herbert Billings, SON of Mr..
and Mrs Arthur Billings of Water
bury, died of infantile paralysis
Thursday Owing to the delicate
condition of the throat and respira-
tory organs, his condition was con-
sidered serious from the outset.
There are two other cases in Water
bury and public places are closed tenn
porarily.
The semi-annual report of the state
bank commissioner for the period
ending December /, 1916, gives to
the total resources of the So savings
| banks and trust companies in Yer
mont as SIG, 169, 210.29, gain of
/ 1885, 572.4S over June so, last. The
| surplus, with accrued interest added
was SS.175. 45S.39. The total depos-
| its in state banks was $106, 0S6, 909.87
an increase for the period of $3,726,-
/ 605.72. There are SO foreign invest
ment companies and one state COM
pany licensed to do business in Yer
mont.
Articles Of association have been
| fled with the secretary of state by
the Vermont Milk Chocolate company
| Inc, of Burlington, with capital stock
of 100000. The incorporators are
Monroe J. Barnes, Edmund c. Mower,
/ Charles P Smith, Daniel A Loomis,
| John J. Flynn, John S. Patrick, Hen
ry c. Humphrey, William 7. Scofeld,
James p Taylor, Frank c. Lyon,
| Charles l.. Woodbury., and James E.
| eastman, all of Burlington, and John
| Walker and William H Cole of Bos-
ton, Fred Fl. Roberts of Wilmington,
Mass, and John E. R. Hayes of Mel
i rose, Mass.
Town clerks have received a COM
municatIon from Secretary of State
/ Guy W. Bailey stating that no new
/ dog laws have been signed by the
i
] the dog laws viii remain TIE same as
4 @1 g~a-, ae1ce the town clerk 5 dice
/ force IS now ready to issue licenses
/ on the canine kind. Male dogs and
/ spayed females any time up to April
| 1 may be licensed for 81. Female
/ dogs up to April 1 may be licensed
! for IS. After April l and up to Nav
Is males and spayed females cost So
! After Nay 10 parties owning or keep
4 ing an unlicensed dog are subject to
a fine and the dog must be killed.
/ An unexplained explosion in the
/ illuminate department Of the Inter
/ national Explosives company at Swan
/ ton Thursday, wrecked a small de-
| tached building, injuring Dr. E NJ
( F'unk, superintendent of the works.
I who died Saturday. Miss Beatrice
/ Hanalin Of Rouse's Point was injured
| by flying fragments but not seriously
/ No fire followed the explosion. It is
/ understood that DR. Funk had lust
1 left the illuminate building and was
4 about to enter the main plant. sep
/ arated by platform, when the ex-
/ plosion occurred and he was thrown
/ down with great force by the concus-
sion Windows in various parts of
the village were broken.
Farm Management Demonstration
( w j. Tubbs of the agricultural ex-
I tension service, Burlington. expects
to put more than 200 account books
/ into the hands Of farmers OF several
/ counties within the next month or
! two. Throughout 1916 only so such
| books were disposed Of The number
placed and actually used during 1917.
VIII, he believes, exceed 300 The
books are being given now principally
1 TO farmers on whose farms SURVEYS
have been conducted this year cover
| ing 1916. Mr. Tubbs personally. as
sisted by the county agents. has in
/ spected conditions on % farms in Or
leans county and nearly 200 in other
parts of the state. Farmers who
keep these accounts, says Mr. Tubs,
viii be better able than their fellows.
other factors being the same, to Dor
row from their banks.
To raise 81 900 900 during the next
year or SO, to be devoted to erecting
needed new buildings and TO provi-
ding better salaries for the teaching
force, Is the ambitious project started
Friday by the Boston alumni of the
University Of Vermont, at its annual
dinner at the Hotel Vendome In Bos-
ton Ex-Gov. Eugene N Foss, a trus-
tee of the institution, made the prop
0sitlon which created great enthusi-
asm and was seconded at once. A
committee consisting Of ex-Gov. Fosg.
Chairman Ralph A. Stewart and DR..
Peer johnson VIII report progress at
the meeting Of the alumni IN BurIing-
ton next commencement While no
money was subscribed, it was stated
that Gen. Rush c. Hawkins Of New
FORK has offered to give 500, 900 70
the university just as soon as $780,
600 more can be guaranteed. The
sentiment appeared 70 be that there
i little doubt that the university viii
obtain the 500, 900.