St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1917-02-21
TOWN OFFICERS NOMINATED
DR.. w. G. Kicker For School Commits
sioncr and w. c. McCrac for
Road Commissioner.

A small number Of voters attended
the caucus held in the town hall Sat
urday afternoon for the purpose of
nominating a slate of officers to be
voted upon at the march meeting.
The meeting was called to ::.der by
A. L. Lawrence vic Gc~..sed for NOM
nations for a azchairman.- David Pof-
ter was elected and Arthur r. Stone
served as secretary. No contest for
any nomination came up until Jof11
Finley and M. c.. Garfield were nom
mated for second constable. A to-
tai of 112 votes were cast, 62 going to
Chief Finley, 10 to Mr. Garfield and
one scattered. Balloting was also
necessary for the nomination of road
commissioner, w. C. McCrae and
Fred Hawkins being both mentioned.
Out Of a total of 113 votes cast, Mr..
McCrae won out with IS, 81 going to
Mr.. HaWkinSon. No o<her ballOting
was necessary and the meeting was
rushed through Quietly and quickly.
Other nominations were: Modera-
tor, David e. Porter; town clerk,
Charles Braley; first constable, Pres
ton E. May; second constable, John
Finley; collector of taxes, P. e. May;
lister, Charles n Whitney; auditors,
John Puffer, Morton Reed, and Will
Der F'arr; town grand jurors David E.
Porter, and Robert Simonds; agent to
defend and prosecute suits for the
town, J. Rolfe Searles; school direc-
| tor for three years to take place OF
| Frank il. Brooks who did not wish
/ to serve again, DR.. w. G. Kicker.
/ Expenses of the Town.
! A summary Of the past years town
! expenses as totaled from the reports
| of the town officers compare poorly
! with those of a year ago. There are
many reasons for the greater cos
this year according to reports made
by the officials. The state tax it is
shown was over 5000 in eNces!
of what it has ever been before
Among the items that resulted in The
extra levy from the state was thu
state school tax which jumped larg,
| percent. The state and county ta,
according to the report represented
about twenty percent Of the tota
grand list as presented for collection
and it Is said that it is very seldom
that the whole amount is collected.
Out of S13,243.12 of unpaid take
in 1915, $6,502.04 was eXtingushet
by abatement or charging off in 1916
A voter in speaking of the matte
| quoted sit never rains but it pours,
when referring to the $4,000 du
from the town to the state on tn
/ erection of the Armory. 1t was point
ID out that the amount voted by TIL
| own for that building would be pai
some year but along with the e.nera
| Dad year for high cost of living tn
dea seemed to be that it came at
| poor time.
The order on the state of Vernon
| by the public service commission, 20
! he payment to the town of S7,046. 5
] Il settlement for grade crossing ca
l oense incurred by the elimination :
he crossing at ST. Johnsbury was y,
| unpaid when the treasurer's boob
( were closed.
The total tax paid to the, state an
, unity amounted, for the state,
14,610.40 and for the county, STOP
There have been 1S1 deaths in tt
town during the year past and Z
l deaths were nonresident, bringing t.
| mortality rate here to cOmparativ
! ly low percentage Two hundred N
J | twenty-six births were recorded al
y % still births. The license depar
| | ments were all pretty busy, Tov
II Clerk Braley issued 12g marriage
ft censes, and the issue of fish al
gene licenses which numbered II
|; pzcyed that st. Pollnsbury has lar
r | quota Of sportsmen.
le A comparison of the town indebte
y | ness and credits for the past year
| given