The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-11-10

seem 10 interfere with Mrs. Bakers re
marks.
Fl. j. NJ. Jones, who left last evening or
a business trip to New York, said that
!, the wood problem is the big one facing
the state fuel administration and the
attitude which the farmers are taking In
the matter gives little encouragement
For instance, Waterbury sent a delega.
ton to see him Thursday. They stated
that they have received more coal than
they did a year ago at this time but
in the same breath, they claim they are
short of coal; the only reason is that
people who used wood last year are us
ing coal this year. Mr.. Jones thinks
that great deal of green wood will have
to be used before the season ends Their
explanation that they cannot get wood
is like the man living at the coal mines,
who claimed he could not get coal He is
receiving some very encouraging reports
from some parts of the state. One of
these is from Ludlow where a man Of
means has offered the people in his sec
tion an opportunity to cut wood on his
land. OF course, some regulations go
recently fallen wood and trees which the
donor will mark can be had. He finds
that Morrisville has solved the wood
problem by community wood yard and
that Stowe is going to try the same plan.
Mr.. Jones expects to cut his cord of
wood. In fact he has the tree selected
which he is to cut and expects to get
well towards cord of wood out of it.
He knows of wood lots near Montpelier
where there must be fallen trees which
if cut now, could be easily obtained An
offer OF these would be appreciated.
W. R. Briggs of Bethel has been APP
pointed fuel chairman of that village.
The other members are A. n Washburn
and John Wilson.
Serg. John Marshall, who was recent
ly called into federal service and as
signed to the ordnance department at
Westfield, Mass, arrived in the city last
evening for short visit with friends.
On Friday evening the police received
a telephone call from the Bennington
police that a man and woman are want
ed in that city for stealing a horse and
wagon and that it was thought they
had come IN this direction. Officer Bald |
win commenced to laugh when the story
of the stealing occurred, for it SO closely |
the Wheeler episode here that |
he at once recognized the pair, with the |
result that he informed the police of |
Bennington that they were late. They
have visited Montpelier, completed their
work and gone to other fields, he thought I
north Of here. The Bennington authori-
ties had traced the pair enough so that
they knew the same ones pulled the
stunt off at Middlebury, leaving but
little doubt as to whether the same pair
did the burglary here last Sunday after
noon at the c. +. Wells house.
conference took place this morning
in which a committee of lawyers were
called before Gov H. F. Graham for the
purpose of discussing the new regulations
relative to the new draft provisions.
The attorneys were VI. c. Weber of
viee-president of the American
Bar association for Vermont, George NJ
Hogan of st. Adams, +. f. Gleason of
of the council Of the Amer
can Bar association from Vermont, and
George Young, president of the Vermont
Bar association. The new regulations
eative to the draft provide that com
nittee of attorneys shall assist the reg I,
strants and the matter win have to be
AIKEN up with the federal government
,efore much publicity takes place in the J
natter.
Mrs. Olive Bailey, mother Of Burnside
Bailey, of the American Fidelity com !
ANY, died Friday night of heart trouble 7
nd hardening of the arteries at the age
# about SO years. She had lived in the q
ity for great many years. She leaves /
wo sons, Burnside B. Bailey of this city
nd j. Edward Bailey of st. Paul, Mimi g
he deceased was born in Morrisville,
live Eagon. She came to Montpelier in J
arly life and spent the remainder here >
ntil her death. In 1857 she married
'harles w. Bailey. Funeral arrange d
leHts are uncompleted pending word
rom the son in st. Paul but it is thought n
he funeral will be held Tuesday after
Don at o'clock