The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1917-12-21
MONTPELIER
Some Coal Is Being Shipped to st. Johns
bury.

Mason ,. Stone, executive secretary OF
the state fuel administrators office. has
received information that nine more ears
OF hard coal have been shipped to St
Johnsbury and are en- route there from
the mines. These, with the IL en- route
now, some of which should be near their
destination, will help out materially in
the conditions in st. Johnsbury. How.
ever, that place has not suffered for want
OF coal as badly as Fairlee and Marsh
field, where no coal has been received and
wood is being used for fuel. Richford,
as far as has been learned, is the only
town in the state in which the school
conditions are not ON Easy street" :"
There they have new heating plant for
coal use and they reported the first of
the week that unless coal was obtained
they would have to close the schools.
Secretary of State Frederick Fleet
wood is completing a new form for the
registration of the automobiles which
Will be used next year and by which
those employed in his office will be able
to check up each machine and prevent
the applicants registering machine as
one bought last year when such is not
the case. The new form will give the
data concerning each machine listed this
year and will be kept on file in the office
so that when a man applies next wear il
VIII be an easy matter at once to check
him up as to whether he had made an
accurate statement.
Chief Master-at-Arms Charles Mitchell
has received the corrected figures from
Burlington relative to his record for the
first Is days of the month and finds that
he did two better than he expected. |
that 20 men were enlisted |
through this Office instead of Is. Wal !
lace Guernsey of North Montpelier ap.
piled Thursday and was accepted upon |
the part of the local Office. He will not |
90 to Burlington until after Christmas.
The regular meeting of the Knights of !
pythias occurred Thursday evening when
.he officers for the coming wear were
nominated. They include the following:
1hancellor commander, L. H. Pollard
nee commander, /. A. Kelly; recorder.
frank Pratt; master of finance, b. A.
sumner; master of excheauer. Otto
3ates; prelate. w. II. Herrick: master
i work, Frank Wing; master at arms. Il
'red Somers. The election of officers
will take place at the next meeting.
News has been received from Holden
'arrar, who has been on the WASH. that
e has successfully passed the examina-
ions as ensign He is son of Mr.. and
lrs. W. Ii. Farrar and during his school {
ays here did considerable portside twirl-
ng for local organizations A few
lonths ago he was a second class sea
lan. Ont Of 100 candidates for exam
nation TO first class he, with three 9th
RS, passed. and ont of some 20 candi- !
ates for ensign he was one Of six that
assed. He has moved up in rank fast
] the short time he has been in service.
Judge Z. NJ. Harvey Is attending a
mdsor county court, where he has a I
-ial of a court case. a
Judge I. " Harvey was in Mortified /
thursday for the trial Of the civil case Il
f. ". White Of Mortified against 4 @
X. Bailey Of Barre, alleged fraud in Is
ie sale Of feeced wool II was shown 1 Y
the testimony that the wool had been / [
raped with very heavy hemp rope and q
Irther that when il reached the con Q
gnee il was found that inside some Of "
e rolls were cotton batting taken out h
old bed quilts, as well a. other mate
al Il was the claim Of the defendant b
at the plaintiff knew these conditions r,
listed The case is for abont $50 dam a
.es. with costs The court has not vet W
it, decision Is
Miss Marion Ostrander. secretary 70 icl
p commissioner of educstion. leaves q
.turday for her home in New York IA
ate =,
The viii Of John Heaiy. late Of Water Ior
~. was proven IN probate court tLis
DTning. .oi