Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1918-02-28

These three prcparations are all sold by
your druggist. Get them to day. (Adv).
with the Chittenden County Trust COM
pany.
The will Of Walter A. Weed. late Of
Shelburne, was proved in probate court
Monday, with Walter A. Weed OF South
Bend. Ind. and Harry s. Weed OF Bur
lington as executors. G. p. Van Vliet
and George N. Roberts Of Shelburne were
appointed commissioners and appraisers.
The will Of Louise T. Peck. late OF Bur-
lington. was filed for probate and the
will of Isaac F. Hatch, late OF Burling-
ton, was proved. A settlement and de-
cree in the will of Emily ]. Meyers OF
Burlington wers ordered.
Registfants who passed the physical
examinations may now be indicted into
the coast artillery corps ut Fort Slocum
ard receive the SO pcr month bonus
offered by the State for enlistments.
according to a notification received by
Chairman c. J. Russell Of the Chittenden
county exemption board yesterday after
noon. There is still chance to be
enlisted into the infantry at Camp
0aoShS shu Oi sSAOVudy uAtci eho eSNosAA
nations in the county court house the
opportunity will be offered to tnoce who
pass.
Among the list ot those who hav> not
answered and returned their question
naires was printed recently In the Free
Frcss. the namo Of David Kecfe Of Rich.
mond- formerly from, Jericho. Deputy
Marshal Thomas Reeves looked up Mr..
Koefe and learned that he enlisted in
the United States service December IL,
1911. Ae left that night for bay Shore.
LoEg Island, On December q no was
scnt ficm there to Pensacola, Fla. and
from there to Hampton Roads, Va. His
present cddrens is .. & -. 3asc Station,
Norfolk, Va. "Air Station"
N. &. Florence. formerly Of this city
and WIN has lived recently on a farm
near Middlebury, was in the city Tues .
day. Mr.. Florence has a big wood lot on
his property, which comprises about $50
acres, and has been getting out as much
cord wood as possible this winter. The
story there Is the same as everywhere,
the scarcity of labor is holding work
back. Cord wood down there is selling at
six dollars and the average price for get
ting it cut is $3.50 per cord. Many Of the
good choppers are reaping a harvest as
they are getting out better than two
cords per day.
Word has been received from Lieut..
e. H. Newton, who is with the Fifth
company. 101st ammunition train, 26th
division. in France. that the gift Of one
pair Of large size leather mittens or
gloves per man for 100 men would be
nrta AoA - IL
to buy either in France. All who wish
to help in this cause are asked to send
to Lieut.. f. H. Newton's sister, Mrs.
Harry Dinsmore. Of Fairfax. VT, r. D. 1.
Lieutenant Newton. who was a clerk in
the Burlington postoffice for several years,
adds that 100 of the men in his company
are from Vermont
Former parishioners and other Bur-
lington friends OF the Rev. Joel H. Met
calf will be interested to learn that Mr.
Metcalf is to sail for France some time
during the week of March to take
the position of overseas secretary OF
the y. NJ. c. A. He will do hut work
and some special work in connection
with educational activities. like giving
travel and scientific talks to the boys
at the front. Mr.. Metcalf has been
pastor Of the Unitarian Church at Win
chester. Mass, for several years. His
son, Herbert, is a second lieutenant in
the aviation corps Of the United States
signal service. and is at present at Ohio
State University, at Columbus.
w. H. steinhour Of Jacksonville. a
lumberman Of % years experience. was
in the city Monday. Mr.. Stenhour
went into the woods on November % and
his %ho
was on Sunday when he left Smugglers
Notch. He states that on Mount Mans
field they have succeeded in cutting only
e-half the ordinary amount of lumber
owing to the scarcity of help. The men
are receiving $3.50 and $500 per day
but that does not get the help. The
money il In addition to their board, which
Is Of the best. A handicap. in addition
to the scarcity Of help. was encountered
in the way of extremely cold weather
At times the Thermometer went as low
as u degrees below zero. The men would
not work when It was lower than 80 de.
grees. They did take their punishment
to that extent. The working day in the
timber Is usually ten hours, but durine
the short days they stop work with the
sunset.
In list Of names given out by Chair.
man c.. j. Russell of the Chittender
county exemption board on February l!
as delinquents the name of Robert C.
Dingler Of Essex Junction was CHROME
ously published. Dingles Is not a delin.
quent. and neither Is Winslow johnson
OF Burlington. Notices were received
yesterday by Chairman Russell thai
w. p. Cheney and Howard H. Dingler
both Of Burlington. whose names wer,
given to Sheriff Allen to look up in ordel
to fnd out why they had not reported
for examination under tho selcctive draft
to the effect that they had changed resi-
dences and tine postafs failed to reaci
them. They will report on Monday
morning at nine o'clock with Philil
Themelis OF Winooskt. another registrar
who did not get his mail. Notices wer'
received from Michaele Lomartire ant
l.. A. Campbell. who are In Connecticut
that they will be on hand Monday
Frank A. Lapoint IL IN the service as
machinist in the ordnance department ant
Joseph Wolf Is in the medical reserve
corps. These two names were sent L
Montpelier. through a clerical error, al
delinquents
MOVIE STARS PAY MILLION IN TAX
Over a million dollars In taxes will b
paid by few Of Americas picture players
Figures gathered from the stars them
selves showed q total running into min
figures,