The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1918-04-04

milk during the month Of April only,
|, were determined by the Federal
MIR Commission for New England.
The text Of their vote follows That
the price 10 the producers for the
month OF Aprll be Sc per quart T. o.
b Boston. and that pricen to the fam
lily trade, Wholesale bottle trade and
bulk trade be the same as for the
past three months The commission
stated that Il did not feel competent
To make decision for the three sue
ceeding months under present condi-
tions
A large quantity OF sardinca and
general freight awaiting shipment
WAS destroyed by fre which dam
aged warehouse on the Eastern
steamship Company's pier AT East
port, Me. The loss was estimated at
s25.O 600 The steamer Massasot which
had been loading AZ the pier. got
away Just after the outbreak OF the
| fire without damage
The year 1917 was the most pros
porous In the history OF the Boston
! fish business, according TO q report
OF the Boston Fish Bureau Nearly
100, ,000. 900 pounds of fresh tish were
landed at the South Boston pier.
The sohooners Mary r Curtiss and
Acushla both stocked sos 900 Twcn-
ty-one other vessels earned from $685.
600 to sS5,000
Governor Mccall has signed the bill
10 forestall the threatened withdraw
al Of New Hampshire money in Mas
sachusetts banks In Boston and tho
Mcrrimac Valley by eyempting from
taxation the deposits OF Massachu-
setts citizens In banks OF such other
states as have similar provision OF
law
The Commonwealth OF Massachu-
setts has agreed to pay the heirs OF
the late James Roughan OF Charles
town $27 $50 for the taking OF three
beach lots in Revere In 1915. The set
tlement Is made In connection with tho
suit OF the heirs against the State
,or an assessment OF damages
On account of the small salaries.
many Of the 200-odd teachers are se-
curing positions in other places. add
Ing that II is very difficult to secure
efficient teachers for the low salaries
paid in Medford, Mass.
The Republican platform adopted
at the State convention, Portland, Me.
declares: THE fact that the party In
power refused TO prepare for war In
1914 and 1915 has had no effect upon
the action of Republicans. To that
refusal was no doubt due the fact that
the war found US wholly unprepared
and by that lack Of preparation thous-
ands of lives and billions of dollars
have been lost We know that we can
do more than those now in control
in Congress to bril- & quickly to pass
the peace Of victory
The famous old Kickapoo indian
sagwa is no more II has gone to the
happy hunting grounds This came
TO pass through the dissolution OF the
kickapoo Indian Company of North
Haven, Conn. through papers hIet
with the Secretary of State The
assets of the company have been sold
,r collected About $500 has been
distributed to the stockholders
The Rev Francis Low, pastor Of
he Congregational Church Of lIud-
,on, announced that he would be
candidate for representative In the
General Court next fall from the 10th
diddlesex district. which is made up
Il Maynard, Boxboro, Hudson and
Stow He will run on the Republic
AN ticket
Mrs Alice Wellington Lyman,
reasurer Of the Smith College Relief
init Fund, has received cablegram
aging that the first Smith College
nit In France escaped the advancing
,ermans in the big drive. Miss Alice
eayens OF 460 Center st. Jamaica
'lan, and Miss Margaret Bennett OF
are members OF the unit
The following appointments have
een announced by the war Depart
lent: Second Lieutenant. Aviation
lection, Signal Reserve Corps Mat
hew Harrison, Herbert A. Hymer
nd Silas c Hyndshaw, all OF tho
Massachusetts Institute of Technol-
gy
Rev. Clarence II Waldron OF Wind
,r. Vt. sentenced for dlsloyalty 10
ne United States by the Federal
ourt here short time ago to 15
sars in the Government Peniten-
airy al Atlanta, Ga has gone 10 At
nta In charge Of Deputy United
tales Marshal ] r. Reeves
Harold Mackley Of Holland also TO
rive II years for sedltious utter
noes. and Jack Lawrence, due to
)end four years In the Federal prison
r smuggling drugs into this coun-
y from Canada were other mem
,rs OF the party on the trip south.
Accompanying him were his wife