The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-06-04
MONTPELIER

Roy Wilder this morning reprinted the
flag pole on the State House. IL ia 40
foot steel pole and. with the wind blow,
ing this morning, the pole swayed quite
a little as Mr.. Wilder was working near
the top of IL. Monday he painted the
poles on the insurance offices and Coun-
try club, the latter of which was so weak
he had TO guy it before he could climb it,
The funeral of Doris Wallace, the nine
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Wallace Of North street, took place at
o'clock this afternoon, Rev. Mr.. Piper
officiating The burial was in the North
Branch cemetery. The child died Sunday
Of meningitis after several weeks illness.
| The bearers were children from her grade
in the Union school.
Dispositions were taken this morning
before A, c. Theriault notary public, in
the foreclosure proceedings of Mary
Wheelock VS.. Mr.. and Mrs. H. C. Gitchell
The plaintiff wants TO have the time of
redemption shortened from year to
three months and testimony in favor of
and against such action was presented in
the dispositions. G.. l.. Hunt represented
Mrs Wheelock, while Il. r. Davis repre-.
sented the defendants
" INV etbtiilb az I-ti utsh III the lfhNle
garage last evening, Mrs Florence Clark,
the bookkeeper, received surprise when
quantity OF water commenced TO run
into the office, and she had to do some
hustling to get out of the garage with
out wetting her feet H. w Davis, own
er of the garage, was near and she
called to him. Investigation showed that
the l0inch water main which runs under
one corner of the garage and feeds Ger
tain portions OF the city with water had
broken. The water pressure drove two
plsnks off the floor of the building in
that corner and about a foot of water
was on the floor before they were able
to shut down the main and change the
course OF the water by use of the system |
of gates employed by the water depart
ment Ii the accident had occurred in |
the night, the damage TO the property |
would have been large By changing the |
water course the garage and Laird block |
were the only two buildings without wa
ter during the night. The repairs were I
in progress to-day.
just at present there are more men in
the Washington county jail than there
have been for couple of months. namely
rs men. Of these, two have sentences TO
the house of correction but are short
termers, so they are being used in farm
ing here, while two others are United
States prisoners, leaving q who can be
employed. OF that number Sheriff Tracy
is working nearly all outside Six are
On one farm. Agricultural interests are
given preference in working the prisoners
vt the present time. This plan win be
followed throughout the war, which has
reduced the number of men in
sils throughout the state. The month OF
May showed II men in the Washington
county jail, earning Sl4s for the state.
comparison of the Jail records made by
he sheriffs of each county to the gov
rnor shows a marked decrease in the {
lumber of prisoners confined in the iails {
rom Feb. | to May |. Feb. | there were {
Y prisoners, while May | there were Is, /
bout one-half. OF the number Feb. |, 80 /
we're in Chittenden and Washington
ounties. OF the mum Der May J. Ii were I
n Washington and Chittenden counties. q
'hese figures do not include Rutland r
ounty, where the prisoners record is +
ept with that of the house of correc- a
ion. In April the prisoners in Washing t
on and Chittenden counties earned o
1888, while in January both counties
armed 1928. 46. But little was earned in I
ther counties. Eight of the counties had n
o prisoners May l.
The call made last week by Adjt.-Gen. r
|. T. johnson for men in the special and
mited service departments of class one il
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