The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-01-26

ployes and Others, upo nthe production
of which said employees and others ar,
dependent for their daily supply, which
plants shall run only 10 the extent Of
producing sufficient waste 10 meet tn,
needs of their dependents, until the next
regular operating of plants, and of pro
ducing sufficient additional fuel to pre-
vent damage to property from freezing
Any plant shut down may use sufii.
| cient fuel to prevent damage from freez,
ing.
Any plant using its own waste for fuel
may run sufficiently to produce sufficient
waste to prevent damage from freezing
Increasing the hours of operating
plants on other days of the week, includ-
ing Saturday afternoons, to make mp for
shutting down on Mondays is an evasion
of the letter of the order and a violation
of the spirit
Quarries.
Quarries should shut down, but opera
tors of slate quarries are allowed to work
on such rough stock as needs immediate
attention to prevent damage to said
stock.
The spirit of the federal order of Jan,
II is that all stores should close doors,
except:
/. Those that sell food and feed, which
stores should close at II o'clock, noon on
Mondays and should conhne their sales
strictly to food, whether fresh canned or
in bulk, not including candy, cigars or
other commodities, and to feed for do
nestle animals.
2. Drug stores for the sales of drugs
and medical supplies only, not including
soft drinks, candy, cigars, toilet articles
or other commodities, which stores may
remain open all day and evening. Gen
eral stores selling drugs or medical sup
plies may sell such at any time during
day or evening Hotels are permitted to
sell cigars on Monday TO their guests
All stores except food and drug stores
should shut off all heat except such an
as is necessary to prevent dam
age to property; those selling food should
shut off heat at Il o'clock noon.
Stores and heated news stands NAV re
main open sufficiently long for the regrl-
regular customers.
On Monday, Jan. 81, an order. which
was received from Washington too late
for publication, gave permission to stores
selling food to remain open all day ON
hat Monday only,
Shops.
All shops should conform to the same
ruling as stores, except:
l. Barber shops may keep open on
Mondays until ~ o'clock, noon
3 Blacksmith shops, which may be
kept open merely for the purpose of
keeping horses, sleds and other transpor
tation means in suitable conditions for
hauling fuel and for hauling freight to
and from freight stations
Printing Offices
Printing Offices may run on Mondays |
or the performance of the usual work /
lone on those days to secure the regular |
ISSUANCE of their respective newspapers |
lob printing Offices should be closed on |
Mondays except for the purpose of print
ng town reports.
Theatres.
Section A Of the federal order states
hat on Mondays beginning Jan. 2 and
continuing up to and including March rs,
9ls, mo fuel shall be burned except to
uch extent as is essential to prevent in
ury to property from freezing, for the
urpose of supplying heat for
tc) Theatres, moving picture houses,
owling alleys, billiard rooms, private
nd public dance halls or any other place
{ public amusement" BY order of the
ederal fuel administrator, Tuesdays are
INSTITUTED for Mondays. This order is
and should be obeyed.
In accordance with the spirit of the
rider no in door gatherings for pleasure,
or entertainment should be
cid, unless such are solely for the pur
ose of raising funds for patriotic
ause. and all other entertainments billed
n any of the next nine Tuesdays should
e cancelled.
Pool or billiard rooms run in connec
ion with barber shops or restaurants
lust close on Tuesdays but the regular
arber work or sales of food. cigars and
he like, may continue on such days.
Liquor Saloons. \
All places in which intoxicating liquors I
re sold should shut down on Mondays, {
! ''no fuel shall be burned for heating {
,oms in which such are sold" {
H. J. NJ. Jones, /