The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-02-15


The funeral of Justus W. i. Washburi
viii be held at Bethany church Sunda,
afternoon at 2:30 o'clock. will be
Masonic service.
In probate court this morning G. Il
Ayers was appointed administrator OF
the estate of c. M. Ayers, late OF Mont
pelier. The Montpelier Savings Bank &
Trust company, through A. w. Ferrin
its treasurer, settled its account OF a
trust fund created by the last will and
testament of the late Homer Heaton OF
Montpelier. This settlement is the pay
ment of the income to the heirs.
| Major Harvey Goodale, who has been
| i'll for a few DAYS with an abscess on his
face. is able to be out of doors again.
Insurance Commissioner j. q. Brown
has gone to Vergennes in connection with
the adjustment of the losses OF the re-
cent fire at the industrial school
Dwight Dwinell. sergeant alarms, IS
in BOSTON in connection with buying the
furnishings in the new state building.
Assistant Grover Templeton, who is IN
charge, is ILL.
c. s. Emery of Newport spent the day
with friends in the city. Mr.. Emery has
the sole brokerage business in Newport
now in connection with the importing
business through the revenue office in
that town, the Boston Maine railroad
having dropped out OF it since the inter-
state commerce commission gave an
opinion setting forth that dissemination
against anyone else In the brokerage
business must not exist, as IL was al
legged the railroad company was dong.
II will be recalled that Mr. Emery was
an important factor in Legislation IN
1917 in the general assembly along SIM.
liar lines and which the above railroad
bitterly contested.
Gov. H. +. Graham has called the
presidents of the agricultural farm ou-
reaus of the state to meet IN the state
uonse Tuesday evening with those who
arc worl,inp on the food raising plans /
for the coming summer. The presidents
viii draft a plan which viii be used dur
;,g tbe summer months to grow Yer
mont,s extra crop. Last year those con
Quoting the work had to start so late
that thew had to work out their own
Man hut this summer, having ample
i;me and realizing that the presidents OF
farm bureaus know best what can De
raised in their parts of the state, they
will formulate the plan.
Prof c. II. Perkins, state geologist,
was at the State House Thursday work
no among the stone specimens. Owing
o lack of space, with no probability OF
even when he gets into the
lew building, he is rearranging them SO
hev will occupy as little space as pos
ible and is arranging them by towns
1t had been arranged
hat the large room in the new building
'e used jointly by the library and Prof.
'erkins' department, with the histori-
al society, but now it looks as though
he state cabinet would not have the
pace provided in the draft of the build
ng. However, he is leaving the matter
ntirely to the building committee.
The funeral of A. !. Sibley is to occur
o'clock Saturday afternoon. :
Forrest Blay was arrested Thursday I
fternoon BY Chief Connolly upon a
iarrant signed by Grand Juror John
tone on the charge of non support. and
he case has been continued because il IS
Understood the couple are TO commence
wing together.
Mark Town of Waterbury has been ac-
spted at Burlington as a mschinist in
be navy. pending a waiver for an inch
nder height. He enlisted through the
cal Office.
The Salvation Army drive resulted in
ys3s0 Thursday and this morning STA,
aking a total Of S737-S0 at neon to-day.
State Food Administrator John II.
ushinr met the members OF the local
-iee iuterpretfnr board THURSDAY after
sOn when several matters that have
en- troubling the local board were dis
lssed The case Of one merchant who
: l,een disregarding the sugar Pr5ce q
ed ~ The board was under oonsidera- :