Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1918-04-26

with a profit in the previous year Of
s4,790,873.
The Standard Oil Co. OF New York
has purchased large tract OF land
In Providence, r. l., with q water
fronage close to its distributing sta
ton there. 1t is reported tho COM
pany will build shipyard, refinery
and can factory on the site
The first cargo Of Canadian fish to
be landed in Boston free Of duty un-
der the new reciprocity agreement
arrived on Canadian schooner.
The catch of $1,000 pounds of fresh
groundfish was sold through the New
England Fish Exchange.
A campaign to arouse interest in
forest planting in Massachusetts as
war measure has been started. Own
ers Of woodland recently cut over and
owners of land adapted to planting
trees were urged to send their orders
to State Forester Rane for some Of
the 100000 four-year transplants Of
white pine and Scotch pine at the
be distributed to private land own
ers at minimum cost and if tho
owners themselves are unable 60 do
the work of planting, 1t Is planned to
arrange with town tree wardens, ag-
ricultural school students or Boy
Scouts to assist them.
Re-forestation ia this state is be-
ing urged as necessity in view OF
the severe drain to which the for
ests have been subject for fuel and
lumber. More than 100000 pines all
ready have been sold this year by the
state forester for planting on pri-
vate land. Orders for about 350,G0o
more have been received from public
institutions for planting on their va
cant land and the forester will plant
about 100000 on land owned by the
state.
Seventy-five bolts Of cloth, valued
at $4,000 were stolen from the tai
loring shop of John J. Brennan, Har-
ward Square, Cambridge, Mass. The
thieves left no clue but the police ara
of the opinion that the goods were re-
moved In an automobile at the rear
entrance.
Mrs. Auralie Marchand LaVoie died
at her home in Salem, Mass, at the
age of 1O4 years leaving 127 descen-
dants, including three grandchildren
Mrs. Lavoie followed the war news
up to few days Of her death, read
ing without glasses.
Aver, Mass, April 1f,-Games WITH
Harvard, Brown, Amherst and the
Newport naval reserves are included
in the Camp Devens baseball team
schedule. Among the games schedul-
ed are: April 10, Fitchburg at Fitch
burg: May s, Harvard at Aver ~
Naval Radio school at Aver: &c.
Brown at Providence: June l, Ann
herst at Amherst; IS, Marblehead
Athletic club at Marblehead; 80, New
port naval reserves at Newport
Massachusetts housewives wers
urged TO buy onions as a patriotic
duty, in order to dispose OF the large
crop on hand, in a bulletin issued by
the United States bureau of markets.
The bureau declares that nearly all
dealers report they are selling fewer
onions now than when prcies we're
higher
April 12-As a result OF recon-
mendation made by the Federal
Board for Vocational Education, tho
Rhode Island State College at King
ston will be taken over by the Govern
ment and will be used as a trade
school for the training Of drafter men.
An agent of the Federal Board Wis
tied the State College early In March
and inspected the plantand equipment
for the purpose of determining the
number of men which the institution
was capable of accommodating. His
report estimated that $40 men could
be trained there, classified as follows:
General automobile service, rs; car
penters, so; concrete workers, 20;
electricians, 100; craftsmen 80;
blaclsmiths, 20; machinists, rs.
The majority of the men TO DO
trained there will include those who
have volunteered for special service
in advance of being called in the draft
and they will be rated as members OF
the National Army.
A telegram from Orono, Me-, says:
the establishment at the University OF
Maine of training school for tho
signal corps of the Army Is consider
ed virtually assured as a result of the
visit here of Lieutenant Raynor Carey
OF the aviation section Of the signal
corps. Lieutenant Carey inspected
the resources of the College OF Tech
nology of the university with view
to the technical training of drafted
men. 1t is probable that 200 men VIII
be sent here on June l for two
months training. and a second detail
of 200 will arrive on August !. Theses
men will be sent directly from their
local draft centers.
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