The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-12-23
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When fha election retuyas from Yer
most came jn the fan Of 1913 and. it
was thoysa that there had been elected
a new attorney general, Frank c. Arch
bald, those concerned IL, the tesrmp-
aion4 Of the boundary line case -disect.
cred that the new Law officer OF the
Green. Mountain State. had number
of, other things to attend; 10 than frit-
tering away time oyer such a .trifing
matter as hunting, for the, boundary
between his jurisdiction and that Of
New Hampshire ~, 80 10y
: Ever since. Attorney General Archi-
bald of Vermont and Attorney General
Oscar L. Young of New Hampshire,
the latter the successor Of Mr. .Tuttle,
have been in offices, there have been
matters of greater concern than bound
airy lines to occupy their attention. The
New Hampshire attorney. generals for
several. years have devoted consider.
able time to murder cases, and over, in
Vermont the department. of justice has
been preparing to prosecute state off,
Gals for embezzling state funds. Mean
time. the boundary line between the
two states has remained stationary. ae-
cording to the statements. of reliable
citizens residing in the towns both sides
of the Connecticutsriver from the Mas
saehusetts. line to the Canadian border.
New Hampshire, however, has been
prepared to meet Vermont half way
at any time the latter state was ready
to make. motions resembling action.
During the administrations of Attorney
General Tuttle and his successor. NJ.
Young, there have been prepared elab
crate plans for the entire bounds
line, these drawings being in sections
Of about Is feet in length These plans
made by members Of the faculty OF
Dartmouth college have been 6ied away
in the archives of the state, against
the time when they. maj b. needed to
enlighten the justices OF The United
States supreme court az 70 the exact
location of the territory in dispute,
With wihier at hand, the holidays.
then the attention Of The Vermont at
.orney general turned TO TIE prosec,,
tion of an, etnbez Element charge aeainst
state officer to be followed BY The
opening of the state and notionai calfi
paign in both states. il is idle TO ex.
peet any. move upon the part Of either
party in the case Of Vermont KS. New
Hampshire
AS a number OF hydro electric pro
-iect promoters have made tentative
plans for developing unestimated mil
lions Of horse power BY, such simple
methods as building dams here and
there across the Connecticut liver. the
question naturally arises whether Yer
mont has any authority to grant char
ters for corporations 10 SO imponnd the
water of the big stream. If theee
questions are not decided until the
original question is argned before and
decided BIZ The supreme court of the
aited States It may be another. l2o.5
years before these captains OF industry
receive definite assurance that tbey
have authority TO do business under
such charters as they may receive at
the hand of legislatures
The suggestion has been made in
this city than an interesting document
would he a collection Of life sketches
or The men of both states who have 6p.
ured in this famous controversy which
Is on par with the celebrated oucrv.
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