The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-12-16
MONTPELIER

arrived at the commissioner OF INDUS
tries office Monday afternoon follow
ing tour of inspection that he has
been making in the last few weeks.
Speaking of the conditions in COMPARE
son with when he was first appoint
ed a member of the commission, he
says that the cooperation has inn
proved materially, and cited as one Of
! these cases the Burlington tunnel ac-
cident in which, through the provisions
of the present laws, the settlements
were made, while under the old law,
several different &aits would have been
brought againsN The Central Vermont
railway He finds the conditions in
the factories are improving each year.
The Montpelier post OF the Ameri-
can Legion has organized its basket
| ball team, and it is expected that the
first game OF the season will be played
in st. Adams next Monday evening.
Practice took place Monday evening.
at which time Levi Kelley was elected
captain of the team, and Frederick
d. Shepard, as chairman on the com.
mittce on basketball, is the manager
of the team Mr. Kelley played on
the ordnance team at Camp Jackson,
s. c. and his team defeated many of
the other teams in the army.
Gov. P, W. Clement has appointed
Carl A. Thomas of Woodbury. as jus.
tice of peace to take the place of w.
G. Daniels, who has died, and Amos c.
Davis to ill vacancy in Hyde Park.
Among the cases that have been
filed in Washington county court are
John f, Benjamin vs.. c. A.LeBarron;
ienee Jacques vs.. d. c. Camp; Mont
peier Savings Bank and Trust Co. vs.
J.. A. NewcoRb, ct al
Copies Of the bank commissioner re-
port have been. received by the other
state officials The report is for the
year ending July !, 1919 One Of the
interesting things connected with the
report is that the salaries Of the bank
treasurers are not given this year as
they have been in the past, probably
due bthe fact that there was gen
eraIcomplaint about the publicity Of
the salaries.
Three more automobile trucks are
expected in Montpelier to-day They
came from Vergenne5 to Essex June
ton Monday afternoon in the storm.
These are a part of those assigned by
the war department TO road work in
Vermont
w O. Hastings, state forester. Is in
Windsor looking over some timber land
which the superintendent of the state
prison wants to buy for employment Of
the TRUSTEES from the institution.
Mrs NJ. G Ehle has received a cable
gram from Francis, her son, who Is in
the wireless service OF the federal gov
eminent, that he has been transferred
from southern France to southern Rus
sia. Mrs. Ehle expected her son would
be home for the holidays, but was
much surprised to learn that he was
going to Russia
=. L. Brigham, commissioner of agri.
culture, has received from John Kerr 6f
swanson, Sask,, a letter asking advice
relative TO Vermont conditions. He
calls the northwest "thc Sirberia OF
america and says he has had enough
Of that climate. He wants to move to
q place where it Is not TOO no; or too
cold. He understands that We have
terrible electrical storms in Vermont.
He wants TO locate in the Champain
valley. His letter indicates that he
has plenty of money and that he will
be able TO buy, if he comes to Vermont.
Harold Mack has been transferred
from the Montpelier Office to the Barre
office of the Montpelier & Barre Light
4 Power company
J 7 Marion Of Barre has been APP
pointed executor Of the estate Of Mary
M. Garvey, late of Barre
The annual bazaar OF the y. ". G. A.
took place in the chapel of Montpelier
seminary Monday evening with large
attendance. The interior Of the hall
was decorated with evergreens. The
exercises took the form Of pre- Christ
mas entertainment, including solos.
readings, selections by the mixed quar-
tet and a short pageant, after which
the company assembled about the va.
rious shops arranged in the hall.
These booths were very tasty, attract
ing much favorable comment They in
eluded a novelty snapshot, candy ma
ture, ice cream booths and Christmas
tree, from which articles were hung.
Miss Eunice Stevens was awarded the
honors for the most artistically dee
Grated booth while special mention
must be made of the booth of Miss
Hadley, teacher in the commercial de-
partment. The sale was a success in
every way and a snug sum of money
was realized from it.
The hearing that was to take place
in the Senate chamber of the State
House to-day has been continued upon
the request Of the petitioners Directing
to the increase in the power rates that
the public service commission granted
the Montpelier & Barre Light & Power
company.
II. i, Johnson, adjutant general has
received from the war department fed.
eral recognition Of the organization of
Co of the Vermont National Guard
at Newport, which was completed two
weeks ago This makes three infantry
companies and one machine gun com
pany organized, while Bellows Falls,
Montpelier and Burlington are working
upon infantry companies. Those fed.
orally recognized now are st. Johns.
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