Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-03-06
CHAMPLAIN ICE BRIDGE


Burlington is passing through its annual |
scare relative to a predicted ice famine |
The oldest nhabitant does not recall
time when the lake did not freeze sufi-
ciently to supply all facilities for the COOL
ing process in the succeeding hot months,
and in the last century there is record of
only three years when the lake did not
freeze over entirely.
Some will say that 1t is almost time
for the lake to open for navigation, and
Flee can not possibly be secured from Lake
;Champlain for the summer of 1919. Reas-
isurance may be found from the record
ljIJ. Allen, and supplemented since 1910 in
'rtfds office a
1t is significant in the first place that
for nearly seventy years Lake Champlan
has not failed to freeze over opposite Bur-
Iington. The years In which the record
shows it did not close we're 1898, 1S42 and
1850. Even when the lake Is not entirely
closed, there may be ice for harvest.
4 III Tic SetOilu pace LANE Sudf1pidiH HaS
! frozen over in March the same number
of times it has failed to close altogether.
1.-THE years and dates on which the lake
closed in March are as follows In 1913.
the 4th and again on the Sth. 1890. on the
9TH; in 1891, the second time on the 9Th.
1t is interesting in this connection to
/ note that just one hundred years ago the
lake closed on March 4and remained closed
more than a month to April II. On the
other hand the earliest closing of the lake
was in 1918. when It froze over on January
2 and remained closed until April 10. Con
Etlitions are liable to combine any day now
ITO close the lake. particularly II the cold
wave predicted puts in an carly appear
ance,
tNERMONT AND THE WHITE PLAGUE
Whenever an epidemic strikes a COM
Immunity. commonwealth or a whole
lcountry. the people become thoroughly
aroused and adopt prompt and vigorous
| methods to combat its ravages. In the
course of time we become Indifferent ia
any disease. in spite of the fact that il
may take a greater toll in human life
than the Spanish influenza so-called. Yer
mont in common with other States ia nov
becoming aroused to the possibility az
well as the necessity of adopting siren.
uous measures to overcome tuberculosis
We have long been killing cattle to stor
tuberculosis. We are now taking an op.
posite tack and trying to keep human be
ings alive as a more effective method o.
stamping out the white plague.
The executive committee Of the Ma
tional Tuberculosis association has votet
to approve a plan submitted by the Yer
mont Tuberculosis association entitled 81
Plan for an Intensive Campaign Agains
tuberculosis" and also to appropriat
$500 from the missionary fund from tn
National association to aid in develop
ing the plan. The executive committee q
the National Tuberculosis associatio
went over the plan with considerable care
Criticisms were made over some Of tn
details but the general scheme appeale
TO them as an effort towards solving
problem of tuberculosis In small elite
and towns that was worthy Of their SUI
port
The plans which we're written by H. v
slocum. secretary of the Vermont T,
berculosis association. included the ope;
Ans of public health dispensary whic