The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1919-07-25
MONTPELIER
Paul Pitkin of Marshfeld was in the


city yesterday.
Attorney General Frank Archibald of
Manchester was here yesterday in con
ference with other state officials.
! In this weeks issue of the Boston
Courier, hotel paper printed in Boston,
there is nice story of the attractions of
Mt. Mansfield
The weekly concert of Montpelier Mill
tary band took place Thursday evening
with large attendance Major Lee S.
Tillotson, who for years was in the band
in st. Adams. played one of the comets
during the evenings program.
The restraining order was left in force
Thursday in the matter of Isabel and
Ricardo Truba of Berlin against w II.
Farrar, j. G. Farrar, G. Il. Lowe, Hannah
Gitchell and L, G. Giteheil. This simply
restrained the defendants from dspos-
ing of plot of land over which there is
some question. The land was originally
| sold to the plaintiffs and later it was
| found that certain portion should not
have been included and it was decided
back to the defendants Now action has
been brought claiming deceit by the de-
PENDANTS and asking that the deed be
made void and that the damages be az.
sessed in favor of the plaintiff. No OBJ
| lection was made to the restraining or
der because the main issue will be tried
in short time
A complaint relative to children bath
ing the lower portions of the anatomy in
the reservoir from which Montpelier gets
its water supply was received by Mayor
SHIRT off aud II at4x,
to the reservoir to investigate the mat
ter. Although the trip was made as fast
as an automobile would carry him, the
youths had left the site. The only chill
dren who could be located in the neigh
borhood were some so who had been at
the falls for a picnic. There have been
similar reports in days gone by and it is
very probable that picnic parties will be
| stopped at the place and possibly the res
ervoir fenced off.
Lieut.. Henry Hall has returned from
service in France and is visiting Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Hall, his parents, for a
few days. Lieut.. Hall saw some inter
esting service while in the army. A part
OF the time he was the only American
on one of the British transports. He
was then in the quartermaster depart
ment and in charge of any American pro-
vision that might be in transit. Later
he was in the supply department in
France. One day while out a German
submarine drove a torpedo at the con-
voy, intending it for the ship upon which
Lieut.. Hall was stationed This one
was loaded with ammunition but owing
to engine trouble had fallen back little
aY,I trar H. Eaf- "a Ia
in line, so it was sunk instead, and only
half length ahead of the ammunition
ship.
A special city meeting viii be held in
the city hall at 80 o'clock this evening
when the voters will express their de-
cision relative to whether the city clerk
shall be authorized to rebate the taxes
OF the Montpelier men who were in serv-
ice April /. 1t is expected that the au-
thorization will be given and that the at
tendance will be small. 1t will be an
other punch at the finances of the city
council, which is some Is cents lower for
general purposes than last year.
Tracy and Lawson are cutting the hay
on their farm and also constructing a
house on the place. They expect to con
kti htb ~ bhiH anu nave UougHl NHt bdIlS
on the Langdon place near Montpelier.
| Mrs Paul Harrington is visiting in
Springfield, Mass
Mrs. j. f. Sargent Of Mt. Airy, n c.,
is visiting with Paul Harrington, her
brother.
Benjamin Gates, auditor, and W. f.
Scott, state treasurer, have received in
vitations and the program of the nation
al meeting of the association of state
auditors, treasurers and comptrollers of
the country, which will take place in
St. Paul Aug. l2-l4.
The employees Of the secretary of
states office are rushing out the automo-
bile books about as fast as they arrive
from the printer; but there are more re-
quests than can be filed each day
S. b. Bates, state highway commits
sioner, this morning received word from
Mrs. Bates of the death of Myron A.
Adams of Derby which occurred, it is
understood, during the night. The de-
ceased was a member of the Senate of
1917 and the doorkeeper of the same as
sembly in 1915. He was born in Derby
Nov. 2s, 1S4g, and had always been
farmer in that town. He had held sew
eral town offices and was a member of
the House in 1896. He was president of
the Vermont Dairymen's association two
years and had been treasurer of the or
ganization. He was member of the
state fair commission and a director in
the National bank of Newport
The jury in the trial Of State VS., j. G.
Brown, charged with selling diluted milk,
will be drawn Saturday, and the case is
set for trial Monday. E. R. Davis APP