The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-01

is urging upon the Interstate Commerce
an increase in freight rates
for the railroads of the country.
Among the three public requests in the
will of the late Eleanor H. Porter, author
of ''Pollyanna," was one of $1,000 to the
Springfield hospital of Springfield, Vt. The
Littleton, \. H., hospital got a similar
bequest, as did the Congregational church.
George F. Jones of Rutland has been
appointed one of the door keepers for
the Republican national convention, which
will open in Chicago June g. These ap,
pointments go to ex-service men and Yer
mont has three, the other two being
Henry Thomas, son of DIR. John NJ.
Thomas, president of Middebury college,
and Joseph Fountain OF Burlington.
Burlingtonians interested in politics are
Informed that an effort is beiTI made to
inject Roger Hurlburd of Hyde Park into
the political arena as a candidate for lieu
tenant governor At the present time
the only candidate in sight is Mr. Foote
of Middlebury but it is said that efforts
are being made to interest Mr. Hurlburd
in campaign against the Middlebury
man Mr. Hurlburd was formerly lieuten-
| ant-governor.
The city of Rutland is planting 10000
| seeding trees this spring. The lot in
| cludes spruce and also 500 white ash from
a New Hampshire nursery, the setting
out of young hardwoods, being an expert
ment as this kind Of timber is becoming
scarce in the state Rutland has appro
priated $1,000 each season for FIVE years
for reforestation and now have 10000
young trees on its land, some of them
six feet tall.
Guy T. Vitaliano has lost his OPERATOR
license, the secretary of state having can
celed it along with some four others. IL
lives in Rutland and using temporar!
,mher plates which he had borrowed
He is said to have illegally driven an au
tomobile The license of Francis Jones
OF Newport, was suspended for careles
driving. Wallace and Alfred Arnold
. brothers living in Bethel. and Leon Mills
of GaysvilIe. lost their license for recb
less driving Of automobiles.
Probably the most severe penalty eve
imposed in county court for driving a
automobile while intoxicated was deal
Albert Forth of Burlington, who wen
to Windsor Saturday to begin a sentenc
of not less than six nor more than
t months imprisonment. Fortin was TIL
driver of the car which turned turtle May
injuring Joseph Benoit and A. w. Lad'
In the automobile at the time were foun
:, five bottles of lemon extract mixed wit
l ginger ale.
Frederick, the twoand-a -half-year-o
son, the only child of Mr.. and Mrs. Hem
Blair of Rochester was instantly killt
F" Saturday evening when run over by tt
r. automobile of Judge E. F. Scott Of Barr
No blame is attached to Judge Scott,
he was driving at the rate of only eigl
miles an hour when the little boy, wal
ing with his father suddenly lodged in
d the street in front Of the machine.
t. rear wheel passed over his head, fractu
ing the skull.
"a Judge Herbert n. Shaw, 64, one of t
S widely known citizens of Benningt
county, died at his home at Manchest
Saturday morning of bronchial pneumon
es For two two-year terms he was assista
as judge of Bennington county court and h
III held numerous town Offices. He was
trustee of the Factory Point Nation
bank at Manchester and of the Berkshi
or Hills Paper company of Adams, Ma
10 He resigned last winter from the boa
vi Of trustees of Burr and Burton seminar
He is survived by nine children.
~ Fred Xermette, St Johnsbury's hum
bic fly, has succeeded in getting a ladder
-ad tached to the steeple of Notre Da
church and is putting up staging prep
atory to replacing the big cross bio
70 down in bad storm in March /
~, tower on which the cross is to be plac
H. is 1876 feet high and the church offic
mn had great difficulty in finding some {
to do the hazardous work. The stee
jack who painted the tower some We
al ago lost his life in New York doing s
-bo liar work Rev E. C. Drouin OF No
tbe Dame has had vermette's life insured
rod $4,000 while he is doing the work. 1t
,rs, expected that the task VIII De compie
If in two weeks.
0, Fl. Sherman, president of the
rail- tional Bank of Vergennes, the cashier
raj which, Charles H. Strong, committed
Der, eide on Thursday, has announced tina
tho shortage of nearly $4,000 had been
Iieh covered in the books by T. +. Cool