The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-05-06
MONTPELIER
Montpelier High Lost First Game of
Baseball to Waterbury.

team ioct LIE SdbiS VI VIC SN"oo''
when it played in Waterbury Wednes-
day afternoon. Conf and Lamperti
were down in their studies, SO they
could not take the trip, with the result
that their positions were weakened; ;
but the team missed them most in bat
ting. The score was to /. Montpelier
| had good fielding team, but Water
bury outclassed them in batting. There
is some sentiment in favor of disband-
ing unless better showing is made
by the players.
| An old clothes dance was conducted
| in the armory Wednesday evening,
that was attended by large number
of young people and resulted in a snug
sum of money for the Community club.
| j. L. Riley of Albany, N. Y, has
been assigned by the federal govern
ment to Vermont and will work in the
state forester's Office, having charge of
the campaign against the pine blister
rust. Mr.. Riley had been assigned for
year to work in New York. Previous
to that he was employed by the state
of New York.
The board of control accomplished
| little Wednesday afternoon, most OF
the time being passed in an inspection
of the park recently given to the state
| by Miss Katherine Viles. The board,
with F. w. Button, who is laying out
the park, went over Capitol hill 1t is
planned to have little paths leading in
different directions up the Jill and to
set ont trees in groups so that when
| the work is completed it will make a
very pretty spot.
During last winter there was moved
| from the dome of the Capitol many
books. some OF which were considered
valuable. while tons of Others were
burned up. One of these. recently dis
covered in the lot, worth more than
others, was the cash book of Ira Allen
while he was state treasurer. This
covered the period between 1878 and
1856, and the book il about 1880. ID. b.
f. Kent, secretary Of the Vermont His
torical society, discovered the book
among those selected from the lot that
had been thrown away.
At the present time there are but
three prisoners in the Washington
county Jail and for the first time in al
most two years there is no federal
prisoner in the number. Those in Jail
now are Edward Freedom, George
O'Clair and Edward Ewing, two of
whom We're committed for drunken
ness. while the third is in for lewduess.
II. NJ Mcintosh has returned from
trip 10 the Dorset, Dummerston and
New Haven federal road projects. The
Dorset road is about - miles long, the
Dummerston five, and the New Haven
road four miles long. A government
Inspector accompanied Mr.. Mcintosh.
Mrs. Frank Ahern and two children
of New York are visiting with rela
tiyes in the city this summer
Mr.. and Mrs q. B. Young and Mr..
and Mrs. O. d. Clark have gone by au
tomobile TO Washington, ID. G., and
other places.
Thomas II. Cave, jr., Of the state
treasurer's office leaves tonight for a
few days in New York.
Judge j. +. Weeks, director Of state
institutions, is having q hard time 10
get the planting done on the state in
stitution grounds because of the back
wardness OF the season.
The police "Wednesday evening did
not see as many children on the street
after the curfew rang as appeared the
previous night when they started their
campaign to have the parents know
where the children are after . o'clock
at night and only a few were se6n.
two of whom saw the officer first and
were hustling toward home, while a
third had been sent down street on an
errand.
Superintendent Of Streets f.. A.
Witham and Alderman Stratton went
tn the highway office Wednesday com
pleting the arrangement for the con
struction Of the cement street voted al
the last meeting of the council, $1,000
having been appropriated. II Is ex-
pected that the five per cent money
will also be used in this work. When
completed. this will be the fra' piece
Of permanent street that Montpelier
has constructed Work is being done
by the street department on upper
Main street. where blind ditching Is
taking place 20 stop the water soak
ing into the highway near the Doten
place.
Tho members Of the public service
commission. who we're Tuesday and
Wednesday working on matters which
thew have under consideration. left last
evening for aheir homes II is under
stood that they have about completed
consideration OF the rate fixing az re-
auested hv the Montpelier & Barre
Light & Power company following a
hearing some weeks since. but they
stated last evening that they were not
vet to make public any orders they
have completed.
A representative Of the Massachu-
setts fish and game department was in
conference to-day with Linus Ieavens
relative to the exchange OF eggs OF
different fish. The commissioners Of
fhe two states have a working agree
ment in which Vermont supplies pike !
that cannot be propagated in Massa-
clnsetts. while the latter state fur
nishes Vermont certain kinds OF fish IN
exchange These that are being re-
ceived ahis year include enough white
perrh to stock Silver lake. In addition
10 this. the Massachusetts commission |
or j. furnishing Mr.. Leavens with |
pheasant eggs. 80 that later in the sea
son some $50 chicks should be secured. /
Some wears since an effort was made
nv DR.. Webb 10 propagate Ghese fowls.
~, tbe re.ideufs shot them. - he gave