Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1920-04-07

Fred A. Rowland of Montpelier, d
member of the state board OF eau
cation to fill a vacancy resulting from
the resignation of James HARNESS on
Springfield, who was chairman OF the
board. Luther B. Johnson OF Kan
5o1nb was appointed chairman and
Mr.. Rowland takes Mr.. Johnson's
place. Mr.. Rowland is the president
of the National Life Insurance COM
pany, a graduate of Dartmouth col
lege, and attorney, former state
attorney, a former secretary OF state
and is a member of the board OF truS-
tees of permanent school luna. ne
was prominent on the Vermont COM
mittee of public safety and as dl-
rector of the war saving stamp cam
paign during the war.
Never before has there been so large
a divorce docket in Windham county
as the one now being made up for the
April term of the Windham county
court, which will convene IN NeWfane
April Is, Judge Zed S. Stanton, OF
Roxbury, presiding. There are oo
cases on the docket and others TO De
filed. In a case just filed IN the coun-
ty clerks office the petitioner Is the
mother of Is children, II of whom are
living and eight are minors She
asks for the custody of the eight MN
or children and alimony with whlch
% support them and herself he
petitioner i Mrs. Mary E Perkins,
of Grafton and her husband Is Ed
ward W.. Perkins, a farmer. They
were married p years ago IN Wind
ham.
At a recent smoker given by the
medical students of U. V. NJ, at which
Guy W. Bailey spoke, the following
resolution was passed, which shows
how he stands with the college boys
Believing that the ideals, tact and
practical wisdom which have chara-
cterized the administration OF the
Office OF comptroller since the fall OF
1917 stamp Guy Winfield Bailey as
man whose knowledge of the world
and of men has been born OF practl-
cal experience; an admirable leader,
courageous in conviction, although
considerate in action; we, the under
graduate members of the University
of Vermont and College of Agricul
ture; do hereby respectfully request
that the trustees of our university
elect Guy Winfield Bailey as the pres
ident of the University of Vermont
and College of Agriculture
At a session of the United States
district court held in Montpelier last
week Judge Harland B. Howe pre-
siding, N. G. Williams, general mana
ger and treasurer of the Vermont
Farm Machine corporation of Bellows
Falls and F. l. Thompson, until re-
Gently of the Moore and Thompson
Paper company were appointed core
ceivers for the Vermont Farm Ma
chine corporation and the court issued
a restraining order forbidding the
further placing of attachments on
property of the corporation. The action
was brought by Boston creditors.
This means that the business of the
corporation will continue as hereto
fore with the same and perhaps a
larger force of help. An effort will
be made to procure sufficient funds
to pay off the corporations debts and
place it on a sound financial basis. The
action was not brought because the
company is considered insolvent but
to give all creditors equal standing
in settling the corporations affairs.
The Boston & Maine railroad began
running trains over the washout in
lBrattleboro, which has been repaired,
on Monday. A force of nearly 200
men were employed making a fill $50
feet long and 80 feet deep. 1t is ex-
lpected that about two weeks will be
consumed in making repairs to the
Central Vermont railroad further
south which was damaged for about
a mile. AT the time of the railroad
trouble a $50 foot steel arch bridge
across the Connecticut was swept
away and the selectmen are taking
steps to recover damage from the
Connecticut River Power company
claiming their dam caused the ice to
hold back the water and cause the
unusual high water. The damage is
estimated at $250,00O, much highway
damage being done. The selectmen
say the road must be repaired at
once and unless the company signi-
fies within few days that it will do
the repair work, the town viii do it
and seek to recover from the company.
There is not so much need of hurry
with respect to the bridge, but the
tselectmen will take steps to prevent
unnecessary delay, as they are taking
up with the government the question
of the government supplying pom
toon bridge for temporary use-
| Vermont House of Correction, To-
Gated for the last so years, more or
less at Rutland, the consolidation with
the states prison at Windsor hav-
ing been completed some weeks ago,
is to be sold to the highest bidder
The buildings and grounds viii be sold
by the state board of control, adver-
tisements having been issued during
the last week to this effect. The pro-
perty is estimated to be valued at
approximately half million dollars
but it is understood sum consider
ably less than half this amount is as
ked by the committee having charge
of the sale of the property, although
no definite figures have been announc-
ed as yet.