Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1920-01-22


the intent of installing n club room In
the place. The Armory has been leased
Tor yenrs by the State. but there Is no
company in Montpelier at the present time
and from the support being given the
project there seems to &c little likelihood
of one being formed.
The deal in which the city of Montpelier
buys the Stewart farm IN Berlin has been
closed, the deeds having been placed on
record in the two towns. Tho city pays
$4,000 for the property which was en-
pccted to he condemned by the State
Board of Health II It had not been pur-
chased by the city because the farm Dor
dered on the Berlin pond, from which
Montpelier gets its water supply. Mr.
Stewart a few years ago asked Frank S.
! Dawley S12500 for the property
, VIII L. Davis OF Rutland and BENJAMIN
Gates of the Board of Control we're in
Brattleboro last week looking over the
retreat in that town. Tho officers of the
| retreat asked for additional money from
| the state, upon which to finance the in
stitution and the above committee invcs-
| tigatcd conditions. Other matters will
| have to be looked into before their re-
| port Ia made.
| J. NJ. Boutwell, filed three deeds in the
city clerks Office Saturday afternoon
that he bought last week. These in
cluded the Sherburno property on Main
street. George Andrews house on odjoln-
ing the sherburne property, which is the
house in which Mr.. Boutwell, was born,
and the w. Il. Poole house on Kemp ave-
/ niue. which he bought from Harold D.
Human, who is soon to move to Barre
| There is no figure given on the purchase
! prices. but the revenue stamps show that
at least $4,000 was paid for the Andrews
property. $4,000 for the Sherburne prop
! erty and 5000 for the Poole house. 1t is
one of the largest real estate deals in
the city for some time. There is a great
deal OF speculation relative to what Mr.
Boutwell, Is to do with the property on
Main street, but Mr.. Boutwell, is not yet
ready to announce his intention in buy
ing the property.
Mary Murphy has brought suit in Mont
pelier city court against Leroy X Clark
! of Berlin for the purpose Of recovering
500.
The funeral of Michael Good. aged 60
years, who died Sunday. took place
/ ut nine O'Clock Wednesday morning Mr.
/ Good developed tuberculosis while en-
ployed at Jones Brothers stoneshed In
Barre. where he worked for IS years and
-FOUR years ago went to n farm in Water
bury, but had to give that up. Then he
came to Montpelier and had been living
, IN the city since that time He is survived
by his wife, who was Mary Murphy of
Barre: four children, Anastacia, Cecilia.
Howard and William: three brothers.
Lackey Good of Barre, Peter of Hard
wick. and Thomas of Massachusetts; four
sisters. Mrs. J. G. McRae OF Barre. Mrs.
Mary kcrwn of Canada, Mrs. Lizzie
Mahigan Of Boston and Katherine, who
lives in Washington.
The Dunlop Tire e. Rubber company of
Wilmington, Del. have filed articles of
registration in the office of the secretary
Of State for the purpose of conducting n
business in Montpelier which will prob
ably be a distribution point of the COM
pany's tires. The capital stock Is 5000
New cases which have been flied in
Washington county court for trial have
included Jennie r. Synes VS.. Ray Flet-
cher. r. NJ. Hoadley VS.. the DeLue com
pany and Robert L. Ryder vs. c. II.
Thompson. This IS the second case in
(which Messrs Thompson and Ryder are
the parties and have recently been filed
in county court
The Washington County Bar associa-
ton has held a meeting and revised its
scale of fees, increasing them to some
extent because of the high cost of living
There has not been n revision since 1910
There was one pending when the war
became but owing to condition then the
lchange was not made
a decree was entered in Washington
county court relative to the Waterbury
River Free Baptist Church. in which the
agents report to sell was accepted and
placed on file and the decree affirmed, the
corporation having become extinct and
according to the prayer in the bin tho
money was ordered paid to the State
Baptist convention as provided by the re-
Gently enacted laws governing this mat.
ter.
w. +. Scott, State treasurer: John NJ
Avery, tax commissioner. and c. b
Carpenter, bank commissioner. who arc
the board OF appraisers of bank stock are
In conference in the insurance commits
sioners office for the purpose of appraising
J the bank stock as is provided by law
This is the appraisal which the listers
fused in the taking of the LIST in prl