The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-18
MONTPELIER

The ward caucuses for nomination OF
candidates for some offices in Montpel-
Ter occur in city hall this evening. They
are set at T.l5, 1870 and 7:45 o'clock
and are held in different rooms in the
building, so that they will not inter
fere with each other. In wards one,
two and three, school commissioners
will be nominated, and in wards four,
five and six, aldermen. Mrs. +. IL.
Harvey, wife of Judge Harvey, is the
only candidate suggested thus far in
ward one to succeed i. ID, Field, who is
not a candidate for re election as school
commissioner. Tuesday the members
of the school board discussed the mat
ter and they are agreeable TO the cleo
elton of woman on the board. Their
expression is that there are some
phases of the work which they think a
| woman will give closer attention to
than the men can and probably can
| give more time to supervision than the
men can. In ward two, II. j. NJ. Jones
| is in the west in the interest of his
business, so there will be no opposi-
ton to him, and probably there would
not be if he were at home, for he has
been many years a chairman OF the
board. In ward three, Frank Cory,
| jr., is contesting the denomination OF
| DR.. p. l.. Tenpleton. The latter has
been on the board at different times
| for some years. Mr.. Cory stands for
| more efficiency W the present system.
Relative to the aldermen, the only fight
| known up to noon to-day was in ward
six. Aldermen Kelly and Stratton are
candidates for nomination and no
opposition is understood to exist now.
| 1t looks like a merry party in ward
six if all Of the men who have been
mentioned are suggested in the caucus
| this evening. Considerable effort was
advanced Tuesday to have Alderman
Smith reconsider his decision not to be
candidate, Among the names men
toned are w. s. Choats, John Avery,
Charles Simmons, Charles Hale, G. O.
Ormsbee, w O. Comstock and Robert
Susena. with a possibility that others
may come into the fray if conditions
warrant their appearance as dark
horses. In the general caucus, which
takes place Thursday evening, the
name of w G. Lampherc. a former list
or, Is being suggested by ltis friends as
candidate for that place, to succeed
w. M Parker. There seems to be no
opposition to John II. Stone as city
grand juror.
Frank Sheridan Of Boston Is visiting
with Miss Hilda Sheridan his sister.
1t is his first visit to Montpelier in sew
cral years.
s. b. Bates. state highway commits
sionsr, who returned Monday from
week end visit at his home in Derby.
tells an interesting story Of lady in
his home town who put one over on
fellow citizen. II had been the Gus
tom to pay the electric light bill with
check, but she decided to take what
Canadian quarters came TO her in the
regular change made in her purchases,
and when the collector of the bill APP
peared at her home, she paid him some
over 81 in Canadian quarters He pro-
tested at first that ii was not United
States coin, but she replied Yours is
a Canadian concern, therefore You
should be paid in Canadian coin" Der
by is lighted by electricity from Sher
brooke. p. @. The collector took the
money and went his way.
The presentation of the Yankee di-
vision pictures in Montpelier Tuesday
evening under the auspices of the
Montpelier Legion was attended by an
audience that filled the auditorium.
Following the pictures many persons
went to the armory, where dance was
conducted, CAROLS orchestra furnish
ing music. A special car carried to
their homes in Barre many young peo-
pie, who attended the affair.
Capt. Carlisle Hancock is spending a
vacation with Mrs. Hancock here. He
recently arrived from France. where he
was in the army of occupation for a
time.
Linus Leavens, fish and game com
missioner, and +. $. Brigham. commits
sioner of agriculture. returned to their
offices here last night after spending
the week end at their respective homes.
f. II. Thompson, president, and Hugh
S. McConnor, secretary, of the federal
land bank of Springfield, Mass, are
stopping in Montpelier. This evening |
they will meet the directors of the |
First National Farm Bank association !
Of Montpelier and tomorrow at 10
o'clock in the morning they will confer !
with the secretaries OF the farm land |
banks In the state. They will discuss |
with the different officials they meet |
here matters pertaining to the farm
loaning. At present no applications are
being received. In one OF the middle !
western states a banking institution of /;
that state brought an injunction to re.
strain the federal and banks from con-
Quoting its business and testing the |
constitutionality of the law. This was |
defeated in the lower court and petit |
ton denied and has now gone to the |
supreme court of the United States |
for final decision, and while they do |
not look for any change the bank is
not taking loans until the final decision |
j. reached.
Three more federal trucks arrived |
this morning for use in road eonstruc-
ton by the highway department.
Canton Brothers, Inc, of Barre to-
dav filed a certificate that the com.