The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-08-25
MONTPELIER
Members of 100000 Club Were Much
Pleased with Excursion.

house, where dinner was eaten; the
most of the party went up Mt Wash
ington, after which they toure
through the mountains, some comm
home by the way of Breton Wood
and st. Johnsbury. This morning tn
members Of the 100000 club wer
taken through the home Office, follow
ing the policy from the time it reache
the office until it had been signed
At l:30 this afternoon the clambak
occurs at the Country club and to
night the departing trains will carr,
most of the members of the club AM
friends toward home.
NJ. G. Morse, tax commissioner, viii
leave tonight for the west to attend
the annual meeting of the tax com
missioners of the United States. HI
expects to go to California before re
turning home.
The next meeting Of the commits
sion to propose amendments to the
constitution will take place Sept. s
when. it is expected the final efforts
| will be made.
Some of those who are interested
in pure bred Jersey cattle are going
to Tunbridge ton morrow TO the sale OF
about so heads of cattle that have
been found clear of tuberculosis.
esb a,,I ,,aa cor,
missioner, went this morning TO Nor
witch TO attend the annual meeting
Of the Norwich Fish and Game club.
A large clock consigned to Governor
Up. W. Clement, which he recently
bought in Europe and which he tried
to obtain several years ago, was I'M
loaded from the car this morning and
taken to the State House, where it will
be set up
Della NJ. Quesnel of Montpelier has
brought suit in county court for di-
yorce from s. Quesnel, claiming intolcr.
able severity. Attached to the papers
in the suit is document stating that
Ouesnel entered British service in the
war and has not been heard from
since then.
Congressman Porter r. Dale. who
was visiting in town to-day, said that
there was no intent among the trainers
of the postal service retirement law TO
compel postal employees 10 retire at
the age of IS years and that the post
office department made a ruling con
trary to the intent when it forced out
such man as Nat Bond, ianitor of the
federal building in Barre.
6. F. Lackey, deputy L. s. marshal.
drove his automobile Monday after
noon 200 miles in making the arrest
of George Mott, IT,, of Alburg He
found the young man easily but had
to come back TO Swanton, where he
was taken before C. ID. Watson, com
missioner, and bail of $500 furnished
for Motifs appearance at the next term
of federal court in which he II charged
with smuggling whiskey into this coun-
try. Then Mr.. Laekey had to come 10
Burlington, then 60 to Grand Isle. aft
er which he drove home. Mott is al
legged to have been one Of the men in |
the car that was abandoned in Sand |
swamp recently and he is the man
whose automobile operators license
was taken away from him BY the sec
rotary of state for refusal to stop
when signalled by an officer.
H. NJ. Mcintosh, state engineer, re
turned last evening from the Mssss-
,hcsetts line, where he, in conjunction
with similar officer from that state.
las been going over the boundary line
,etween the two states Once each I
i've years this trip is made. They
ound few Of the granite markers
,eeded Strengthening up. II was hard
ramp over the mountains for there is
much underbrush in that section of the
tate, said one of the party.
George Joslyn of Boston is visiting
n the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. orville Richardson and
Hiss Ina Schnebal went back to Min
Mimi, last evening. after
isit in the city Mr.. Richardson, with
hree other men. has Ford automobile
gency in Winnipeg, Can, in addition
o his Munsing underwear interests in
Chief V. b. Persons Of the fire de-
artment has issued notice that driv-
r. of automobiles must comply with
he city ordinance and drive TO the
urbing when the new fire truck Is
ding 10 a fire. When horses were
sed this was not 50 essential hut now |
18th the heavy truck il must be com
lied with. While testing was taking
lace Saturday. one State street drir-
r kept the middle of the street for
'me distance.
The new one man cars which tine 4 I
-ulley company proposes 10 use on
Washington street in Barre and Semi
sry hill in Montpelier have been un-
aided and were on Tuesday taken 70
,e car barn. They are manuel by
he motorman alone. and will save the
ypense of two persons on light runs.
hey. probably. are not practicable for
e between. the two cities. and it is
It likely that the city authorities
ould he agreeable 10 single man
wing charge Of car over the rail
iad crossings.