The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-06-04
The Meddier
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The Meddler has had enough expert
ence with the back roads of the county |
this spring to be convinced that prac
tically all tho hard things that have |
been said about them are justified. III |
deed, if the roads themselves were only |
half as hard as the remarks to which
they have been subjected there |
wouldn' t be much occasion for com
plant. One factor which has had much
to 90 with the destruction of the high
ways hereaLouts is the use of rotor
trucks in Numbering "a practice which
has grown up during the past
few years and is likely to increase
There is time every spring, just as The
frost is coming ont of the ground. when
dirt roads are bound to be extremely
driven over, or rather through, them
at that time the effects are bound TO
be disastrous One can find plenty of
evidence of this form of traffic at the
present time. There are roads within
few miles of this town that are
deeply scared with truck tracks that
were made when the mud was several
inches deep, and unless some special
treatment is given them these roads will
be in poor condition all summer The
| Meddler doesn't mean to infer from
these remarks that trucks are alone re
| sponsible for present road conditions
but he is of the opinion that this form
of traffic coupled with the weather
conditions of the past spring made
combination that presented unusual diff
fculties.
The great number of out of the STATE
| trout fishermen who visited Vermont
| streams Sunday and Monday of this
week is indicated by the fact that in
one small town in this county over -
non resident licenses were issued Sat
urday afternoon. Every year the mum,
Der of folks who 60 trout fishing seems
to increase, and it is obvious that If
the supply of trout is to be maintained
stocking must be undertaken on =
steadily increasing scale. HereaboutS
this work already is being done ex
tremely well through the efforts of The
Windham County Fish and Game club
but much more could be accomplished
: by this organization with the funds a
: its disposal if a supply of trout large
enough to meet the needs of thu
Of streams in this locality were reared
\ at the Vernon plant 1t is to be hope,
, that the state fish and game depart
ment viii find it feasible to reopen TIN
plant between now and next spring.
The decision of the War Chest sub
. scribers to set aside the balance in tn
treasury for some sort of soldiers me
mortal is one that certainly reflects tn
sentiment of the community Whel
, it comes to the question of what forr
such memorial shall take, however
there is a wide difference of opinion
r and it would be rash for any commit
tee or board of trustees to make lima
disposition of the war chest funds unit
the subject has been fully dlscusse
1 and something like a common under
standing arrived at. The communit
e house project doubtless has hrst elau
e en- the war chest funds in the mind
of many persons, yet surprising as
, may be to some folks there are man
it varying ideas on this proposition. On
It has only to make casual inquiry to dis
) cover the truth of this statement. |
y the main, The Meddler believes, peopl
!. are favorable to the idea of CON
g munity house, but on the questions Q
location, maintenance, etc, there is n
unanimity of sentiment. This state c