Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-03-04

| ernor 1artneSS and other state officials
regarding the highway situation in Yer
mont Mr. Holden is a native of
Barre and a graduate of Goddard sem
mary and Norwich university and he
has had considerable experience in
! Massachusetts,. The fact that the con-
ference took place, and about which
Mr. Holden would give no statement,
leads some people to believe that he
may be considered in connection with
the highway department.
Chinese Restaurant Planned
An option on the Star Restaurant on
Church street in Burlington has been
acquired by three Cinnamon, Messrs.
w. J. Toy of Bangor, Me-, w. T.
Gong of Portland, Me, and W. K.
Noun of Portsmouth, N. H. They ex-
pect to open an Oriental restaurant,
but will retain the name of "Star Res
taurant" because Of the ancient and
distinguished history of that place.
Nearly all college men for the past 30
years have known the Star as an
all-day and all-night meeting place
Some years ago the Star was the only
restaurant in the city that was open
during the entire night, which no doubt
explains the popularity it has had and
now has.
Children Burn to Death
Two daughters of Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde U. Potter of Bellows Falls lost
their lives and their baby will proba-
bly, die as the result of fire that par
tally destroyed their home Friday
afternoon. 1t is supposed that the fire
caught about the chimney. Mrs, Pot
ter discovered it and rushed to the
telephone downstairs, leaving her three
daughters, one to five years old, in
the living room. When she returned
the room was full of flames and smoke
She rushed in and rescued the baby,
her hair and face being burned. Short
ly after, Arthur Mondille succeeded
in getting out the other two girls, but
they were both dead and he himself
was overcome by smoke and required
the assistance of doctor.
31,626 Auto Registrations
In Vermont at the beginning of the
year automobiles were owned by the
inhabitants of the state in the proper
ton of one to every lib persons, and
the total number of automobiles regis
tered in Vermont on January |, 1921
was 81 ,626 as compared with 26S07 in
1920 The rate of increase in the num-
Der of machines in one year was 1893
and most of the new machines are for
pleasure driving. The ownership of
automobiles has increased more in Yer
mont than in any other state in
New England excepting Massachusetts,
Only four states east of the Mississippi
river have more automobiles per capita
than have Vermont About the only
states to surpass Vermont when it
comes to riding in autos are those in
which automobiles are manufactured,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Ohio
Engine Crashes Into Factory
One end of the Vermont Evaporation
Company's two-story wooden building
on Stronhs avenue in Rutland was bad
ly damaged Monday and the likes of
100 girls were endangered when a loco
motive and a coal car it was switching
left the tracks and crashed into the
building. The impact was so great
that girls working for the Marble City
Manufacturing company on the upper
story were thrown to the floor No one
was injured although three women
tainted. The accident was explained
by failure of the car which was being
pushed by the engine, to take switch.
The entire end of the large building
was crushed and a part of the flooring
of the main story gave way A very
small force was employed by the Eva
porator company most of the opera
tors beings at work for the other COM
pany upstairs.
Will Develop Its Own Power
The F. R. Patch Manufacturing
Company of Rutland, stone working
machinery, has commenced operations
to provide itself with electrical power
at its own plant 1t has bought sew
eral hundred acres of land as well as
howage rights on East Greek, mile
north of the city, and will construct
a power plant that will generate cleo
tricity equal to 60 horse power. A dam
1875 feet long and 40 feet high is to be
erected A lake at q acres will be
formed by the dam. The stream is
we'll stocked with rainbow trout and
it is expected that the development
will provide this city with an attractive
fishing resort and cottage site at its
doors as the shores Of the creek are
handsomely wooded and an effort will
be made to guard against marring the
aesthetic side in the commercial de-
velopment. Applications have already
been made for cottage sites.
U. V. M. Gets $250,0O0
The general education board has Civ
en- $25O,0O0 to the University of Yer
mont as part of an endowment fund of
81 100000, provided the university raises
the additional $7500O0 A few weeks
ago the board OF trustees OF the uni
versity, realizing the imperative need
of a larger income with which to take
care of salary increases for the MEM
bers of the faculties of the colleges OF
arts and sciences, agriculture and en-
cheering. voted to raise 81 100000 addi-
tional endowment, the income OF which
amount is to be used for such purpose.
An application was made to the gen
eral education board, of New York, for