The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-12-07
MONTPELIER

| A suspension bridge is being built
across the Winooski river to the ath-
letic field OF the National Life Insur-
ance company.
A skating rink at the lower end Of
State street below I. r. Gordon's res
idence has been begun by the Outing
club. The rink will be 100 feet wide
and $50 feet long. A toboggan chute
has also been begun on the Bolio lot in
back of Pitkins woods.
| Orlando Martin Of Plainfield has
sold carload of thoroughbred Hol-
stein cattle that went to Maryland
and the chief reason he was able to
sell them was because they were certi-
fled BY the department Of agriculture
as free Of bovine tuberculosis. The car
load Of cattle were worth more than
$4,000.
! G. A. Smith, probation officer, was
in Hartford Tuesday afternoon on
matters pertaining to the care of chill
| dren
John Sullivan, trainmaster, and J. f.
Maun, superintendent of the Central
Vermont railway were local visitors
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs w. II. Farrar and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank L. Burbank have gone
to New York for few days outing.
0lin RUSSELL who has been at the
hospital since Armistice day suffering
with broken leg, was moved to-day
to his home in the opera house block.
Mr. and Mrs. Orlando Martin Of
plainfield, who have been attending
la .,uf, net Ia Dart
land, Ore, have returned home and
yesterday afternoon Mr.. Martin was in
Montpelier meeting the representa-
tives of the Sugar Makers association
relative to the plans for the state
lairymen's association meeting, which
viii take place in Burlington Jan. 10,
u and IL, and at which arrangements
lave been made for some of the big
speakers of the nation. to be present.
They were working on the program
which will be placed in the printers
lands shortly. Mr.. Martin was also
making arrangements for the annual
meeting of the state grange, which will
take place next week in Rutland and
ut which he will give his annual adj
dress az well as a report Of the meet
tlkE Ill X III LlHHt. MI. hIdItIn = pune III"
terestingly Of his trip but said that the
national meeting was as quiet as any
he had ever seen. incidentally, Vermont
rets some honor in the national assem-
bly, for Mr.. Martin was elected over
seer which Ii the second highest officer
in the national body. He naturally il
in line for the principal office at the
next annual session. which will be held
n Kansas, probably at Wichita Mr..
Martins tenure in Office as master of
he state grange does not expire until
next fall SO that he will probably have
. chance 70 carry out some of the plans
discussed at the national meeting
Speaking of the trip, Mr. Martin said
chat owing to the heavy fall Of rain
he railroads were tied up one week so
that he did not get the Barre Times,
which was to be forwarded to him all the
lime. II was the worst storm in year..
tie received no eastern news, excepting
chat The Times carried, until be had
Teturned this side OF Colorado.
Elmer Powers OF Marshficld, whose
elace was raided recently and some
'hickens seized, alleged to have been
tolen from another farmer. was vim
Heated OF the alleged crime at hear
ug in Marshiield Tuesday afternoon
when jury returned verdict of not
guilty Of petit larceny. The case was
ltarted by the grand juror of the town
md when +. b. Thomas retired as
lsatc's attorney c. b. Adams, the
new states attorney. had the case on
is hands He cleared it up by trial
yesterday afternoon.
The schedule Of the special train ,
which win carry Marshal Ferdinand |
soch through Vermont on Tuesday, [
Dec. Is, has been received al the office |
i Governor HARNESS and Is as fol- III
ows: Leave Sherhrooke, r. O.. 1905 a. ,
n; arrive White River Junction. s a.
H.; Windsor. SIPS. Bellows Falls, 9;l
springfield, Mass, ~ m. I,
Governor Hartness' book on Vermont ]
Industries is understood to be nearly
eady for publication. The work + be- q
ng done by the Capital City Press in {
Only four cases of petition under the !
rorkmen's compensation laws remain !
o be tried by Commissioner of Indus
ries Buttles. OF these cases. one for
urther compensation is pending in
montgomery, in which recurrent dis
bility from an injury in 1912 is al
'ged Another case forsdditional COM {
ensation Is pending against the /
pringfeld Gas company in Spring s
ED, in which the liability Of the al Z
,ged employer Is questioned. Two :