The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-10-14
STATE NEWS.

STATE NEWS.
w L Griswold has left Jefferson
vile for Pennsylvania and Florida
and intends to make the entire trip
on his bicycle.
By virtue of an order from the adj
jutant-general's office the First In
fantry, Vermont National Guard, will
hereafter be known as the 172d In
fantry list Vermont).
Work is picking up so we'll at the
plant of the Crystal Confectionery
company in Burlington that a night
force has been put on. Night work
is not usually done until the last of
October but orders are coming in
very fast.
A bus service between the Hotel
Vermont in Burlington and the Mt.
Mansfield hotel is to be put into
service during the remainder of the
season. Passengers will go all the
way to the summit in the same car,
making no change at Stowe.
Motor accidents in Vermont for
the year total 2,145, according to
returns made to the secretary of
state. There have been IA fatalities.
The total registration is 36,418, so
that the total for the year will be
close to the $4,000 mark. A ship
ment of the new 1922 number plates
is expected soon. They will be blue
numerals on a cream background with
''Vt. %" on the opposite end of the
plate from which it appeared in the
1921 plates.
Strolling through the woods in
quest of cartridges, Eugene Balch of
Lunenburg saw bear cub. Although
his shotgun was loaded with No. 6
birdshot he blazed away, and little
bear rolled over dead. He started
to view the remains when Mr. Balch's
son, who was out with his father,
called There's another bear" Sure
enough, mother bear had appeared on
the scene and was preparing to start
something when Mr. Balch let go the
other barrel of No. birdshot. Mother |
bear also turned turtle, so to speak,
making the fourth bear shot in
Lunenburg in a week.
Miss Lena Guidici of Barre is the
third woman to be admitted to the
bar in Vermont, the others having
been a former Miss Jessie Bigwood .
of Winooski, admitted 20 years ago,
and Miss Ellen Hoar of Barre, adj
mitted more recently. Miss Guidici,
who is a member of the Massachu-
sets bar and has practised in Massa-
chusetts, passed the Vermont exam
nations recently. She is a graduate
of Boston university law school.
Some 16 models in the competition
for a design for the 100000 soldiers
and sailors memorial which is to be
erected in Barre have arrived in that
city. All models were consigned to
w A Murray, advisor of the men,
orial committee, and are being plac-
ed for the judges who will meet with
in few days to choose the design
to be used. Over 80 sculptors and
architects are taking part in the con-
test and it is expected that the
design will be one of the most beau
5iful in the country. Most of the
models are in clay some are in plas-
.er and other wax. Three of the best
'culptors in the United States are
.aking part in the contest on invita-
ion. They are Philip Martiny of ;
New York, c P Jennewein of New r
York and Karl Skoog of Cambridge,
Mass. However, the judges will not |
know until after they make their i
selection who the designer is, as the
models carry only numbers and moth \
ng to indicate who made them. Ac- /
.ording to plans the award will be G
given not later than Oct. Is. i
The attendance at the Vermont i
tate fair governors day was $4,000, f
Idn 1000 cars were parked on the f
round. A reunion of the members I
f the legislature of 1921 was held in 4
he public service building following I
he inspection of the departments of :
he fair. James B Estee presided 7
nd short speeches were made by the c
overnor, Lieut.-Gov. A w Foote, g
peaker of the House Franklin S h
'illings, Hon. Hale X Darling, ex- s
ieut.-Gov. Charles H Stearns, DIR. w b
Bryant, Wade Keyes, Miss Edna n
ieard, the only woman member of c.
he legislature, and Howard l. Hind o
~, editor of the Rutland Herald. Y
The dry summer has caused many {,
'ater supplies in the state to fail il
nd the board of health has been
ept busy giving advice in regard to "
ew. supplies and Analysing water. il
he conditions, the board says, might Ia
e favorable to typhoid, but the NJ
ecords show only 16 cases during A
eptember. Nine cases of infantile Il
two of which were in Bur- II
ngton, were specified in the boards il
onthly report. A mild type of a
,arlet fever was in evidence in the m
ate to a considerable extent during IT
eptember, according to the report in
DR.. c F Dalton, secretary of the ii
ermont state board of health. AL
Tough the disease did not reach II
proportions, there were 14O Ia
lses reported, including every coun- hi
: except Bennington and Essex coun- w
es. n
The Tooth anniversary Of the death a,
Justin Morgan, first of the hardy 10
ne Of Morgan horses, was com m
emorated Oct. LIST, by the unwilling d,
a statue Of a horse typical of that II
reed. The statue was the gift of ~
he Morgan Horse club of the United h,
.atps to the limited States denart- =.