The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-08-10
MONTPELIER
Officers Gather in Five Members of
"Split Gang"

!, The split gang was divided 70
certain extent to-day when Franl
Thomas, Jack, Kerr, John Thoma
Paddy Maloy and z. Powers went t.
the county jail to serve out their fine
of SIS and costs following their pleai
+ of guilty in city court to subsequent
: offenses of intoxieation. The men were
arrested in a raid on the Gold Spring
stronghold on the Berlin side yester
day afternoon by Chief Connolly, Sher
if Tracy and Deputy Lawson. The
men had to disclose and they named
parties in Barre, Montpelier and Ran
: dolph. The disclosures are being in
vestigated.
Ulysses (Joe) Cormier will be tried
in city court tomorrow on the charge
of operating an automobile when he
was intoxicated, the arrest growing
out of an accident at Waterbury some
time ago, A jury was drawn to-day,
A citizen of Berlin street, in discus
sing the condition of Berlin street
Tuesday evening, said there is quite
a little agitation on Hill street to-
ward an effort to call out courts
committee, if such can be done, the
purpose being TO get an improvement
in the road and possibly SO that the
| matter may come to the attention
of the council at its meeting this eve
ming.
Painters and paper hangers are inn
proving the interior of the county
| court. The room has been papered
| in green for a few years, making the
| room dark. Now much lighter shade
of paper is being used which, with the
| white paint being used on the ceiling,
will materially tighten the room.
Mrs. Stanley Wilson and party came
to Montpelier Tuesday with Judge Will
son while he was here attending the
hearing relative to the traction COM
pany's affairs.
j. +. Maun and NJ. Magiff of the
Central Vermont railway company
were visitors in the city yesterday
afternoon.
A reception will be given Rev. p. j.
Long at city hall in Montpelier Friday
evening. j. P. Galleher was named
chairman of committee designated
Monday evening to arrange the plans
for the event. The committee waited
upon Father Long during the evening
urging him to remain but he had made
his decision and he felt he should
give up the heavy work to younger
man.
Mr.. and Mrs Harold Smith returned
this morning from Groton pond, where
they have been camping.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice Niles left this
morning for Hartford, Conn, where
they will visit friends and relatives.
Miss Nellie Spaulding of the Dem
ing Hardware Co. is passing a two
weeks vacation.
]. o. w. Galaise, the state secretary |
of foresters, is in Burlington TO attend |
a meeting of the order.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Bates are spend
ing their vacation in Moretown and
other places, making trip about
two weeks.
A. ID. Farwell is in Randolph to-
day and to- morrow at Roxbury, where
he will camp for few days.
Mrs. Y. H. Tracy and Mrs. II. G.
Lawson and son, Carlyle, have gone
to Boston, where they will visit friends
and relatives
II. NJ. Mcintosh, state engineer, ar
rived in the city last evening, ha' ing
crossed the Green mountains from
Ripton. He is inspecting bridge
above Rpton, and while looking it
over saw what looked like II good
fishing place. Dropping in a line, he
,aught two speckled beauties which
ne dressed and brought here, having
hem for his supper at the Pavilion
lotel where he stopped.
The Continental Pipe Manufactur- :
ng company is to locate in Montpelier,
according TO the filing of papers in the
,ffice of the secretary of state, nav
ng set forth in its registration pagers :
hat it expects to manufacture piping r
lere. The capital stock is $+U0,000. r
rhe company is organized under the
avs of Washington. (
Mrs. Charles Dana went TO Yer. b
ennes this morning with minor who I
vas committed to the industrial n
chool. I
Governor James Hartness speaks
his afternoon in West Eairlee and to- I
morrow will come to Montpelier TO
ttend a conference when the sigma Z
ure of the governor, lieutenant gov
rnor and speaker of the house will
Q attached to the engrossed bills.
,hich fixes their legality.
II. Z. Bremen, of the state depart .
lent of agriculture, is in Newport in
with the work.
Z. S. Brigham, commissioner of sg- in
iculture, is in Duxbury this after Ell
Don at a grange picnic, at which he Al
one of the speakers. r,
Thomas Ryan, who has been in Sc
barge of the federal road project in o
berburne, where prison labor is EN- S,
loved. has resigned and T. W Dix, In
of highways, has APP
ointed new foreman on the job Il
hose name will be published as soon g
5 he accepts the appointment. d,
Arrangements have been made for p'
ne improvement of the road between m
le end Of the cement road in Barre pI
nd the Berlin town line, in which the
ate will cooperate, the state trucks
aving cut the road up considerably
it'll the heavy loads that have been
-awn to the state garage of late. ba
lans have also been perfected so that W
le Sunderland Hollow road will be OF
n in shape. IL will be scarified and in
zen some new material put on IL, is
ter which the road will be pstroled ed
II the remainder of the season. This l2