The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-11-18

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Charles P Moat, who has been con-
nected with the Vermont state lab
oratory of hygiene for the last 20
years, was elected acting director OF
the state laboratory at the meeting
of the state board of health recent
w. Mr. Moat takes up as acting
director the work formerly done by
the late DIR. B H Stone. Mr. Moat is
a sanitary chemist and a graduate OF
the Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology.
Miss Grace V Cobb of Danville, who
is spending the year with her uncle
in Rome, has sent her father in Dan
Vile what is believed to be the first
sample sent to America of fertlllz-
er produced from poisonous gas
used throughout the war, first by the
Germans and then by some of the
other belligerents. This product is
the invention of Prof. Domenico Lo
Monaco of the University of Rome
who found after a long series of ex-
periments that earth impregnated
with the poisonous gas increased the
production 81 per cent and the size
of the plant 80 per cent.
The state treasurer received from
the federal government in the month
of October $107,844.72 as part pay
ment on the federal road project &C
counts.
Charles Markham of North Fayston
caught a male bobcat weighing II
pounds and measuring three feet and
two inches in length in trap recent
ly, according to a report received by
the fish and game commissioner from
deputy warden R Whalley of More
town.
Col. B S Hyland, representing the
state of Vermont, and Robert w NC
Cuen, representing the American Lee
gion, as alternate for Dr. H Nelson
Jackson of Burlington, attended the
in Washington, ID. e., IN
honor of the Americas unknown hero
Nov. 18th.
Melvin A Perkins of Rutland, who
is a student at Middlebury college, |
has been awarded first prize IN the
scholarship contest for students earn
ing at least half their college ex-
penses. The prizes were offered Tor
the first time last year and consisted
of two $50 and two $25 awards, one
of each for men and one for women
The Capital City Press of Mont
heller has been awarded a contract
to publish 10000 bound copies of a
book entitled industrial Progress
and Human Economics" written by
Gov. HARNESS. The contract was
awarded by the state purchasing |
agent, and the work bears the i'm
print of the publicity department OF
the secretary of states office. 1t Will
cost about $4,000.
An offer of the use of a field at
Norwich university, Mortified, as a
landing field for army airplanes has
been accepted by Maj.-Gen. Clarence
R Edwards, commander OF the hrst
army corps area. In a letter TO
Charles A Plumley, president OF Nor
wich, Gen. Edwards expressed his
and said this was the
first of several landing fields which |
he hoped to establish in this section /
for the development of aerial trans
portation.
There has been established at Nor
wich university, within the depart
ment of political science, bureau OF
municipal affairs which will hold it. |
self ready to give assistance to the
counties, cities, towns and villages OF
Vermont in the solution of problems
peculiar to municipal corporations.
|. By giving information upon re-
quest regarding community organiza-
ton, town planning, and the admins |
tration of local government.
3 By publishing bulletins dealing
with problems of government, which .
are of current interest and distribut-
ing them to municipal officers, civic
and Libraries.
8. BY encouraging the establish
ment of local town reference bureaus.
4. BY providing communities with
speakers on government topics.
s. By holding local government
The establishment of this bureau is
A continuation of the work already
done in this field by Norwich through
the publication of the bulletins on
poor relief and town planning. K X
Flint, professor of political science,
will be director of the bureau, and
to him should be addressed all COM
relating thereto.
Census figures recently made pub
lie show that there are in Vermont
29,75S pure bred cattle on Vermont
farms, this number being much larger
than that reported for any other
New England state. The principal
dairy breeds are represented as fol-
lows; Holsteins, 13,4l3; Jerseys, S,446:
Ayrshires, 3,S08; Guernseys, LIB.
Orange county leads in the number
Of quarts of Strawberries produced
and Windsor in the number of FERNS,
acres of land in farms, number of
swine, value Of poultry, pounds of
butter sold. dozen of eggs produced
and number of chickens raised.
figures for Vermont's
largest cities show the average num-
Der of. wage earners to have been as
follows: Burlington, 1913; Rutland.
1856; Barre, 1893. The value of
products was: Burling-
ton, S19,4s9, 1856: Barre, IS, 499 1871;
Rutland, S6,66S.955 The total regis
tration of pupils in Vermont schools
in 1920 was 61,797, the average at
tendance per day was SLAP. This
year ~ equalization fund Of S343,-
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