The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-08-13

4, recently died of meningitis.
Miss Lena E. Hamilton of St Adams,
who recently completed her second sea-
sons work as a field organizer for the
New York Tribune fresh air fund, has
gone to Montpelier to take up her work
as field agent for children in the state
department of charities and probation.
Gov. James Hardness. Lieut. Gov. A
w. Foote and Speaker Franklin ). Bill
ings signed the engrossed laws at the
/ state house Thursday and the acts and
resolves so engrossed are now the legal
laws of the land. There are $50 acts
and resolves and each officer, signed his
name 360 times. The work occupied
nearly an hour and a half.
The board of charities and probation
will commence work on the erection OF
| the shelter home for which the state ap-
propriated $4,000, next Monday. The
| board recently revised its plans relative
to the construction of the building, expect
ling to keep within the appropriation. The
| first plans submitted would have cost
quite bit more than the state provided.
W. G. Hastings, state forester, has been
| in Lanesboro this week relative to the
\ surveying work being done there in the
| forestry department. Some 10000 trees
were planted this spring and it is planned
to plant 10000 this fall, so that total
of 100000 will be placed thi syear. Very
likely that number will be set on the state
property in that section for some years to
come.
! Deputy Fire Marshal, A G.. Preble
who is investigating fires in Burlington
which have occurred lately says he be-
lieves that many of the barn fires were
the work of a irebug. He says that, in
IL
Fire Marshall Joseph G.. Brown has -
fires under investigation which are be
lieved to be of incendiary origin and are
within a radius of 30 miles from Bur
lington, all these fires having occurred
! within the past two weeks.
i Francis II. Goodrich of Proctor. an
ex-service man, walking back from Mon
treal where he had unsuccessfully sought
work, was found unconscious in the
highway near st. Adams Friday morn
ing with a bad hruise on one side of his
head and a large abrasion on his right
leg. Goodrich, from all appearances
was hit by an automobile. His case has
been placed in the hands of the st. Al
bans American Legion post.
I Gov. James Hardness and Secretary of
Civil and Military Affairs Julius \. vii
cox left Springfield today for Camp Dew
ems where on Monday the Vermont regi-
ment will be reviewed by Governor Hart
ness and his staff. From there they 20
to Winsted. Conn, where Governor Hart
ness speaks next on Wednesday at the
celebration relative to the organization of
the township. Governor Hartness'S
family We're residents of that town for
many years.
County Agricultural Agent S. c
Painter SAYS there will be a fair crop OF
apples in Grand Isle county. There are
!. Baldwins in the orchard of T. L. Kin
ney, greetings and Baldwins at r. r
Aliens. and an estimated crop of 2.00C
barrels. including many spies. in the or
chard of the late Prof w. Phelps. The
Grand Isle Orchard company also ha,
some fruit, and there are others who
have crops of apples in Grand Isle
county. Julian Dimock of East Cor
inth reports n good crop. as does also
I Edmund Seymour. owner of Il 50-acrC
orchard of fameuse apples at East
Highgate.