The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-09-20

IdSt SATURDAY anu Deauti"
rated vehicles, clam bake, concert
play and dance, under the auspices oil
the Putney grange, were features that
attracted large crowd.
The first Salvation Army home III
the state of Vermont was dedicated at
Rutland Saturday. The basement OF
the building will be used by stores
and the rest of it for the work OF the
Army.
The sun dial, which was recently
stolen from the cemetery at Bristol,
was sent back by express few days
ago. There was no message as to who
was sending it or why it was taken
away.
Frank A. Morse observed his Goth
birthday anniversary at his home in
West Rutland Sept. 10. For 80 years
he conducted a drug store there tie
is a member of the Masonic lodge,
deacon of the Congregational church
and a director of the West Rutland
Trust company.
The water from the Centervllle
Aoueduct company system in Brattle-
boro has been condemned as unfit for
use. There are six stockholders in The
company and the system is one OF the
Oldest water supply sources in The
town. A field survey showed that
surface water was running into the
system from all directions.
George r. Chaffee of Rutland has
sold his well known dairy farm at Al
frecha to Harrison i. Stevens, tie
manager. A fire recently destroyed
several buildings on the premises and
later Mr.. Chaffee sold a number OF
cattle from his famous head of Jer-
sevs. He still owns a number of the
high. bred animals, but plans to retire,
at least temporarily, from cattle
breeding.
For the coming year the Congrega-
tional church of Rutland will assume
the management of the Community
house of that city. The Mead estate
heirs have agreed to waive for three
wears the conditions of the endowment
by the late ex-Gov John A. Mead,
which were that the church should con-
tribute each year a sum equal to that
received from the estate for mainee.
nance.
Henry Tesser, who was arrested IN
HYDE Park last week for smuggling
Cinnamon and booze, was placed under
81 800 bail there for the latter crime
and taken to Newport, where he was
placed under 81 500 for the former OF
Tense. He will be tried at the Octo-
Der term of United States court at
Rutland. His companion, Carl BEN
wav. of Richford is held in $4,000 as
witness, and the Cinnamon in like
sum for the same purpose.
State Forester w. G. Hastings and
J. L, Riley, jr, blister rust expert OF
the forestry department, have gone to
Albany, n. Y, to attend conference
of state foresters. which will continue
to Thursday. The conference was TO
have been held in western state, out
owing to the seriousness of the blister
rust in New York and New England,
the conference was held in Albany. and
will be concerned largely with blister
rust. In connection with the confer
ence, an inspection will be made OF
forests around North Hudson, Adiron-
dack, Wilmington and Lewis, \. y,
where the rust is especially bad.
Julian Dimock of East Corinth, one
of the most prominent apple and po-
tato growers in Vermont, Is putting
up on the railroad line at Bradford
what is said to be the largest indi-
vidual frost-proof warehouse in the
eastern part of the country, if not IN
the whole country. The warehouse
has capacity for storing 100000
pou01s of potatoes, and it is interest
ing to note that Mr.. Dimock's potato
crop is so large this year that he ex-
poets to have the warehouse filled TO
overlooking before the crop is all har-
vested. The building with its i'm
mense supporting beams and concrete
walls is being put up by the Cum
mings Construction Co. of Ware, Mass
Besides building this potato storehouse
Mr.. Dimock has increased his storage
for apples by one-half and has so
many apples he is wondering how he
is going to handle them.