The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-04-08

Harding, Mrs Calvin Coolidge and
Mrs Will Hays, wives of the presi-
dent, vice-president and postmaster
general. Replies have been received
from all the recipients, praising the
quality of the sugar.
Out of total of approximately
1000, only 2,492 claims have been
presented against the closed Barre
Savings Bank & Trust Co. The time
for the presentation of claims ends
July l.
H Merle Bottum, 72, who maintain
ed herd of pure bred Holstein cattle
for a longer period than any other
breeder in Vermont, died March IL
at his home in SALISBURY. He es-
tablished his herd in 1885 and had
since sold over 500 head of register
ed stock distributed throughout the
eastern states.
Sheriff F H Tracy of Washington
county has appointed another woman
deputy sheriff in Barre, Mrs K N
Jennings, stenogr apher in the office
of s H Jackson. He expects to APP
point second woman deputy in that
city and then appoint, one in North
field. making six in the. county.
There are now two in Montpelier
and one in Waterbury and one in
Barre.
The Vermont forestry department
has purchased LOO feet of motion
picture films, entitled THE Story of
White Pine" which depict the for
estry of white pine from nursery
seedlings to virgin forests and show
the damage done to the forests by the
white pine blister rust The subject
matter is presented in an interest
ing and entertaining manner, inter-
esting to the general public. The
department is loaning the film to
motion picture house managers
throughout the state.
Representatives of the different
fair associations in the state met at
Montpelier, March 16, and formed
the Vermont Associations of Fairs.
C L Stuart of Lyndonville, chairman
of the state fair commission, was
elected president; C L Stickney of
Brattleboro, vice-president; w K
Farnsworth of Rutland, secretary; E
A Darling of East Burke, treasurer.
F L Davis of Hartford was elected
member of the executive committee
of the New England association,
while c w Gates of Franklin and
the secretaries of the Middlebury,
Caledonia, Manchester and Woodstock
fairs were elected the executive
committee of the association.
A carrier pigeon strayed to the
home Of Charles Leach in North Ru-
pert on March 25 bearing the num-
Der So on its leg band. 1t is thought
it must have flown some distance as
it seemed very tired and inactive for
a number of days. Its color is dark
metallic shades of green and purple
and it is very tame.
The United States Morgan horse
farm, conducted by the United States
department of agriculture at Middle
bury, recently turned over to the
war department four of its young
registered Morgan stations for use in
connection with the remount breed
ing work which that department
plans to conduct on a large scale
throughout the country. They WEI
shipped from the government farm
at Middlebury for Kansas City, Mo, !
from which point they will be dis
tributed later to several breeding
centers.
Loveland Munson, n, former chief
justice of the Vermont supreme court :
and one of the best known jurists in {
the state, died last week at his home |
in Manchester following an illness of .
several months with a nervous break /
down. Justice Munson was born in .
in 1S43. and had resided I
there practically all of his life, at
tending the local schools and gradu-
ating from Burr and Burton semin-
airy with the class Of 1862 Justice
Munson was for three years editor
Of the Manchester journal. He BE-
came a justice of the Vermont SUI
preme court in 1890 and served with
this tribunal for 81 years, being chief
Justice from 1915 to 1917, when he
retired. Justice Munson represented
the town of Manchester in the Yer
mont legislature in 1872, 1874 and
1876. He was a senator from Ben
nington county in 1878.