The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-10-21
STATE NEWS.

r w McCuen of Vergennes was for
mally sworn in as collector of in
ternal revenue for Vermont Oct. l in
Burlington.
A joint meeting of the Vermont
Library association and the free
public library commission was held
at Ludlow Oct. 10 and 20.
George C Otis of Ludlow was elect
ed president of the Vermont Chris
tian Endeavor association at its meet
ing at Brattleboro recently.
The Burlington board of aldermen
have voted to set aside a portion OF
North beach as a camping ground
for auto tourists.
One of the most reprehensible cases
of thieving brought to light in
Waterbury section for some time
was the theft of $50 worth Of vic
trola records from the Phillips
schoolhouse about two and one-half
miles from Waterbury village in the
town of Duxbury.
The following postmaster appoint
ments for Vermont have been made;
Ernest F Illingsworth to be post
master at Springfield, in place of Z
w Locke. removed; Charles H Stone
to be postmaster at Windsor, in
place of F H Clark, resigned.
T Redfeld Phillips of Montpelier,
who took twelve show animals, re-
pistered Guernseys, to the state fair,
won four of the six state champion
ships in the Guernsey class and many
other awards. He also permanently
won the silver cup of the American
Guernsey Cattle club for the premier
breeder. Having secured it for the
second time.
A heroic figure in semi-kneeling
position, done in Barre granite, is
the design selected by the judges for
the soldiers and sailors memorial to
be erected on the northwest corner
of the city park The selection was
made last week, and the opening OF
the letters accompanying the COM
peting designs revealed that c Paul
Jennewein, young sculptor of New
York. was the winner, with John
Mead Howells Of New York the asso-
ciated architect.
ID f Moore, a former Bennington
county game warden, has succeeded
in capturing four live beaver in New
York state for the purpose of estab-
fishing a colony of the animals in
Vermont. 1t is probable that they
will be released on what are known
as the Stamford meadows, a big
swale on the top Of the mountain
between Bennington aad Stamford
and which was created by a beaver
dam more than a century ago when
the animals inhabited northern New
England.
Six Swanton citizens, H ] Sunder-
land. + f Bradley, F Nj Han, John
Rernidena. NJ w Barney and c A
Webster. have purchased what is
known as the Tobin block, including
the plant Of the former Swanton
Courier. This weekly newspaper was
discontinued "a few months ago be-
cause Of lack Of necessary support to
make IL a paying proposition, but II
present plans materialize it is prob
able that the Courier will again be
printed within few weeks.
The war department has announced
that Fort Ethan Allen. situated near
Burlington and a cavalry post since
II was established about 25 years ago,
will be converted into training
center for the use Of the National
Guard troops. the reserve officers
traininp corps. citizens military
training camps and organized re-
serves in the First Corps area, COM
prisinr the six New England states
The garrison will consist Of one
motor battery of field artillery
three troops Of calvary and detach-
ments Of the medical corps. quarter
master corps ordnance corps. veter-
mary corps, signal corps, finance de
partment and salvage department
about 500 men in all. The horses
and mules AZ the post will be trans
ferred to the department Of agricul.
ture and more than half a million
dollars worth Of motor vehicles will
be shipped or sold.