The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1921-03-25
STATE NEWS.


1 struck the barn of C T Washburn a
:. South Woodstock, hit a ridge pole a
n one end, made two holes in the roof
. and passed out through the mail
: door, smashing an eight-inch timber
The barn was not set on fire.
1 Because he made over his 1922
automobile number plates to con
, form with the 1921 plates, usin.
, paint and pounding one side of tn,
80" to make it a." in an attempt t.
getting a 1921 license, Pascal Roman
os of Rutland was fined 500 anC
costs of SAB in Rutland city cour-
! last week.
A special meeting of the Vermont
Maple Sugar Makers association was
held at Montpelier March 8 with
about 55 present. The meeting au
, thorized the officers to carry on
, display the coming season of the ex.
hibit at the Eastern States exhibition
at Springfield, Mass, and the Yer
mont State fair.
Secretary of State Harry A Black
has suspended the operators auto
mobile licenses of j L Powers of
Burlington and P Lamoureaux Of
Lyndonville. The latter's license was
suspended because of a locomotive
hitting his automobile on a grade
crossing and his failure to report the
affair.
During the month of January, Yer
mont shipped to the Boston market.
alone, 428,666 pounds of butter and
120,962 pounds of cheese. The en-
couraging part of the dairy industry
in Vermont is that new creameries
are constantly being erected and
most of them are of the most ap-
proved design.
The plant of the Remington Arms
Company, Inc, at Swanton, which
since the war has been idle, has been
sold to the Gem Auto Truck com
pany of Troy, N. Y. Immediate
possession of the plant with all it's
contents will be taken and manufac-
tufe of automobile parts will be
started as soon as the machine tool
department can be put into shape.
1t is expected that between 200 and
300 hands will be employed when
once the business gets under way and
more will be added from time to
time should the growth of the bust
ness warrant it.
The man who installed the amplifier
by the use of which President Hard
ing's inaugural address was heard to
the outermost confines of the Capitol
esplanade was Ralph Ross of St.
Johnsbury, who has been with the
Bell Telephone company for some
time and is considered an expert. He
was sent to Washington to install
the new device, this being the first |
/, l..
been tried in Washington.
In memory of his son, Donald R |
Hendrick, who was killed during the
Proc night sports at the University |
Of Vermont last November, Arthur S
Hendrick has given to the town of |
Franklin a large steeple clock. The
gift was made to the town at the
March meeting. The clock is installed |
in the steeple of the Methodist
church.
After being for more than so years
leader of Sherman's Military band in |
Burlington, George d Sherman, who |
created the organization, has resign |
ed. Mr. Sherman plans to devote his
whole time henceforth to the com
position of music. He has written /
over 100 marches in addition to con-
cert numbers, and one Of his com
positions, salute to Burlington" is
a popular number with all the large
bands of the country. Mr. Sherman
is n years old.
Through the efforts of T M Keith
of Passumpsic, commander of Cham
berlin post, and Lyndon Arnold, the
post has received an interesting piece
of artillery for St. Johnsbury. 1t is
a siege gun, twelve feet, five inches
long with a five-inch bore and is
part of the equipment used overseas.
The gun was sent from the Water
vliet, n. Y, arsenal at the request
of Commander Keith and Mr. Arnold,
the committee from Chamberlin post
in charge Of the matter. The gun
will be turned over to the village to
be mounted in some public place,
preferably Railroad street park ad-
joining the station.
DR.. Guy Potter Benton Of New
York, former President Of the Uni
yersity Of Vermont, has been elected
president of the University of the
at a salary of $4,000
with an allowance of $1,000
additional for house rent. DIR. Ben
lOH hl8ntu COnltdCl lOI Oilc year
With the privilege of renewing it for
line years additional. He went to ,
he Philippines six months ago in
he capacity of educational consultant
or the Philippine district of the
United States army. Z
Ralph Billiard of Holyoke, Mass,
rayeling salesman for a dry goods ,
louse, met with a thrilling experience
lear West Townshend during a recent :
haw, when, finding that ice had :
covered the railroad so that passen-
re- had to be transferred for some :
Iista1ce, he decided to take a short }
ut up over hill on top Of a high !
'recipico. He slipped and fell, land :
ng astride a tree stump on the :
ide of the precipice far above the :
highway and could not retrace his !
teps, so he had to remain there !
alf an hour until discovered by
eople out looking at the high water. :,
{ was a telephone lineman who :,
nallv. bv throwing him rope, with ;,
considerable difficulty hoisted Mr. I
'ullard to a firm footing. His cloth :