The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1921-05-06
UNIONS PREPARE FOR
VERY VIGOROUS FIGHT
AGAINST OPEN SHOP
MONTPELIER


Pythias held last evening, resolutions
were adopted, expressing to Mrs. Ar
thur Poole the sympathy of the lodge
in the death of Mr.. Poole, a member of
the lodge.
Prof G. H. Perkins, state geologist,
was in the city yesterday afternoon.
Wade Keyes of Reading has been in
the city this week in connection with
court work.
H. p. Sheldon, fish and game com
missioner, has returned from fishing
at Lake Averill.
F. L. Smith of Rutland was in the
city yesterday.
The saith annual encampment OF the
Vermont department. G. A. Re- will
take place in Montpelier May Is and
10. The opening session of the en-
campment will occur at 10 o'clock, May
Is, the meetings to be held in the G.
A. R. hall. The Woman's Relief corps
meetings will be held in the Odd Eel
lows hall; Sous of Veterans in the Re
lief corps hall; Sons of Veterans Auxil-
iary in the Knights of Pythias hall,
and Ladies of the G. A. R. in Beth
any chapel A reception takes place
the preceding evening. The council of
administration meets the same eve
ming when at lifting of accounts occurs.
The meeting Wednesday evening will
be open to the public Governor Hart
ness, Senators Dillingham; and Page,
Representatives Green and Dale have
been invited to attend. The different
orders will transact the usual annual
business during the two days session.
The fire department was called to the
house of John Adams on State street
a little before O'Clock Thursday aft
ernoon for a fire in the roof on the
back part of the building. Painters
had been burning the paint off the
roof. which Is double one, and the
under one caught on fire. The dam
age from fire was smalf but there will
be quite water damage. There was
considerable smoke.
Robert Milo, the ll-year-old son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. William Milo, seems TO
hold the record for the largest fish
caught in this vicinity thus far this
season; at least he has it for boy OF
his age. A few days ago he caught one
weighing pound and half, which
measured Is inches long. The trout
gave him considerable of a tussle but
he landed it, near the mouth OF Dog
river, where with other chums he was
enjoying the pastime.
For the most part the offices in the
State House we're closed to-day in OBJ
servance of Arbor day, but some offices
could not be closed because they want
ed to take care of certain work. In the
secretary of states department nearly
the whole force was working in an
effort 10 catch up with the automobile
registra ton. Some other departments
are operating in part.
Elroy Chase of Mortified has been !
appointed executor of the estate Of
lydia Chase. late of Mortified.
The fire department was called about
p:35 o'clock this morning to the farm
of H. NJ Farnham, where ia fire had
caught on a roof of a shed. There was
wind blowing "a bucket |
brigade had the fire nearly under con-
troll. The fire started from bonfire |
which was set to clean up rubbish.
H. P. Sheldon, fsh and game com
missioner has appointed two guides in
Norton as deputy game wardens for
the coming fishing and hunting season /
in Essex county. These are Stamford /
Holmes and John Lovely, who are well
with that region of Yer
mont and win be able not only to see
that the game laws are executed but |
may at any time be of valuable service
as guides Captain Sheldon reports
that the fishing in Lake Averill is ex-
cellent. His party, which returned yes
terday, got a nice lot of them. Benja-
min Gates caught a l2-pound salmon
These and the lake trout are running |
well now.
One donation of $500 has been made
towards the shelter home in Montpel-
ier. so that the committee has consid-
erable to work upon and very likely
the, name of the donor will appear first
Of the list of contributors to the pur-
chase of the home, SHOULD the com
mittee be successful enough to raise
the money to buy the site. and then
the building committee of the board of
charities decide TO locate the building
here.
Sergeant at Arms Dwight Dwinell
has allotted the courtroom of the SEN
ate chamber in the State House to the
adjutant of the Vermont department
Of the American Legion and Allen
Fletcher, the adjutant, has moved his
office equipment into the rooms. These
are the same quarters that were used
by the board Of charities when the de-
partment at first organized.
John s. Buttles, commissioner of in
iustries, has received from the Cham
plain Realty Co. the report of the fatal
accident in which Ignatz Sidowsy was
drowned az the mouth of Turkey
Mountain brook as il flows into the
White river. near Hartford II seems
that the man, with others, was trying
to break a log jam that was going
down the stream and that in some way
he was carried under the logs. His
BODY had not been recovered al the
time the report was made out yester-
iay afternoon.
J. Hendelmann OF Montpelier has re-
ported that his automobile and anoth her
rollided near Jonesville one day last
week and that a little damage was
lone each machine. Alfred Doucette of
Montpelier telephoned the secretary Of
states office this morning that he
would report the knocking over Of the
silent policeman at the head Of State
street Thursday evening.