Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1921-12-23
Vermont News
Bricf Items If Interest From
irOund NE State

hand badly Thursday by the accidental
discharge of gun.
The Cavcrly preventorium at Rut-
land will be ready for occupancy early
in the spring, it is expected, When com
pleted, the plant will accommodate 30
children
The Howe Scale company of Rut-
land this week filed suit in the Office
of the Rutland county Clerk against
Edward J LaPoint and S. J Hutchin-
son of Ira to collect $1,000 on a promis-
sorry note
Fort Ethan Allen is the choice of
Adjutant-General Herbert, H Johnson
and other officers of the Vermont Ma
tional Guard as a location for the 1922
National Guard summer camp, in case
one is held
The number of automobiles register
ed in Vermont this year. with less than
half month remaining, was almost
5000 larger than in 1920. The amount
collected in fees is almost $4,000 more
than last year.
Arthur Westover of Westminster,
who last November 26 was in a COLI
sion and failed to stop to ascertain the
amount of damage done, was fined
SIS and costs the other day in munich
pal court at Bellows Falls.
Munsell Allen 10 years DID, was kill
ed Saturday when a motor truck,
weighing about five tons, passed over
him on lower College street opposite
the office of the Sheppard & Morse
lumber company in Burlington.
Commander Z. w. Gibson of Brat
tleboro post, American Legion, received
from New York by registered mail
gift to the town of Brattleboro of an
autographed portrait of Marshal Ferdi-
nand Foch as souvenir of his visit
there.
Three raids were made in Granite
willie about 10 o'clock Saturday night
by nine members Of the sheritf's de-
partment and Is gallons of wine and
small quantity Of "grappa' were found
in the cellar of Manual Gomez's house,
it is alleged
Fire did al estimated damage of $lj,-
900 to store building and contents
and two residences and their furnish
ings in Wcbsterville, four miles from
Barre early Saturday morning The oc-
cupants of the houses were obliged to
flee in their night clothes as the blaze
was discovered about 4;30 o'clock.
Rutlands first coasting accident this
season happened Friday afternoon
when sled containing five boys col
lided with Ford automobile on what
is known as The West street hill. None
of the boys was seriously hurt, al
though two of them were taken to the
hospital for examination and then tax
en- home
Hauled out from under bed in a
house in Clarenceville, p. O., where he
had been hiding II C. Clifford, who
escaped from the Windsor prison about
six weeks ago, was brought to Burning
ton Saturday by A. A. Griggs jns2ec-
tor in the state automobile Department.
and lodged in the county Jail Clifford
was taken to Windsor.
William Outher of Athol, Mass, one
Of the three men arrested early last
Saturday morning after their car had
broken down near Johnson, was fined
$500 in court in Hyde Park for SNUG
cling booze. The cases against the
other two were mol pressed. They are
said to he novices a 1.-THE game and
not professional rum-runners.
At the December sale of furs at the
plant of the Burlington Rendering COM
many the skins of about 10000 skunks,
between 700 and 300 coons, 5000 musk
rats. 400 fox, POO mink, nearly dozen
bears, b otter, between 400 and 5OO
ermine and about a half dozen wolves
were sold The sale resulted in chang
ing hand, of nearly $4,000.
Fewer Christmas trees are being
shipped from Vermont into other states
each wear and it j, probable that the
number of trees leaving the state dur
inc the present season will be much less
the number shipped last year, accord
ing to H l.. Bailey of Bradford, assist
ant in charge OF insect suppression Tor
the State Department of Agriculture.
The area of merchantlble timber on
Vermont farms in 1920 reported from
1921 farms, was 413,7l1 acres, accord.
ing to a United States department OF
agriculture report received by W. o.
Hastings. state flores er. As this IS
about half of the farms in the state,
the correct area would be probably
above 100000 acres, Mir Hastings cal
culateS.
Frank Sullivan of Williamstown,
Mass, and William Fitzpatrick OF Bur
Ington are being held by the North
Adams police for the Williamstown 5u-
thorities on charges Of highway rob
berry Ii IS alleged that Fitzpatrick, at
the instigation of Sullivan held up A.
II. Thomas, a barber and robbed him
of a gold watch and considerable
money
Secretary Of State Black will make a
strong cndeavor to find out where rum
runners" on the border are getting
their Vermont number plates and make
it as hard as possible for them in the
future to secure them. His inspectors
now are running down the cases which
have come to light in arrests just made
at St. Alban5 and vicinity.
Charles Kransofky of Proct0rsville, a