Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-08-04
Vermont News
Brief Items of Interest From
ArOTnd the State

vehicles laws, aggregating $1,000, have
been collected this year, according tc
figures given out at the secretary OF
states office in Montpelier,
William Rogers, So, of Burlington
died Friday at the Mary Fletcher
hospital as the result of a fall of rs
feet to the ground sustained when a
staging upon which he was working
broke.
A large hay and cattle barn of Wal
ter Seymour on the SWanton road in St.
Adams was destroyed Saturday morn
ing, together with large quantity of
hay, seven calves and two wagons.
The loss is SIS, 900, partially covered by
insurance.
Granite shipments are increasing and
Ga carloads of rough stock were brought
down to Barre from the quarries last
week. This week the Barre and Chel-
sea railroad will add one more day to
its running schedule making five trips
down weekly. Next week the road ex-
poets to 60 on full time.
The Marvel Hotel corporation of
Boston has sent to the secretary of
state returns for the purpose of procur-
ing a certificate of authority to tran
sact business in this state and has also
sent power of attorney. The cOrpor-
alton proposes to conduct the Lake
Dunmore hotel at Lake Dunmore.
Adelord Provost of Barre, the driver
of an Oakland speedster which went off
a lO-foot bank and turned turtle
Sunday evening, was reported to be in
an improved condition at Barre City
hospital Monday. He was thought to
have suffered conclusion Of the brain
but examination revealed that severe
bruises and badly swollen eye were
the worst of his injuries. The car,
which landed on the Montpelier and
Wells River railroad tracks, lost two
wheels and the body was smashed.
The city council of Montpelier has
authorized the city engineer TO sign a
contract with the Wallace Teirnan com
pany, Inc, of Newark, N. j., for a
double-unit chlorination plant, to purify
the city water supply. The plant will
cost 81, 800 delivered, including the ser
vices of an engineer who will install it.
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plant probably next year.
The homes of Dr. A. NJ. Butterfeld
and b, B. Laurin in North Troy, were
destroyed by fire shortly before mid
night Sunday, the fire originating in
the rear of the Butterfield house The
family of Doctor Butterfeld is at
Wheelock and the cause of the blaze is
unknown Neighbors saved much of
the contents of both houses and MIR.
Laurin who is an invalid, confined to
his bed, was safely removed. The loss
is set at about So, OOO
Hugh j. M. Jones of Montpelier APP
pointed state fuel administrator by
Gov James Hardness, held conference
with Henry B. Shaw, secretary of civil
and military affairs, and Mason S. Stone
Tuesday, relative to his work. Mr.
Jones has received no instructions as
yet from the federal government. He
contemplates asking all local fuel adj
mnistratOrs to cO-operat with him in
the work. Mason S. Stone has con-
scented to act as executive secretary for
Mr.. Jones, who has opened an office in
the state house. The appointment was
at the request of President Harding.
Henry X. Richard, aged %, of Glens
Falls, N. Y, was instantly killed in
Bellows Falls Sunday by falling down
the elevator well near number five
paper machine of the International
Paper Co., on which machine he was
employed as fourth hand. No one saw
the accident and nothing was known of
it until he was missed. Indications
were that he was drawing a truck on
which were two rolls of paper weighing
1880 pounds each and backed into the
elevator supposing it to be on that
floor. One roll went down with him
and crushed him. His body was taken
to Glens Falls for burial where it is
understood he has a mother and brother
living
Frank Morgan, aged 95 years old
was probably instantly killed some time
late Saturday night at Center Rutland
while driving along in his automobile
from West Rutland to his home on the
East Proctor road. His body was
found at 5 o'clock Sunday morning by
Constable RAJ phi Crawford, of West
Rutland, pinned under his automobile
which was upside down in a field beside
the road, having gone over a stone en-
bankment. Mr.. Morgan left his wife
Saturday evening near the spot where
he was killed. She walked home and
he drove to West Rutland to see some
friends. 1t is thought that he was kill
ed while returning after midnight.
Tracks indicated that he made too
sharp a turn in swerving from the main
road to the Proctor Dad and went over
the bank.
Perry H. Merrill, of Middebury, is to
be appointed field assistant in white
pine blister rust control by federal
authorities, it was stated Monday by
j. E. Riley Jr, who has charge of the
blister rust control work in the state.
The appointment will probably date
from August l. Mr. Merrill, who serv-
ed overseas during the World War, has
been connected with the state forestry
department for some time and had
charge of the planting of the new state
nursery at Essex Junction. He is a
graduate of the New York state
forestry school at Syracuse University
and studied forestry in Sweden on a
Scandinavian scholarship. In his new
position he will have charge of the
blister rust in the Rutland district,