Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1922-03-31

CHIMNEY, WHICH topped on inc IOOI
and then onto the ground The house
was a wooden structure consisting of
five rooms one and one-half stories
high No one was injured
Many Registering Autos
Figures show that in spite of the
backward season, the automobile regis
tratiOn is going along very well and
that 1925 cars have been registered
this year as compared with 1865 in
the same period last year, the total
number of drivers is not materially in
creased over that of last year, there
being 1895 to Saturday against H.
pa for the same period last year The
receipts are $2S4,40919 against 1884,
0Ol70 for the same period last year
Called Back To Vermont
Captain Charles S. Ferrin, t. S. A.,
for many years a resident Of Burling-
ton where he attended the University
of Vermont and who married Miss
Alice Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs
O. c. Taylor of South Wlllrd--street,
has been ordered to report for duty as
instructor Of the Vermont National
Guard and will report for duty on his
arrival from Tientsin, China, where he
has been with his wife and children
for the last four years
Garage Man Fails
One of the largest case, in volun-
tary bankruptcy which ha, appealed
in United States court IN several
months appeared when Dorwin w.
Cooley filed his petition in the Office of
the clerk Of the court in Burlington.
The liabilities involved amounts to
S3Gj21S7 and the assets are given as
SI347l Mr. Cooley conducted a large
garage business and his creditors are
many of them dealers in automobile
accessories, but the princpl, creditors
are banking institutions
Women Can't Compete
At meeting OF the Student Union
OF the University Of Vermont Satur-
day morning, the question Of allowing
women to compete IN the nterclass
track meet which Will be held next
month was brought up for decision 1t
enter numeral, be awarded them along
with the men students Following
discussion pro and con 1t was decided
to put the matter ID a vote The
women lost out As nearly every man
present voted to bar women from the
meet.
Maple Products Incorporates
The Vermont Maple Products ex-
change, Inc, with headquarters at Es-
sex Junction, has filed article, Of as
sociation with the secretary OF state
1t will he recalled that 4 recent re-
port of an investigation by L. c. Mul-
holland, state marketing agent, reach
ed the conclusion that Essex Junction
would be the best location in the state
for a maple product, warehouse The
present stockholders Of the exchange
are {. + Moran OF Jericho, + H
Became of Huntington, W { Walker of
Cabot, and c Z. Martin Of Rochester
The first meeting OF the corporation i,
set for Burlington on April l.
State Now Has Liquor
The state of Vermont now has pos
session of the 5000 bottles Of liquor
belonging to the Dominion Drug Co.,
of Burlington which was seized at the
cold storage plant At Rutland two
weeks ago by State, Attorney Charles
+ Novak on the ground that it was
in Rutland without 4 permit Collin,
NJ. Graves, federal prohibition director,
who had had A detalner on the liquor
and who at first resented the states
act, Friday formally turned it over to
Mr.. Novak The consignment is said
to be valued at about $4,000 and an
inventory taken by Sheriff Henry R.
Adams and Deputy David \ Barker
showed that it contained about every
liquor known to the human stomach
1t is probable that City Judge l.. +.
Wing will order the liquor sold to
some concern having a permit to han
die it, the state getting the revenue
Vermont Press Meeting
The Vermont Press association held
its annual meeting in Boston Friday.
Members spent the forenoon in a
banking and business tour in the
COulSt vi W llNA luSN ISlClCu " iu-
dresses on present-day conditions Gov
Cox received the publishers at the
state house just before they sat down
to a luncheon rendered them by the
Allied Printing Trades Of Boston The
annual business meeting and election
of officers was held Immediately after
wards The election of officers result
ed as follows President, Frank (
Howe, Bennington; secretary, Harri-
son s. Thayer, Essex Junction; vice
presidents, Myron W Wilson, Bristol;
Robert S Bennett, Manchester; Her
bert A Smith ST. John5bury; NJ. G.
Reynolds, Essex Junction; D NJ. Rose,
Enosburg Falls, L p Thayer Nor
risville; F. /. Hunt, Barton; Roy L.
johnson, Randolph Il I Hindley,
Rutland; Paul c. Belkulp. Bellows
Falls Daniel p Rossite-, Ludlow, and
Frank Z Parsons, Mortified