The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-10-27
STATE NEWS.

Mrs Henry Young of Milton has
grown a citron this summer that
weighs 1874 pounds.
More than 400 teachers attended
73rd annual convention of the Yer
mont State Teachers association
held in st. Johnsbury.
A Buick sedan wrecked and desert
ed in New Haven was found to be
the property of DR.. Converse of
Providence, r. l.
The Vermont Sunday School asso-
citation will hereafter be known as
the Vermont Council Of Religious
Education to conform with the name
of the national society
Burlington stockholders in the Yer
mont Milk Chocolate company are
planning to reorganize the plant. 1t
| is expected that after Jan. LIST Yer
mont stockholders will control the
plant and go after orders again,
which were SO many in the good
years Of the company's business that
about 600 people were employed In
the Burlington factory.
Harry C Wright of Rutland, who
for 80 years had been a railway mail
clerk, and for many years on the run
between Troy, N. Y, and Burling-
ton shot and killed himself in his
room at the railroad Y. M. G. A. in
Troy Saturday morning. Wright was
81 years old. No one knows any rea-
son for his act.
John Thomas, the colored man who
shot Police Officer John Ryan in Bur
lington 10 years ago, died Oct. 16 at
the state hospital in Waterbury,
where he has been since the shoot
ing. Officer Ryan was trying to arrest
Thomas, when the latter shot the off
Ger in the leg.
Burlington is to have an up-to-date
summer hotel on the lake shore,
south of the city. Papers have been
signed whereby the 40-acre estate OF
George M Allen and wife will be
transferred to Edward P Woodbury.
and wife, who will take possession at
once. In the spring the new owner
contemplates building hotel on the
property. 1t will be known as the
Allenwood Inn.
Wilmington faces the possible loss
of the Mountain mills pulp industry,
owned by the New England Power
company, on account of the building
of the big earth dam at Whiting
ham, which will be the largest
earth dam in the world. The pulp
mill will be flooded out by the big
pond created by the back flow OF
water from the dam and the question
has arisen as to whether the pulp
mill should be relocated on higher
ground in Wilmington or the busl-
ness moved to Monroe Bridge, Mass,
to be operated in conjunction with
paper making machinery which the
company is installing there.
Harry Godette of Sunderland p cad
ed guilty before Justice H B Hut
chins recently to killing deer in
closed season and was fined 500 and
costs. He paid a portion of the fine
and was placed on probation. GOO
cite was arrested at his home by I
H Melendy of the fish and game de-
partment, who is at present acting
warden in Bennington county When
the warden arrived at the Godette
farm the young man had just COM
pleted burying the deer's head, which
was that of a spikehorn buck.
United States Customs Deputies a
c. Mullin and H Alexander of Frank
lin stopped an Essex touring car al al
East Highgate recently and found ~
cases of Canadian liquors. William
Smith of Rutland, who was driving
the car. was arrested and brought to
St. Adams and lodged in the Frank
lin county Jail to await hearing be-
fore United States Commissioner
Charles D Watson. The car ano
LIQUOR were confisc ated. There were
800 quarts which would net a retail
price of nearly 1000.
The Vermont Daughters of the Am,
erican Revolution, at their annual
state conference in Rutland, elected
Mrs H M Farnham of Montpelier TO
fill the regents chair during the com
ing year. Vice-regent, Mrs w +. Root
of Brsttleboro; chaplain, Miss jennie
A Valentine of Bennington; record
ing secretary, Mrs d A LOOMS OF
Burlington; corresponding secretary
Mrs Ralph Putnam of Waterbury;
treasurer, Mrs R w McCuen OF Yer
gennes: auditor, Mrs Esther l. Ed
wards of Poultney; historian, Mrs "A
G Coolidge of Rutland, and librarian
Miss Abbie Clark of Randolph.