The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-05-12


inspected and found to be in fair
condition. Six were condemned as
inaccurate, and must either be re-
paired or replaced. State Commits
sioner Hiram Davis will be Burling-
ton again to inspect the changes made
in these six pumps.
Hundreds of acres have been burn
ed over on Pine hill in Rutland, by
fire thought to have been started by
boys Monday afternoon, May l. Two
homes were threatened with destruc-
ton and backfring had to be resort
ed to to save them.
Among the presentations at the
Founders Day exercises at the Uni
versity, the third prize of $40 in
gold, offered to the students of U. V.
NJ, for the three best papers on Ira
Allen, was given to Leon ID Latham,
Jr., of the freshman class. He is said
to be the youngest member of the
student body, entering college at the
age of Is years, and is we'll known to
the people of Burlington as the boy
from Milton who sells sweet peas and
asters during the summer to earn
money for his education. Last 4th
of July he won S25 prize for having
the best decorated private care in the
parade, it being trimmed with Grim
son rambler roses and sweet peas.
Chairman H Gordon Woodruff of
the board of directors of the YER
mont Congregational conference an
nounced that at a meeting of the
board held Thursday, April 28th, it
was voted to nominate the Rev. Will
liam F Frazier of Vergennes as
secretary of the Vermont Congrega-
tional conference as successor to the
Rev. Charles C Merrill, who has re-
signed, to go to Illinois. .
The Champlain Realty company of
White River Junction are shipping
$4,000 to 100000 pine and spruce
trees six and seven years old here and
they are being set out on the place
known as the old Gilbert farm on east
hill. The trees are shipped from the
nursery in Randolph. E w Hutchins
of Rochester has charge Of the work
and they have six men employed.
From 1900 to $500 have already
been set. The Vermont Marble COM
pany also has received 10000 pine
trees which are being set on the AL
ban farm, owned by the company.
The funeral of George H Morrill,, a
well-known farmer and insurance
man. who died May End after three
weeks illness with pneumonia, was
held Thursday afternoon from his
late home. He was born in Danville
Nov. IL, 1855, and his boyhood was
spent in that town. He came to St.
Johnsbury in the late '70's and in
1880 married Mary Jane, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs George Ranney, in their
farm home, taking up his residence
there and remaining until his de-
cease. He was prominent in town
affairs and for many years an officer
of the Automobile Club of Vermont
at the last annual meeting being
elected president. He was member
of Caledonia lodge, No. 6, l. o. o. F.,
and Canton Crescent No. 2, Patriarchs
Militant. Mr. Morrill, is survived by
his wife and sister, Mrs Albert
VIM, or Danville.
The board of sponsors of the 1922
endurance ride for horses, which is to
be held in this state from Oct. 16 to
Oct. 81, announced on May I'd the
personnel of the board of judges who
will officiate during the ride next
fall. ] Garner West of Garneville,
N, Y, a member of the board of
judges on the 1921 ride, will serve
again, following the policy to have
one member hold over each year as
chairman of the board Horace B
Hare of Philadelphia and Henry Ii
Bell of Bayside, N. Y, will be the
other members. The board will meet
shortly to determine definitely the
exact route of the ride which will
begin and end at Burlington. Train
ing for the ride has already begun in
several parts of the country, accord
ing to reports received here and
several horsemen have made known
the names of horses they intend to
enter. Among these are Castor, the
Morgan gelding belonging to the
Morgan horse farm at Middlebury,
who has completed every ride held
since 1919; Kingisher, owned by
Colonel Frank Tompkins of Norwich
Rustem Bey, Gouya, Toute
Belle, Cragmore and several others
of w R Browns famous Arabs from
Berlin, N. H., and Kemah Prince, the
cross-bred Arab belonging to A w
Harris of Chicago. Mr. Harris has
announced that he will not ride next
fall for the first time, though he will
enter his horse.
Carroll's orchestra of 10 pieces will