The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1922-01-13

$4,000.
There were 32 draft evaders in Yer.
mont according to lists just issued
from the headquarters of the First
Corps Area at the army base in Bos-
ton. Bennington county leads with IL
Orleans had eight, Addison and Gale
donia four each, Rutland three and
Orange one. The other counties have
clean states.
Corporal Robert B Grant, lid in-
fantry regiment, Vermont National
Guard, and a resident of Mortified,
has been designated to take the West
Point entrance examination to be held
beginning March z with view to ad-
mission to the academy July l, &C.
cording to a war department an
nouncement received at headquarters
/ first corps area.
About Is business men of Bellows
Falls have formulated plans for a
gymnasium class which will be con-
Quoted three times a week by Coach
Earle Tyler of Vermont academy. Two
handball courts will be built at the
rear of the main hall beneath the
balcony. A tennis court will be laid
out on the main floor. Medicine ball
work and army setting up exercises
three afternoons a week will open
the course which will extend into the
spring.
The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs
Frederick Robinson of Rouses Point,
N. Y, died in East Ryegate New
Years day after swallowing some
strychnine tablets Mrs Robinson
and baby were visiting her parents,
Mr. and Mrs C H Wilson, and the
baby in creeping about the house got
hold of the tablets. She lived only a
few minutes.
Governor James Hartness has ap-
proved, under date of Dec. 20, pur-
chase by the forestry department OF
wild land in Groton and Peacham
from the Miller Lumber company.
The tract is approximately 5000
acres and will make desirable ad-
dition to the forests purchased some
time ago by the department from the
Mitchell Goslant holdings. 1t is
understood that the price was APP
proximately $4,000.
The lumber shed of Ellery Davis at
Wells River was destroyed by fire
Dec. 81 and the loss is estimated at
$4,000. The origin of the fire has not
been determined. A hydrant near
the burning building could not be
turned on for several minutes owing
to the flames nearby and slight
freezing of the valve. The building
was filled with dry lumber. The
structure was built last summer at
cost of $4,000. A motor truck was
burned.
Brattleboro town officials have pre-
pared a statement of the expense to
the town incident to the destruction
of the steel bridge crossing the
Connecticut river at that place,
which was carried out by the ice and
high water on Sunday night, March
49, 1920, to be submitted to the
Connecticut River Power company
with a request for payment. The
figures approximate $4,000. The
town claims that the power company
is wholly responsible for the loss of
the bridge by reason of having built
the big dam at Vernon and setting
the wateS back. The power COM
pany denies liability but offers to
pay a part of the loss. 1t is not
probable that the power company
will pay the whole bill, and whether
litigation will result remains to be
determined
The poor economy of trapping out
of season is brought out in a recent
report from Warden C H Atkins of
Orleans county to State Fish and
Game Commissioner H Sheldon.
Warden Atkins seized five lots of
furs valued at $50, the owners of
which received substantial fines for
trapping out of season. If the trap
pers had waited until the open season,
their furs would have been worth
four times as much because of their
improved condition. In addition to
losing 5000 in furs, the law breakers
lost the amount of their fines and
their licenses for year.
A big touring car, carrying nine
people from Burlington and Fort
Ethan Allen to a boxing exhibition in
Rutland Tuesday night, Jan. Ord, is
a total loss and three men, Henry
Wells, who was to have been one of
the principals, Frank Ready and Will
bur w Brown were so badly injured
they had to be sent back to Burling-
ton. Two children of Buck" Cotton
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