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Show Sheriff Keeps Jail Lighted With Cord From Own Pantry HYDE PARK, ,VT. Sheriff Kenneth Ken-neth Potter is a man of resource and ingenuity. The fact that the lights were on and the hot water heater running in the Lamoille county jail here recently proved that. They were running only because Sheriff Potter strung an extension cord from his own pantry to the jail. And the four inmates had their baths and clean linen, too. The power was turned off at the jail because bills were overdue. There were no lights, no hot wat- er, so Sheriff Potter went to work to save the situation. The sheriff charged that the entire en-tire condition came about because the state auditor was "trying to dictate to us." In his turn, the auditor declared that ever since Potter installed an electric hot water heater about a year ago, the jail's electric bills had been climbing, and for several months had averaged $75. Before the time of the new heater, heat-er, he said, the jail's power bills averaged $18 a month. So, continued contin-ued the auditor, he refused pay-ment pay-ment on two bills and the power company discontinued service. The sheriff said that because oi the extension cord the electric light bills would now be in his name. Will he pay them? "I will pay up," he says, "until figure they've had a reasonable time to iron this out." And what if it isn't ironed out? After a pause, Sheriff Potter said- "I shall just puU the plug and thi jail will be in total darkness |