The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1910-09-08
GOODWIN MEN
 NOT STRONG
 x IN BEDDING

HBV atA DHHS~
 Bedding, Sept s.-Because the new Repubucan town committee consist B. B. Banks, understood that they were not to assume command until after election they failed to post no $ices for the caucus agreed upon for Saturday night and it is to be held on Monday evening next at the Htll AcademE. The Democratic caucus GUS town house. Both parties will defer the naming of candidates for repre- sentattves and judge of probate to later date as these candidates are not elected until November Some Demo rrats have been talking of Attorney Herbert Barnes as desirable candi- date for Judge of probate but he is now off their list in conseQuence of the discovery that he is a Republican the Republican ticket there is less of Ia scramble than usual probably sthrough a fear that those who do go Tpn the ticket will be knffed by the Eopposfns faction of the party. In this 5rnatter of a choice for representative Ecandidates there will be an open fight EAfcLean crowd with the chances in Flavor of the former. The Bethel cam kIps4gners, W. P. Bailey, E. J. Miller and Cal Hickok. who have been busy E1n thts town tn the interest of Good ssvvfn for governor and Bailey for sher- kdff also did advance work towards
  Ereaentaffves It Is claimed that their heucoess in getting one of the county Edelegates for Bailey was scratch k Init and the Hawley men say it will Eacount for nothing anyway inasnuch as the Bethel man will have not more than a dozen delegates out of the 66 Todd one of the State delegates, has s kappo1nted George S.. Banks as ms substitute. MT. Banks represents or A G. Barnett, who has Ebeen mentioned as likely to be one of the Republican representative nomi- stances will he accept the nomination. s The writer guesses that sanford OS- Bfborn will be one candidate ana B 1 ter has said he did not care to run
 One of the puzzles in the last an nuaI town report has been solved py effort. Among the entries in the re- port relating to selectmen's orders of Hoffman and Williams, the Mark Twain burglars. At the same time the costs in these eases appeared in the town treasurer's report, having been disbursed by the treasurer upon direct requisition from the trial Jus ties The selectrnen declared they had never approved any order for ex- penses incurred in the prosecution re- ferred to and how an entry indicating the contrary got into the report tney could not understand. A comparison of dates and inspection of the order book showed a stub in the latter for an order, drawn upon the date or tne
 mysterious entry, for the costs Of a ron+sl1pport prosecution in which 1he defendant was a man by the name or neither Williauns nor 7offman Wh1Ie this made 1t plain that the oroer was not of the fake or graft sort, as was at first surrnised, 1t did not explaln why the records had been fa1sif1ed 5r making up the annual report. The theory 1s,- however, that the obJect of the substitution was to avoid pub lication of the name of the defendant an the non-support case
 . housing accommodations of his school [ by leasing from Dr. Anna M Read for a term of years the former John !. Close house upon the Ridge AS pr. Read still wishes to sell the property ] time. MT. Sanford is having va ter supply put in the house from the Barnes artesian well.
 town meeting in October a resolution Twill be offered directing the assessors i to make, from personal 1nspection, a ? town for the purpose Of placing It on the tax list at it's full value'> 7 Chairman Connery, of the board of as sessors favors such a step and so 60 many other citizens. The proposition { fo put it in force will be accompanied , by a provision that the fixing Of the EFsx rate he postponed to an adjourned meeting to be held after the next grand list is made up so that 1t can be determined what rate IS fequ1reo +c secure about the same amount in income as is now realized from the fifteen mill rate The higher valua- tion. it is believed, will permit a re- auction of the rate to ten or twelve mills and thus the burden of taxa fion will not be really increased. Last year the state equalization board add cd s250 COG to Redding's grand list and fT1e town therefore pays the State tax on this sum for which it directly col lects nothing.
 torv rheumatism Raymond Cunning ham, formerly of the Sanford school teaching staff, has fully regalned his health This fall he will enter the Episcopal theological seminary in New York.
 A costume dance arranged for by inc Misses Reid, Miss Tarbel1, Miss Clara Danforth and Mrs. Sanford Os- born, will be given at the gym to- morrow, (Friday1 evening The col