The Press., 1911-02-22
UNION.

 of supper, loo; entertainment. 15c. UNION.
 The carpenters fuished their work on the library builling Saturday.
 Regular meeting of Mashapaug Lake Grange next Wednesday evening.
 l.. M. Reed is recovering from his illness, bat is not as strong as usual yet.
 John Sellers Is on the sick list this week, but his friends hope to see him out again soon.
 William Myers, Miss Myers and Miss Bertha of Vest Woodstock were in town Sunday Miss Myers is slow ly gaining in health.
 Seven degrees above zero here op the hills last Tuesday morning With the ground cov red W th snow again, and the wind blowing brisk'y, it seemed much more wiDtfy than few wet k1 ag)
 
 ooln have be D reviewed with much interest here this season, in the church, in the grange and in some of the schools, and this evening the ladies are planning to hold Washing ton social at the home of Mrs. Rich ards.
 Mashapaug.
 Mrs. P. Hollingsworth is visiting friends in Providence and Fall River.
 Little Johnny Kaleta was chris tened Sunday, Rev. F J, O'Neill of Stafford Springs offioiating.
 Peter Thompson was home for 8 few hours Sunday. Peter is working at West Dudley with one Of the Wells teams from here.
 Allie Holmes is entertaining his tenth boil this winter. Allie knows all about boils now, and is ready to receive his diploma.
 H R Howard was in Hartford Tuesday to appear before the commit tee hearing regarding the permit fire law relating to brush fires, and dur ing his stop in the city was highly entertained by a former Union boy, Judge Back of Dauielson.
 E G Walker has received an ap. pointment from the selectmeD, by the way of the state forester, as town fire warden. MT Walker is the state fire warden's right hand man in Union, and has charge Cf the state work in forestry in Union. Previous to MT. Walkers settling here lately he had charge in full cf 4OOO acres of land in York state, as regard the fire problem, and was helped to keep busy by a railroad that ran through the property, the fires set by the en- zines giving him plenty of experience in managing, not one. but several fires at once. We hope he will never have to report fire in Union as long as he holds office. ....
 Some little comment is made as re- gards the bill presented by a member of the legislature from Holland county, relating to giving the borough court at Stafford Springs jurisdiction in criminal cases coming up in Union, and which bill provides payment of $25 per year to the borough court by the town of Union, as compensation for taking these cases There is Aha !, a measure let the town as a whole vote on the matter, as it concerns us rather than the state of Connec ticut. One rema'k. in applying the matter, in relation to a school proposition lately brought up at our November election. It the school supervision by the state was 8, good thing, why. did not the state make the law oom-r pulsory, instead of an optional issue with the voters, and in this bill formerly mentioned, why make it compulsory by law, why not leave 1t to the town of Union to decide by vote whether her people desire it or not? Many good points may be put forward in favor of it, especially as regards the freedom of politics from the justice bench in deciding a crimi- nal case, the larger fees for the officer and witnesses all going to make the fine more severe for the criminal On the other hand, we have very little criminal business here, only one case for over a year, and that was a sub jsct who had wandered away from Hartford (the legislature not being in session). but was sent right over to Holland A saving of the justice fee for trial, and the prosecuting attorney fee, in case the subject went to jail, and return of the amount of these fees, if the subject paid a fine. to- gether with the fine, would come to the town. As these two fees would amount to about $4 par case, 1t would require some six cases per year tc even up the $25 paid the borough court for the town to come even or the deal financially. We probably dc not have over dozen cases of crim. inal nature covering period of ter years. However, if we could properly