The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-09-21
PROTECTIVE LEAGUE IN
 BEDDING NOW
New Building to Replace Burned
 SchooIhouse to be Speedily T Erected

@ Redding Sept. 21-The new Frotec- tive League started off last Saturoay afternoon under highly promising CIT .cumstances A good sized gatnerlhs representing all sections of the town met at the Mark Twain library m re- sponse tn the invitations sent out py Charles H. Plump. and proceeded Wlln the work of effecting an organ11a s tion' .a Dan Beard the sartist-author ana na turalist. was chosen presloens fora Plump secretary, and J. B. SAnIore s!s treasurer. Vice-presidents for the olI- ferent localities in the town were named. as follows: Ridge, WaitneI Iuttgen and S. c. Shaw; Pleasant Valley; ssn as aISd. Rs sAlaasgHRsTiI nSaS!gTa. TH- liam A. Lounsbury; Center, J. !. san ford and Dr. E. H. Smith; George town. E. A Pinkney, B. B. Banks and W E. Hagen: West Bedding, w. E- Deming. Charles D. Meeher ana c. Fl. Plump; Sanfordtown, Duncan Gay. A committee consisting oI 2. e Shaw. pr. w. c. Deming ana E.. A Pinkney was appointed to draft constitution and bylaws which VIII he reported to an adjourned meetlns to be held in about two weeks. A supply of signs for posting. lanos against trespassers had been provlo, ed and a large number were ordered bv those attending the meeting. MT Barnett taking 25. These signs pear the name of the league.
 D. S. Sanford is arranging for the speedy erection of a building to re- place the school house which was burned l0st Saturday morning but has not vet decided upon it's location. one plan which he has under considera- tion Is to move the gymnasium to the site of the burned building and to attach to the main house large wing to serve for school room ana dormitory purposes. The former Jonn Close house is now undergoing the al- terations required to provide class rooms fully as convenient as the old. These will be equipped with the pest, up-to-date furnishings. The scnool, which ranks among the best prepara- tory school in the country reopens strong teaching staff and every pros pect for the most successful year in it's history.
 Tn doing their work this fall the town auditors began at the begin ming, that is with the books of the tax collector. in order to oetermlne what the towns income had been from its main source of revenue. This has never been done before at least within anyone's memory. The receipts for the past year were the largest in it's history, being upwards of $24,0OO. Of this over s1,700 came from the settling up >of old claims against of ficials and some S23OO from back taxes. The straight tax receipts were something over $14.000. On se- lectmen's orders there was dfsbursed between $12, 900 and $13,000, while the disbursements by the school commit tee. including building Outlays, was between $6,000 and $7.O00. The select men have paid off g, 100 of permanent indebtedness and the new fiscal year begins with good balance in the treasury.
 The registrars last week placed on the voting list the name of Frank H. for town clerk, being. virtually com pelled to do so by reason of MT. Nick erson's affidavit that he possessed the requisite qualifications as regards length of residence. As he was fore merly an elector here the board of registration will not be called upon to pass on the case, but of course when MT Nickerson proffers his ball. lot on election day his vote may be challenged. It is believed that he bases his claim as to residence on the faceqAat bis family came here to live children did, but his wife's arrival for a permanent stay occurred several weeks later while MT. Nickerson took out a non-resident's hunters license on Sept. 27. c
 An sfhtefestffs sz personality s- among the towns hewerffesfdentsWs shW E. Demnig the painter of Indian scenes who bought about a year ago and has since occupied picturesque old house at the border of Umpawaug Lake He is the brother of Dr. Dem mig who has been one of the. west side summer colony for several years. Art tist Demnig is now engaged upon a s20.000 order from Mrs. E. 1T. Harri- man for a series of pictures illustra- tive of American Aboriginal life. The subjects are of the same class as those to which. the late Frederick Remington devoted Himself and Mr. Demnig's work ranks in quality with that of the other famous painter He has sufficient work blocked out, most of it already ordered, to keep him busy for ten years.
 There was recently recorded in the town clerks office a quit claim deed by which Daniel c. Sanford, the civ il engineer, conveys to Mrs Alma Green of Danbury his one half rever- sionery interest in the Sanford home stead in Sanfordtown The property was willed to him and his sister by their grandmother, the life use of it being given their parents who are