The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-01
STAMFORD TOWN HALL OFFERS FIELD
 FOR LOCAL HEALTH OFFICER. Court of Justice Sits in the Midst of Violations of the Law and the
 Judge Holds His Nose.
Especial to The Farmer

(Spec1al to The Farmer)
 Stratford, April 1-The regular oc- cupants of the offices in the town hall and those who have occasion to do business there are complaining bit terly of the horrible stench which arises from a pile of garbage which has been thrown from Redmens hall above during the winter and now lies purifying under the windows. The town clerks office and the office of the judge of probate are almost un- tenable on account of the odor and it is impossible to exist there when the windows are open The condi- tions constitute menace to the pub. lie health. It would seem that the town itself should be the first to obey a law which would result in arrest and fine on the part of any individ- ualS who violated it. While the town is flagrantly violating the law con- corning fire precautions malefactors guilty of minor offenses are brought in and mulcted. The halls of justice in this town offer practical example of the principle of What are you go, ing to do about it."
 Tree Warden James Lally takes ex- ception to the much mooted practice of filling cavities in trees with con- crete. The warden is the most en- thusiastic advocate of tree surgery in
 
 he is priviliged to have we'll ground ed opinions. His first plea is for sue. ceSSlVe plantingS of trees on all the streets in a manner which will guar. antee successor to every tree tha | dies. The future thus provided for he advocates treating all existing trees to preserve them as long as possible He would use a preparation of tar in treating cavities and wounds and omit the concrete. He has found in his experience that, every tree sways even to its utmost root in high winds and that the concrete filling of cav itieS soon separates from the wood leaving crevice which fills with water in these crevices, freezes and heaves or breaks the concrete leay- ing more creVices. The tar prepara- tion he uses is more Or less elastic and gives with the movement of the tree but excludes the water as we'll as of- fering a valuable assistance to the healing process. For successive plant ings he has found nothing better than the silver maple which grows quickly is not subject to the disease which attack other shade trees and takes a beautiful form as 1t develops. War. den Lally had hoped that the voters would make a small appropriation this spring for the purchase of trees and the matter may come up at the coming town meeting.
 A large congregation listened to the presentation of the cantata, ''The Man | of Sorrows, at Christ Church, last evening. The performance was cred 1 itable to the choir and to the solo, ! ists.
 The closing of the basketball season | is offering more excitement than usual | this year The game between the Ramblers and the Spartans of New Haven, Saturday night, was the most hotly contested of the season, but the Ramblers won, as usual, and the score | was 38 to 2S. Ivan Morehouse was referee and the Spartans objected to 1 his rulings. It was suggested that the referee did not understand the