The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-04-26
STAMFORD
BOARD OF TRADE REVIVES
 NEW HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT
Especial to The Farmer,

(SpeCldl to The Farmer)
 Stratford. April 26-At the last meet ing of the Board of Trade a commit
 tee of four was appointed to inves-
 tigate the Selleck property in Main
 street with the object of obtaining
 it for high school. The committee
 consists of Arthur c. Meloy. architect,
 William A. Stagg, builder, W. B. Kel- sey. superintendent of schools and Representative w. H. Crawford, The
 project to locate the high school on
 this property was thoroughly inves>
 tigated and turned down by the vot-
 CTS in town meeting: At that time it
 was demonstrated that the residence
 on the property was entirely unfit for
 the purpose. The building while in
 good repair is old and could not be
 expected to last many years. It will
 be impossible to transform 1t into a expense 1t could only De made
 make shift to be soon replaced
 with new building.
 There is strong and we'll founded suspicion that the Board of Trade is not the disinterested body some would substance of it's efforts are two tin cans located in Main street ostensibly for the reception of waste paper but really for the boys to kick no their way
 to school. The board has refused to consider propositions of factories
 which would locate here with a little encouragement. Some have the hardi- hood to say that the board is sim- ply personal machine with political tendency organized to shut out a would get busy and boom the town.
 The board is hun on too parsimonious a plan to be of any benefit to any.
 body It meets around any where it can get in without paying for rent.
 The banquet it gave with its small tr, erF-
 ing for a long time without expense to the members. A resident of the town said after the banquet:
 When they get me into another of their affairs I'll see the menu first. The banquet could be duplicated any for 15 cents but the board soaked those who were foolish enough to at- tend $1 per plate" Another citizen said: ''we are getting sick of this thing and want something done. It | looks to me like only another of the plans to keep the affairs of the town | in the hands of a few who don't want factories or any improvements that will cost anything"
 l At the parlor meeting at the home of Mrs H. J. Lewis in Main street. yesterday afternoon. preliminary
 measures were taken which will re-
 suit in the formation of a woman
 suffrage league here soon. About 50 { ladies of the town were in attendance.
 Miss Theodora Wheeler of Fairfield. the district leader, called the meeting ! to order. She made a convincing ad- dress and hoped that Stratford would be as successful as other towns which had organized leagues. She introduc- ed Mrs. Gerberding, of San Francisco, president of the Woman Suffrage
 League. of California. Mrs. Gerberd- 1 ing was able from her experience in l ba of fo a.. | ton concerning the practical working of the suffrage plan, for California has granted suffrage to women In the full est sense.
 The speaker expressed her amaze ment at the fact that with all the elo- uuent women speakers with which the east is blessed the women have not ob- tained suffrage here She referred to
 Massachusetts and asserted that there are 10000 unmarried women In that
 State and it is surprising that they have made no effort to obtain equal rights As for the effect on public questions the speaker said that wo- man suffrage had not had any appre- ciable effect on such conditions. It had had no appreciab1e enect on the liquor laws of the State; 1t had only made the places more respectable and had obtained a fair count and elimin- esed much graft. All through the west the women who enjoy suffrage are divided into clubs and much tho same ratio as the men. There are Taft clubs Roosevelt clubs, and ever Wilson clubs. although the latter is oppos sd to woman suffrage.
 Mrs. H. Leroy Lewis was chosen chairman of the committee of Organi- zation with power to select her com mittee. She announced Mrs. w. B Coggswell. Miss Dorothy Wheele-. Miss Fannie Russell, Miss Augusta Wheeler iS a e tee.
 The ''man from Missouri was on
 deck again last night. He said: 'T,he selectmen tell us that 1t costs the town
 $25 every time a special town meeting is called. What we want to know is
 where does the $25 go? There is no
 rent to pay for the hall and the jani- tor is paid by the year, and every one else interested is paid yearly salary.
 Who gets the $25?'
 Peter Cuzner while at work yester- day figured in a ludierous accident which resulted in serious injuries. He was navigating a loaded wheelbarrow on the street when it struck stone. Cuzner was thrown over the dash board, striking a stone and cutting his
 nose deeply. He came to the Center where Dr. A. B. Park patched up a wound several inches. in length.
 Miss Juanita Hines will pass the week end with friends in Waterbury Easton Changers will visit Housa- tonic Grange in body tomorrow night and enjoy supper and a pro- gram of interesting numbers in Grange | hall.
 The condition of the Ferry road
 which Is torn up to allow of the inn provements making there, is causing
 much inconvenience to the residents
 of the road. Many are unable to reach their premises with teams and i there is much dissatisfaction over the | way the repairs are being made.
 | New York-Because he declared he | planned to collect a million dollars | from John D. Rockefeller for grow ! ing hair on the fnancier's pate, Ad- rian Canopy was sent to a hospital