The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-07-09
OUR BEDDING
 NEWS LETTER
Putnam Parks Historical Rel ics Now In Presentable
 Shape.
Commodore Llttgen Enter tsins Many Guests At An Evenfng Party. - Alleged Trespass Leads to Lawsuit
 Sudden Death in George town.
dspecial to the Herald.)

ReddinR. July 9-At the annual meeting of the Aspetuck Valley Fish and Game club, held last Saturday, the old officers were reelected as follows President, Theron .Platt; vice president, Fred sDriggs ;secretarys w C. san ford Conditions as to membership, interest and finances were reported to he highly satisfactory. It was decid- ed to have the banks of the river clear ed of brush and dead trees from the HoEgson place north to the Newtown line
 John Tweedy of Danbury who are serving their second term as members of the Putnam Park commission, under Appointments by Governor Baldwin have accomplished a useful and much needed work by. classifying, catalog- ing and rearranging the historical rel iics comprised sin the park museuRa- The self imposed task occupied them for two weeks and was thoroughly and creditahly done. The collection IS large and varied one, but for lack of lDTo0er' arrangement had previously codveyed the impression of an unas- sorted mess of junk
 Now the articles are appropriateiy groped and such as have not been placed in the new cabinets have been hung upon the walls of the room ad-s iiofnfng The collection is well worth an fnspection and should not be over looked by visitors to the park which is attracting more people this season than ever before. Both Mrs Hill and Mrs. Tweedy belong to societies whose membership is made up of descend ants of those who served on the Col- ionIal Side in the American Revolu- ition-
 Commodore Luttgen and wife enter ifafnad a large party on Saturday even ing last at their co1nmodious and beau fFfs1T summer home on Sunset HILL. The 5nVTfa4fon cards for the affair were Of special design and highly ornate and artistic Guests were present from New York, New Jersey, Bridge port Danbury and the summer col or1y on the east side of this town was also well represented. Most of those from New Jersey were youthful friends of the commodore's young granddaughter An orchestra of five pieces from the band of the 71st New York regiment furnished music for dancing A number of the out of town guests were put up over night xhe R1dgezvold tInn and the Hotel large entertainment the Luttgens have given since the building of their pres ent summer home several years ago.
 Az the superior court has adjourned for the usual summer vacation of two months 1t Is probable that nothing will De done by the Bridgeport Hy- draslIic company to remove causes of pollution of the Aspetuck river in the Pleasant Valley section until Septem- ber There is of course a possibility that the company may arrange for the desired changes at an earlier period threazh direct agreefn ent with the prorefty owners but they have so far shown no disposition in that direc- N ton. There is a general feeling of sympathy for B. P. Sanford, the prop erty owner most largely interested, because of the manner in which he has been treated The water com pzny would not pay what he consid- cred a fair price for his property or even enter intO direct negotiations to that end. Instead they chose to seek Judicial arbitrament and after carry ing the proceediRgs along for several weeks to drop them, leaving MT, San fcrd-to bear a, considerable expense forced upon him. It is true that the company had to shoulder 2. much larg- Ter bill of costs. but for wealthy cor sporation this is a small matter in icomparison. with an individual Mean while MT Sanford suffers considerable indirect loss
 Anticipating the early taking of his property he gave up the business of milk production carried on by his fath- CT and sold about half his cows Even for these he did not plant si1o corn, as