The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-05-04
BEDDING OBTAINS
 SPECIAL COUNSEL >
 FOR TAX ACTIONS
Mir. Lockwood, State Attorneys Partner, to Be Associate
 of S. c. Shaw.

l Redd1ng, May 4.-1n0 C4A0A
 for the town in the tax suits vii! De
 Charles Lockwood of the StanIoru
 firm of Cummings & Lockwood, 5. C'
 Shaw of Bridgeport being retained as
 his associate. Before making Q den- mite engagement the selectmen eh-
 deavored to get from Mir LockWooa
 an idea as to what the cost Of h1s
 services would be and thereln met with he usual degree of success at i tending such efforts which WAS prac-
 tfca1ly none at all He Sald or course
 that the amount of his bill would de- pend on the amount of work the prop l CT handling of the cases called TOT.
 With a view to economy the select
 ment will try to do themselves the
 greater part of the preparatory Work' this being the assembling or eV1dence
 in support of the towns contention that the valuations complained or arc | fair and equitable. There has been
 some expectation that in addition to the pending cases Senator Peck would bring an action to recover tor alleged excessive payments in previous years
 For the five or more years preceolns this year the Laura E., Peck property was listed at $1o0 per acre as against the present revised valuation of $71.3Q. During this time MT. Peck paid ms taxes under protest for the supposed purpose of keeping open to h1m the opportunity of recourse to the courts
  the present valuation the excessive tax payments for five years would amount to about $35O. Fne selectmen have not fully advised themselves on rhe matter, but are inclined to think that it is now too late for MT. Peck to bring an action of the kind referred to.
 A recent trade by which Samuel Os- I orn swapped a COW with John Muen- mich as the sole consideration for an automobile was 50 per cent. or the kind which boys through some curl ous distortion of language used to a. scribe as ''side-on-seam. That Is MT Muennich had never seen the COW un- til her delivery to him although MT. Osborn possessed some previous know ledge of the auto. The COW proved to be young, large and of mixed Durham and Ayreshire blood. The auto, a1- though long past the first flush of youth, was capable of occasional spells of mobility under it's own power. When the transaction became known each of the principals was commiser- ated with by kind friends evidently intent on discovering grouch and the further amiable intent of -enlarging it to the proportions of a scrap. If such was the design it utterly failed as the swappers continued to smile and to declare that everything was all right On Monday MT. Osborn sold the auto
  from the Ridge. Should somebody of fer MT. Muennich $10o for the COW 1t would be 8 real neighborhood sur prise.
 Eighteen members from the Ridge and six from the Center attended the monthly meeting of No. Fire CO., held on Monday evening at the town house. The treasurer turned in $2o from Ridge contributions and $8 was received from Center contributors Ralph Rockwell was elected second deputy chief to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Randolph Brad ley. A readjustment of the insurance on the engines with it's application ex- tended to the new engine room on the way and also to the munEttons wagon was discussed and placed in the hands of a committee. It was also voted to make an offer to Bedding grange oE $25 for the occasional use of it's build ing foRt one year, such use being the privilege of the basement for monthly meetings and that of the hall above four times. I
 At the annual -1arish meeting of Christ Episcopal church, held on, Sun dav afternoon, officers were elected as follows: Senior warden. Charles San ford: junior warden, w. c. Sanford; clerk, D. s. Sanford treasurer, E. P Sanford These are all members Of the vestry, the other. vestryrnens chosen A.. Charles Morehouse, Benjamin 3Bassett and T. w. Teets. The financial state, rnent showed that the income<of- the parish during the past year was. larger than that of any previous year in It's history and that receipts and #expend1- lures came within few dollars of be-. ing equal As a dependable revenue producer the duplex card system had given excellent results and 1t will be continued during the coming year.
 The new school building for the in dependent Georgetown district is far advanced that the contractors have given assurance that it will be com pleted by July 1. Obstacles in the way of bad weather and delays in the de- livery of materials have prolonged the job much beyond the original expecta- tion. but it is now in a stage to war rant the assertion that it will be found satisfactory from every point of view when done. Ditches are being dug so as to thoroughly drain the school house tract which affords, room for good sized playground The light class rooms are very conveniently arranged around a capacious assembly hall oc- cupying the center of the building and a dry and well lighted basement can be utilized in many ways, making practically a two story structure. It is probable that the opening Of the building for the fall term will be marked by appropriate dedicatory ex- ercises.
 Henry Forman with his wife and their young son arrived from New York on Monday and are now in stalled in the cottage on Meeker Hill which had been enlarged by good sized addition, painted and generally renovated in preparation for their coming. MT. Fornan is well known as a. novelist and ma agazine editor and contributor. During the summer he will build a residence and garage near the site of the old Meeker house which is to be torn down.
 There are 80 personal tax delin- ouents on this years list and in addi- ton quite a number who owe for pre- vfous years. Those who fail to settle bv June 1 will be prosecuted accord