The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-22
GEORGETOWN HAS PLANS FOR A BIG
 TIME ON FOURTH
Proposed Boost of S2OO,OOO In Grand List DiSmayS
 Bedding.
(speciaI to The Farmer.)

 izens are working like beavers upon preparations for a local Fourth or July celebration which it is intended to make the biggest thing Of the klnd in the history. of the village and which | all the rest of the town is invited to | attend. At 10 in the morning there will be a parade with about 150 school children forming the main division. They are to freely display the national colors in flags and costumes ana Will go through exercises representing the Spirit of '76'' All the organizations of the village have been asked to join in the parade and will respond in suf11- cient force to make a lengthy process 1 sion. For the afternoon varied pro- gram has been arranged to take place at the village park which came into being to serve as a ball grounds A basket picnic from 12 to 1 is to De a feature of the gathering. Others are a game of ball between the single and | married men and another between Bridgeport team and the unbeaten To- cal club; a patriotic address. probably | by Judge Light of Norwalk, and nu-
 nerous athletic sports. At 8:3O in the evening will begin a display of fire works for which feature $100 has al- ready been subscribed. Large pla- cards have been printed announcing the days events and inviting every obdy to attend. These are to be posted near and far and also displayed on autos.
 A special town meeting to authorize the construction of the new bridge needed on the state road in George
 town and to provide the money there for is soon to be held, proba ply on
 some day next week. Estimates for each of the different types of struc- ture under consideration have been su omitted by Engineer Albert Hill or
 New Haven to the selectmen and will
 be set before the meeting With Mr.
 Hill present to give details and ex--
 plantations. He finds that a concrete arch bridge the width of the present one, which is about 19 feet, will cost
 $2, 900. A triple arch bridge with 16 feet doorway can be put in for $1,80O, | and one of reinforced concrete, using
 the old frame work for $1,2oO The latter, however, would have a width
 of only IS feet which is regarded as
 hardly adequate.
 | Tax Commissioner Corbin informs
 Town Clerk Sanford that the state
 equalization board has reached a ten
 tative decision to add $200,000 to the l towns present grand list of about 1 $1, 100000. The revised total as fixed by the boards final decision, will be ] the amount or which the istate tax of 1 1 1-2 mills is levied, and the 1roposed
 boost would mean an extra payment ! of $500. A hearing before the board
 regarding the contemplated changes vii be held at Hartford June 27,
 and the selectmen will attend to enter a strong protest against an upward revision in the case of Bedding, at least to the degree pr posed. Hitherto the largest single addition made by the board to the list of this town was $50,0 GOO. By what process they arrived at their present intention is not known here but it is inferred that they did
 so by adding 15 per cent. to the list as it came to them, the beard of relief thaving certified that the local assess ment was the basis of 85 per cent. of full value. While the statutes re- Quire valuation to the full amount, Bedding probably comes nearer to meeting this requirement than most | country towns and in fairness should not be unduly penalized for a percent
 age estimate by the assessing author Iities which many property owners re- gard as too low.
 Organization of the Mems club was Iperfected at last weeks meeting by the adoption of constitution and by laws. These declared the object of the club to be social, limited the mem bership to 25, fixed the dues at $1 an
 nually, provided that meetings be held
 at the homes of members on the sec ond Wednesday of each month. barred intoxicating drinks from the refresh
 ments served at these meetings and
 adopted as its name, 'The Bedding
 Mems Club of the East Side.' The
 officers and the host were made a per- nanent committee to arrange 9 pro-
 gram for the meetings which program
 will include, far as practicable, a talk on some practical topic by an in Ivited guest. It was also agreed that
 at these meetings there should be no
 discussion of political or religious sub jects. The club has IS charter mem
 bers and the presentation of seven ad-
 ditional candidates raises the member
 ship to the limit. These candidates ~ Et ford George s. Banks, Charles Morehouse, Milo L. Osborn, Marshall D. Sanford and s. c. Shaw. The guest and speak re of the evening was Selectman w. c. Johnson of Newtown who recounted the practical results achieved by the
 Mems club of that town. One was the
 erection of a fagpole the public green, another the house delivery of
 express packages to the consignees
 and a third the strengthening of the : state road layout to Danbury by ob- taining as 8 gift right of way across : private property.
 Some of the local milk producers are inclining to the idea that organization of the cooperative kind might prove effective to correct the conditions that are causing them so much loss and ) trouble. Two such organizations have l broken down in the past, but they had
 the single object of fixing and main . taining uniform selling prices. When lnQ1V1OudI~ 1neInDeFS cut +IdC0S II oAL motives of self interest the structure collapsed. Now there 'is being dis
 cusseds an organization which should have a single selling agency as its
 main objective. This of itself would insure price uniformity and stability and the agency could also be conduct ed so as to exact security in the mat ter of payment on the part of the buy CTS. Facilities for converting the sur plus product into butter to the best 4 advantage might also be arranged for If the idea takes definite form the County Farm Bureau would naturally be relied upon to give valuable aid to- wards getting it into operation.
 A new departure in connection witf I l+hA closing of inc nubIic schools will