The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-05-24
THINGS MILITARY
HOLD ATTENTION
OF REDDING FOLK
Coming Draft and Home
Guard Interests Chief
Among Them.


BEDDING. May 24--Notice came by
= toiesram last Sunday that the town
essrA. s.-st selectman and registrars of
voters had been designated by the
governor as a board to take the towns
registration on June in preparation
for the selective draft Yesterday
these officials went to Danbury for a
conference with the military authori-
ties SO as to clear up any doubtful
points regarding the details attending
the performances of their task. Some
have inferred that the registration Is
to be carried out after the manner of
the recent military census, the board
obtaining by means of a canvass the
names of those subject to the draft
but this is not the official interpreta-
ton placed upon the order. Instead
of waiting to 80 called upon those
between the ages OF 81 and 81 are
required to come forward and report
for registration at the places ap-
pointed These places WIN be the
town house and Some point In George
town vet to be selected Failure to
thus come forward makes the delIn-
'quentl liable to severe penalty Il
will, of COURSE. be the duty of the
registration board To get after the
shirkers IL there are any and In this
work the census taken few weeks
ago VIII be of material assistance
John G. FeIlowes has offered to the
Home Guard for drfI1 ground tract
on hits property adjoining the Eauga-
tuck, river, and the cumpany'B officers
will soon inspect it to decide upon It's
suitability II accepted II WIN be-
come the sole drilling place. ft5 1ocz-
ton making 1t fa1rly convenient Of
accyss for both pla1oona. Last Sunday
drfn was held ON hand belonging to
C. H Plump The held was not very
satisfactory, being STONY and none too
level Major Rider WIN attend the
drin next Sunday and perhaps take
command A communication from
Colonel Wilson to Captain Barnes
conveys the welcome. information that
the compauyss equipment WIZ proaba.-
bly, be ready within week The
colonel also sends word that he viii
come to Rsddtng en June for the
purpose OF inspecting the company
The inspection il to take place in the
evening at the Sanford school house.
The inevitable brush fires were
later this spring than usual and came
close together. The first occurred
last Friday afternoon ON the John G.
Fellowes place and approached so
near the house that the occupants,
badly scared, telephoned for the aid
OF the Bethel and Danbury fire depart
nents- Both ignored the call, but
Deputy Warden E. p. Sanford of
West Reddfng. and Deputy Warner of
the Center soon appeared ON the
scene and with other volunteers
quickly conquered the blaze. About
half an acre was burned over. On
Saturday afternoon Deputy Sanford
was called to Brancrville to fight a
blaze which had been started ON q
hillside Just above the railroad trrnc-
ton by sparks from locomotive. The
hrs ayeUaA rapidly and ran over about
Is acres Of sprout land before It was
got under control The upper sector
OF Putnam Park consisting of abou,
30 acres OF undeveloped nnarslry land
was mostly burned over ON Monday
BY long and hard struggle a nurner.
Gus force Of men kept the flames from
the wooded portion of the park 81
that little damage was done. How
the fire started is not known.
First Eelectman, Osborn and III. s
Barnes called ON Highway Commits
:. sioner Bennett in Hartford few dav
ago to urge promptness in the build
ing of the trunk highway from
Bridgeport to Danbury by way of thi
Town. Easton and Bethel They foun,
the prospects for AN early starting o
the work not very encouraging. MI
Bennett said he would like to get i
under way with All dispatch, but tina
present conditions were unfavorab1
owing to the scarcity of labor an,
also OF the materials required for con
crete construction He promised
however. TO do the best he could
Wnen work ~ begun it win be a
eacn enc or the route sinultaneousl,
Inat part OF the layout across jun
Fill and some little distance Below /
at present in wretched shape, the cor
oitfon OF wreckage and wretchednes
being sharply defined at the north b
the Easton boundary line. The road
OF tnat town are this year under til
contract system but so far. at lea.
in the locality referred to, the chane
mas prr~ght aggravatfon> instead I
tue improvement hoped for. Unle.
= 4 40 AouE SOOn 1lO1Gnanta al
toists will seek relief by an appeal
the county commissioners.
On the former Henry Kennel far
In sanfordtown the Bridgeport r.
drauhe Co. will plant 800 bushels
potatoes. In the upper part
Easton they have pIowed 40 or
acres In preparation for the san
crop. Further reports from loo
farmers relative to their plant,
plans for the season show substa,
tally the same Satio of increase ov
last year as did the earlier repor,
this teing about so per cent. o.
CT the speakers at the last meetii
of the Mems club advised his heare
not to let the backward season di
courage them into curtaiIment
plans for enlarged production b
cause while the end of May was CO
sidered about the time limit for II
putting in of corn and potatoes, go,
results might be expected from ear
June planting. Frequently la
planting produced superior yields, 4
being dependent on the subseque
seasonal conditions
A tract of nine acres adjoining Pu