Norwich bulletin., 1918-04-02
WESTERLY TOWN COUNCIL MEETS
Business Transacted Mondays SesonDayid A Bedford Writes From France Fireman Overcome by Gas Mar ragansett Council K of C. Gives Successful Easter Mon day Dance

The greater part of the monthly 1 session of the Westerly town council | Monday was occupied in going over the voting list and by process of elim ination; prepared a list of those eligi- ble for jury duty. from which those | fir active service will be selected when l the time arrives for Westerly to fur nish its allotment of jurors for the 1 superior court for Washington coun- ty. In years that have gone it has been the custom to place every name on the voting list into the revolving little barrel and draw forth the names at random, and in consequence many were rejected and much time con- sumed. Under the present system every name that comes from the bar rel is accepted until the complement is completed.
 President Maurice w. Flynn presided and these eouneilmen were present: Charles c. Craig, Dr. Thomas E. Rob- inson and Frederick E. Fowler-just a quorum The absentees were Messrs. Haswell, Larkin and Thorp. The coun cil went on record as favoring the two acts pending in the general assembly, presented by Representative Haswel, lItS OIlS u lilc of buildings in Westerly and the other to benefit navigation and prevent the pollution of the Pawcatuck river.
 The bills and all approved expendi- lures during the month of March, to- gether with the salaries and fixed monthly expenses, were ordered paid, after nine licenses to sell milk were granted. The auto hire of the police was only s4. the smallest of any pre- vious month. The water works bills showed that it had been necessary to pay $11.20 a ton for coal by the car- load, 90 cents a ton freight from Providence, and 50 cents a ton for carriage and delivery to bin. The cost l for extra police service during the month was S30, and for street lighting 1 $S0S02. The sum of $6S was spent for i hall. and the overseer of the poor ex- i pended $s4o6S.
 1 The usual sum of $25 was voted to Sheffield Greene. the forest warden, and the council approved these nomi- nees as district forest wardens:- Dan 1 iel P. Talbot, Samuel c. Cottrell and i c. Palmer Chapman. The only emolu- ment is that by. statute the town is re- 1 quired to pay three quarters of tele- ! phone rental. It is essential that the wardens have telephones and be ready 1 to respond to calls in the event of l forest fires. Men summoned in to aid in fighting these fires are entitled to pay at the rate of 20 cents an hour. l Thomas. E. Brown, chief of police, reported five arrests, four for intoXi- cation and one for lettering at the railway station. and four fire alarms were reported during the month Dr. Samuel (. Webster, perintendent oi health, made report that during March thirteen cases of. contagious diseases were reported to him, six of chicken poxs four of measles and one each of ldinhtheria and whoopins cough. Rus sell l.. Sloeum was reappointed dog
 officer, and Alhert H. Langworthv and William Nichols were reappointed ap-
 praisers of damage done by dogs.
 At the March meeting bills for the I care of United States soldier, ol
 rather. who was supposed to be oI the regular organiza tion, were referred to Town Solicitor Harry B. Agard. He reported that the bills were: From Dr
 Michael H. Scanlon, sS for medica attention and medicines: Alexander
 Mitchell, $2.50 for watching, and the police department $2E0 for supplies
 Mr. Agard explained that Clarence
 Baldwin ir the uniform of a soldier and demented, was taken in by the
 police and cared for and the com
 mendant at Fort Wright rotifed. Ire police were requested to detain Bald
 win and that soldiers from the for
 would come after him. After he haf
 been at the police station for a weel
 the soldiers came and took him away
 In the ordinary mode of procedure
 explained MT. Agard, the man wou!t
 have been sent to the state institu
 ton, and at no expense to the town and this would have been done but fo' the request from Fort Wright to holc fhim, and that the government would bear the expense. Mir. Agard said h, forwarded the bills. with detailed ex lplanation to the comma nd'ng office at Fort Wright. Tn reply Mir Agart was advised that the enlistment b.
 Baldwin was a fravd ard illegal ant that he Tad never been aesigned t , any military or@ani7ation T7e escape, from a government hospital for the in
 sane and was at the present time ip thosp;to1 in Washington Mir Ae-a r
 was advised to communirate with tha
 17Suf"tto'1. It -"ae voted to continu
 the matter for another month.
 , ccv-~i'ne- Fowler of the srAciz : cnr1r-ittee to whom tho gro o-oerd bill l board ordi-a,ce was referred. reporte ' progress and that the committee de
 sired mora time for the cnnsidera tio of the measure. The clerk was au l thorized to contract with Charles $ Butler to furnish 100 tons of coal fo ] the town hall and court house build
 ing.
 David A. Bedford, Of Pawtucket,
 lieutenant in the Marine corps, now i
 France, in g letter to his cousir
 James E. Kennedy. of the Westerl
 Public Library. writes: T am feelin
 fine: in fact I never felt better. B
 gosh, Jim, I have friends in ever
 state now. We certainly are pokin
 the work at the men and they are jus
 as hard as nails and twice as tougl
 When Mir. Boche runs into the ma
 rines he will meet the worst outfit h
 ever saw and he is due to meet ther
 ln a week CT so. so watch the paper:
 The men have wonderful spirit Tn
 officers located where I am, comner
 on the spirit of the officers also.
 We are always ready for gam,