Republican farmer., 1918-02-01
REDDING

Pine Tree Corner, to the amount of
about 5000 last Monday morning. The
house was unoccupied at the time ex-
cept for the presence of Arthur Rus
sell, the young stepson of Mr.. Lud-
way, who had come from New York
to spend the week end. Chief Marcus
Burr of No. Fire Co., was notified
of the fire by telephone and hurried
to the scene with a hand chemical ex-
tinguisher. This he used with such
good effect that the flames were soon
subdued, without having extended be-
yond two rooms The%property was
insured for $1,700 with the agency OF
W. H. Hill, who estimates the loss at
5000, equally divided between the
building and the furnishings.
The contract for re-indexing the
towns land records has been awarded
by the selectmen to Town Clerk San
ford, who will start on the work as
soon as a decision is reached as to
which of the two or three approved
systems open>to choice will be follow
ed. Promptness in getting the job I'M
that it might be completed by the end
statute with a penalty for delay be-
yond that period. The matter of
compensation is to be adjusted later as
so few towns have arranged similar
contracts that anything like a fixed
standard for such work has not been
i established. However, there is no
doubt felt as to reasonable and salts
factory terms being arrived at in the
case Of the local records. There are
33 volumes to be gone over, the older
ones being in fine and often grabbed
writing with the ink so faded as to
be scarcely Iegible.
One of those needing the Hoover
expectation for increased pork pro-
duction is A. G. Barnett of hometown
who is reducing his dairy herd to
make room for pig growing. He has
already secured half a dozen brood
sows and will raise all the progeny
they are to produce in the cpring.
After the rearing stage the broods
Will be turned out to pasture in
patches of alfalfa and common Glow
er, the latter being sown at intervals
IN order to provide fresh forage. These
feeding grounds will give access to a
break SO that the growing pigs may
require no hand supplying as regards
either food or drink. The final fat
tening process in the fall is to be
accomplished by turning the pigs into
a corn field, another detail in the
scheme of labor saving. While the
Hoover plea had a measure of influ-
ence in causing Mr.. Barnett to under
take pig raising he says that another
reason is the labor shortage which
makes it difficult to get enough help
to continue milk production and his
other previous farm operations on
!. the former scale.
A local canvass is about to be made
; in behalf of the fund the knights OF
I Columbus are raising for relief and
! recreation work among the soldiers
and the response should be as gen
eral and liberal as that extended tc
, the other periodically worthy ap-
peals previously presented to the pub
lie. Redding is included in the terri
tory covered by the Bethel council OF
) the order in this campaign. The Ioca
committee appointed by the council
consists of H. c. Mcclellan, chairman
Rev. Mr.. Cunningham, NJ. JOSEPH
D. q.
: will soon meet to arrange for jnvitins
contributors to the cause through.
out the town. In Bridgeport the re-
cent K. of c. campaign resulted il
raising about $4,000 above the city,
allotment of $50, 900.
At the annual meeting of the
Center Congregational church las
: Friday the former officers were re
elected for the coming year. The fl
: nancial statements showed receipt
for the past year of $2,225 with
balance in the treasury on Jan. l O
1929.
An advertisement for a house
keeper recently placed in a New Yorl
paper by a Redding widower brough
sixty responses. The respondent VIII,
) was hired brought along two children
of her own and there were eight NOR
of her employers to be cared for
: After weeks stay she returned t
New York.
, A letter received by relatives her
l on Monday announced the safe ar
rival in France of Travers MaIon
: who had sailed about two weeks be
: fore as one of party of twenty-fiv
: .
p, vice. All had written long letters pre-
- vious to their departure and the agen
!, to whom they were intrusted forward
ed them on his receipt of the singl
! code word sent by cable in accord
ance with previous arrangement.
= E. NJ. Sanford is cutting from h
- land at Good Ridge and hauling t
- Bridgeport about fifty cords of WOO
purchased by parties who find read
sale for it on account of the CO;
shortage. There is practically CO;
r famine in this town and one fami
after another find themselves con
PEELED to fall back upon wood whic
is none too easily obtained on accoul
of the labor shortage.
Miss Catherine Dewey, bookkeept
for the Connery Bros. Co., in Georg
Y town, had her hip severely wrencht
and was otherwise injured a few 'da,
ago by the upset of a sleigh in whic
N she was riding.
II The War Bureau committees of tn
II town were well represented at Il
i meeting held at the Stratfeld
III Bridgeport today Thursday und
|, the direction of the State Defen
- Council. Special delegates appointt
to attend were Mrs. E. P. Sanfor
~ Mrs. J. B. Sanford and Mrs. D.
- Sanford.
- A proving up of the figures maki1
up the grand list slightly changes Il
- total as given last week, the tot
&c thus amended being S1,S12,634.
Charles Williams and Moses Bake
with their families, have moved
the former Andrew Perry house
Easton now owned BY the water cor