The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-08-08
BEDDING
CSpecial to The Times.)

Thomson last Friday night would probably have got more cash. AS 1t was he obtained from a hand bag less than $1 which was all the family had on the premises. Patterns have been made of deep footprints left by the visitor in the soft soil outside the pantry window, which was his way of access, and it is hoped the evidence they furnish will aid tn Identifying the guilty party. Upon getting inside the thief apparently first paid his at tention to the ice box and from its contents made a hearty meal. Drip pings from a candle marked the trail of his explorations through all the lower rooms of the house. The search was evidently thorough, but the only spoil he gathered besides the cash were a few trinkets, some cigarettes and part of the cigars from a full box. He must has brought with him the candle he used as the drippings showed it was of different material from candles already in the house. MT. and Mrs. Thomson, their daugh- ter and two servants, all of them on the floor above, slept undisturbed dur ing the raid.
 In joint session last Monday the road committee and the selectmen decided to expend the $1 1000 available for permanent road improvements in the following places: Near Falls hill on the Little York road, widening and gravelling. A stretch above the resi- dence of James Rider, also in West Bedding. This will receive a top dressing either of gravel or lime kiln screenings. The narrow stretch be- tween two lodges near the Methodist parsonage at Bedding Center. The doing of a complete job here would probably cost not less than $1, GOO, but the situation can be greatly improved by cutting out the rock on one side at the west end and this was decided upon. It is expected that future ap- populations will provide for the com pletion of the improvement. The only other improvement agreed upon was the raising by the application of gravel of the roadway from in front of the Episcopal church to Muen- nichs store. This stretch usually pre- sents a combination of ruts and mud and has long needed attention. On each of the four Improvements there will be expended from $20O to $500.
 How the energies of the nations patriotic women had been organized and directed for war work was inter- estingly told by Miss Ida M. Tarbel to an audience at the Sanford schoo last Sunday afternoon. She is one o1 a national committee of ten appointed to encourage and systematize these activities. When they first met ir Washington to survey the field the undertaking, she said, seemed of dis. heartening magnitude. Soon, how ever, 1t became apparent from the flood of unsolicited offers of hell which poured in from all quarters 41>~4 tho -~oraao11 needed no oydditiona- indictment to get busy in doing what they could---all they needed wa: guidance. Several women wrote tc | inquire if they could not help out by making pepsin from chicken gizzards Another wrote that she wished tc dedicate herself and her little farm and income to the cause and wa! afraid of neither death, people ol work. The outcome of this fine ant universal spirit had been a volume O vast and varied achieve-lent---not among which were the results of thu women's gardening movement. In tht mining regions nearly every famil! had now its own garden although be fore the war there were virtual! none. In the irrigation districts O Arizona water had been diverted iron the main ditches to nourish war gar dens. Miss Tarbell also spoke of thu material aid women had rendered al mechanical workers. It was formerl! assumed that this was class of worl for which they were unfitted, bu while some had shown lack of adapt ability women in general had madt good at the shop benches. The chang in occupation thus wrought by wa needs was likely to remain perma nent to a alrge degree. The mail purpose of the womens' war move ment, said Miss Tarben, was to re lease man power for the more stren
 uous work and this object had beer obtained to surprisingly large ex tent.
 Two young women of Bedding hav
 made inquiries indicating their inten tion of responding to the Govern ments call for 25,0O0 between the age
 of 15 and 35 to join the United State. Student Nurse Reserve. Those wht enroll engage to hold themselves il readiness until April 1, 1919, to accep assignment in a nursing school. Iii
 campaign Is locally in charge of tn
 Woman's Committee of the Stat
 Council of Defense and will extend t
 August Il, Any woman wishing t
 enroll may apply to any member o this committee who are: Mrs. Ernor. P, Sanford, Mrs, A. c, Barnett, Mis- Isabelle Mcdonald, Mrs, J, B. San
 ford, Mrs, B, U, Case, Mrs. Raymont Cunningham.
 The revised list of Bedding citizen
 chosen for jury service during tn
 ensuing year is as follows Eugen
 Adams, H. s, Barnes, Irving J, Banks B, M, Bradley Michael CohneFy, Joe
 Godfrey, W. E. Grumman, Gershen
 Hill. w. H, Hill, Fred A. Judd, Rufu
 A. Lyon, H, O. Mcclellan, Frank I
 Meehan, Fred, Miller, R, H, Nichols
 Charles o. Perry, Zalmen Read, Franl
 Rider, B. M. Sanford, IeInue1 San
 ford, J, B. Sanford, H, P. Sanford, T
 NJ. Stocking, L. s. Warmer, Fred
 Wood, Wallace Williams.
 Two known hits were made b:
 lightning during the shower of las
 Saturday afterHeen, one of then
 rending a tree in the deoryard 6
 Town Treasurer Hill in Hometown hql
 doing no further harm: The ethe
 struck a tree in James Riders deer
 yard in West Bedding. Part of th
 current registered it's passage int
 the ground and the rest ieaRed te tn
 side ef the house, ripping eff some C
 the siding and shattaFfag the #inde4
 on the way inside. There it kRaeke
 askew sene articles eR 2 stand an.
 left ne further trace of its activity.
 The friends af B: B: Banks, eRe q
 GeorGeto#p's nest prominent and es teemed residents, are making him tn