The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1918-05-10
Many Redding spectators

strong. Many Redding spectators
viewed the parade and evidenced by
hearty applause the satisfaction they
felt in the fine showing made by their
home company. Guardsmen and ci-
villains alike the Redding folks had
cause for a celebration all their own
from the fact that their town had
won the right to display whatever
honor flag or insignia there is which
indicates the subscription of its loan
allotment four times over. The rec
ord was practically single for the
first week, double for the second,
triple for the third and quadruple
for the fourth, the final figures be-
ing $42,15O. OF this Georgetown
ond loan record by about $4,000. With
the big drive out of the way the local
committee for the sale of War Thrift
Stamps is renewing its activities. Sew
en- Home Guard members have each
pledged themselves to buy 500 of the
stamps before the end of the year.
The water company is doing con-
siderable farming this year on its ex-
bensive landholdings in this town and
Easton although not plunging in the
line of potato growing as it did last
season. The venture did not prove
profitable, a considerable quantity of
the potatoes grown having been
caught in their storage places above
ground by the early cold spell and
frozen. An official of the company
has said that it's farming operations
last year resulted altogether in a
loss of about $4,000. On the for
mer Kennel farm in Sanfordtown the
main crop this season will be buck
wheat and on the Meeker Jones place
near the Saugatuck river. corn. Some
of the young rye sowed on the potato
fields last fall is being pIowed under
for fertilizer. Most of the company's
tillable land in Pleasant Valley was
plowed last fall, but is yet to be
planted The company is encourag-
ing its numerous tenants to grow
food crops and extending assistance to
that end when needed.
The local construction firm of Os-
born & Barnes last week secured two
road building contracts of about
| $4,000 each, one in New Haven and
! onN in Greenwich. They are finishing
up the large Wilton job started last
year and are also engaged on a state
road contract of from $50, 900 to $70,-
900 between Waterbury and New Ha-
| ven.
An International farm tractor was
| purchased last week by ex-senator
Peck and is doing good service on his
Sunset Hill estate. Its two plows turn
over two-thirds of an acre an hour,
Roderick Luttgen, general manager
of the farm of Commodore Luttgen,
his grandfather, will also put a tractor
into service.
Mrs. Theodore Adams has sold her
residential property at Library
Corner to Charles Brown of New
York for about $500. The papers
are yet to be passed. Many years ago
the buildings were used for a young
ladies' boarding school conducted by
the Misses Se1leck.
Town Clerk Sanford submitted to
! the selectmen on Monday a volume
proposed to be used for the re-index-
ing of the towns land records. 1t is
loose leaved, of the Atkins system, and
was approved by the board. The
town clerk will at once begin work
on the new index
Judge Robert J. Wilkin and wife of
Brooklyn will again be of the Ridge
summer colony this season, having
rented Miss Belle Sanford's residence.
Mrs. r. W. Walbridge has decided
to occupy her summer home in Pleas
ant Valley. Mr.. Walbridge remains in
| France as one of the chief executives
4 of Red Cross work.