Norwich bulletin., 1918-01-23

QfefSoat& fAffiNe LOT IoHe GudFo--l Farmers to Get Nitrates- -Incoh1e Returns Come in Slowly = Junior l 1 chautauqua Meeting to Organize l Junior Town frederick N. oIm- l stead Home Fron, France
 The arrival here from Hartford on Tuesday morning of a supply of over l coats for the members of the Putnam Home Guard company taken with some press notices that appeared in l Tuesday s Hartford papers, indicate i that there may be active service just ahead for the members of the local
 command
 I If the call comes, the Putnam men
 will be found ready for any duty that may be assigned to them
 The prospect of the calling out of
 the home guard is said to be due to the discovery of a plot of German 1 agents to do injury to transportation lines and to factories engaged in turn I ing out goods I At the present time the Putnam company has membership of about. hold the commissions having had ser vice in the national guard orgoniza- '<l tions of different states.
 The issue of overcoats probably will be made this evening, when the com pany will meet at the high school for the regular weekly drill. It was stated
 Tuesday afternoon that the oyercoats < are of the old familiar blue cloth worn 5 I fer years by the men in the regular ! army and national guard service They are fine. warm coats and will furnish 3 substantial protection from the winter weather ] Since it's organization last summer : the Home Guard company has drilled 8 regularly and is now so well advanced :. lin knowledge of such branches of mili-
 tary service as 1t may be called upon
 to perform to give good account of ? itself in an emergency.
 '.i Captain J. J McGarry commands : the company. Q Local Farmers to Get Nitrate.
 Notice has been given to B. ". FL
 lis, county agricultural agent for e 1 Windham county that the U. $. De- e 1 partment of Agriculture will sell al V cost a supply of nitrate of soda te e farmers in Windhan.
 f The nitrate was purchased through
 the war industries board under the # authority of the food control act as d lpart of the programme for stimulat- IT ing agricultural production. It vii
 
 e price will be S75.50 a ton, free on board F cars at port of arrival. Farmers ars 1t to pay in addition freight from DOT 7 of arrival and the state fertilizer tas Il flee.
 e Applications for part of the 100.- 2. 1000 tons of nitrate bought by the gov Ic ernrent will be received only iron
 actual farmers Or owners or holders O
 farms for use on their land. and may
 <7, U. 'r Tor through any member Of loca r committed consisting of Everett K, a Brown of Pomfret Center Vim. c Q Child of Woodstock. Whitman Daniel. $ son of Putnam. q. H. 5Gilpatric of Put 2 nam, and c. E. Pomeroy of Williman $ tic. E No money will be required with tn.
 application but upon notice from tn,
 county agent farmers who have sign s-;i ed anplica tions must deposit with Y local bank, association or indiyideal al designated by the secretary of agri is culture to act as the farmers agen le for that purpose, money to cover tn s. cost of the fertilizer except the freigh s ttharge. After the money is trans l. initted to Washington the nitrate vii e. be shipped to the farmers. If appli ,g cation for the nitrate exceed the sup Y rly of about 100000 tons the govern d ment will allot the supply on a pr ir rata basis among those who applied Applications must be received by Feb
 ruary f
 5e Income Returns Slow. ,a No great anxiety is being shown b sn the average person over the inpendin .s obligation of paying an income tax t ' the government Every day. now. fror ye a. m. to 3 D. m. Deputy Colfecto le IL E. Hennen is at the rooms of tn ol chamber of commerce to be interview
 ed by those who want to know tn no details of going about making prope ls statement of income to the govern ys nent.
 Tn Some people come there every da eS tc ask questions of the collectors. b,
 the number is not large in proportio 1d to the number of those who are IiabI S to pay the income tax and who wi n be subject to fine of as high as Fs1 sr, 900 if they fail to make a. return b en March 1. de These dull winter days offer fre ds time to many people who must n1al ;ts a return that they can use to good ai
 vantage in Interviewing the collectt
 and thereby leading to the dischars < of very important duty The co
 ector is to be here until the first wee .v in February, which is now close g hand, so. an early call at the chan1bi
 of commerce is being advised for 2
 persons who have yet to make an i, !. come tax return.
 si- All single persons earning more tfs .I S1000 and married persons earnir, 'i- CT having an income of s2 900 and. oy 7, must make an income tax return ! st