Republican farmer., 1919-02-21
DOING
(speciaI to The Times.l


 crat, voted for the Federal Prohibi tion amendment when the issue was passed upon by the lower branch of the Connecticut Legislature last week. Although carried in that body the amendment fails of adoption in this State through the disagreeing action of the Senate. Attorney Shaw led off in suppOr of the measure in the H 9use debate. first reviewing the his , tory of prohibition legislation. He said Connecticut was in half mourn ing for John Bar7eycorn who had been Filled by Federal means. adding that ing was a Federal evil it should be Xii cd dhy Federal means, adding that man best served his State by put his country above his State N-ether the votes of Nessrs Shaw and COrnery represent the sent 5ment of a, majority Of Reidlng electors can oriv he ccntectUred. The writer asH-d g. nunbe- If prominent ritizels
 opinion or this su+ jet and all with one exception and he hes!tati g. iy. expressed the be ief that they did not The town has always voted no license under the present arrange ment but notwithstanding this the persons interviewed believed that a majority would baIk at so sweeping and 7rasttc a measure as the National Pro. -3itiOn act although probably in
 
 8 ban on distilled liquor~ It will be recalled that the State Democratic platform favored a referendum to de- teFmine the action of this State on . the amendment.
 several weeks ago stephen, the 8 year old son Of Mir. and Mrs E. P Sanford, won first honors in speak Ing contest among the pupils of the !, Bedding public schools for the best fnr1r-- 1EV,1,t
 for arousing public interest fn aid of the War Stal ps Liberty loan and s Red Cross movements Twelve had 70 been selected to compete fc< the pri- @ mary. Last Monday he competed at g bethel against the local winners rep l. resenting the six other towns which. n with Bedding, comprise this district. [ The judges decided that he and a 1; Newtown boy, named Russell had 0 shown equal excellence. hut the latter ?, Is said to be disqualified on account o1 belonging to the High school grade. 1 If this is the case young Sanfard be- e comes the district winner and as a - reward will, along with the other winners, be entitled to free trip to s Hartford on March IT, there to re- peat his address before the legtsla- ture.
 The selectmen began on Monday the reconstruction of three sections {, of highway, in all about 800 feet. To- cated between Blackman's corner and the Bethel line, In West Bedding. This Is one of the four permanent improvement jobs for which the town appropriated s1,OO0 last fall. It is thought the $250 allotted to this uhr- ucular job will be sufficient for it's completion. The materials used arc medium sized stone as the bottom layer Tor tho deeper fills, second layer Of broken and pulverized lime stone and gravel for the s11rfaci, Limestone sufficiently fine is said to serve admirably for road making purposes as in time it compacts into sohdlhed whole. The materials for this job are being hauled bv E. p. Sanford's big truck
 A report that Judge Robert I. WliIoin of Brooklyn, who has made hls summer home here for several years, had purchased the Aaron H - sanford pla e on the Ridge, is fncor- 7 rect. John Munich, trustee on the bankrupt estate of Ralph Rockwell would have to make conveyance in case of a transfer, although Rock well remains nominal owner of th4 title, and MT. Muennich says that he has not even been approached or, +r7e A 1f days ago he sent to Rockwell A bill V. for five months rent The latter 5: protested on the ground that he 3 should have the use of the property c. until divested of the title The prop- erty is encountered with first ts mortgage of S8,OOO, @ second mort gage of $2,0OO and unpaid interes and taxes amounting to about $500
 The Bedding Fair Corporation which was created last fall as an in. terme diary to secure the benefit nj the cash prizes offered by the state It's to school children for the purpose O n promoting the activities of the Ju. le veniue Food Army. has received z a- $100 check from the State Agricultur f' al Board. This sum will be dis T tributed among the nine pupils whc I' were awarded honors for the su ~ perior achievements in raising vege tables and canning. The corpora. n ton members are J. B. Sanford. w c. Sanford and s. c. Shaw
 A phone message from Bethel tc Constable Warner last Friday even ing informed him that Anna Wend, had again run away, taking her etep fathers horse and buggy, and askins that she be detained in case she aD peared in this locality On her frs runaway escapade about three week ago she journeyed on horseback ana -t brought up at Bedding Center whert ne was found one morning uncorsct ous by the roadside. This time sh ,- took another route, driving across country towards New York city where she was located last Saturda, afternoon by the aid of the police y+s Her father went down the next ia, m and brought her home, also recoverinj da his team. It Is very evident tha d- Anna dislikes her present environ .I ment so much that she is bound [ a escape from it, al > tgh as far a
 Bethel people know .- has no hom ,,a grievances to warran. her dissatis faction.
 To the Bedding Honor Roll recentI
 sent to Hartford the State Council o Defense has added the name of Sam
 uel Nazerro who had been overlook
 ed. He was with the fighting force at the front and had been reDorte
 missing in action, but turned u
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