The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-09-17
BEDDING
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years.. the exact figures are 1,S17 for fef0 and 1.3fs for 1920. comes as an had been the general impression that the latest counf would disclose a slight gain rather than a. loss. This sxpectfttoI was shared by w. H. Hill snumerators. Ths former had all the $tstrtct lying east Of the Saugatuck river and also the upper west side, while MT: Grumnnan's territory com is the most popuious part of the town. E f5e,e has been an under enumera- non, as many believe, it probably pertains to the Georgetown district which has certainly more dwellings and a larger working population than It had ten years ago owing to the considerable growth meanwhile of the Gilbert & Bennett mapufacturing plant: As to the rest of the town there: are no superficial conditions in dfcatfng fewer fpt1abitants, such hous- ing Accommodations as have dkap- Peared from various causes being fnIly Compensated for by. new dwell fngS Regarding this phase of the situation, however, there is signifi- canoe in the fact that Mir. Hill found in his territory 50 houses without oc- fupa ants. He says there should also be taken fpto account the fact that wS have q coJisfd erable summer pop ti1atfori Of whom few were credited to Bedding in the recent enumera- ton because they preferred assign fnents in the lists to their city homes. In. addition, many young men have left their homes here to take posi- lions elsewhere with a resumption of festdenes in Bedding a matter of doubt: These were or were not To- ea1iy enrolled according to ascertain able Conditions, but the inclusion of fhs entire class by Messrs. Hill and GrunufaIt would have materially 4weiled their totals. 1t would seem fHSf ha ffxvu r1ta if actually existing. should be core spendtngly reflected by, the voting list and the number Of Children of school age who are annually enrolled. The grand list has grown by nearly bns<hsif. Tn these respects, however. f0mpari7ons are again puzzling as both voters and school children have slightly increased in number since 1910. MT. HilIs total Of iHha tants was $40 and MT. Grumman's 675.
 Naturally the passing of a decade has brought noticeable changes in local conditions For one thing there the public welfare and community ,chafacter. Our schools and roads ,Are better although the latter come far short of being what they should be. Crop production is less, with milk, production. the main asricul- turai activity, showing a tendency to curtailment. City people continue to come in as summer dwe1lers, accent udlfH8 In6 lOCdl ALInOSpneT6 CnanBe6 which began with their first incur sion about 20 years ago. And, first roused into action by war appeals, the Community has shown a lfberality in parting with money for public causes covering wide rangs which ten years ago would have been re- sarded as impossible.
 When the seleetmen and registrars meet t1 make voters on Saturday, the 18th, most of the applicants will be women, some 70 of whom have enrolled as a result of the house-to- house canvass made by a non-parti- san womsns committee. The entire number eligible for qualification can not be less than 300. Some of these do not care to exercise their new privilege and others wish more time to consider. before deciding or prefer to cast their first vote at the Novem- Der election instead of at the town election on Oct. 4. Town Clerk San ford has ordered 100 extra ballots for the latter election on account of the new class of voters.
 Give the hired man good fare and comfortable rooming quarters with access to a. bathtub and farm labor would be less difficult to obtain, was ghe opinion expressed by, R. T. Dodge, Farm Bureau director, in his lecture on pressing farm problems at the Mark Twain Library last Thursday evening. He said dairymen could in crease their profits by securing better Dscch Aot b1CD neful9 ana Cne eXeT- else of more care and judgment in Ieectng. The proper spraying of ap- ple trees and better packing of the apples made all the difference as to proftts from fruit growing The lee ture was the first in the Mems clul: open forum course
 So mad and unsubmissive are tn {
 eetter clement Republicans over tneir caucus defeat that their think ing apparatus has been hard at work trying to devise some scheme to over come the opposition wing of the party on election day. The end sought for Is of course the defeat of A. s. Churchill, candidate for select man. whose nomination was so neatly and unexpectedly forced. Asains, MT. Driscoll, Democrat, and the other seleotman nominee on their ticket they have no special ill-will in view of the fact that the opposing element used him only as an instrument tc make sure Churchilrs election. The sore ones were at first inclined tc the launching of a citizens ticket but the time seemed too short The oni, other recourse appears to be the writing on the ballot of a substitute name for Churchilrs. As the latter pubiiesn Vote to of haye tne entire Re represents about half the party's to, tai, that plan does not promise sue cess. However, some of the '-betters' talk as if there had been evolved hopeful plan which premature di vulgement might spoil.
 A s25 contribution by Michae Connery to the fund for placing { soldiers mem orial tablet in the new building at Putnam Park makes ; good start towards providing the ad
 ditional sum which must be raised before the project can, be execute d There is already on hand about s14l Of the S450 needed, part of thi
 having been given by the local Hom
 Guard upon their disbandment ant the rest being the surplus from tn, amount raised for the Welcome Hon, demonstration last year and the col lection taken at the recent memor
 ial service.
 Examinations made by the teach
 CT nurse since the public school
 opened show that five of the pupil
 have physical ailments calling fo
 minor operations. This and othe
 results so far obtained are though
 by those who advocated and brough
 about the new system to fully justi
 fy it's introduction.
 Miss Mildred Barnett was operate
 upon for appendicitis at the Danbur
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