The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-17
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premises of H. c. McCollam was left over night just a week later with James Delaney at Putnam Park by Michael Muskinvitsch. one of the trunk highway gang. MT. Delaney, being aware of the theft, notified MT. McColIan who readily identified the machine as his property although in an evident attempt to prevent identi- fication the guards; handle bars, name plate and some other parts had been removed and replaced with other at tachments. Armed " ith a search warrant Deputy Sheriff Banks ex- plored on Monday forenoon a sshanty near the Easton line, which Muskin- vitsch occupies, the officers purpose being to find the missing bicycle parts and also other plunder that was con- cealed there as the suspicion had arisen that the shanty dwe11er might be the author of numerous burglaries committed during the winter at vacant houses in the Ridge section. The search brought to light the bicycle parts,- but no other loot. Mus kinvitsch was promptly arrested and as the result of a trial before Justice Lyon found guilty and sentenced to ten days in jail and to pay a fine of $5 and costs. He admitted his guilt after conviction, offering as an ex- planation the statement that he was drunk at the time from indulgence in some potent beverage obtained in Bridgeport In answer to questions he asserted that he did not have and could not get the money to pay the fine and costs. A search at the Bridgeport jail, however, showed that he had $57 in his clothes. When the roll was disclosed he expressed the intention of using s33.56 of it with which to purchase his liberty on the expiration of his ten days sentence Probably second thoughts had led him to the conclusion that such a course would be good finance as he days stay in jail whereas work on the road job brought a daily return of s4
 A, combination auction sale on Wednesday of next week at which E. M- Sanford and A. G. Barnett will offer their entire dairy herds shows the present tendency in the produc- ton end of the milk business. After holding on for long time against adverse conditions in unrealized hopes that these would become more favor able they have decided to quit the game Their reason for so doing is that high feeding and labor costs in comparison with prices for milk leave no margin for profit and there would in fact be shown an actual de- fcfency if full compensation for their own labor were taken into account. MT. Sanford will offer 20 head and MT. Barnett IS head at the sale which will take place on the formers premises. Practically all the stock is Ho1stein or near Holstein. MT. Bar nett has been gradually reducing his milking herd for the last year or so In preparation for making a shift to the raising of beef cattle. While the demand for COWS has lately been de- creasing, dealers from Bridgeport keep the market for newly born calves active and sharply competitive at prices beyond the reach of those desirous Of obtaining such calves for the legitimate purpose of fattening them into properly mature veal Bob veal traffic which is banned under the law although not by the heavy artil- 1ery of constitutional amendment, is plainly regarded as a de1icacy by certain element of Bndgeport,s popu- Aton- Three or four years ago that city's board of health started against dealers in the forbidden meat a cam- paign which, had it's imm ediate effect of para1yzing the industry, but the scare was of only temporary duration.
 
 interesting in a way is the fact that neither Norwa1k or Danbury shows any such appetite for bob veal as does Bridgeport
 The Mems club held their annual meeting last Thursday evening at the home of Dr. E. H Smith and elected as officers for the ensuing year Rev. Raymond Cunningham, president; Charles H. Ward, secretary, and
 
 edded that during the coming year there be held three open meetings along the lines of a community for u1n- A special committee of two will be appointed to arrange the details for these meetings. The July meet ing of the club will be held. with Lemue1 B. Sanford
 The marriage of Miss Marior Archer of Bedding Ridge and Frank Loughlin of New Haven, was ap- pointed for today at Christ church in that city, with Rev Mr- Roseboro as the officiating clergyman Only relatives and a few intimate friends had been invited to attend the cere- mOny- MT and Mrs. Lough1in will go to Maine on their wedding trip and after a stay there of several weeks make their home at an apart ment in New Haven
 ME- and Mrs Edward A Pin'-ney celebrated the 18th anniversary of 1 their marriage on June by a fam fly gathering at their home in Georgetown The occasion brought 1 together their two sons and two | daughters, the husbands of the latter | and the three grandchildren.
 An agreement has been signed and 3 deposit paid in a transaction by 1 which Mrs. Hobart Brown is to make conveyance of the former SeI- leck- place at Library corner to Gwendolfne Watson, Mabel Read Tucker and Catherine Harrison Mikk1eson- The property com prfses a house and three acres of land Conveyance is to be made on Saturday.
 The Sunset Hill road which was badly furrowed by the heavy trucks r used on the trunk highway job will l be repaired at State expense. It was inspected on Tuesday by an engineer of the State highway department ac- compahfed by Selectrnan Sanford and the engineer agreed that the case was one calling for State repairs under the statute providing for such contingen- ll<Nf