Norwich bulletin., 1921-10-20
PUTNAM

At webster today (Thursday) a coro- ner's inquest relative to the accident in which Louise LaMountain, 12, of North Oxford, lost her life as the result of injuries she received when struck by an automobile driven by Frank W. Russell of this city Sunday afternono, will begin. MT Russell will be represented by a Worcester attorney.
 The funeral of the little girl, who is said to have dashed out and into the path of the car, was held at the home of her parents at North Oxford Tuesday, with services in St. Mary's church at that place.
 Ralph Tefrt, for years 8 resident of Putnam, and also for a time resident in the. town of Killinglys died Monday at Quadic, where he bas been making his home for some time.
 Heavy items of expense in the main- tenance of various departments of the town of Putnam during the past year, as shown by the recently issued town reports, include $1,S4S.43 for bridges, $1,5S9.40 balance on the South Meadow street bridge, $S,S57 for county tax, $4.323.s7 for highways. $2.5O2.S9 for in sane poor, $1,217 for labor furnished the unemployed, S1,265.21 for military tax, miscellaneous expenses, $4,036.S4. | Outside poor cost the town $7,S65.S4, the town farm $8,677.SS. state tax ST. | 153.53, town hall $1a9O.20. town hall steeple s1,25O, selectmen's services $979.3O.
 The cost of the schools during the year 192O-1921 fiscal period was $5S,- S12.S2.
 A comparative statement of debt of the town for a three-year period, as shown l by the reports. is as follows: 1919, $1SS,- 53O; 1920, S1S7,SO5.35; 1921, $780, 473.S9.
 In the section of the town reports de- voted to statements by the town school committee the following is included this year: It has been custom for many years in the town of Putnam to include in the annual report of the town schoo committee a list of the individual bills paid during the year. This has taken g lot of space in the town report, and as nothing can be learned from reading list of names and amounts, t has beer omitted this year. All of the informa tion is contained in the summary and il the table of comparative cost. If an, person is desirous of obtaining detailed information which is not contained il this report, it may be obtained from th clerk of the town school committee, M H. Geissler, at any time.
 The library report shows the numbe of volumes in the library to be S,491 an, that 422 volumes were added during tn year. The number of volumes circulatet totaled 23,222, of which 1O,3S1 were fic
 tion, 2,19S non-fction, 6S02 juvenile 3,512 juvenile non-fction, 249 French, s
 magazines. Books were sent to 13 differ ent schools the circulation in the school being 3,540. The number of new appli cants for books at the library was 314. Motor trucks are being used to hau
 apples from the vicinity of Portland, Me into this territory. Windham count
 grew practically no apples during tn past season, the buds and blossoms bein
 blighted by a killing frost during tn
 month of May. Northern New Englan
 has splendid apple crop, however, an
 the indications are that great quantitie . of apples from that section will be dis
 posed of in eastern Connecticut durin . the winter. Splendid apples being show 1 at retail in this city this week are con
 manding as high as seven cents eacl Maine apples that are being brought
 by the trucks are selling for S2.75 DC
 bushel, of 75 cents per peck.
 , Mrs. Frank CogsweH Miss Lei Walker of North Grosvenordale) has S . far recovered from a severe illness as \ be able this week to leave the hospit; I where she has been a patient for a lon time, in her home city of Louisville, K
 A few weeks ago Mrs. CogswelTs life wa almost despaired of. bat she is now we
 on the road to recovery,
 drive, to be undertaken at once. hoped to produce S10,000 urgently neede
 by the Day Kimball hospital of this cit
 A committee, representative of varior
 towns and communities served by tI
 hospital, and to be known as the con
 mittee on the Day Kimball hospital d,
 ficiency fund, has been formed to unde1
 take the work of raising the none,
 Herbert w. Bowen of Wood is chairma