The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-10
STAMFORD
Skating is dangerous. Too warm the past two days.

"Howdy, ..Howdy T5 Hi"
 terday, they hain't circus. be there?"
 "Sure thing. At the town hall. They got a new indoor sport" "Zat so, Hi? Whats it all about ?" ''The poor saps that has got to pay taxes is tryin' ter find out whether the council is managin the manager; or be the manager managin' the coun- ciI"
 "Do tell. And who seems ter be winnin' the argument? %
 "I guess it's a draw, and all the taxpayers will have to pay agin ter see enother fite."
 ''Hot dog!' Whats it all about? I thot this manager was goin' to get a few thousand; hire reasonable help and do the towns business cheap;
 'tHar, har, cheap nothin'. They brung a lot of experts from Filedel- fla to tell us what are shacks worth, but by gum they got in such jam they almost woke up.''
 "Guess the folks is gettin' woke up themselves. This consciousness thing ed better get goin' or the folks stunt and not pay their taxes for few dozen years until they find out how come"
 1 The above was brought in by a l Times reader as nearly as possible like conversation heard Saturday on the steps of the palallaI town nall. It is a communication The same mail brought a communication ac- cusing this of being a raspberry patch It is not. It is a gooseber- ry preservn.
 About the only tangible result of the councils work to date is the pass ing of the sidewalk and curb ordin- ance Now to enforce it in a large number of places, will really mean something accomplished. In some | sections of the town people who have put down walks Of their own accord l reach their improved property. The connecting links should be built
 The newly elected officers of Oron- ooue Lodge of odd Fellows are: No- bIe Grand Clifford NJ. Leavenworth; l; Vice Grand, George Vance; recording l secretary, Edward Pitzer; financial secretary Archie Cranson; treasurer | James Mallet-
 Anent the expressed feeling of Wal ter J. Hanford, feel ng of quite 2 number of others, Councilman Donald i s. Sammig Of the Second district an- i s4vers hy pleading for ''co-operation' | rather than "discOurtesy.' The trou-' : ertv owners feel that they have been -reated with discourtesy, and nis- placed faith.
 
 have shoyvr, themselves between Coun- | cilnlan Walter Keeling of the Eighth district and Town Manager Hunter. Keeling it is said does not believe 1 thinrs are moving rapidly as they l sholllds Whether Hunter is to blame l or n,7t there are many who believe as <eefire There are many others who heIIeye that a council and a town manager are all right. but that there are entirely too many other boards, l officers Of various sorts, leaving too few rri,-ate bucks to cover all the de ] tails that should be sent out.
 And some of the counciInen have l turned -7 writing editorials. Another Mills 1-~ linson. deputy sheriff from l the Nir9n district laughed out loud at a recent meeting and gained the en- Imity of fellow councbmen. Mills l however. says that whenever he sees anythins. at a meeting that is comical he intends to laugh just the same. Necessary scaffoiding has been erected for the reroofins- cf the Cen | tral Fire station. It is to be hoped that the irnproveme erfts will be car rried through from the top to the bot | tom. uutil some reat modern fire ap- l paratus is statif ned on the cement floor.
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