Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-02

Thompson. Ponfret, Woodstock. Killing ly and Brooklyn.
 Herd after herd will be subjected to the tests during the next few weeks, and t is already evident, from recent develop ! ments, that the time is not far distant when cusuIners will demand that they he
 supplied from disease free herds. Farmers. are finding ill constantly in
 creasing numbers that it is a big asset l. ! be able to show that they have a clean 1 herd, and it is hoped within a year that l it will be possible to state inst there will
 not be all uIEtested dairy herd in the re- l strRcted area UntesteG herds in any
 event, will be regarded as at @ great dis advantage
 1 Chimney fires gave members of the Putnam fire department a busy time early l Tuesday evening. Incidentally, the fire. men were more or less puzzled to To-
 oste one of the fires, owing to the confus- ing manner in which the alarm rang in. This was believed to be due to the fact that someone held down the lever on an alarm box longer than was necessary The fire men were operating on a chimney fire at | che Bellerose estate on Marshall street when another alarm called away one of ! the trucks for another chimney fire on tsailroad street Neither of the fires caus- ! cd damage of any amount.
 How quickly the public can adjust itself to a new condition was Hlustratel We'd tnesday, when the tokens went into use oc i tfbhe local lines Of the Connecticut com 1 pany. Reports as shown on conductors sheets at the noon hour indicated that IS many as S5 per cent. Of tle patrons of the I road had taken advantage of the ocDor- tunity to sai5e something on their rides for the day by using the tokens instead Of paying straight cash. In justice to the | company it also should be stated that the courteous conductors took the time to ex- plain 10 those who were Tidi1s that the 1 tokens were in use and that the purchase of them would make riding c4lespeE. This was a t.articular advantage 10 those wf}o were going to ride through several zones. No difficulty Of any moment was e2s I Derieneed in introducing the use of the tokens. The average person had been familiarized with the fact that hey were to he made available by the numerous news items pertaining to them that have appeared in this and other publications
 during the past few weeks
 Hundreds attended the Ash Wednesday services at St. Marys church. There
 were morning and evening services, and
 at the evening service there was distri-
 bution Of blesstd ashes, as customary.
 Notices were being posted Wednesday
 for the coming annual adjourned city meeting at which appropriations are to be male to meet the expenditures in yari-
 ous departments for the current fiscal
 year.
 Captain Remi De1axs ef the police de-
 rtn1ent is in receipt of an iuqu1ry from 2. New London woman who seems to be ' Have that a diamond stolen from her might have been disposed of in this city. Capt. Delage said Wednesday that he is con9inc- 4un q EE 7 been taken elsewhere, for he has been un- able to locate it in this city.
 . There was some talk here Wednesday
 of revivinS the idea of an Eastern Connec- ticut mill baseball league for the season that soon will open. Old timers remem- 3 Der when a, mill league furnished s9len- 1 did weekend enterta inrnent for thousan's i of patrons of the game. The Leagues de i, mise was due to tile ambition of different s tea nnmanagements in hiring players who { were not legitimate workers n their
 plants. If that mistake can be avoided this year and only legitimate rngl work CTS used, a league might be a great sue T, cess and a real source of pleasure for 2 3 great many people.
 q Trunk line highways hereabouts will
 absorb thousands of dollars in repair : money during tho next few weeks. Be tween this city and Pomfret during tht " past two weeks the state highway has . broken through for long distances and i. @ badly in need of repair, and the same con : dttton is true elsewhere in the territorJ
 the result of weather conditions and win q ter wear.
 q Cheek stubs and other such evidence h that money has been forwarded to th . state motor vehicle depa -trnent for re newel of motor vehicle operators license o were being displayed in this territor. v March 1 by drivers who have not as yo a received their new certificates iron ,s Hartford. It is indicated that the polio ' will not be too urgent for a few days f ' demanding that drivers show they hay
 renewed their licenses, though those win . have not made application for the sam ,S have no moral right to operate a car. -- At the police station here, a buIIett ,t board on which orders of the day ar If posted has been introduced It is under
 stood that Captain Re1ni DeIage has work Y, ments that will become effective early
 April and will mean some changes fror
 day to night duty and vice versa.
 March introduced itself to Putnam wit '- near-zero temperature during the eaIl
 morning hours.
 ,v The play, Little Women, given in DaI I Io+ iedson Tuesday evening by the KiIlingl .,. Womans club for the benefit of the Da 0 Kinnhan hospital was 8 very fine success
 and the local Institution will benefit mz s teriaIy from the affair.
 'h William ?. Warren of Putnam Co; ~- and Wood Company has been confined
 his home by Illness