The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-01-30
STAMFORD

hHG1 OEEES
 At Eli Whitney school, Huntington Road, tonight. there will be an ad- journed meeting of the Eighth Dis trict Civic association The session will start at o'clock A map of the district showing the tentative prop erty valuation will be exhibited, and everyone interested is urged to come
 Miss Milrred Frederick, 1O7 Strat- ford avenue, was injured at Hard g corner, Stratford avenue and Main street, yesterday. An automobile owned by John Crescent, 28 Stanton street, and operated by Roscoe N tz- ran ursan the sidewalk, striking Miss Broderin& and dragging her some dis tance in tho snow, causing severe contusions and shock, before the driver was able to stop the speeding saeachine. Mazziottt was held by the Iof1cs.
 A second accident occurred at the a. m.. when Wayne Austin drove a light delivery truck past the corner and also had a skidding experience. He was accopanied by John Wood. Neither was injured, there was ma damage, and no arrests.
 Property valuations in Stratforc may have been responsible for a hor-
 
 George ZbOrai, AZ. Of Avon Park at- tackled his wife with a claw hammer, and the remnants of an army bayo- net. inficting wounds from which she is not expected to recover After mutilatinS his wife in a terrible man. ne the man turned on his daughter, Margaret, IS, who came to the moth CTS assistance. and also wounded his son, John. 21. The man, said to have become angered because his property valuation on a lot had been raised from s21O to $4O0, blaming his wife for the increase.
 In a statement that may be the last before she dies the wife is said to have expressed the belief that her husband was insane.
 It is to be hoped that others in town will not see red when they believe that some of the "old guard' Is getting off light, and some Of the small property owners being made to bear the brunt of the bur- den.
 And now someone comes along and claims that the present method of arriving at valuations is illegal Everyone who is about to be made to pay their full share will no doubt fall in line with this argument. It Is believed that First Selectman Conlne, of the Second district is of this belief He owns a great deal of Stratford property, including valua- able land known as the Conine Nurs- iSry, on the East Main street section much property, in the belief of many, Eas been assessed rather low for a .ocg time. This is when it is con sfdered that it is property not for sale used as a business, and on a thor oughfare that are more or less main highways and naVigable.
 If valuations become low enough to suit everyone in Stratford 1t Is obvious that the millage will have to be high enough to displease everyone in the Town.
 The council is made up of human beings trying to dispense a system worked by other humans. The Town is sadly behind the times in the mat ter Of fire and police protection, Town buildings, schools, streets, sewers 1n- clud1nS storm sewers, planning, and a lot of other little things, such as side walks which the people, have just the missing. The council can hardly be expected to keep the taxes on the same level. and make up for all the lost time, in too short an inter- val.
 However, some action, would do lot towards regaining confidence that is being lost in some quarters A little real attention to the needs of the fire department would please a lot of people, with streets and schools held in reserve for an encore when the applause subsidies
 The skating is good. The wind blew so hard Saturday anl Sunday in Paradise Lawn that the down that the old woman picked from the geese for this section of Stratford, didn't get a chance to strike the ground, Most of the snow destined for the Eighth district flew past Seymour Wells store at a speed estimated by Seymour as 415 miles an hour This snow is said to have finally stopped travelling in South Norwalk
 Cupheag Club Bowling Cupheag bowlers are putting up high scores on Porter's alleys. Last weeks results follow:
 Team No. 6. w Beach --...... 73 80 82 W. R. Breetz ..... S1 S9 90 R. Briggs ........12O SS S5 1