Norwich bulletin., 1922-03-01
PUTNAM

This is the day-March 1--that brings l a reduction in fares to the patrons of | the local lines of the Connecticut com pany. Passengers who board a car this | morning will find that they can buy | tokens from the conductors at three for l 9 cents and that these tokens will be | accepted when proffered by passengers for a ride that heretofore has been cost l ing 10 cents. It is hoped that the l ,iseaper riding will be the means of winning the road even more liberal pa tronage than Is now being accorded 1t. For those who ride every day, or even more frequently. as do many conrnut- CTS. the saving in a month through the reduction of fares will be quite consid- erable.
 Thompson. a town with a grand list pleased over the fact that the tax rate in that town has been materially re- duced from the record rate of last year -23 mills and that when they go to see the tax collector this year they will pay on a basis of IS mills, the rate fix ed by the recent adjourned annual town meeting.
 Thompso, town with grand list of about S2,50o,000, Is one of the few towns in the state that has no town debt. Thompson pays as 1t goes. Since the enactment of a Connecticut statute providing that it's towns shall appro- priste each year sufficient money to meet all authorized expenditures Thompson not only has rigidly adhered to this policy, but also. g few years back, took care of & small debt It was carrying by laying tax about two mills higher than was needed for the current years expense and quickly ! cleaned up it's deficit
 .-t....-z... .a-;Sozt ,-o ,- -;S as the obligation of paying the heavy in- terest charges that are such drag on | the financial operations of many of the towns in eastern Connecticut each year, and are well that this year has brought them a reduction of mills from the ! high tax rate of last year..
 Former Captain J. H. BuIEer of the police department protests that there i was nothing mysterious about a pris- | oner escaping from No. cell at the police station during his encumbency of | office.
 This particular escape had been reported only a few hours when Captain | Bulger learned by examinations of the | door and lock of this particular cell that | the lock mechanism was out of order. one part bent, so that the lock would not hold a prisoner secure in the cell Mir. Bulger feels that this fact should be made known tG the public in view of the recent publicity relative to the cell. Daigle brothers, champion potato | growers, on a commercial scae, of this part of the state, have planned for an other season of big activities on their 1 farm near this city. One of the broth | CTS said Tuesday that 50 acres will be planted with potatoes during the com | Ing spring. This, however, is not the | largest number of acres they have had 1 devoted to potato cultivation during the
 few years of their activities in this sec
 ton, though it Is far and away beyond
 anything being done in the largeness of its scope by any other potato grower in
 this part of the state. Last year this
 farm produced 12,0OO bushels of pota- toes from 63 acres of land
 The The Daigle brothers are from 1 the Maine potato belt, where the aggre-
 gate crop Is reckoned in millions of
 bushels each fall. They came down in to this corner of Connecticut few
 years ago and have been expertly em-
 ploying the most successful methods
 known 10 the Aroostook county growers
 in getting results here, and have been