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^ I, A > ( \>• *i\'* If i ' M < »# f< t•«. tv \* v «.». *>< if tf' i „ r 'f THE TWBUNE IS S3 TEAKS OU> AND STflX GROWING S6TH YEAR-NO. 43 SflSi\ !* «*»* f *»«-• >«»-aw*«H ^*^*^^*f^ ^^Pf^ ^^^a^^^^w ^^^•w^s^^^r^ ^^^BJB^B^^ , ^^eevasasss ^p ^e^s^e^ieaaeeispe^Bes/ v i V MEDINA, K. Y„ TOIBSIW, J^m^lSsW T ~ * 1 S> * \ BBWSBSe saal(S9S»sp«i Fairview Manor, Popular Dining Resort, Destroyed By Fire Friday Morning >lr. and Mrs. Harvey Hill, Thomas Fitzgerald, and Donald Latta Escape From Burning Building In Nick of Time.—Building Total Loss. Fairview Manor, one of the best i^nown eating places in this part ,.f ihe state, was totally destroyed by (ire early Friday morning. It J as owned by Mr- and Mrs. Har- , e v L Hill, who with Thomas Fitzgerald, manager, and Donald Latta of Albion, farm hand, were asleep in the building when the ~:r started. Mr Hill was awakened about • v. o o clock by choking smoke that >. j> filling the second floor of the u :ding. He aroused Mrs. Hill and M: Fitzgerald. They discovered t si ape down the stairs had been _;! off by the flames that were ,.riady sweeping the first floor. \ :vpe was then hastily made out '. sheets and the three climbed -.h.ough a window to the roof of •nt- \eranda . Mrs. Hill held the -prevised rope while Mr. Hill .. i to the ground and ran to :he home of F. P. Thompson across •ho road and procured a ladder. With this he rescued the other •-.,.' When reaching the ground K-.'jgerald immediately ran around •>•> the back of the house and ar- oused Latta, who was sleeping on :he ground floor. He managed to ->a\e some of his clothing. The • '.hers escaped in their night • .i :hes and were unable to save .anything, including $185 Fitzgerald - ad in his trousers pocket. After seeing that everybody was *afcly out of the burning building Mr Hill hurried without^hoes to tr.e home of his son, Percy Hill, .3 bout three quarters of a mile •i iwn the road, where he phoned •r.c Medina fire department for e'p Assistant Chief Ranallo and v. i pumpers responded immedi- .ltcly but the building was a mass » f flames, fanned by a strong •r'.heast wind, when they ar- •• td Hampered by lack of water, : they could do was to save the . laming garage and barns with vi'.' booster tanks. T 1 r fire is believed to have ' r'.id in the cellar near the fur- '• which might have become AROUND THE TOWN • ''w-rhrard at the Mayflower v. cck ' mmv has been interested in -use (if phrenology conduct- • ' ' '• <i band of gypsies in the • •• i and Hood block. When in- \ > '1 that the art of phrenology • - sted in reading the bumps '.!• •• head, he inquired bland- What happens if one hasn't • bumps' 1 \ ^•^••- <f the local boys at the '•'>•': immediately offered to fix up with a few good sizeable •.[is for the occasion. overheated. The loss is estimated at between $20,000 and $30,000, partially covered by insurance. Ideally situated on a rise of ground at the corner of the Mil- lion Dollar Highway and the Knowlesville road, Fairview Man- or has been a popular gathering place for many years. Clubs and individuals in this section have used it extensively for meetings, banquets and parties, and many tourists on the Million Dollar Highway have stopped to enjoy its good food. Built about fifty years ago and bought from the builders by Willis Gregory; it was later sold to Cummings and Getsky, caterers of Buffalo. They opened it up as a first class inn and it became very popular with the public which regreted it very much when they sold it to A. J. Skinner and returned to the city. Mr. Skinner and his family lived there and operated the farm on which it is located until the World War. He then sold it to Thomas B. Robbins. A few years later Mr. Robbins sold it to Mr. and Mrs. Hill, who, with the assistance of Thomas Fitzgerald, again opened it as an excellent dining resort Business first class eating place. Business increased so it was found neces- sary to build on an addition to en- large the size of the dining room. The many friends and patrons of Fairview Manor regret ex- ceedingly the destruction of this well known eating place, which was completely destroyed, only the cellar walls remaining. While Mr. Hill's plans for the future are as yet uncertain, it is nevertheless understood that he is contemplating erecting a small- er building on the site of the ruins and will continue to serve the peo- ple of Medina and vicinity. Appomattox Day Is Celebrated By Hood Post, G.A.R. Women's Relief Corps, Daughters of Union Veterans Join In 72nd Anniversary FAIRVIEW MANOR \•a 'i •'BTTTTTmHirnTFiBifiBSg BONN K Well\ known •uTmng resort destroyed by fire early Friday morning, April 9th.. The occupants. Mr.\ and Mrs. Harvey Hill, owners of the building, and Thomas Fitzgerald, manager, climbed through one of the windows en the second floor to the dining room roof on the left and lowered Mr. Hill to the ground with bed sheets tied together, and he then rescued the others with « ladder. An employee in the west part of the hotel was also rescued before the building collapsed in a seething mass of flames. Dr. Cummings, of Normal School Faculty, Addresses Rotary Club Assemblage Speaker Believes That Hitler's Program Does Not Offer Prosperity for Germany or Peace for the World.—Plan Is Not Economically Sound. • Afterthought \ >oung man and a girl came •'• \f the Diana Theatre this week •i the last show of \Maytime\, •'• nng Nelson Eddy and Jean- • \• MacDonald, and drove down v • n street in a Buick coupe. \' Wing suddenly in the middle ' '.hr street in front of the Niaga- • Lockport and Ontario office, ' '• young man put his arms und the girl, gave her a long. '•• \>n Eddy kiss. Then, stepping '•up gas, he sped away. • We're still trying to dope out advertisement in one of our .nt> papers which offered a re- .'•'•d for the return of a \Black •'lies' purse containing license, '•' and pencil and car key.\ ^ unds off-color to us. • Vital Statistics. In \A Dictionary of American s'^ng'' compiled recently by '\unce H. Weseen, Associate :nfessor of English at the Uni- ••rsity of Nebraska, some 275 mations of the word \intoxi- -•ted\ or pertaining to a state of '•' »xication, are listed. There is, \•ever only one word for sober. Parent-Teachers To Meet Tuesday 7 ' '• Parent Teacher Association riold its meeting next Tuesday, M • 1 20, at the High School. Elec- ' «f officers will be Included a business meeting at eight •<\k. followed by musical n'um- ' - to be rendered by members ;_ie Medina High School. • ' <• School nurse. Miss Grant, then give a survey of the • \n health. Of great interest to • nts will be a gym program by ' K'rls ofvthe high school under uirection of Miss Vander- * Preceding the conducting of P«-n forum. Barbara Cox will • ' to the parents and teachers in 7-ection with \Play Days.\ Announcement will also be ade at this time of the spring wncert to be held at the High ^nool Auditorium on April 22. S. J. Hood Post, Women's Relief Corps and Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War cele- i brated Appomattox Day, April 9th in G. A. R. Hall. The ministers and their wives were Invited guests. A bountiful dinner was served at noon to nearly 100. A fine, patriotic program followed at 2 o'clock, as follows: Call to order—Mrs. Amanda Sikes, Chairman Singing—America—Audience InvocaUon—Rev. A. S. Lowrie Greetings: S. J. Hood Post, Mrs. Amanda Sikes, chairman Women's Relief Corps. Belle Bayne, President Daughters of Veterans, Mrs. Lottie Benham, President Piano solo—Melody of Patriotic Airs—Miss Edna Stocking Address—Peace Without Force Rev. Arthur Gregson Vocal Duet—The Old Rugged Cross—Clarice Fuller and Sydney Lasher Reading—His Flag—Mrs. Bert Cooper Salute to the Flag—Led by Com- rade Ellicott Vocal Solo—Kentucky Babe— Mrs. Irene Zimmerman Singing—Marching thru' Geor- gia—Audience Remarks: Supervisor Wm. Boyd Mrs. Mary Montgomery Closing song—God be with you 'till we meet again Benediction—Rev. D. A. Pear- son Chandler Ellicott was the only Civil War Veteran present It is remarkable that he has never missed an Appomattox Day cele- bration since the close of the Civil War, 72 years ago. He will cele- brate his 93rd birthday in July. Mrs. Mary Montgomery was the only Civil War veteran's widow present. Albionite Steals R.R. Signal Wire Henry Florack. 53, Albion, re- cluse, was arrested Friday for the theft of 18 cents worth of copper wire from a New York Central Railroad signal by Sheriff Herbert T. Clark and Lieut. Michael Ni- land of the New York Central po- lice. The theft put signals out of commission one half mile east of Albton, delaying three trains and might have caused a railroad dis- aster. He pleaded guilty before Justice Milton Kast and was sen- tenced to 59 days in Orleans Coun- ty jail. His arrest led to the roundup of a gang of six men charged with the theft of hundreds of dollars worth of quarry machinery which they disposed of as old iron. A most clearly presented and unusually instructive address was presented before the members of the Rotary Club last Tuesday af- ternoon by Dr. Milton Cununings, Head of the Social Science Dept. at Brockport Normal School, up- on the subject, \The Hitler Re- gime.\ After being presented by Sup- erintendent of Schools Arthur E. Trippensee, Dr. Cummings com- menced by tracing the Hitler re- gime back to 1924 when Hitler was in prison (following his fam- ous Putsch in Munich on Novem- ber 8, 1923) and where he wrote his book, \Mein Kampf.\ In this book, said Dr. Cummings, Hitler expressed his foreign policy in the following declarations: (a) Germany must unite in spirit and all Jews, Marxists and Liberals must be displaced; (b) Germany must expand eastward Into East- ern Russia and southeast into the Balkans and also get back the Polish Corrider: (c) Friendship with England must be maintained at all costs by Germany in order to protect her back door. This policy, stated the speaker, has been steadily followed by Hitler with the exception of that of wresting territory from Russia, at the present time numerically stronger in troops and air forces, and the issue of return of the colo- nies lost by the Versailles Treaty substituted in its place. In speaking of Hitler's \Mein Kampf,'' Dr. Cummings pointed out that this book was universally read in Germany, especially in view of the fact that copies were compulsory \with all civil servants of the Reich, newly-weds and all institutions of learning. Over 3.000,000 copies, he said, have been sold. In analyzing the economic fac- tor that Germany must expand. Dr. Cummings cited as funda- mental considerations the need of a market for industrial products, the necessity for raw materials •end the acquisition of territory for a market and also outlet tor in- creasing population. These facts were refuted by the case of Eng- land which in the 19th century purchased cotton and textile goods from Louisiana prior to the Box- er Rebellion. After the acquisition of territory in Africa by Great Britain, remarked Dr. Cummings, not one Issue of stock changed hands. Another example offered was that England exports more of her industrial products to the Scandanavian countries than to Australia and also controls a greater part of the capital invest- ment in Argentina, not by con- quering but through industry and enterprise. \A baste economic fact w that anyone who has something to sell will find someone to buy,\ declared Dr. Cummings. \The problem today is one of glut and selfishness on the part of nations, and the only way to get anything appears to be by seizing property by force.\ In the matter of surplus popu- lation. Dr. Cummings cited the case of Japan which attempted to populate the Islands of Formosa and Korea, formally acquired in 1895 and 1910. To date only about 800,000 Japanese are living on these islands, as against an In- crease in the Japanese birth rate of nearly 1,000,000 every year In Ethiopia 60,000 soldier-farmers are being guarded at the present time by 150,000 Italian troops in an attempt to colonise that coun- try. \The factors of Jobs and oc- cupations.\ stated Dr Cummings emphaUcally, \control Immigra- tion, and labor will not migrate Fire Department Has Many Calls The fire department was called at 620 Monday evening to the old L'Hommedieu farm on Maple Ridge owned by Arthur Ennis to extinguish a grass fire that was endangering the barns. It was seen by Claude Britt, who was passing, and as there it no tele- phone near there, he drove to Medina to notify Mr. Ennis and the firemen. At 8 o'clock Tuesday mprning the department was called to the garage of Earl Colton at Shelby Basin. An oil heater had set fire to the floor. The flames spread beneath the floor, in which it was necessary to cut a hole before a line from a booster tank made short work of the blaze. At 8:15 Wednesday morning the department was called by an alarm from Box 48 to extinguish a grass Ore along the canal bank in the rear of Lewis Montgom- ery's residence on State street At 12:45 Wednesday afternoon the department was called to ex- tinguish a grass fire which started from a bonfire at the home of Wallace Pegelow on South Main street. A line from the booster tank put an end to it D. of U. V. Meeting Harnett Beeehcr Stowo Tent No. 121. Daughters of Union Veterans, I will meet in GAR. Hall Friday 'evening at 8 o'clock. I At 6 30 a tureen dinner will be i served to members and their fami- lies. mmmmzimmmm $L0OAYEAR-3cACOPY pl(i*|B*|a1*BlN Reminiscencesof Old West In Early Days Recalled by A. Blair Poler of Medina Medina Retident Recalls Mining Days In Black Hills, S. D., Sixty Ye*wAro-WM Friemi Interesting raniniactneec ot the old West in its pott-ttooUer days are recalled by K. Blair Poler, ot Medina, whose experiences to back to the 'JO'S and '*0's when the western {tart ot this country was still largely unsettled territory and men traveled by stag* coach and \packed\ guns «s a matter ot protection. The story that Mr. Poler relates Is now of an era long past in the settlement ot the West, preserved In the annals ot history and immortalized through present- day novels and moving pictures. It was in March, WW,,that Mr, Poler, then not. auite twenty-six years ot age and working on 4 farm four miles southwest ot Ma- dura, was advised, by big physi^sa, Dr. R. S. Bishop, to travel watt to cure a sever* attack «t asthma. *ft> the young Ud, filled with a spgrlj; ot adventure and wanderlust, the advice \go West, young man\ was a most welcomed admonition. Packing up, he left for Cheyenne, Wyoming, t>y train. The problems ot America at that period were many and trouble- some. Rutherford B. Hayes had Just been elected President by the majority of otto electoral voto over Samuel J. Tildon and faced the vexatious questions ot pacify- ing the South and restoring the specie payments, A year previous, Colorado had been admitted to the Union as the 38th State and site nation was shocked by the massa- cre ot General George A. Custer and two hundred ana seventy-six soldiers at the Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana by Sitting Bull. The Sioux were still turbulent in \77 but were becoming awed into to places with a lower standard of living.\ 1 In concluding, the speaker stat- i ed that Hitler's program was not j based upon sound economical J reasons and did not offer pros- i perlty for Germany or peace for the world, but would ultimutely result In another war. The only way out. In his opinion, was the establishment of economic inter- nationalism and monetary stabil- ity, as well as the restoration of the colonies lost by Germany in order to enable Hitler to \save his face\ with his countrymen. Subscribe for The Medina Tribune Lyndonville Scout Troop Captures Trophy at Meet Held Here Friday With every event being run off in a most expeditious manner, and the crowd on its way home within two hours, the Boy Scout Rally held at the Armory last Friday night was one of the most success- fulever held, attracting orvcr 1000 spectators who saw an energetic, wide-awake troop from Lyndon- ville walk off with the first leg on the new trophy presented by Commissioner W. Wallace Whit- more, speaking for the Lewiston Trail Council. The combined Lyndonville and Medina High School Bands, so capably directed by Carl Hul- shoff, coupled with the martial music of St. Mary's Drum Corps under the guidance of Drum Major John Duquette, entertained the spectators before the main events on the program, and also filled the gaps as preparations were being made for each event. Brief introductory remarks by Vice President and General Man- ager Dr. Ross Arnett, and Scout Executive Robert P. Cacner, pre- faced the address given by Council President Douglas R. Patterson, who very efficiently covered the Scouting activities, both past and future, in the Le-wiston Trail Council. The Pie Eating Contest, intro- duced solely as a bit of comedy and other events based exclusively on Scout instruction principles, were all of a very entertaining na- ture and competition was keen throughout the evening. Troop 25, of Lyndonville, while winning but one first place, by persistent effort in each and every event won first place with a total of 27 points. This troop with it* leadership, is to be congratulated. not alone for its victory, but for the vast improvement shown over the past two year period. The always dangerous Troops 28 and 29, Methodists and &i Mary's respectively, finished in a tie for second place, each with a totsU of 23 points. Troop 23, of Middleport another more recent entry In the Eastern Area Rally, finished in third place with 19 points and show* every promise of bigger and better ef- forts in the future Troop 33. Baptist and Troop 31. Presbyterian, accumulated 18 and 13 points respectively to take the fourth and fifth positions. Through the unexpected gener- osity of the CounciK a new com- petitive trophy was swarded to the winning troop, by Council Commissioner W. Wallace Whit- more, to be held by Scoutmaster Mollis Murdock and his proud boys for a period of one year, and then placed in competition again. The newly acquired trophy ts in the shape of a large earthenware \Cookie PoT suitably inscribed, \Trophy For Annual Rally, East- ern A. C. Lcwlxton Trail Council\ and later to be lettered with the name and number of the winning troop. After final announcements of the standings and the presentation ceremony, \Taps\ blown by Clay- ton Crocker, of Middleport, win- ner of the Bugling conUat. brought the evening's entertainment to a close, with expressions ot satis- faction and pleasure on the lips of all, officials In charge of the event and spectators alike. Final tabulation: Middleport No. 23—Sirmm says 4, knots 4, bugling 0, pie eating 4, stretcher race I, fire by friction 0, total 19 Lyndonville No. 25—Simon says 5, knots 5. bugling 2, pie eating 6, stretcher race 6, fire by friction 4, total 27. Methodists No. 28—Simon says 6, knots 2, bugling i, pie eating 0, stretcher race 3. fire by friction 5, U>M 23. St Mary'* No 29—Simon my» 3, kn»ts G, bugling 4, pie eating 2, stretcher race Z, fire by frteU»m ©, total 23. \ Presbyterian No. 8i—Simon says 2, knots I, bugling S, pie eating 1. stretcher race 4, total 13. Baptists No. J2—•Simon lays i, lots %, bugling 3, pie ealing 5, stretcher race 5, fire by friction t, total IS. A. BLAIR POLER submission by the progress of ci- vilization into the new West, largely through the growth nnd development of the Centrul and Union Pacific Lines which first linked the Pacific coast with the east on May 10, 1860. Arriving at Cheyenne. Poler mot Mortimer Post, a former Medina boy, ot thot time connected with the Post, Stebbens St Co. Bonk in that place, in company with Post Mr. Poler recalls how he traveled by stage coach with armed guards to establish o branch office In Deadwood, South Dakota, a small mining town In the Black Hills region In which gold had been discovered and which had been recently purchased by the United States Government from the Sioux Indians and opened for prospect- ln <L Deadwood, os Mr. Poler recol- lected the settlement, was a small frontier town of rough log csltlna and wooden buildings that after the discovery of gold I n Deadwood Gulch and vicinity, swelled in population until It embraced a community of some 10.000 people. To this rich center in the Black Hills, where from 1870 to 1882 twenty-two million dollars were mines, were attracted hordes of prospectors and miners by the lust of gold and also the usual In- flux of gamblers, confidence men, woroeajo* ouaaUonaW* rapuW wad, tp»m wut «wtta opaw* m 1Jpi> days, said Mr. Poltr, *ith sjMftW- in* uiia satd mtowiStiti^Tm blast,\ eapectally c« Saturday and Sandiy WtWi, ^hart xm^i^jm. miners eama to town with fipr money, in iplt*> ot this, however, there ware but Icomparatlvtly taw- robberle* as every man carrlfd hi* money around with him in hl» pocket or lm% protected by & gun. Quarrel* and brawls did occur Ira tumbling; dena and other dive*, but, r«rn«tk«d Mr, Polar, they were not at numerous or a* color- ful at depicted in- moving picture*. Short worK was mad*, navettht- lesa, of feorit tg#ye^ as the steal- ing ot hones was ah unpardc*abl« crimo and offenders were speedily tted wltblhatr hand* behind ihafr backs and hunt from the ltntb of a tree, the hinging ot aavarai hone thieve* wui witnessed by Mr. Poler while at Deadwood, An occurrence that atUl stands out vividly in Mr, Poier'a memory was the departure of the stage coach from.tho town under a heavy cuard with ahlpmenU pt .money.: and mall, Indians were not p*r-> UculirW troublesome at th« Uwo except ii\ stealing horses, but rob- berlci on th» highway by ban- dits or robbtw* in the Watt were not uncommon event* and the atago coach always want out heav- ily srmed from Deadwood pro- pared for any emergencies. After aiding In the establishment of the Post, Stebbtns & Co, Bank In Deadwood, Mr. Poler driftekt •round the country a while serv- ing as clerk ot the District Court in Trego County, Kansas, at its first election in August, 117$, and a* Justice of the Peace Ot Ountti- son County, Colorado, In Novem- ber, IS81, for two yeara. It was In Denver, Colorado, that Mr, Poler first met William F. Cody, famous Indian tighter and scout, and also one ot the riders of the \Pony Express\ from St Joseph, Mo. to Sacramento, Cat., in the 'OO's. Recalling \Buffiiio BUI\ to mind, he remembered him as a very spoclnculnr sort of man still in his thirties, with a wide sombrero hat, long flowing hair and high boots, who could pass a convivial evening with companions and then go out early in the morn- ing and knock oft a row ot glass balls in pistol practice. Employed as n special cattle investigator or detective for the Northwestern Cottle Growers Association, Mr. Polar spent some eighteen months in Colorado, tracing shipments of \rustled\ or stolen cattle by their brands to Omaha, Chicago, or Mew Orleans, after they had been shipped oft on flatbouu. During this period he became well ac- quainted with the illustrious In- dian fighter end scout, nt that time engaged In the cattle business and destined not long afterwards to become Internationally famous as n master showman of wild West Shows. The lost of the many, positions filled by Mr, Poler in his colorful career In the West was that of sur- veyor for the Denver and Ilio Grande Railroad In Utah, after which he returned Bast In 1886 and settled down again In Medina, wlirre ho was married. Today nearing his eighty-sixth yoar, Mr. Poler is still hearty and In good health and maintains a enr which he himself drives around town. His interest in politics and events Is great and covers a wide scope. In dwelling of the past he likes to talk of places in remote spots which he would still like to visit. \I have always played the pine hard and square,\ he stays vory simply In summing up bis coper, \and Life has always been very wonderful to roe.\ Sit-down Strike at Stamping Works A sit-down strike occurred thla morning at the Medina Stamping; and Machine Works when the em- ployees, reporting for work at 7:00 a. rn., went on strike. Headed by Mike Callandra, the foreman of the shop, the men are iMistinji on a more satisfactory adjustment of wages in view ot a policy recently adopted by the Company in making certain dumps and «sxpansien. Majm#«r Leo Collins indicated In an in- terview thl» mornlttg tb*t the strike would be qpicMy tattled, but from last reports Indlcstlotts showed that the striate wax »ttU In force. The personnel of the of- fice yere net affected. Local Moose Elect Officers The annual meeting of Medina Lodge L O. 0, M. was held Tues- day. April fl, at Moose Temple on Pearl street. The following ©f»- eers were elected for the eiuuing yoar: Harold Larcum, dictator; William FJsner, vtce-dlctator; George Morris, prelate; After* w, Richmond, secretary; Prank Zwie- fka. treasurer; George Winter, trustee. Claude Weeks was chosen as delegate to the supreme lodge with William FlUgerald as alter- nate. The officer* will be Installed Tuesday, April 27. $100 Bank Night Award Claimed Mrs, Marls Waterson, ft, I*. p. 3, Medina, was preitni to elabn the $100.00 banfe award WefMM* time M9.O0 will be given awaf. \* ,'r ^^t^m&^^JM&^si^^^M&m
