The Medina sentinel. [volume] (Medina, Ohio) 1888-1961, 1920-02-13
LOCAL BRIEFS

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t Ralph House, who has been acting
as assistant surveyor, has resigned
his position. The vacancy has not
been filled.
Seven indictments in Erie county
Pa, with city like Erie, shows even
better than the three returned in an
urban county like Medina.
A small rural school near George
town, Brown county, won first prize
of 500 in the War Savings contest
The school had per capita sale OF
$95.83.
Mayor N. Philadelphia had a doz-
en- citizens before him last week for
piling ashes in the street. All plead
they "didn't know;" ordinance in
vogue since 1868.
-Lorain has gas war on. The
Logan Gas and Fuel Co. wants to
charge Csc and the Council says 4Oc
shall be the maximum. Here's bet
ting on the Council.
With the Goodyear at Akron
putting in force Sc day minimum
wage the farmers Of Medina had best
hang on to all labor it has tied up
for use the coming summer.
The Jerry Smell barber shop,
made vacant by the death of its own
er, has been reopened. Messers
Earl D. Ganyard and D. j. Ganyard,
two young men from Granger, are the
new BARRIERS.
Wooster Experiment Station ad-
vises careful seed corn testing. 1t
says the severe weather has lowered
the vitality of seed corn not kept in
warm place, and that testing is the
only safe plan to follow.
-Sandusky Chamber of Commerce
has taken over the housing PROPOSE
ton in that city. A new rubber
company asks 1000 new homes for
new employees, and the Chamber has
take nthe bull by the horns.
Big preparations are being made
for the farmers institute to be held
in Spencer next week-Wednesday
and Thursday. There will be three
State speakers, music by an orchestra
a home talent play Thursday night,
with meals by the Methodist ladies.
"A news item printed last week
said that six of the men in Sing Sing
prison condemned to death were too
i'll with the Flu to be executed. We
always supposed a man sick with
real Flu would hail with delight ex-
ecution.
The drill going down <on the
Tommy Pulsiver farm, east Of Medina,
in search for gas, has entered the
bowels of mother earth to the depth
Of 2700 feet. So far no oil has been
seen, but the drill has but 500 feet to
go to get to the usual gas depth.
Appraisers were making inven-
tory of the property of the late Hart
L. Stuart, in Spencer, Monday. The
old gentleman, who died in December,
left good farm, some bonds, per-
sonal property, etc., to comfortable
amount.
Will Rogers, who operates a jit-
ney line between Medina and Wads-
worth Saturday and Sunday, was TAX
en- suddenly ill Sunday and could not
make his trip. Ford Cannon drove
the round trip for him with a big
load of passengers.
-Lorain Board of Control has sent
for the Lake Shore Electric Ry. head
to come to the city and tell them
what he will do to improve the SER
vice in consideration of the Board
keeping hands off the line. If he
don't talk to suit the Board it prom
ises to "start something"
While demands for labor in the
mills is so great that the farmer is
certain to have his troubles next year
in securing farm labor, and the de-
mand is making the wages almost
prohibitive, still politicians every
where are urging the employment of
salaried men for special work-not
necessary-to in a measure add to the
present burdens. Every conceivable
excuse for putting men on the State,
county and city payrolls over the
Commonwealth are being invoked; let
the taxpayer clinch his teeth and dig
up is the attitude of politicians who
want as many salaried men for ward
workmen as possible.