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S alamanca ^ I n out EE k . JUST UKi A m m FROM HOME SALAM ANCA, K , Y , F lflD A Y , JA N U A R Y 10, 1941. N o . 2 . r Jam e s Rosenberry, W ife a n d Mrs. I r a Case Killed W h en Struck by Pennsy Freight Jam-es iF. Rosenberry, Justice of the Peace and former Red House sixpervisbir, Mrs. Roseoi’berry and Mrs. Laura Case, w ife of Ira Case, Penn- syNahia Railroad section foreman, all o f Red House, were instantly killed Monday afternoon at i:3 d o’ clock, when a Pennsylvania rail road freight train struck their 'auto mobile on lEhe crossing on the short cut dirt road,' connecting the Saia- manca-Red House road and the Alle gany <S^ate - Park road and eliminat ing Red House Corners. The automobile was carried more than 1000' fe e t up the tracks. The bodies o f the two women were found •pinned in the wreckage, while Mr. Rosenberry ‘ was thrown clear of the wreckage. Coroner P. H. Bourne, who inves tigated and issued certificates of ac cidental death, said death to Mr. and Mrs. Rosenberry was caused probably by skull fractures and in ternal injuries. Mrs. Case suffered a crushed chest. They were driving to Salamanca when the accident oc curred. Mr. Rosenberry, who was a life long resident of Red House, was born .November 3, 1881, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rosenberry. He was the grandson of the James Ros- enhei-ry, who is generally credited with having made the first perman ent settlem ent in the town of Sal amanca, of which Red House was then a part in 1815, and who built the house which James^P. Rosenber ry and his family have occupied for many years. James P. Rosenberry began work as a telegrapher with the Erie rail road at Red House, but after a short time went into the employ of the Pennsylvania, and had been that road’s agent a t Red House, Quaker Bridge, Kinzua and Trunkeyville. Mrs. Alice Rosenberry was born in Cleveland September 26, 1881, the daughter of August and Char lotte Vaughn Sw'anson. She had spent most of her life in Red House. For some time she had been the Red House Correspondent of the In- They are survived by three daugh ters, Mrs. A rthur Roseoe of Red House, Mrs.- Emory Dahl of James town and Mrs. Cyrus W. Remington of Red House ;and one son, Cecil Rosenberry of Albany. Mr. Rosen- bei'ry also leaves a brother, Richard Rosenberry of Allegany, while Mrs. Rosenberry is also survived by a sis ter, Mrs. Clara Hale of Limestone; a stepsister, Mrs. Estella Grace fo Salamanca; a half-sister, Mrs. Gladys Hopkins of Hornell; two stepbroth ers, Guy L. Hale of Salamanca, and W inford Hale of Quaker Bridge, and one halfbrother, W alter Hale of Salamanca The double funeral of Mr. and Mrs. Rosenberry was held from the family hom'e in Red House Union Free church at 2:30. The Rev. Sherman H. Epler, pastor of the First Methodist church of Salaman ca, and the Rev. Harold V. Lind quist, pastor 'Of the Steamburg United Brethren church, officiated. Interm ent took place in the family plot in Red House cemetery. The bearers v/ere Floyd Carr, Leon Garr, Ray Remingto-n, H. P. ^Scripture, John Dahl, Alex Prevorce, U. Homer Carr, William Frink, D. A. Fuller, Corey Goodrich, John 'Sharpe and Clarence Prink. Relatives and friends from away attending the funeral included Mr. and Mrs. Cecil R. Rosenberry of Al bany; Mr. and Mrs. Emory Dahl of Jamestown; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Rosenberry of Allegany; Mr. and Mrs. Basil Rosenberry of Kinzua; Mr. and Mrs. Vere Hale, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Heimbach, Mr. and Mrs. Carl iSwanson, Mr. and Mrs. Merle CuUy of Limestone. Mrs. Gladys Hopkins of Hor- hell; Enfield Strickland of Little Val ley; Mrs. Winfred Hale of Quaker Bridge; Mr. and Mrs, Arthur Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Cornelius and Mr:» and Mrs. Rudolph Nelson of •Bradford; Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Strickland, Mr, and Mrs. Oliver Strickland and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Strickland of Westfield. N . F. iSwanson and daughter, Hilda Johnston, Mr. and Mrs. John BahL Mrs. Ida Dahl, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Dahl, Mr. and Mrs. Therold Lindquist, Mrs. Sadie Grout of Jamestown; Mrs. ;Prank Roberts of Marion, Ohio; 0 . Walquist and Mrs- f. Walquist, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Sebwalb, Estella ‘Grace, Mrs. Caz*! Leer, Mr. and Mrs. Guy Hale, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hale, Francis Leach, C. H. Johnson of Salamanca; Mr. and Mrs. William Remington, Mr. and Mrs, Herman Wymer, Charles Strickland, Mr. Small, Mrs. Clara (Remington, and Harry Remington o f Little Valley; Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Johnson, Mrs. J. D. Sharpe, Mr. andt Mrs. H: P. Scripture, Mr, - (<k>fttinhed; bn Page S) Eleven selective service men of the Salamanca draft board area of the second quota, will leave Mon day morning on the 9 :15 B. & O. train for BufEalo. I f they pass the physical examinations, there, they will be taken to Gamp Upton, on Long Island. . - r. They are Peter James. Costanzo, Leonard Sylvester BacelU, George Ivan Freeman, Peter Richard ^UjJt- trone, Raymond Henry-Bonner, Leon ard Wesley Ualfin, David Edward Pennell, John Edward Russeti, ail of Salamanca; Albert Eugene Ew ing, RD 1, Olean; Johnson Jimer- son, Steamburg; Joseph Louis Luc- co, Jr., Limestone. The draftees will meot at the post office Monday morning a t 8 o’clock, where they will be given their papers for induction. Mayor Thomas Wil son will be, present to give them a word of cheer,, and Milo Banton, com mander of John D. Hughes Post, 535, American Legion, will give them packages as a remembrance of Sal amanca citizens. The young men will leave the post office at 8:30 in time to give friends an opportun ity to visit with them before leav ing for Buffalo. Thirteen more men are scheduled to leave in the third quota on Jan uary 23. Chamber of Commerce Organized in Little Valley W ith a brand new program and a brand new name, members of the Little Valley Board of Trade which formed in 1908, ■ started 1941 with an eye to the future. Meeting in the directors’ room of the Cattaraugus County Bank, the former organization was merged with old members and new into the Little Valley Chamber of Commerce on Monday evening. The n e w program, undertaken with unanlm’pus,enthusiasm, is to seek a Civillian Pilot Training pro gram for Little Valley. At the annual election of officers, Prank L. Bowen, attorney and peace justice, was elected president. Alan L. Sibley is first vice-president. Dr. William D. Sprague is second vice- president, Alan Campbell is secretary and Floyd J. Davis is treasurer. The provisions of the CPT pro gram were outlined to the twenty- five merchants and industrialists by Phillip T. Champlin, who cited the eguipment and suitable advantages already in Little Valley for securing such a government training program. If successful in obtaining CPT for the county seat, the Chamber of Commerce will act as the sponsoring body and will negotiate with the Val ley Plying Club, Inc., to act as flight contractor to give, training in ground school subjects and in flying. Roughly, the government program permits multiples of 25 persons, bp- tween 18 and 2 6-years. to take ground school subjects, and on the basis of competitive examinations awards scholarships to five out of 25 to receive flight instruction without charge. The successful enrollees each receive about $500 worth of flying instruction merely for profic iency in ground school subjects. The expense of the program is defrayed by the federal government, as one of its measures for national defense. However, a limited number of girls may receive this instruction also. It was voted to have President Bo wen act as co-ordinator between the Civil Air Authority, the Chamber of Commerce and the flight contractor. In connection with his duties, Mr. Bowen and a group of C of C mem bers went to Buffalo on Tuesday to secure the CPT program. Provided the facilities here are ac ceptable, the program would begin With ground school shortly. The course would he open to qualified young men and women in the en tire county, actually to those within twenty to twenty-five miles of Smith Field here. J. B. P. Champlin, Dean Case, Charles Haley and Ara L. Milks were named committee by the president to examine the by-law situation, and to make recommendations at the next meeting, which is subject to call by the president and secretary. Peace Justices Meet In Little Valley ■Coarnty Attorney James S. Pierce of Pranklittyille was the (^eaker at the monthly meeting of the Cattar augus Gounty j^i^sociation of Peace Justices in jUttle Valley y^terday. He talked on *^Tee and Forms of Justice Civil Juiis^ctaon.” 2000 Attend .Christmas Tree Bqnhre and Community Sing More than 2000 people were in at tendance at the Christmas tree hon- fire and community sing sponsored by the Rotary Club and the city of Salamanca a t Frank’s lot in East Race, street laslt Friday evening. The speetefcors\^ lined the river bridge, ^Wildwood avenue and Clinton street , well as filled Prank’s lot. tEdward John as director and mem bers of the Kotaiy Club led the assemblage in the singing of “Jingle Bells,” “Let Me G all You Sweet heart,”- “iGod Bless and other songs. A puhlie address sys tem was provided by 'Xlominick Conte fo r the platform which was occupied hy Rotary members and city offi- Following the singing, flames leap ed high into the air from the 1500 Christmas trees which were piled in the form of a huge evergreen. The fire department saw to it that no sparks caused damage ,and the police department efficiently took care of traffic. Agricultural Society Elects Officers Dr. Ralph P. Knight, county seat veterinarian, was returned to office as president of the Cattaraugus Coun ty Agricultural Society when mem bers of the fair society held their annual meeting in the supervisors rooms at Little Valley on Saturday. Other officers are James L. Sam- uelson, Cattaraugus, as vice-presi dent; James W. Watson, New Albion, secretary, and Fred W. Porness, Jr., of Olean, is treasurer. All were re-elected. J. O. Sander, instructor in voca tional agriculture at Cattaraugus high school, was elected a director of the society in place of H arry J. Shoup Little Valley, who was formerly as teacher at the county seat school. Charles Groff, West Valley, was re turned to office as director. Discussion of special program fea tures for the 100 th annual county fair in August were discussed, and all present were in favor of enlarging the fair for this anniversary. The financial report was read and adopted, secretary J. W. W atson said. Robert B. Lai^kin Buried Here 'Committal services for Robert E. Larkin of Cleveland, Ohio, who died last Friday, w e r e held Monday aft ernoon in Wildwood cemetery. The Rev. E. T. Paneoast of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church officiated. Mr. Larkin was the husband of the former Mabel Hevenbrt o f Sal amanca who survivea him. He was a veteran of the Spandsh-Ame-rican war. In the early 1900’s he was a re porter on Biiffalo papers. H e re tired last fall from active newspaper work in Cleveland. IHe is survived also by tlifeei sons, Lieutenant Commander Richard Lar kin, U..S.N. of New York'Gity, Rob ert Larkin of Houston, Texas, and Morgan Larkin of Clevej[and. Funeral services were held In Cleveland Sunday evening, and the funeral party came, via the Erie Monday morning to Salamanca. Bearers were Harvey Hevenbr, John Hevenor, Richard Hevenor, Lt. Richard Larkin,\Robert Larkfn and Morgan Larkin. (Relatives attending the committal services included Mrs. R. B. Larkin, Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Larkin, and Mrs. E. G. H a rt of Cleveland; Lt. Com mander and Mrs. Richard Larkin of New York City; R. B. Larkin, Jr., of Houston, Texas, and Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Lewis of Portville Kiwanis Club Is One Year Old The Salamanca Kiwanis Club ob served its first anniversary Tues day evening with a ladies’ night party and installation of officers at the Hotel Dudley. Lieutenant Governor Paul J. Kohler of Buffalo- was 'toastm aster. Speakers were Judge Thomas L. Kelly and W alter B. Coston of Hor- nell and James W. Allen, the new president of the .Salamanca KitO^anis Club. The officers installed were Mr. A llen; first vice president, RoderMrs. ick Delphos; second vice president, Charles N. Abbey; secretary, Bert Pierce; treasurer, Alton D. Carlson. Ralph Ward said invocation at the dinner and George King of Buf falo led in group singing. Farmer Awarded $85 In Default Judgment Default judgm ent in amount of $85 and costs were taken Monday morning in the first court case. Otis Clark, Great Valley farmer, asked $85 for a six-year-old cow which he claimed was killed in June by John Kisak, Humphrey, when his auto struck the last cow in a herd Clark was driving across the road at his farm between Ellicottville and Great Valley. The cow had to be destroyed, Mr, Clark testified. It had freshened in April, slightly before which time he had been offered $85 for it. G. Sidney Shane, Salamanca, ap peared for Mr. Clark and questioned only the plaintiff to establish his case He asked the court for judgm ent which Judge Orla E. Black allowed- there being no appearance on behalf of Mr. Kisak. Trust Company installs New Device The Salamanca Trust Company has installed a recordak, which pho tographs' all out of town checks de posited by its customers. If a check whicfr ^iso'n to secure a duplicate Of ^ e ' l o s t check with out an;^*'difficulty.' ■ “ •'; : Common Council Organizes; Mayor Makes Appointments The organization session of the common council was held in the council chambers in the city building Monday evening. The president of the council will be elected at the next imeeting Mon day night. There were only four aldermen present. Alderman Sloan nominated Alderman Fedell for president,- and Alderman Gust nominated Alderman Myer®. Neither was isecondedi and the election will hold over. Mayor Wilson made the following appointments, which were unani mously confirmed by the council: F red W. Gardner, comptroller, salary!, i$2,37‘5. ■Clair .0. Winship, ^city clerk, $2,090. J. M. .Seymour, city attorney,\ $1,140'. C. A. Franzen, superintendent of public works, $1,800. Don H. Andrews, city engineer, $1,800. W. W. Knorr, welfare com missioner, $1,500. W. D. Buckley, 'sealer, $420. F. R. Adams, Jerem iah Connelly, associate assessors, $4.00 a day. Homer A. Hutcheson, acting city judge, '$4.00' a day. John 'W alrath, W ater & Light oomanission. Adam Amhuske, police commission. Fred F. Nies, plumbing oom- misision. H arry S. Moore and E. P. Vree- land, hospital coniimission succeeding L. 'H. Swan and ’Walter Medtz, both having declined reappointment. ■■Harry Stephens and Lee Conway, park commission, succeeding the late J. R. Clancy, and the late Richard Mosher. Harry Farqubarson, fire co-m- mission. The F irst National Bank and The Salamanca Trust Company were de signated the official city depositaries. The Republican-Press and the Sal amanca Inquirer ■ w ere named the official newspapers of the city and the first a-nd third Monday evenings were d e s i^ a ted meeting nights for the council. Miayor Wilson nam'ed the following council committees: Finance. Crouch, Gust, Sloan; fire police, w ater and light, Myers, Fedell, Gust; strets, Fedell, Crouch, Sloan; sewers. Gust, Myers, Sloan; purchasing, Sloan, Fedell, Crouch; insurance, Fedell, Myers, Gust. Mayor Wilson expressed his ai)preciation to the ■council fo r its cooperation during the past year a n d said he believed this year could even be better than last year. There is a balance in the 'city treasury from last year, so th a t it will not be necessary to borrow money in anti- cipation ■©£ taxes to ■start th e .new Comptroller G ardner commended the. council fo r the fine monetary condition of the city, and reported each af the coqimiBsions showed. a ' substantial balance le f t in their budgets. Mr. Gardner said t h a t less than $12,000 was in arrears on 194fi taxes, making ta x collection better than 96 1-2 per cent of .ss valuation. For comparison, collection in 1936 was 91 per cent; 1937^ 90 per cent; d938,^ 91 per Cent; 1939, 95 per cent. ^ ... - AM-elty • j^aF tiu e p ^ ed to jhake' titeft im n u a l in v e n ted Superintendent Bowen Honored at Testimonial Dinner Two hundred and fifteen were pres ent in hotel Whitney, Little Valley Wednesday night ■for the testimonial banquet to Walter H. Bowen, who retired as superintendent of high ways on December 31. He was sup erintendent for 22 years, haying been, appointed first in 1918. Bert J. Dorsey, cnairman of the board of supervisors, acted as toast master. Speakers were County Judge Orla E Black, Surrogate Harold K. Cong- don, district .attorney A. Edward Krieger, Dr. H. R.. Q’Brien, welfare commissioner Harrard Robinson, Victor R. Lynde, sheriff Morgan L. Sigel, Andrew J. Musacchio, F. Earl Westover, Victor C.^ -Freeborn, John B. Leach, Henry Lee and Charles Graves. Each speaker paid his tribute to Mr. Bowen, and hardly one failed to express his adm iration for the high way system developed under Mr. Bo- Mr. Bowen responded briefly, and gave credit for the work done to his organization, which he described as loyal and hard working. Also present were Richard Rum- sey, highway superintendent of Ni agara county and Felix Ramsey, high way superintendent of Wyoming county. Officers Reelected by Salamanca Trust Co. A t the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Salamanca Trust Company Thursday of last week, the following directors were reelected: Edward B. Fitzgerald, H a rry 0. Witherell, Charles E. C'ongdon and P. A. Lowe. A t the directors’ meeting offi cers of the bank were reelected, as follows: president, E. B. Fitzgerald; executive vice president and man ager, E. P. Vreeland; cashier and trust officer, C. E. W hite; secretary and treasurer, J. H. Rhodes; assist ant cashier, F. C. Campbell; assist ant secretary ,Mrs. E. Zimmerman. County Court Reconvenes Dorothy Hansel, who lives on i farm on the Five Mile Road, Alle gany, was suing Henry Smith, her neighbor, for personal injuries she al leges she received when he struck her Sept. 3, 1940 as Judge Orla E. Black reconvened county court Wednesday afternoon to hear a cal endar of civil cases which was ex pected to last the rem ainder of the T h ^ woman, through her attorney Adrian Murrin, Olean, testified Smith was chasing some dogs which were in her care and which Smith claimed were attacking his sheep/ when he came onto her property and struck her, Laighton Wade, Olean, is attorney for Smith. Fifty More Jurors To be Drawn Although only two jurors were excused from serving at the term of county court begun Monday morn ing, county judge Orla E. Black or dered 50 more jurors drawn to be ready for service January 14, on vrhich day Crawford Jones of Phila delphia is to he tried for second de gree murder, charged with the slay ing of George M. Keller in Olean. Jurors excused hy Judge Black prior to the opening of court were Reinhold Beckman, Otto farmer, and Myrtle A. Montgomery, a clerk in Salamanca. Judge Black com mented that none of the jurors who appeared Monday asked to be ex cused. The trial of criminal cases will oc cupy-the court next week, judge Black said. Ellicottville Draftees Left Monday ’- '.Selective Sefvice men from the Ellicottville draft board left Mon day morning for Buffalo enrdute to Cam^p Uptoq, Long Island. The eight men .were Arden Freeman Burdick*. Pei-rysburg; George Lilly Tingue, South Dayton; J^illiam Francis Goode, . Ellicottville;. , Al)iert, Earl Chapmai‘ Franl?Ij|iv|]|e; Earl Jonas^ . Y ^ v s m e s i Goode? ElB<H>ttv|il,e;r.y^|i^l M'cKenny* F^:^u3^hville*-:and ^ ^ Eozeli. Bul^^eld o-f ^qufch Daytohl Death Claims Mrs. B. E. Miller Mrs. Nettie E. Miller, wife of Bemis E. Miller, Front avenue, died Wednesday morning at 6 o’clpck after an illness of th e past seven months. Mrs. Miller was born in 'W’epsville and had resided in Portville^ four years and in Nansen, Pa., for eight years, Ifeefote comdhg to Salamanca 34 years ago. She was a member of the F irst Baptist church, (Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Mrs. Harold Vaughn of Saline, Mich., and Mrs. Clarence Karcher of Centralia, HI.; three sons, Robert B. Miller of Dobbs Ferry, Arthur W, Miller of South Milwau kee, Wis., and Carroll DeVore Mill er of Philadelphia; ten grandchild ren and several nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held from the family home, 161 Front avenue, this afternoon a t 12:30. The Rev. Russell Moore of the F irst Baptist church will officiate. Interm ent will be in the family plot in the cemetery at Canaseraga. Taxpayers of Little Valley Vote Town Hall Gift to County Taxpayers of the village and town ship of Little Valley relinquished ownership of the old town hall build ing in special election Saturday, pro vided the county of Cattaraugus will accept the gift.- Town taxpayers voted 60 to 3 in favor of the proposition, village tax payers were 57 to 33 in favor. Voting was in the new municipal building, completed in August, the building of which rendered the old town hall practically useless for vil lage and town affairs. Polls closed at six o’clock. Under the resolution adopted, supervisor Charles J. Smith acting for the township, aud mayor W. P. Andrew and trustees acting for the village, will transfer title to the county. Restrictions tct-^tho transfer were provided in the resolution adopted Saturday, which perm it the officers to use their judgm ent as to how binding the county’s assurances shall be regarding the use of the building “for County Office purposes”. A special election scheduled' for September was hastily postponed un til Saturday, when it became evident that the county would not accept the I g ift under the conditions Imposed by the September proposition. It was provided then that title to the build ing should revert to the town if the building should cease to be used for county offices. Supervisors stated then the intent of the county to make such use of the building, but argued that if the county puts several thousands of dollars into re-modeling, that they feel it unjust to have a forfeiture clause which might become operative through inadvertance. Although Paul A. Setter of Cat taraugus, as chairman of the super visor’s building committee, said action had been taken by any super visor group indicating the purpose for which the old town hall might be used, he did say there had been informal discussion about using the building for supervisors’ quarters. Some alterations would be required to make the building suitable for supervisor meetings. Taxpayers of the village and the township were required to vote*\ on the propositions Saturday, since it was somewhat of a legal tangle as to whether the old town hall was owned by the village or by the township^ It had been used jointly for many years and main tained jointly. Mayor W. F. Andrew said Monday morning th a t supervisors C. J . Smith will meet with members of the sup ervisors board, and th a t the village board may be asked to sit in at the conference. Terms will be discussed under which the transfer is to he made, seeking to make -restrictions as to use wMcli will protect the vil lage and township, and yet not he so severe that the county can not accept the gift. Rogers to Succeed Late R. E. Murrin Nicholas J. Rogers, a member of the law firm of Giunta & Rogers of Clean, has been appointed attorney in Cattaraugus county for the state Tax Commission to succeed the late Robert E. M urrin, who held the pos ition from 1924 until the tim e of his dqath. appoiritiuent '‘was made by Marie ^ f a ^ e s , head o f the state tais commissioit in.j^lteny. x ' ' ^ Supervisors Hold First Session Bert J. Dorsey Again Named Chairman; Reports Given Harmony reigned supreme Wed nesday as county superisors met for their first session of the year, and proceeded to organization by returh- ing all present incumbents. * The name of Bert J- Dorsey, su pervisor from Leon, was the only one, presented for chairman of the board, and the board unanimously returned him to the post. H. W. Martin of Olean returns to his position as journal clerk, and Leonard H. Swan of Salamanca w a ^ , . returned as clerk of the board. As sistant clerks are C. B. Norton of Great Valley and C. D. Smith of Perrysburg. . ^ Mrs. Bessie K. K ilburn was named deputy county auditor. A resolution is in finance committee which would return Leonard Swan to his position as county auditor at the same salary of $2100. Chairman Dorsey re ferred the appointing resolution to finance committee, because it car ries an appropriation for salary. Mr. Dorsey was nominated by Charles Graves, Perrysburg, supervis or. Charles J . Smith of Little Valley seconded the nomination, and also James Devine of Humphrey. Elected by acclamation, Mr. Dorsey was es corted to the chair by f^ecial com mittee of F. Earl Westover,. York shire, and James Devine.' The organization of the board pro ceeded with Leonard Swan as tem porary chairman, following the cus tom -that decrees that the clerk ' of the board shall preside during . organization. He called for* nomina tions for chairman, yund named the committee to escort Mr. Dorsey to the chair. In accepting the chairmanship, Mr. Dorsey said, “I certainly thank you men for the honor you are con ferring on me again, and it is an honor to serve as chairman for such a distinguished body as this.” He warned that the needs of national de fense would likely mean an increased budget for Cattaraugus county, and urged supervisors to be careful to pare expenses in other places. “I certainly sympathize with the taxpayer”, he said, “and the farm er and the city job holder don’t have any snap. It is up to us to make Cattaraugus county a better place to live in, and keep taxes down to a minimum.” A communication from Monroe county was read, in which the hoard was complimented for opposing tho proposed 60-million dollar constitu tional amendment for highways and parkways, from money already auth orized to be used for grade crossing elimination. Reports were received from Judge Orla E. Black, covering the activi ties of childrens court; from the committee to check on the highway department; from the superintend ent of highways covering his depart ment, and from the county tre a s u r e r ' covering the receipts and disburse ments of dog tax money. Accepting recommendations of the printing committee, the hoard award ed the contract for printing the jour nal of, proceedings to the Ellicottville Post, the election digest to the Ma- chias Sentinel and the court calen dars to the Portville Review, In the hands of the building com mittee is the resolution Of Charles J. Smith, Little Valley, which would have the county accept the gift of the town hall building in Little l^alley, which taxpayers voted oh January 4 to turn over to the county. Citing that a bridge In the town of Oonewango has been destroyed, supervisor Archer of that tow;ii said the expenses of re-building-the bridge could he eliminated hy building a short strip of highway. The measure was referred to the committees on highways and finance, for report Thursday. Cn-resolution by Clifford P.-Row land, the board transferred, funds from the Otto bridge account to the Leon bridge account, protecting an over expenditure in am o u n t of $750. The suia of $1000 was similarly sign account. Mr. Westover asked for $ lS lt.4 4 , which represents the coun^^s share of the retirem e n t system fund, by which retired county, employees re ceive payments. Chairman Dorsey referred the resolutoin to the finance committee. • Sharp discussioin ensued follow- ' ' <Co»tiRU€d