The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1894-01-18
ASSEMBLYMAN GEORGE.


News" Reporter.
The Baltimore News of Tuesday
contained the following:
Assemblyman A. Frederick
George of Garrett, was IN the city
to-day on his way to Annapolis.
In talking to a News reporter, Mr..
George gave glowing description
of his county and its satisfactory
prospects for the future. He SAID:
People in this part of the State
are apt to look upon us mountain
GERS as living in the backwoods
and partaking of the qualities of an
isolated community. AS a matter
of fact, Garrett is developing faster
than any other county. 1t is the
largest in the State, and there is
room and welcome for all newcom-
ers who desire to aid in it's material
advancement. To farmers 1t offers
advantages possessed by few of its
rivals. We grow the finest grains.
Our buckwheat is celebrated. Our
potatoes have finer flavor than
those grown elsewhere. Around
my home, near Swanton, | have
seen apples that the North cannot
beat.
mo more productive land can
be found in Maryland than we have
in the Accident country, and in the
county We have thousands of acres
of fertile glade ground that will
grow in abundance crops OF every
thing from corn to strawberries.
Some of our farms contain 700 acres.
We find Il ready market for all our
agricultural products among the
miners of the Elk Garden and
Georges Creek regions, and in
summer at the famous resorts, Oak
land, Deer Park and Mountain
Lake Park. We invite immigration
and, according to the census Of
1890 Garrett stood among the few
localities that had increased in
population. Industrious farmers
and law abiding citizens are cordl
ally welcomed into our county.
The climate is excellent and schools
and churches are plentiful.
COAL ABOUNDS.
Goal abounds III Garrett, and
with AlIeganY it forms the coal
! fields of Maryland. There is much
undeyeloped coal land in the
county. At Shaw, on the West
Virginia Cen tral Railroad, Fahcy
Brothers are putting up plane
this winter and getting ready to
ship coal from Il new 14-foot vein.
Shaw is only five miles from Swan
ton. on the Baltimore and Ohio.
We have mines in the great Georges
Greek region near the Allegany
line, and there are undeveloped
lands on the new Confluence and
Oakland road, which is now built
to the Manor Lands and will be
continued to Oaklan in the spring.
1t takes all day to go to Pitts burg
now, but over the new road to Con-
f1uenoe, Pa, one can get to the
Smoky City from Oakland in five
hours. You see we are well sup
piled with railroads and no section
of the State offers better induce
ments to worthy people than Gar
rett. Our lumber industry is one
of some importance, too.
SIN past years game abounded
in the county, and wild turkeys and
pheasants and small animals still
exist in large numbers, but deer
are becoming scarce. Several have
been killed in the neighborhood of
Swanton, though, this winter.
There are some bears, but as | am
not professional hunter and never
60 to look for them they don't come
to look for me. and therefore the
only ones | see are those at the end
of a chain held by wandering Ital-
ians.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY.
"The Republicans have a major
ity of 200 to 800 in the county, and
it is solid in Presidential and Con-
gresslonal elections. Last fall, how
ever, was the first time since the
county was formed in 1872 that we
elected the full comfy tick et. | he