The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-06-17

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Shultz. j. B.
Mrs. Byrd Lake left Sunday for Mt Lake
Park, where she spent the afternoon
and night very pleasantly as the guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. McCaskey and
Mrs. W. NJ. Walter at Hearts Ease cot
tage, where the McCaskeY and Walter
families are summering. On her way
home yesterday she stopped off at Oak
land to attend the funeral of Mr.. Harry
Flowers, formerly of this city, but late
of Baltimore, which occurred at Oak
land Monday afternoon. Mrs. Lake
returned home Monday night.
Republican.
E. R. Jones, Of Deer Park, was
awarded several pleasant honors at the
Recognition Day exercises of Ohio
Wesleyan University, at Delaware,
Tuesday morning. The honor pennant
for his debate work, a silver medal for
second place in the contest for the best
drilled on-commissioned officer in the
college battalion, and promotion to
first lieutenacy were the honOrs handed
out to him. He has junior rank at the
University. Last week he was elected
an officer of his literary society for the
fall term, and next week he will spend
at Niagara the-Lake, Ontrrio, Can
ada, as one of the representatives. of the
University Y. NJ. C. A, at the great
student conference to be held there for
ten days.
The Postoffice Department is prepar-
ing to issue new postal card. Post
master General Hitchcock has called in
the expert chemists of the Department
of Agriculture and has instructed them
to work out a formula that will give a
much better paper than can be made
under the contract now in force. He
says the postal cards issued by this
Government are inferior to the product
of almost every other country, and that
it is contemplated to make improve
ments in the general style of printing
and arrangement of the type and de
signs. 1t may be decided to change
to change also the color of the ink and
the tint of the paper. The Government
issues rs, 900, 600 postal cards month.
The present four year contract expires
December 81 next, and in the mean
time the Postmaster General is giving
personal attention to deyising more
substantial and ornate card.
There, the journal has done gone and
rented the Oakland Hotel again. The
local B. & 0. real estate manipulation
and dreamer of dreams has roped the
public into thinking a man named Gray
from over at Thomas, West Va, was
the lucky prize winner last week. How
many more times the Journsl will sell,
lease or rent the Oakland for the B. &
o. before the season of 1909 closes
can't be done before the season opens
this year, for its already open, the
season, not the hotel is beyond the
power of man to tell. Two or three
weeks ago the Journal had sold the
property to Washington syndicate and
the purchasers were endeavoring to
raise sufficient money with which to
make some repairs, but they were un-
able to do so and gave the matter up.
That's what the Journal said in effect
three weeks ago. In the succeeding is
sue the reason given by the Journal,
evidently penned by the same hand,
was that the railroad company desired
certain reservations and the deal fell
through. The Journals two statements
are at variance one with the other, but
then the Journal has rented the proper
ty again for the B. & o. and il is con-
sequently happy.