The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1909-03-18


render their accounts for such service.
Mr.. Sincell will enter upon his new
duties within a very short time and will
devote his energies to the improvement
of the county highways.
Miss Cora Wells, of Wheeling, is the
guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Harland L.
/ Jones
Mr.. J. j. Hoblitzell, Jr., of Meyers
dale Pa, a civil as well as mechanical
engineer, was in Oakland day or two
/ this week on business with the city
council and the proposed installation of
| the water and sewerage system for the
/ the town. While in Oakland Mr.. Hob
litzell was the guest of his brother-in-
! law, Mr.. c. F. Hammond.
Col. A. G. Sturgiss, of Oakland, whc
has been a great sufferer for many
months with rheumatism, at times be-
| ing confined to his home for several
days continuously, went to Baltimore
| Monday morning to receive treatmrnt
in Johns Hopkins Hospital. He was
accompanied by his son Mr.. W. A.
Sturgiss, who will return to Oakland
this week. The many friends of Col.
Sturgiss hope for his speedy recovery
and restoration to his usual vigorous
health.
Mr.. Henry Lauer, proprietor of the
| Oakland Model Steam Bakery, always
to the forefront in making his establish
ment inviting and giving to his patrons
full value for the money expended with
him, has added very materially to the
appearance of his salesroom and ice
cream parlor by having the walls arts
tically decorated and the wood work
freshly grained. In addition to these
improvements he is contemplating others
that will add to the capacity of his ice
cream mandatory as well as his bak-
cry.
The Board of County Commissioners
was in session Tuesday and yesterday
transacting routine business preliminary
to the annual levy laying session of the
Board which will be held next month
when the yearly expenditures will be
computed and appropriations made to
cover the same. At the session of the
Board held this week nothing of public
interest was transacted except the con-
sideration and acceptance of the resig-
nation of Mr.. A. c. Mason as County
Road Engineer, who rendered it to the
Board some time ago.
Ex-State Senator David E. Dick,
formerly of Homecoming, but now a res
ident of Tunnelton, W. Va from which
point he travels for an independent oil
producing company, was in Oakland
last Saturday on business connected
with the corporation which he repre-
SCENTS Senator Dick, since his removal
from Maryland, has not lost any of his
old-time vigor and fire along political
lines but is as stat nch as ever in the
support of his political convictions
While in Oakland he interested a num-
Der of people in his line of goods and
expects TO make regular visits to this
section at stated periods. He will al
ways find warm welcome among Ca
ret countians where he is well know
and liked.
State Senator w. McCuloh Brown,
who has been residing in Baltimore this
winter with his mother and sister, spent
Tuesday in Oakland, returning to Balti-
more the same afternoon. Senator
Browns purpose in coming to Oakland /!
was to attend meeting of the Court |
House Commission and to submit to the |
Board of County Commissioners the |
manuscript of a road book containing |
rules and instructions for the use of the |
road supervisors of the county, which
Senator Brown prepared and which has
been endorsed by the Chief Engineer
of the Highways Commission of the
State. The Commissioners went into a
thorough examination of the work of
the author and passed upon it as being
in accord with the recently enacted road
law of the county and ordered a thous-
and copies printed for distribution.
The book will make about thirty pages
and is being printed at this office. 1t
will bear the name of the author, Sena-
tor Brown, and also the endorsement of