The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1912-06-06

mas DlaZed the way tor productive
farms, profitable grazing lands and or
chards. He has bazed the way on
Savage River for what promises to be
the greatest artillery practice field in
the world. The government is nego-
tiating for $4,000 acres of the land on
the river, land which is a mixture OF
mountains, hills, valleys and dells.
From the mountain tops there are
ranges as long as 10 miles for artillary
practice. There fare shorter ranges
in fact, ranges of any distance desired.
Army officers who have inspected the
site have pronounced it ideal.
From Oakland to Accident Governor
Goldsborough and party travelled
through a rich agricultural country.
Nine of the twenty or more miles of
road between the two points have been
improved by the state. Other fmiles
are under contract for improvement.
The Governors admiration for the
beautiful scenery and the thrifty farms
was unbounded. He was told that ten
years ago the county did not produce
sufficient hay to meet the demands.
Now thousands upon thousands of tons
of the product are shipped annually
from the county. He was told that on
the mountain sides, now stripped of
their timber, nutritious grass is grow
ing, and that herds of cattle and sheep
are being raised.
AT Accident the Governor and his
companions witnessed one of the prin-
cipal causes by which the great de-
velopment of Garrett county has
been made possible. These causes
were the Percheron and Holland
stations owned by Senator Speichel,
who piloted the party through Car
rett county in his automobile Those
magnificent specimens Of horsefesh told
of the production Of a race of draft an
imals capable of filling the task required
on the steep hills of the county. On
every farm for miles along the road
the Governor saw horses OF the same
strain. Senator Speicher has been the
pioneer in his section in introducing
horses;that fit the country. His Percher-
ons and Hollands are imported direct.
From Accident to Keysers Ridge,
where the road from Oakland merges
into the old National road the party
travelled along plateau, with beautiful
valleys stretching for miles northwest
and southwest, all dotted with farms
like crazy quilt.
The Youghiogheny River, whose
waters rush in mad fury on their decent
to the Mongahela, thence into the Ohio,
and thence into the Mississippi River,
was pointed out to Governor Goldsbor-
ough. He was reminded that these
waters are soon to be damned at two
points near Friendsvllle, and electric
plants are to be established at an
expenditure of 81, 600, 900. The Cover
nor only few weeke ago signed the bill
by which the proposed improvements
are made possible.
When the Governor and the Road Com
missioners turn into the old National
Turnpike they heaved sigh of relief.
They hoped and they believed that they
had arrived at the heaven of smooth
roads, for were they not on turnpike?
Their nope was shortlived, Long, long
ago the turnpike was abandoned by the
federal government. The state had no
title to its bed. The county did only
deau!tory repair WorG. The waters
rushed down those steep hills carrying
earth and hight gravel, laying bare the
rough stone foundation over which the
automobiles painted and bumped The
Governor and commissioners then and
there promised themselves and each
other that there should be drains, that
those loose stones should be assembled
in the middle of the road, and that over
them there should be a smooth surface
There were eXclamations of admiration
of the huge stone bridges built by the
federal government and under the super
vision of army engineers a century ago,
bridges that are truly models of the
engineers skill and endowed with life
as long as that of those bridges built by
the Romans 1900 wears ago. Maryland
will have to build no bridges along the
old national road or along many roads in
Washington county, which leads all
counties in the durability of its stone
bridges. A most valuable asset to the
state are those old stone bridges.
The Governor was no stranger in
Frostburg. The warm welcome by its
citizens, irrespective of politics, touched
him deeply. He was invited unanimous
ly to attend the towns centennial
celebration in the form of an Old Home
Week from August Is to 81. The Gov
ernor promised to accept the generous
invitation if possible for him to do so,
and he added, he would make it possible.
In Cumberland, as well as in Frost
burg, Hagerstown, MlddIetown, Freder-
lex, Thurmont and in other towns Wis