The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1914-01-01

Wnere Sne Will De the guest OF her
brother, Mr.. Morrel Jamison.
The community Christmas tree at
Keyser, w. Va, was furnished by
Demeiing & Bloom, of Bond 1t was a
beautiful hemlock, 60 feet tall.
The firm of G. C. Martin & Co.. of
this city has been dissolved. Mr.. G. C.
Martin retiring. The successors of the
old firm are W. S. Martin & Co.
Among those who attended the
funeral of Mr. Kirkpatrick last Monday
was Ross Wolf, of Keyser. While in
town he was the guest of Sheriff Scott.
Judge and Mrs. Jacob B. Humbird, of
Cumberland. have as their guests Mrs.
! l.. ID. Bridges, of Hancock, and the
Rev. W. M. Shearer and family, of this
/ city.
James A. Fitzwater, and brother
John, of near Swanton, were business
callers in Oakland Monday. While in
town they called at the Republican Of
/ flee.
| More than 120 million board feet of
timber was given away free by the
government last year to settlers and
miners living in or near the national
| forests.
/ Miss Bessie Ault left Oakland on
Tuesday morning for visit to friends
and relatives in Wheeling and Pitts
burgh. Miss Ault expects to be absent
/ for some weeks.
/ Lloyd Loechel, a student of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, is
spending the holidays at the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Loechel, in Garrett county.
The Republican wishes the Oakland
Creamery supply of butter fat suffici-
ent to keep it busy every week day of
the year just entered upon. May the
farmers rally to its support.
There is to be big spelling bee
at Cumberland January 81, open to
every body. Washington, Garrett and
Frederick counties are invited to take
part. Particulars next week.
Geo. r. Trrnev. of Dodson and Cora
Nave Rush, of Friendsville, and Roy
F. Friend and Anna Schroger, of
Friendsville, went to Cumberland last
week and took out marriage licenses.
/ Messrs. Simon Greaser and Patrick
Murphy, of Swissville, Pa, spent
Christmas and the latter part of the
past week visiting friends in and about
Oakland, returning home Sunday night
The total amount of land purchased
/ in the eastern states for federal forests
is nearly 800, 900 acres. So far the
principal work on these areas has in
volved their protection against forest
/ fires.
The Oakland High school team and
the First basket ball team of Mountain
/ Lake Park played match game of ball
in Browns hall on Tuesday night. The
score being 2l-3 IN favor of the High
school.
Mrs w. A. Cushing of 2713 st. Paul
street, is spending the Christmas hoi-
days with her daughter, Mrs. G. Sem
mes HamIll, Jr., Oakland, Md. and
will return about January 15.-Balti-
more News.
Carey Mcmahon, employed by the
Western Union Telegraph Company
at Plttsburg, Pa. is at home for the
holidays, with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Hugh Mcmahon. near FrCstl urg,
Garrett county.
| Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Newton has received an offer of 81, 000,-
900 for the site on which the postoffice
building at Dallas, Texas, stands, and
for which the Government paid but 81, =
900 20 years ago.
Mr.. William Sollars. of Keyser, W.
Va, spent the first part of the week
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Edward
E. Sollars, near Oakland. William is
attending the Pennsylvania University,
dental department.
New Years evening the Blaine basket
ball team will play the Colleglates of
Oakland. This will be very interest
ing game, as the Blaine team is the
best team of that section of the state
and are rarely beaten.
A nationwide investigation of the
cause of soaring meat prices and the
remedies to be applied has been placed
on foot by the Department of Agricul-
ture, working in conjunction with ex-
perts of the State Agricultural Col
leges.
Mr.. d. H. Shank who is now operating
stave mills in Boone county, Kentucky,
after spending a week or two with his
family in Oakland, left yesterday for
business trip to Philadelphia from which
city he will return to Kentucky later
in the week.
Rev. George w. Kepler, former
pastor, preached in st. Paul's Meth
odist church, this city, last Sabbath,
and took I'D a collection for the super
anuated preachers fund and raised over
5000. The many friends of Mr.. Kepler
were glad to see and hear him.
After obtaining three bids on the
Emery II. Howard farm of so acres in
Garrett county last Monday, Auctioneer
John T. Lewis knocked it down to
Thomas j. johnson for 5000. 1t is be-
lieved, however, that the bid being
inadequate, Mr.. Johnson Ibid it IN. -
Cumberland Times.
Monday last Joseph Ferguson, en-
ployed on the Hicks sawmill near Thay-
ervllle, was helping to load a boiler on
a wagon, the boiler slipped and fell to
the ground. crushing Mr.. Ferguson's
foot. He was brought to the Home
Sanitarium, Oakland, where the foot
received proper treatment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Thrasher, of
Wilmington, Del, spent Christmas day
in Oakland with Mr.. and Mrs. R. +.
Sliger. Mr.. Thrasher is an illustrator
of more than ordinary talent, he having
designed number of covers for the
Saturday Evening Post and other like
publications IN recent years.
Thornton, the only child of Editor
and Mrs Charles A. Deffinbaugh, OF
Oakland, is i'll with typhoid fever, at
his parents home. Thornton is under
the care of DR.. Henry McComas, with
Miss Nell Browning, trained nurse.
The entire community wish Thornton
a speedy recovery.
Statistics show that nearly one half of
the tomatoes packed in the United
States, during 1913, were put up IN