The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-07-29


Mr. Erwin Custer, of Swanton, was
in the city Tuesday on business.
Jacob Myers and son Wade of near
Friendsville, were in Oakland Tuesday.
The attendance at the Panama Pa
c;fic Exposition to the date totals more
than 5000, 900.
Merchant George Warwick, of Bloom
ington, had business in Oakland Tues
dav.
Neil Friend and son of Friendsvine,
made a business trip to Oakland Tues
day.
Miss Bertha Helbig, who has been
visiting friends in Cumberland, has re
turned to Oakland.
Kitzmiller's invitation to Garrett
county: Meet me at the Chautauqua,
Aug. II. Is and 10.
1t is a waste of time to look elsewhere
for better paper than this one. Let's
have your subscription.
Senator Lee claims Garrett county,
but the Harrington forces smile and
point up their sleeves.
Mahlon Bittinger, of near Oakland,
who has been building a barn near
Frostburg, returned home Tuesday.
When YOU buy a newspaper you have
a right to demand the news. That
what you pay for. The Republican
furnishes it.
Boyd Seibert, of Grafton, W Va,
spent Sunday with Lawrence Loar at
the summer home of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
L. Loar, this city.
Clerk OF the Court Lloyd L. Shatfer,
of Cumberland, with party of friends
were in the city Sunday afternoon hav-
ing come here in Mr.. Skaters car.
The warm weather of the past week
will attract the city folks to the
mountains. No better place to go than
to the mountains of Garrett county.
Mr. j. Edgar Long. of Clarksburg,
spent Sunday in Oakland with Mrs.
Long, who is here for the summer as
the guest Of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lloyd c. Shaffer.
Every farmer having wheat should
take good care Of it, and haveit thresh-
at the earliest day possible Wheat in
the granary is more profitable than
wheat in the field
Members of the family of Mr. ?. J.
Crogan, a prominent attorney of the
Kingwood bar, motored to Oakland
Sunday afternoon and enjoyed a ride
down the Accident Boulevard.
DR.. N. |. Broadwater spent Sunday
in Cumberland where he visited Mrs.
BroaGwater, who is rapidly recovering
after an operation for appendicitis per
formed more than week ago.
The small unimproyed section of the
state road between Oakland and Grants
vile has been completed, making a
model highway all the way from this
point to Cumberland, a distance of 81
miles.
Editor H. S. WhetselI, of the King
wood Journal, and Mr.. E. NJ. Lantz,
cashier of the Kingwood National Bank,
were in Oakland an hour or two Sunday
afternoon, having motored here in MIR.
Lantz 5 car.
James P. Treacy & Son, dealers in
Ford Automobiles, sounds well and
James is simply delighted We failed
to announce the arrival of the fine boy
on the 21st inst. He arrived in time to
welcome the 1916 Ford car.
Messrs. Thomas E. Blshoff, of Hoyes,
and c. H. Bishoff. of Barnum, w. Va,
who were named as executors of the
last will and testament of their father,
the late George E. Bishoff, were IN
Oakland Tuesday where they qualified
as executors before the Orphans Court.
If you have any minerals on your
land, send samples to the Secretary end
the Board of Trade will have them
tested and report results toyou. First,
however write the Secretary for in
structions. Every Garrett Countian is
invited to join the Association and be-
come a Booster.
Rev. and Mrs. O. A. Bremen left Oak
land yesterday for Morris Park, near
Kingwood. W. Va, where they will go
into camp for the month of August.
Rev, Bremen has been granted a leave
Of absence for the next month by the
official body of the church which he
serves and will spend the time in camp
along Cheat River.
State Forester and Mrs. F. W.
Besley. of Baltimore, motored through
to Oakland from that city on Saturday
and are spending few DAYS at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. John Ault on the
Accident Boulevard. While in Garrett
county the forester is visiting number
of points. notably the State reserve and
the lookout tower erected on top of
Meadow Mountain near Bittinger.