The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-05-27
MOUNTAIN LAKE PARK.

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Mrs. Joseph Lee has rented her cot
tage to Mr.. Bolgiano of Baltimore, for
the summer.
Well, well, wonders never cease. We
are to have Sunday trains this season.
One of our hotels advertises, Dancing
and Cards" All this right in the Park.
The sun do move"
The season of 1915 will open next
Tuesday. At night there will be an
electric illumination in honor of the
event, the electric lights will be turn
ed on and the Mountain Lake Hotel
will open its doors for guests.
The Loeb Lynn Hotel is in the hands
OF painters, paper hangers and "help"
and is being put in splendid shape, I'M
der the personal supervision of Mrs. L.
B. C. List.
~ Mrs. J. l.. Echard and son spent a
day last week at the home of her
daughter. Mrs. Fred Peddicord, in
Oakland.
The G. & P Telephone linemen have
been busy the past week Strengthening
up the line and installing phones in the
Park.
The water question is the all absorb
ing topic. The effort to increase the
water rate to $18 for meter service and
80 cents for every one thousand gallons
of water passing through the meter,
will prove a gigantic failure. The
matter will go before the Public Service
committee of Maryland and an investl-
cation asked for. The voters of Gar
rett county voted the county dry from
liquor. The Mountain Lake Water
Company is trying to vote the Park
dry on hydrant water, and they will
succeed if they attempt to put in force
their new rates. 1t is said that it was
represented to the Public Service
Commission that the plant cost $65, 900.
The tax assessors want to investigate
this matter. If the statement is cor
rect the Water Company's assessment
needs to be raised several dollars.
Some one broke into the Assembly
House and took all the silver ware.
Who ever it was evidently had been
sleeping in the house for several eve
nings. A candle, almost burned up was
left on stand, also bottle that had
contained liquor.
Rev. and Mrs. G. Blakesly will &C.
cupy their cottage on E street this
season.
The post office in Cumberland closed
last Thursday from $3.50 p. m. to $50
p. m. to give the fellow associates of
John Waugh deceased, an opportunity
to attend his funeral.
The Elberson is now ready for guests
and fortunate indeed will be those who
End home at this house.
The Civic Club are Frightening up the
Park, here and there, with flower beds.
My what good thing it would be, if
they had charge of the Park and its
program for year or two. Then
there would be something doing.
At the Methodist church next Sunday
Pastor McKain will preach a sermon
appropriate to Decoration Day. at 1890
a. m. At night DIR. Hare, the Super
intendent of the Anti-Saloon League,
will occupy the pulpit.
Mrs. Maize Schill is visiting home
folks in this place for few days.
Word has reached here of the death
of Miss Amanda Smith. the colored
evangelist, we'll known to the Park
camp meeting people.
Mr.. Charles Tower and family, of
Cumberland. are fitting up the AS
sembly House for guests.
All trains stop here week days and
Sunday, except numbers SIS and 16 on
Sunday. The new schedule went into
effect last Sunday.
DR.. and Mrs. Hugh Carr, of Fair
mont, W. Va, are guests of DR.. and
Mrs. Logan Carr. Doctor Hugh is
getting along nicely, by using cane,
and will soon be ready for active work
in his profession, in which he ranks
very high.
The sale of the water works of Noun
tain Lake Park was postponed because
there were no bidders. The receivers