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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25
Splendid Work Done by Pupils of the
Oakland Grammar School.

The pupils of the Oakland Gram
mar school are to be commended for
the great work they accomplished dur
ing the past week in selling Red Cross
Christmas seals, the total number be-
ing disposed of by the children being
$500, netting the sum of $4,000. The
sale is the largest ever before made
by the pupils of this school. In pre-
vlous years an award of pin was
made to encourage the sale, but this
year the desire to help in the fight
against tuberculosis" seemed to be the
only motive for the work recognized
by the pupils. Bernadine Stanton dis
posed of the greatest number, with
Helen Jones second, and William
Lauer, third. Miss Smiths room led
the school with total sale of $24.00.
Other departments were as. follows:
Mr.. Bissell, 7th grade, 1921; Miss
Durham, 9Th grade, $11.51; Miss Zai
dee Browning, 3rd grade, $500; Mrs.
Sollars, 4th grade, S514; Miss Lough-
ridge, End grade, s142; Miss Raven
scroft, LIST grade, 72 cents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25

up by the clubs, sheep and poultry. No
prizes were offered for the winners
of these projects, but the boys and
girls who undertook the work did
splendid service and some very fine
reports were turned in The winners
in these two classes have not yet been
decided upon.
Special prize offered by w. D. Por-
ter, of Hyattsville, Nd, for the best
pig from standpoint of greatest gain
and development, was won by En-
mons Warwick of the Grantsville club.
The animal showed a gain of 325
pounds in 1913 days, or an average
gain of 1893 lbs. per day during the
contest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25
KIDDIEs AWAIT VISIT OF SANTA

Reports Show That the Patron Saint
Of Youngsters VIII Arrive on Time
This is Christmas Eve and while it
will be filed with pleasant memories
for the older folks, it viii mark the
most interesting event in the life of
the thousands Of little children since
one year ago today. The day will be
fraught with great anticipation and
expectancy on the part Of the little
ones VINO will be eager to learn as far
as possible Just what Santa Claus will
bring them and whether or not little
brother and sister will be favored with
visit from old Kris Kingle.
The supreme moment, however, viii
be tonight Just before they retire, and
when the time arrives for them to
hang up their stockings. The little
tots will remain awake to peep and
watch just as long as the sand man"
viii permit them, then to enter dream
land where they will dream Of hun
dreds of toys, playthings and good
things to eat. The children have
taken more than usual interest in
this holiday season, and for weeks
have been writing Santa Claus. ac-
quainting him with their needs and
desires, and now that the supreme mo-
ment has arrived when all their hopes
are to be realized, it is safe to say
that no joy can compare with that
which will fill these little hearts.
Another feature of the Christmas
season which will bring joy and glad
ness to the hearts of the little ones
will be the large number of Christmas
trees that have been prepared for
their delight, and still another will be
the many Christmas treats and enter
tainments in which many of the chill
dren will take part. Every church in
the town and county will have the US
ual Christmas treat, with a tree and
the proverbial Santa Claus to dis
tribute the presents. This feature of
the holidays is always one of great
Importance to the children and they
watch with amazement the antics and
movements of Santa Claus.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25
Prize Winners in the Boys Agricul-
tural Clubs of Garrett County. 1919

turaI Clubs of Garrett County, 1919
County Agent J. A. fowler has fur
nished The Republican with the fol-
lowing showing the prize winning boys
of the Agricultural Clubs of Garrett
county for the year 1919:
Potatoes-Roy Spoerlein. Accident
Club, first prize; yield 42.3 bu. on Is
acre; net profit, $5954.
Corn-Ellis Speicher, Accident Club,
first prize; yield 1855 Blu. on an acre;
net profit, S70.27.
Pigs-James L. Fraker, McHenrv
Club, first prize; net profit, $15.75.
In recognition of the good work
done by these boys, they will be given
trip to College Park by the Mary
land State Agricultural College next
summer when the Boys Short Course
is held. Travelling expenses will be
paid and everything possible will be
done to show them a good time while
at the college.
The number of contestants in the
above-named projects were as fol-
lows: Potatoes, 26; corn, 10; pigs, SO.
There were two other projects taken
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25
He Thinks Printers Are Crazy.

LiS AhIuhS .utCES are STdLy.
/ know a Man
Who thinks Printers are Crazy
And just to Prove They
Are Crazy
Whenever he needs Any Printing
He writes to
Half a Dozen Printers
And asks them to Quote.
The other day he had a Job
And so as Usual
He wrote for Bids.
The lowest Bid was
One Hundred and Sixty-fve Cents
And the Highest Bid was
One Dollar and Ninety cents.
He spent Twelve Cents for postage
In getting his Bids And
He spent Three Cents
For his Envelopes
And he spent Four Cents
For His Writing Paper.
And he paid Eighteen
Dollars
A Week to the
Clerk who Wrote the Letters
And Licked the Stamps
And so
lie sent the Job
To the Lowest Bidder,
Who bid One-sixty-fve,
But 1t Cost Him
Two-fourteen.
I thank you.
Albert M. Freeman in Imprint.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25
OIL UNDER MARYLAND SOIL
This Is the Belief of DIR. Francis C.
Nicholas, of Baltimore.

DR.. Francis c. Nicholas, curator and
director of the activities of the Mary
land Academy of Sciences, in an ad-
dress before the Board of State Aid
and Charities in Baltimore on last
Thursday, stated that he is convinced
that petroleum is stored away, per-
haps in large quantities, under Mary
land soil. The presence of the preci-
Gus product near home has been dis
cussed by the petroleum section of the
academy, which will continue its
search on a larger and more active
scale in the year to come.
DR.. Nicholas and his colleagues are
encouraged in their task by the recent
discovery of petroleum in Lancaster
county, Pennsylvania, near the Mary
land line. The flow was brought to
the surface by rock blasting. The
yield is only II gallons a day, but its
discovery east of the Allegheny
Mountains has upset all theories of
biologists that crude oil deposits could
be found only west of the Allegheny
range. They find further encourage
ment in the presence of infiammable
gas at considerable depth in Wicom-
leo county, the gas denoting the ex-
istence of oil deposits.
In study of the tidal basins, which,
during the geologic epochs of for
nations of coal, oil and gas, were the
repositories of marine life, the basis
of petroleum, Dr. Nicholas has been
led to believe that such a basin ex-
lists at great depth under Maryland
soil. He has discovered what he he
lieves are traces of this basin, and, if
tapped, large yields will be forth
coming.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25
GLEN DALE

Christmas bells are ringing and
there is a brilliant wedding in view.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arch Beckman and
family spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. VIM. Thayer.
Those of our community who were
Christmas shoppers on Saturday in
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Harvey
Mr.. and Mrs. Earle Harvey, Misses
Edith, Mona and Beulah Beckman,
Susie Harvey, Mary Holtschneider
Messrs. George Beckman, George Fitz-
water, Harry Beckman, Carl Harvey
David Gilpin and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25
Fire at HamiIl Home.

Fire at the handsome residence of
Mr.. G. Semmes Hamill in Oakland
this wednesday, morning, was for
tunately discovered before it had
gained Roadway and was put out by
the application Of a few buckets of
water. The fire originated from an
overheated furnace pipe in the heat
err room of the dwelling but had not
communicated itself except to the floor
directly above it when discovered.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25

Mr.. A. D. Fike, of near Deer Park,
was in Oakland Tuesday when he Wis
tied this Office.
Miss BERTHE Turney left Oakland
last evening for Pittsburgh, Pa, to
visit her sister, Mrs. Hensen.
Miss Emma Salzman, of Hutton,
spent Sunday in Oakland where she
was the guest of Miss BERTHE Turney.
Miss Nell Hoye left Oakland Mon
day for Washington, D. c., where she
will make an extended visit to friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. David burst and their
son Mr.. Earle burst have gone to
Wheeling, West Va, to spend the holi-
days.
Wanted-A girl for general house
work in Oakland for a family of trhee.
Excellent wages. Address Box 231,
Mt. Lake Observation-Disclosures.
Mr.. Playford Naylor arrived home
from the University of Virginia,
where he is student, to remain until
after the holidays with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. A. D. Naylor.
Mr.. Charles Milton Sincell, who has
been at Shenandoah, Pa, for the past
several weeks engaged in engineering
work with the Dodson Coal Company,
arrived at his home here Tuesday ev-
ening to remain until after the holi-
day season.
Mr.. NJ. Wellington Crane, who has
been in the south for some months
past as the representative of a roof
ing concern, arrived in Oakland on
Sunday evening to remain during the
holidays as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
A d Naylor
For Sale-An upright Fischer pi-
ano, in good condition; bargain. APP
ply at Sturgiss' Pharmacy.-Adver-
tisement 41-tf.
Mrs. Julius C. Renninger and son
Julius went to Morgantown Tuesday
afternoon to remain until after holi-
days as guests of Mr.. and Mrs. julius
Scherr, the former accompanying Mrs.
Renninger, who arrived here from the
east on Monday and spent Tuesday as
the guest of his daughter.
County Agent ]. A. fowler left
Oakland Tuesday afternoon for his
home at Charlotte Court House, Va,
to spend the holidays with relatives
and friends. He will attend the con-
ference of State Agents to be held at
Chestertown, this state, before re-
turning to his duties in this county
which will be some time shortly after
the close Of the holiday season.
The excellent sleighing afforded by
the snowfall of last week brough hun
dreds of merry Christmas shoppers to
Oakland on Saturday. From early in
the morning until late in the evening
the streets were crowded with their
sleds, sleighs, automobiles, and other
vehicles, while the stores were uncom-
fortably filled with the folks who had
embraced the opportunity of coming
to town Saturday instead of putting
of their visit until the early days of
the present week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25
PERSONAL AND LOCAL
NOTES OF INTEREST

Miss Nell McComas spent Saturday
in Cumberland shopping.
Mr.. Julius Littman spent Sunday
with friends in Westernport.
Mrs. William Offutt and children
went to Cumberland Monday
Mrs. Andrew Salzman, of Hutton,
spent Monday in Oakland shopping.
Mr.. George W. Legge, Jr., spent
Monday in Cumberland on business.
Mr.. Harold Harmed, of Baltimore,
came home Sunday to spend Christ
mas.
Mrs. Harland L. Jones spent a day
or two of last week visiting relatives
at Terra Alta.
Miss Ethel McGreevy, of Piedmont,
W. Va, spent Sunday afternoon in
Oakland with friends.
Mrs, S. P. Specht, of Deer Park,
was in Oakland Monday where she
se visiting relatives.
Mr.. John Smyth, of Pittsburg, Pa,
ome to Oakland today to spend his
vacation with his family.
Miss Margaret Hart, of Washing
ton, D. c.. arrived in Oakland Tuesday
for visit with relatives and friends.
Miss Blanche Gale, of Mountain
Lake Park, was on visit to relatives
in Terra Alta a few days last week.
Misses Anna Holme and Virginia
DeBerry, of Clay, W. Va, are spend
ing some time with relatives in Oak
land.
Miss Mary D. Naylor, of Wilson
College, Chambersburg, Pa, arrived
home Friday for the Christmas va
cation.
Mr. Carl Kahl returned home Mon
day evening from a visit of several
days to relatives in and about Cum
berland.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Sutherland, of
Clearsprngs, Ga, are the guests of
Miss Ellen Connell, at her home on
Second st.
Mrs. C. B. Cropp, who has been in
Clarksburg, W. Va, for the past five
or six weeks, returned to her home in
Oakland Sunday.
Miss Elizabeth Townshend, of
Washington, D. c., came to her home
here Sunday and will remain until
after the holidays.
Mr.. John A. Lantz, Of Aurora, West
Va, is spending the present week as
the guest of his sister-in-law, Mrs.
Louis Bush, in Oakland.
Miss Eleanor Glotfelty, student at
Western Maryland College, West
minister, Md, is spending her vacation
at her home near Oakland
Mr.. James Elliott, brother of Mr..
Carroll A. Elliott, who has been in
Rhode Island for some weeks, re-
turned here on Tuesday for the holt
days.
~ Miss Marie Stanton, student at a
hool in Washington, D. C. came
home Friday to spend the holidays
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. NJ
Stanton.
Miss Lois Fraley, student at the
Peirce Business School, Philadelphia,
returned home Saturday last and will
be the guest of Miss Nell McComas
for two weeks.
Miss Mildred Dixon, a student at
Ohio Wesleyan, Delaware, Ohio, is
in Oakland to remain until after the
holidays with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. D. NJ. Dixon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-12-25

Mrs. E. H. Sincell and Mrs. Eva
Mitchell spent Monday in Cumber-
land and Keyser with relatives and
friends.
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-01-22

evening 81 July rs. 1917 Wallace
v.as ifod frst and upon conyio-
ton was given = twenty year son.
tcncf. He has since died in Fort
leavrnworth prison.
MANY UNEMPLOYED.
Ni TNo associated Ile.f
Wnfhin1ion. JAM 2i-R Reports
irom twenty one citics showing
moro than 10000 unemployed.
wcrc Submitted 60 Tho House in
mnration Committee today by
frsnt M1rrsiou. secretary 81 tire
American Federation ~ Labor. be-
sIrr'ri af htr contention that
"trore ull De- bread lines lr every
nfusir''' cnirr before May o."
mr Marra3n appeared n support
ci 'r1ls'anon to restrict fmmi0rat
tom
The Corpus Christi caller. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1918-1987, 1919-01-22

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Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-10-13
WILL LRECLA|MLAN
FROMJACKRABB|TS
Idaho Planning Irrigation Project 1T
American Falls That VIII Rival
Famous Arrowrock Dam

Boise. Ida, Oct. 49,. The state
OF Idaho has formally given It's ap-
Droyal 10 one OF the biggest irriga-
llon projects ever launched In the
west. that OF the Big Bruneau. com
prlslng an empire OF 554,13S acres
OF land now frequented by jackrab-
bits and coyotes. but which soon will
be turned into profitable farms. To
provide the necessary water for irri-
cation a dam will be built across the
Snake river al American Falls. which
viii create a reservoir rlvaling that
OF the famous Arrowrock.
Eastern capital Is behind the pro-
iect. Their Idaho interests are rep
resented BY NJ. II. Dewey. OF Nampa,
l. 10. PerrIne OF Twin Falls, II. l..
Hollister and 70. r. Meredith Of Des
Moines. Ia. @. @. Moore OF st. An
thany. present lleutenant-governor.
Governor Davis believes that the
project offers the biggest thing OF
Its kind ever attempted in the west.
"A magnificent future growth looms
before Idaho" he said "All OF us
believe and have believed for years
that the waste OF water each year
has been serious and an inexcusable
one"
The American Falls dam will be
mile long and 100 feet high. It will
be the largest multiple dam in the
world and viii hack S.066. 900 acre
feet of-water on 5000 acres Of low
bottom land now used for grazing
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-10-13
CLOSES HIS SPEAKING TOUR IN
WEST DESOUNCING LEAGUE AS
"UNHoLY THING,
BISHOP A|BlEY. IS PRESENT
Mormon Says Sentiment Every
where Is Changing Against the
Covenant" johnson Cheered

Salt Lake City. Oct. 13.-,Before
a great and thoroughly responsive
audience in the Mormon tabernacle
Saturday night Senator Hiram W.
Johnson termed this meeting a fit
ting climax to the transcontinentaI
itinerary and to the cause he repre-
sents. He denounced the league OF
nations as proposed "as an unholy
thing" and flayed its proponents and
sponsors.
The audience which heard Senator
johnson in the final forceful utter
ances of his tour was the largest he
had addressed anywhere on this trip
except perhaps in San FranciscoA It
was estimated at between 5000 and
10000 persons.
The crowd cheered the statement
of Presiding Bishop Charles w. NIB
ley of the Mormon church, who in
troduced the senator. that every
where sentiment is changing. turning
against the treaty" The theory. ef
the league of nations is beautiful, he
declared. but would not work out
that way. The bishop voiced the hope
that the president would get so dis
gusted with the league that he win
chuck the whole blooming thing into
the waste basket"
He further declared that the Unit
ed States "has enough troubles at
home without doddering of to Eu-
rope looking for more"
III the country at large would fol-
low the Mormon doctrine of ''mind
your own business" he asserted, II
would be better OF.
The audience came to its feet
cheering, when Bishop Nibley intro
duced Senator johnson as the conf
dant and trusted friend OF the late
Theodore Roosevelt.
In his address here. as at Ogden.
Senator Johnson praised United
States Senator Reed Smoot, senior
senator from Utah, for his steadfact
stand against the administration on
the treaty question.
Senator Johnson announced at a
banquet in his honor while here that
he would speak on the peace treaty
at Madison Square Garden, New
Yorlr 0ctohar 10 undar fha ,,e
pices of the League for the Preser-
vation of American Independence at
the invitation of Senator Moses Of
New Hampshire.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-10-13
MUST REMAIN AsED, But ~ ZAP
ABLE OF FORMING INSTANT
JUDGMENT ON QUESTIONS
MARSHAu's POWER uNFIXED
Not Exactly Known When He Can
Assume Presidents Duties; Col.
House Is Sick

Washington. Oct. 13.-Presldent
Wilson's condition remained today
much the same as for the past sew
eral days. said a bulletin issued by
his physicians.
White House officials resented the
publication Of reports that the presi-
dents condition was such that he
could not attend to his official du-
ties. Those close TO the president
expressed every confidence that he
would regain his health. although he
must continue to remain in bed for
an extended period.
DIR. Grayson said that he would
continue to stand on his bulletins
and would not discuss rumors con-
cerning the presidents condition. He
added that the presidents mind is
clear and that he is perfectly cap
able OF forming instant Judgment on
any question arising.
Discussion OF whether the presi-
dent will be well enough to perform
his duties developed in the senate
foreign relations committee today.
No formal effort will be. made to
raise the question formally. it was
said.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-10-13
LADIES CLEAR S425
ON RUMMAGE SALE

The rummage sale conducted by
the ladies of Grants Pass last Satur-
day was a success from every view
point. Thursday and Friday the la
dies were busy gathering in .the ar
tlcles donated and arranging the
store. and Saturday morning an at.
tractiye display OF valuables OF var
ious description lay on the bargain
counters before the crowd of eager
buyers who jammed through the
door.
II was mixed assembly. There
were old people present. big and lit
tie people, babies. girls, boys, farm
ers, lawyers, draymen, bankers. etc.
and the force of clerks though large
was hardly adequate to walt on the
trade. Before night the store was
practically sold out, and what little
was left was sold to a secondhand
dealer, except few pairs of shoes
and these were given to the Salvation
Army.
The ladies report that they took
In $425 during the day, about $50
of the amount being cleared on the
noon luncheon, at which $50 people
were served. The money will 2 be
used to improve Riverside park and
an auto camp park. In regard to
the auto park, the ladies state that
they have several places in view for
q permanent park. and part OF the
money derived will be used to buy
q site,
Another rummage sale will be
held in the spring and the ladies ad-
wise that every home provide at once
a "rummage box" and everything
that they expect to donate can be
put into the box so 1t will be ready
for delivery.
The ladies in charge of the sale
wish to sincerely thank those who
donated articles, those who in any
way assisted, and especially to
thank Mr. Treichler, who owns the
lease on the building where the sale
was conducted
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-10-13

Washington. Oct. 13.-There has
been rumor for several days that
the treaty friends we're getting ready
to surrender to the moderate reser-
vationists, accepting not only the
four mild reservations formulated
by the McNary group, but also ac-
cepting some more extreme modifi-
cations.
IL such coup really was consid-
cred 1t was probably at a time when
it was thought that President Will
sons health was such that he would
never be able to interfere. The re-
ports relative to his improvement,
whether correct or not, will probably
cause Treaty Leader Hitchcock to
stand pat for while longer.
Just what is the presidents true
condition no one knows except taae
White House physicians. Favorable
reports have been accepted locally
with some skepticism because the
nature of the distinguished patients
illness is understood to be such as
to be subject to sudden relapses. I'm
doubtedly there has been fear
among those surrounding the presi-
dent that the vice-president might be
called in to discharge his duties and
the organic law is Just as vague on
when a vice-president shall cease to
discharge such duties as it is on
when he should be summoned to
take the reins.
Last Monday. newspaper reports
Continued on PAGE %
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-10-13
.1ST NATIONAL TO BUILD
BAND STAND IN PARK

George E. Lundburg, cashier of
the First National bank today stated
to the Courier that the directors OF
the bank have authorized the an
nouncement that the bank will erect
band stand in Riverside park next
spring. The bank has been interest
ed in the park at all times and in
fact made the park possibility by
presenting the original tract of
eight to 10 acres to the city. This
was added to and improvements
made until Grants Pass now has one
of the beauty spots along the high
way route.
This announcement will give much
satisfaction to the park commission
and the city in general.
Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-10-13
FOREST PLANE PATROL
TO END IMMEDIATELY

Eugene. Oct t3.-Forest patrol
work for the year will be greatly
curtailed at once in accordance with
orders received here at the local av-
lation field. The orders call for the
transfer OF all alrships. equipment.
supplies. and all men EXCEPT three
mechanics and one lieutenant from
the Eugene field to Mather field.
The local aviators have been ex-
pecting the order disseminating ac-
tive patrol, stating that they be-
lieved that Lieutenant webb's ira
gic death would hasten the calling
In of the flyers. Lieutenant Reeder
and three mechanics will be left here
with one plane and will maintain
aviation headquarters on the Hill
back Of the present field.