The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1919-05-08
OPPORTUNITY
Knocks at the Doors of Communities
as Well as of Individuals.

men, which, taken at its ebb. leads
to fortune" Such is substantially
the declaration of one of the great
poets.
These tides come to every man
sometime in life. Communities as
well, have them. Just now this CON-
munity has one of the greatest that
can come to it. Shall we not seize
it?
1t is known to all that the Noun
tain Lake Park Association has been
in deep water, financially, for some
time, and that there is danger of
losing it altogether, or of it going
into hands that will convert it into a
sort of pleasure resort.
The stockholders can sell it off a
bit at time, or as a whole, and so
realize dollar for dollar on their hold
ings. But the great bulk of stock
is already pledged to new manage
ment that agrees to finance the whole
thing and put it on the basis that it
originally held.
The proposition is briefly this: If
the Park should be given to the
Board of Missions of the Methodist
Episcopal church, free of all debt,
that board will improve it and estab-
lish training school for Christian
workers, and rest home for re-
turned missionaries. They are like
wise willing to make it undenomina-
tional, and the Interdenominational
Association will doubtless endorse
and aid the plan. That will bring
thousands here yearly. That means
more provisions with which to feed
them; that means that our farmers
will find a ready sale for all their
surplus vegetables, meat, milk, ETC.;
1t will at once create a demand, to
supply which, will give the farmer
the opportunity to raise all he can,
sure of a profitable market. This is
equally true of the grocer, the dry
goods man, the banker-in short all
sorts of business. 1t will largely in
crease trade in every line.
There is debt of $4,000 on the
Association. 1t is proposed, that in
case the people of Oakland and the
surrounding districts will raise one
half of this, or $4,000, the other half
will be raised outside. Could there
be a fairer or more generous prop
osition?
The farmers and business men
could underwrite the whole $4,000
and make it back with so to 200 per
cent additional in one summer. To
illustrate: Suppose only $500 people
should be brought here the first sea-
son. and that is low estimate, and
suppose you count $1.00 per day for
their keeping on an average. That
would mean 50 500 day; for month
it would be $4,000. Say the mer-
chants and others should realize 20
per cent. profit, that would be $4,000
in one month; for three months 1t
would amount to $4,000, or nearly
800 per cent. on the $4,000.
We are asked to contribute to make
the project a go. It's as good as an
oil well, and better than many OF them.
Now it is proposed to make this
permanent and to extend it through
the year. The training school would,
like any other school, be in operation
most of the year. Then there would
be the summer schools and the chau-
tauouas and other attractions that
could not fail to increase the reve-
nue.. 1t is fair proposition. 1t Of
fers good investment, not in money
dividends only, but in the opportu-
nifty for lettering the morals of the
community; of giving advantages to
the young people for social, educa-
tional and spiritual improvement
in word, for character building, for
making better men and women, for
creating sentiment for the pure and
good and for sending out from this
place a stream of influence that shall
reach far and wide.
Heaven only can compute the bless
ings that may and shall flow from it.
Briefly this is the situation. Shall
we meet it? Of course we will. We
will go over the top with whirl and
show the world that we are wide
awake to the best interests Of our
community and to the advancement
of our Masters work in the world
A committee Of business men has
the matter in charge and all will
have an opportunity in the near flu
ture to express your interest in cold
cash.
You can do it on this basis: That
your gift is made on the condition
that the whole amount be forthcom-
ing. If it il not, then you are free
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