The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-02-12

Miss Lorena Falkenstein entertained
large number of her friends at her
home last night, the occasion marking
her anniversary.
Among the victims of the grip
which is securing a firm hold in Oak
land and the community, is Mr.. Fred
erick A. Thayer, Jr., who is confined
to his bed.
Mr.. H. A. Rasche arrived at his
I home in Oakland Saturday night from
points in Western Pennsylvania where
he had spent the week as the repre-
sentative of wholesale druggist con-
Germ located in Baltimore.
The State road leading from Oak
land north toward Accident, has beer
in a well-nigh impossible condition
for about week, but will be open for
uninterrupted traffic today, the men
who have been engaged in shoveling
the deep drifts from the roadway ex-
pecting to complete their labors by
nightfall. The road would have been
cleared by Tuesday had it not been
for the fact that the State truck used
in the work broke down on Saturday
and had to be abandoned at point
just north of Oakland until repairs
could be secured from the factory.
Miss Mary Smith, an aged maiden
woman who resides alone in one of the
MarOney houses on the hill, fell down
the rear stairway at her home Tues
day night and injured herself very
severely by striking her head against
door which was standing ajar, sew
ering a large artery which bled so
freely that had the neighbors resid-
ing nearby not needed her calls for as
sistance she would have bled to death
in very short time. As soon as the
woman's condition was known DR..
Hinebaugh was summoned and rem
dered surgical aid.
The Camp Lumber Company, Cen
tralia, West Va, has been granted
charter under the laws of the State
Of West Virginia, and will be capital
lied at 100000 to operate mill at
the mouth of Camp Run, Braxton
county, West Va. The officers as well
as directors of the concern will be c.
w. Sprinkle, of Cincinnati, O., presi-
dent; S. c. Ashby, of Elkins. w. Va,
vice-president and general manager;
+. NJ. Bonner, of Cincinnati, O., sec
retary-treasurer. Others interested in
the project are c. w. Maxwell, of Ell
kins, and Joe B. Moore, of Ellamore,
West Va. The company will erect a
band mill of fifty thousand feet capac-
ity at once. Mr.. Ashbv was formerly
of Oakland and Crellin, while Mr..
Bonner was originally of Bloomington,
and is a son-in-law of DrH NJ. Kemp,
of Bloomington.
Mr.. Joseph E. Harmed, of Oakland,
who has attained considerable reputa-
ton not only locally but nationally as
well as a botanist and as an authority
on plant life Of the Alleghenies, is now
engaged in collaborating his notes
upon plants and wild flowers which he
has collected during the past eight or
ten years preparatory to the publica-
ton Of a book upon the subject. lie
has had more than a hundred and
fifty ctchings made from drawings ex-
ecutcd by DR. Matthews of Harvard
University, hence the book viii be
profusely Illustrated, 1t is thought
by the author that The publication viii
contain considerably more than three
hundred pages dealing with the vari-
Gus plants Of this region. Mr.. Harmed
has received much encouragement in
the work he has undertaken from men
high up in botany in all parts of the
country. He hopes to have the work
completed and printed during the com
ing summer or early fall.