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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-01
WARNING TO DICTIONARIES
Former Service Men Urged To Have
Discharge Papers Recorded.


Franklin D'Olier, national comman-
der of the American Legion, has is
sued warning to all ex-service men
IN the Legion and those out of it,
against the loss of their discharge
papers and urging that they be re-
corded
The following bulletin was sent to
all state departments and posts of the
American Legion:
Department adjutants are urged to
instruct their department historians
on the advisability of all ex-service
men officially recording their dis
charge papers with the recorder of the
county in which they reside.
The desirability and Importance
of every member of the American Le-
gion conforming with the suggestion
IS evidenced by the many instances
in which claims are being made where
the discharge papers are either lost
or destroyed
I'm the State of Pennsylvania today
the eX-service man is granted certain
State benefits. As time goes on there
will undoubtedly be further conces-
slons made by the several states for
the benefit of the men who served in
the World War and their dependents,
III which event, if it is impossible for.
any reason to produce the original dis
charge, means of sufficient evidence
would be furnished for the claim by
the record in the county recorders
office without either worry or trouble"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-01
HOLY WEEK SERVICES
st Marks Lutheran Church.

Services in ST. Marks Lutheran
church on Good Friday from two I'M
til three o'clock in the afternoon. Sub
ject "The Cross" Immediately after
this service an opportunity will be
given parents to have their children
baptised.
Evening service at 7:30 o'clock,
when the subject will be "The Grave"
At this service tine regular prepare
tory service for the Holy Communion
will be held.
The regular service on Easter Day
will be the sessions of the Bible school
at $3.50 A. M, morning worship with
sermon and Holy Communion at 10:45;
Christian Endeavor at $50 and YES
per service at 7:30, with sermon and
Holy Communion. The vesper theme
will be. "The Mother With Pierced
Heart"
New members will he received at
any or all of these services. All are
cordially invited to worship with US,
especially those with no church home.
S. E. WICKER, Pastor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-01
GARRETT COUNTY'S FINANCIAL
SHARE IN FUNDS FOR THE WAR
Amounts AppOrtioned and Subscribed
By Various Banks of County.

AS matter of news and informa-
ton for the readers of The Repuhli-
can the following report made by tbs
Federal Reserve Bank at Richmona
covering the appointments and the
amounts subscribed by the various
banks of Garrett county in the Sec
ond, Third and Fourth Liberty Loans
and the Fifth Victory Loan campaign
whereby funds were secured to pros
cute the World War:
The Fede gal Reserve Bank at Rich
mona handled all the funds from Ma
rylapd and adjoining states for all
the loans. We regret that it is i'm
possible to publish the result of the
First Liberty Loan, as the bank, from
which the tabulation below was Sc
cured, did not issue detailed state
ment covering that period. The fig
ures below are taken from the Fed
eral Reserve Banks various reports,
and as will be seen every financial in
stitution, with single exception, ov-
ersubscribed its apportionment inso-
far as the total of the five loans are
concerned
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-01
Salvation Army Home Service Appeal
May 10, 1920.

The work of organizing for the
Home Service Appeal of the Salvation
Army which will be made May10-20
this year, has already begun in this
territory. The organization will be eff
fected by communities and the appeal
is for the maintenance and operation
of the army for the coming year.
The Salvation Army has abandoned
all street collections and solicitation
for funds and depends entirely upon
raising an annual budget which takes
care of all branches of its work The
personnel of the local committee will
be announced at an early date.
Former Secretary of the Interior,
Franklin K Lane, is the active chair
man of the National committee, and
General Pershing, Cardinal Gibbons,
Secretary of War Baker, Secretary of
the Navy Daniels, Samuel Gompers,
President of the American Federation
of Labor, and other men prominent in
all walks of life, have given earnest
endorsement to the Salvation Army's
appeal.
Former Secretary Lane says: "If
men were not made to do this kind of
work, then the teaching of nineteen
hundred years has been in vain"
Cardinal Gibbons says: ats splen-
did, self-sacrificing work, not only
during the World War, but for years
prior thereto, has endeared the Sal
walton Army to everyone"
The army works on the theory that
a "man may be down, but he's never
out" and is continuing "the fight
along the home sector" in the inter-
est of humanity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-01

would be glad to have at about the
same salary as teaching. / would like
to see teachers paid enough that the
county would have capable teacher
in every school in the county.
l failed to see any reference to our
County Superintendent salary. Per-
haps he did not receive any incras.
Then how about our grade supervisor :?
1t was not mentioned. l hope it was
left out and the office abolished. Now,
| do not wish it understood that l
bear ill-will toward the incumbent of
the position as l am not acquainted
with her and do not think that | have
ever seen her; if did, did not know
it. If she would consent to teach one
of our county schools l would be glad
to see her name on the payroll, but
the Office she holds should be abol-
ished. No doubt the Office is a good
thing in county having a large per-
centage of graded schools, but that is
-N -
not Garrett county. If the job cannot
be abolished the salary can at least
be cut to minimum and perhaps no
one would want it and the taxpayers
saved that much or apply it on other
school work.
| am not opposed to graded schools
or high schools, but favor them, as |
know the benefits derived from them,
having received what little education
possess in a grammar and high
school in one of Pennsylvania largest
cities, but do know that conditions
are different between graded schools
and one-room rural schools, and l do
not see why we should try to apply the
same rules to ALL | understand the
supervisor has outlined games to be
played by different grades l consider
that a waste of time as the school I
attended had a physical instructor
come and show US games, but we al
ways proceeded to forget them as soon
as he had left and went back to our
old games.
| would like to see this letter pub
lished, and while l know some will diff
fer with me and perhaps there will be
some who will regard me as a
"knocker," I would like to have every
man in the county read over the news
paper statement carefully and form
his own opinion, whether he agrees
with me or not.
CHAS. A. GREEN.
Swanton, March 20, 1920.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-01

tive procedure it is usually the rule
that simple resolutions die in Com.
mittee, but the Committee on Militia
had referred to it last week simple
resolution which is one that deserves
more consideration than is given sim.
pie resolutions.
1T is that resolution endorsing the
work of the Salvation Army, a non
sectarian body that served the soldiers
of the American Expeditionary Force
in France regardless of race or creed.
Protestant and Catholic, Gentle and
Jew, all were cared for to the best Of
the ability Of the devoted men and
women of the Salvation Army.
THE same devotion to duty that
characterized the Salvation Army in
the trenches of France is being carried
out in the trenches OF Maryland and
therefore, Mr.. Speaker. this committee
wishes to report favorably on this res.
olution. l believe l speak for all the
service men in Maryland when l wish
the Salvation Army we'll
"The Salvation Army is not a
wealthy organization. The least we
can do in return for what they did
for the Maryland boys who fought is
to pass this resolution. There is a
very warm spot in the heart of every
Maryland soldier for the Salvation
Army, and move the passage of this
resolution, and that copy of it be
sent to the Maryland Headquarters in
Baltimore"
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and only what was absolutely neces-
sary built.
| see no objection to paying the
stenographe rand clerk $50 each per
month, provided there is enough work
to keep both busy during office hours.
If not, the two jobs should be consoli-
dated. l mention this because l had
occasion to call at the office few
times and it seemed to me that they
were not overburdened with work at
the time. l worked for six years at
clerical work, using typewriter part
of the time, so know how long it takes
to write letters, file correspondence
and how fast form letters can be
turned out on Monograph.
| note that the sum of $1,000 is re-
quested for a truant officer. AS his
work would require only nine months
it would make monthly salary of
$133.33. Are the County Commits
sioners going to pay this amount for
this unnecessary soft" job, which has
been strenuously objected to in the
past by the taxpayers throughout the
county?
In section 8 of Part II, l note that
the minimum wage is to be paid prac-
tically all the teachers. l have en-
dorsed Legislation tending to increase
teachers salaries, as ! believe the ma
jority are underpaid this year, but
/ cannot understand why teachers
should be held to a minimum and at
the same time $13S.S3 per month be
spent on a job that most male teachers
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-01
SNOW BOUND IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Was the Experience of Mr.. F. o. Glot-
felty On His Way to the West.

To the Editor of The Republican.
No doubt my friends in Maryland
would enjoy reading few lines tell
ing them of my experiences along the
way west.
| know some of them have read of
the snow-bound trains of North and
South Dakota. Well, here we are,
right on one of them. We arrived here
last night at midnight and are now
within fifty miles of where we cross
the Missouri River on the Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul Railroads, all
tied up in a terrible snow storm. l
am just now informed that there are
one hundred miles of snow-bound
track ahead of us covered with fifteen
feet of snow and ice. The trackmen
are blasting it off with dynamite and
have now been working twenty-four
hours trying to open the way. We
will probably have to stay here until
SOiile IliHe On FTludy.
The thermometer registers 20 de-
grees below zero and there is no indi-
cation that the storm will abate soon.
Mosbridge is little ranch town of
about thousand people, all looking
for suckers from the east. Edibles
are out of sight. If you could get a
meal here like they serve at the Com
mercial Hotel in Oakland it would
cost a fortune
see Indians, Swedes and all classes
of people here in this town.
just learned that Daniel thinner
man, formerly of Somerset, Pa, has a
large cattle ranch near here.
The country around this town is
level and snow covered, but it does not
appeal to me like the country in the
Pleasant Valley section of Garrett
county.
We are still about fourteen hundred
miles from our destination. We have
already spent four days and nights
on the train, so when you again read
of snow-bound train in the north
west believe it and sympathize with
the unfortunate travellers. Just now
another snow-bound train has arrived
from the icy regions and they are
bringing the frozen passengers in our
coach to thaw out, but not to fill up,
because our eats are running very
low.
will give you detailed account
of our future trip some time later.
Yours truly,
F. o. GOTFELTY.
Mosbridge, S. D., March II, 1920.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-01
Grantsville Lady in Hospital

Mrs. Ralph Engle, of Grantsville,
was taken to the Western Maryland
Hospital, Cumberland, one day last
week, where she underwent an opera
ton for the removal of gall stones
from which she had been suffering for
several weeks. The operation was
successfully performed and the pa
tient is recovering as rapidly as pos
sible, all the more speedily because of
the daily visits of three of her girls,
one of whom is employed in Cumber-
land and two attending high school in
that city.-Meyersdale Republican.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-01

Brother Green Is Held in Esteem By
the Editor, But In Some of His
Statements Concerning School Work
AS Applied In Garrett County, He
Is Positively in Error, Namely, the
Duties and Work Performed by The
Clerical Force at the Superintend-
ent's Office and the Duties of the
Grade Supervisor Who Visits All
the Schools, Whether Graded or I'M
Graded, and Then The State Bears
. Half of the Salaries of Both The
Supervisor and the Truant Officer,
Who Must Work IL Months Instead
of 9 Months as Asserted by Our
Good Friend Green, Who AS Sol
der in the World War Has The Re-
spect and Esteem of All Who Have
the Pleasure of Knowing Him.
To the Editor of The Republican.
/ desire to make a few comments
on the school budget as stated in your
paper last week. In this letter l will
endeavor to confne my comments to
that portion of the article referred to
as part II-Increases." Later on !
may write regarding parts III, ~
and V.
/ note that request is made for
$500 for concrete walks, steps, etc.,
comprising 3O72 square feet of con-
crete. A four-foot walk is wide
enough for average conditions, so d.
viding 3072 by a we have 76S feet of
walk. Even allowing a part of the
total amount for steps, it seems to
me that the amount could be reduced
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-01
Card of Thanks.

We desire to thank our many friends
and neighbors for their kindness and
sympathy shown us upon the death
Of our daughter, Rose Louise, which
occurred at Washington, D. c., March
21st; also for the beautiful flowers
sent. Mr. and Mrs T. H Mosser.
Deer Park, Md.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-01
BIG MERGER FALLS THROUGH

Sale of Public Utilities in Maryland
and West Virginia Goes by the Way.
It was stated on Monday that the
much-talked-of merger of the Edison
Electric Illuminating Company of the
city of Cumberland and the West Vir-
ginia and Maryland Gas Company,
along with the Northern Natural Gas
Company, which latter concern sup
plies Oakland and other Care ttcounty
towns with natural gas, with lot of
West Virginia corporations operat-
ing exclusively in West Virginia,
has fallen through.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-01
st. Matthew's Episcopal Church.

Thursday night, 1880, Gethsemane.
Good Friday, ~ NJ. to P. NJ, "Med-
itations on the Seven Last Words on
the Cross" (This service is so ar
ranged that worshippers may enter
and leave during the hymns)
Easter Day, Communion, II A.
NJ; Children's Mission service, 4 Pm.
The public is most cordially invited
to attend these services.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1920-04-01

Lost-A bunch Of valuable keys.
Finder please return to this Office and
receive Observation-Disclosures
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1920-12-29
@a'tnab Ttel6.

sSre6 81. Tiel6, beri 8pen, moo
tug sSnIe6ags Morgen 6et 1orgens
Bn6ifab, at bans Datter, WeiiS San<
nab 6ielb> bar 6p6 &abana, @uba,
of Nerbefeber.
9lfoeoe bar fpot / Totpn af 0scar
Sun bar @ra6ue1tt af &giffolen ber.
Strafs efter fin Graduation begDn6<
te bum iom 29rerin6e og bar oniat
beo offentlige @fo1er paa @te6er /
g. Daf., Minneapo1ts, Seem Sort,
California og a1t6re Ste6er, men
f61t @abana. Sun bar ogiaa Gro
6uent far 2elan6 5tanforb l1niber>
iitet. Sum oberlebes af fit Sar, fent
8rp6re:: g}. S. GSiel6> ssu1ius> &enrp>
Olaf og 2atprence, iant fire @ditre>
Mrs. 6e6be6t, MrS. O1ion, Mrs.
Comics og Mifs Mgnes. Sen6es Mnr
oe6e ornfring en- maanebs Ei6 fi6en.
Mifs Jie16 oeoe fi61te Sns6og.
@en6es Gig bill BIZ ien6t BERTH for
8egrabelie
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1920-12-29
Mrs. Ee6er g. l,ticfltab.

Mrs. Yeoer g. 4uicffta6 6e6e /
tit &iem / nor6beHliee DeI af @pen
ii6ite Sns6ag, efter en- lengere @p=
geligbe6 af 2ammelle.
Mf6e6e barf DOT Morge ben 176e
@ept. 1914, og bar be6 fin Deo no.
get ober 76 Mar ganrnel. Sen 19oe
Dft. 1866 b1eb BUN gift n1e6 iin ef<
terleben6e Won6. @e1te Mar TOM
De til Mmerifa> og bofatte fig fdrit.:
Sefferion County, isis. Otter 4 Mnrs
Dpbol6 6er> flptte6e 6e til &otpn al
Maine, bette County, bbor 6e boiat-
tet fig paa &on1eitea6lan6. 0erfro
flptte0e oe. BERTH 8Den, bbor 1e bor
babt lit &iem / mango Mar. Sor-
noen fin 9@gtefelle oberlebes Mf6g6e
al to Barn, en- S6n> 6. Ye6erlon>
fom Dor Eotur af Maine> og en-
Softer, Mrs. Setter, ,ion1 ,bor beri
8Den. 8egrabelien foregif fra 8en=
fons &ape1 @aftor g. $. g. Olpis-
cier forrette6e.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1920-12-29
st gobt og pelii9net
NDtoar ttlpmites ale
uere 29(ere.
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@n al Otter &oiI @ountps el6ite
SSn6bpggere fit &ient1ob igaar. Set
bar @olpor 0lion Saugen $otpn al
Mur6aI. San 6g6e baittgt og uben>
tet paa fit gam1e @omeiteao / nen1te
&ntpn, ot1tfring @. 4 paa @ftermio>
6agen. D66sariagen bar Ml6er>
oon1sfbagbe6> og n1n1igens @1agtil=
feI6e. 9lf6e6e bar fp6t / Masneis
Nreitegielo, Norge, 6en 206e Oft.
1882. S 1862 toni ban og @uitru
til Mmerifa og bo1atte fig f9rit Slice
Gountp> 6e11ne @tat, bbor 6e boboe
til / 1869, 1raar Sr &ougen gior6e
Zig en Sur op til Otter Eai1 og toa
&on1eitea6lan6 Eotpn af Mur6al.
Om @eiten famine Mar flptteoe S.
berop og bar ii6en boet paa lit So
n1eitea6. &ms &uifru 696e / 1910.
0isle Golf bar a1tlaa blan6t 6e fgr-
1te &ioneerer / bette &onntD, og fit
giet1nengoa Sc @trabaoier ion hp-
rer me6 til g}DbDggerlibet. Mf6gDe
bar en 1er6eles legemsfterf og friif
Man6, font og1aa fremgaar 6eraf,
at fan fit lene til fine 88 Mar. San
oberlebes al fdlgenoe 8grn: &art=
big &augen og Oscar &augen /
Totp1t of 9nr6al; Wrs. Sline @bern
T~rguS Sails; Sobn @augen, 8aD-
nesbille, Minn.; og @aitor 8. s.
9auget, iom for nerD9renoe boz
Meran6rio til fit 8ofte6. $an5
8rorleh Olaf .. @augen> Bot /
Mur6ol. g1oor bette ffribes, er tiffffe
$i6en for 8egrobellen beften1t.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1920-12-29
VIKING VS.. VEIKING.

To the Editor:
Now that the Viking Ship has
been conspicuously installed III
Lincoln Park, Chicago, the word
Viking, it's sense and sound be-
come matter of everybody's
concern.
Viking is derived from tn:
Morse word "Vik" English
"wick"), which means bay or
inlet of water and viking or wick
ing signifies p erson dwelling
in or habitually frequenting viks
or wicks in ships or boats.
The word viking ac:uired> how
ever a more specific meaning i'll
it's application to designate the
predatory sailors that gained
world fame during the Viking
Age as discoverers> settlers and
conquerors.
The composition of the word
is viking Or wick-ing, not vi
king. The word bears no relation
whatever to king or vice-king. as
SO very many people think it do
es. In its many composite forms
the English word wick is never
pronounced as vike; Wickham,
Wexford, Soutwick> Northwick,
Brunswick, etc., establish that
fact. .~
In Norman French, which be-
came the accepted language af
the most powerful element of the
Vikings, the word vik appears to
this day in place names, such as
Bolvic> Sanvic> .Vieuvicq, Quent-
vic, etc.; in these composite
words vic is pronounced as wick
in Enlish. 49,.
'Viking' is Morse word, the
English form of which is "wick-
ing. It ought not to be pro-
nounced as viking any more
than the French words cafe and
garage should be- pronounced
kaif and gairedge. The Morse adj
jective "veik" means weak" in
English and veiking in Morse is
"weakling' in English. The Vik-
ings were anything but weak. In
fact weakness barred one from
ever being accepted as member
of the daredevil bands Of Vikings
The very idea of weakness is the
refore inadmissib1e in connecti-
on with the heroic word Viking.
In seafaring circles among all
northern people, including con-
siderable portion of Britishers,
this familiar word is pronounced
vicking or wicking to this day.
In order to take both king and
weakling out of Viking let us
except to the dictionary in this
case and give wick-ing or vick-
ing its fair chance.
OLAF RAY.
80 N. Dearborn St., Chicago, Ill.
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@r. Ser. -
De Dor bel bentet paa 8eto1ing,
for jeg be6 6et er ODER &i6en. Seq
bill ie116e e11 &illen til @legt og @ens
ner> tGi ieg be6 BET er mange al
-oem 1om leler l1geb1a6et. Seq tof.
fer ollie, lorn bar i11i1 moo mig 6a
ieg por @berorub for ct 9lar f6en.
Seq leber og er 'ganife friff, men
&i6en er 1angfon for mig fioen ieg
r11iftet min Mano. Seq er fom en-
enfom Gugl paa mini moeroont.
Men ieg bar en- Sen / &immelen,
ben be6ite at Stette fig til. &an
ben6e 6isle 2inier gaar @apirfur=
ben. gn fier &ilfen til 9feoaftgren
.og alle 81aoets 2eiere:
T. .Gorp, @inn., 276e See. 1920.
- =. Mrs. 2obiie ie @ngIun6.
Fergus Falls ugeblad. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn.) 1882-1938, 1920-12-29

IT, &r. l1gita6 og an6re, bill pere
enig me6 mig, set bill iige> al1e iom
tror CUBS Orb.
Dette til eftertotfe.
8. 3. Solberg,
Gergns Sails, Minn.
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The Nenana daily news., 1920-02-25
PAPER IS
 ON SALE BY THE NEWS

A shipment of typewriter paper, of the standard American brand, has just been unpacked at The News office, where it is on sale by the box or in any other quantity desired. The sizes include both legal and letter and the weights range from the lightest to heavy.
 The paper was bought right and is being sold at close margin of profit. { The News also has imprinted en-
 velopes for sale by the box and by
 the package-all sizes, fror bareni-
 al to legal, white and colored, and /. bond and wove.
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COMPANY ENJOYS ELABORATE MENU
 Al THE CENTRAL

The members of the Rio Grande" company, who returned to town from Fairbanks yesterday, celebrat- ed their successful outing with an elaborate dinner party last evening at the Central cafe, at which the members of the cast. and others who were associated with the recent production, were the guests of hon. or. The dinner began at eight o'clock and lasted until late hour, the time passing quickly with rem iniscences of the Fairbanks visit, stories by members of the com pany, and an original poem by Cor poral Casey" Morris.
 The banquet table occupied the entire side of the cafe, the parti- tions between the boxes having been removed for the occasion. The din- ner, consisting of fried chicken and everything, was well prepared and served in a manner that was highly pleasing to the diners.
 Those who gathered about the big table were: Dr. and Mrs. J. R. Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. w. A. Coghill, Mir. and Mrs. R. C. Morris, MT. and Mrs. R. G. Southworth, Mrs. Leon Kellum, Misses Ruth Moir, Dorothy de la Pole, Leota Scott, Muriel Rus sell, Valentine Anderson, and Mar garet Southworth, and Messrs. Fred
 erick J. Date, Dr. T. o. Lake, Fred A. Douse, Kenneth Finlayson, Rob- ert B. Flames, and Walter Scott.