The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1922-04-27

reported increase in their tax rate
from 25 cents to $1OO. The RepubH-
can has been requested by the bust
ness men to state that the rate will
be but fifty cents on the $500.
The Maryland State Roads Com
mission at a recent meeting of that
body, awarded the contract for the
construction of the road from Grants
vile to the Pennsylvania State line to
the Claiborne Johnson Company at
its bid of $62 ,2446O. The road will
be of concrete and fifteen feet wide.
1 Mrs. d. NJ. Dixon had as her guests
on Sunday last Rev. and Mrs. Par
IRISH, Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Echard. Mr..
E. W. Kelso and Miss Sicily Martin,
OF Mountain Lake Park; Rev. and
Mrs. A. Moore, Mrs. Jane Wolf and
Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence Dixon and
family, Of Oakland, the occasion be-
ing in honor of Mr. Kelsos seventy
fifth anniversary.
l have a nice line of Rugs, Linole.
ums, window shades, curtain goods
and draperies. See me before buying.
D. E. Bolden, Manhattan Bldg.-Ad.
vertisement 9-3t.
There will be Band Concert and
Minstrel Show, entitled Smokeville's
Social, held at Pleasant Valley Grange
Hall Saturday, May 9th, at 7:3O D. m.
under the auspices Of the Deer Park
Band. The admission will be Is and
25 cents. Everybody is invited to at
tend Bring your friends to see
Socrates Fizzle and Skipton Squizzle
and other popular black faced com
medians perform. COMMITTEE.
Advertisement. 9 2t.
LOST-A yellow wolf hound. about
March y, near Table Rock. Return
to or address James W. King, Sines.
Md.-Advertisement st
By direction of the Board of Coun-
| ty Commissioners of Garrett county.
upon which body devolves the duty of
enforcing the provisions of the law.
The Republican prints in full the
Statewide dog law. Many persons
have been under the impression that
this law was either repealed by the
late Legislature or that it was non
enforceable. The Commissioners are
charged with the carrying out of the
law, hence to make their position
plain with the public it is printed in
full today.
In St. Marks Lutheran church on
next Sunday morning the Sacrament
of the Lords Supper will be admins
tered by the pastor, Rev. David N.
Funk and in the evening he will de-
liver a sermon, the subject of which
will be Looking Unto Jesus" Other
( services in st. Marks Sunday will be
Sunday school at $3.50 a. M; Chris
tian Endeavor at Gas. The pastor
desires that every member possible
be present at these services and all
others who are without a church
home are most cordially invited to
attend also.
FOR SALE-HOuse and lot on Lib
erty street; Groom house; modern
conveniences; lot 12Ox150 feet. APP
ply to John NJ. Jarboe, Oakland.
Md.-Advertisement 6-tf.
At special session of the county
court held at Chenille, West Va, on
March Both, a contract was let for
the erection of a new court house for
/ Gilmer county the successful bidder
being the Garrett Construction Com
pany, of Mountain Lake Park, the
members of the concern being Messrs.
Joseph Rathbun and E. w. Winchell.
| The Garrett Construction Company in
recent months has operated exten
I SiNely Ill west virginia. Inc Union
National Bank building and the Golf
Office building at Clarksburg were
both constructed by this firm. The
award for the erection of the Gilmer
county court house will keep the CON
tractors engaged for several months.
They will receive for their work the
sum of $94,995.0O.
The April 18th issue Of the Ameri-
can Issue, the official organ of the
Anti-S Saloon League, paid the follow
ing compliment to the Garrett county
members of the late Legislature:
John W. Mccullough, the Senator,
voted for and supported the Law En-
forcement Bill in every way possible.
There was never a question about Mr..
Mccullough on the proposition of law
and order. In the House, Elliott C.
Harvey, Albert Markley and Alonzo
d. Naylor were the last three names
called as they came from the county