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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
MOUNT AIRY CANNING co.
OPENS SEASON AT PLANT
Extensive improvements Com
pleted-Large Yield and Sue
cessful Season Anticipated

With large number of men, wo-
men and boys in it's employ, the Mt.
Airy Canning Company cNened the
canning season at Loeb Lynn Heights
yesterday morning in what might well
be called its new plant.
After extensive improvements and
the addition of a tile building 28x120
feet, the plant begun operations for
what is anticipated to be the best sea-
son yet to be enjoyed by the company
since the erection of its original plant
in Garrett county several years ago.
Yesterday morning approximately
seventy men and women found en-
ployment at the plant, while this
morning there is said to be 125 men
and women at work.
Since the first of April the original
plant has undergone complete re-
modelling with additions constructed,
with the result that the efficiency Of
the plant in the quick handling of the
product has been materially increased
with less labor. This condition has
been brought about that now every
department of the plant is kept going
continuously while in former years it
was necessary to shut down one sec
ton or another at different times dur
ing the day in order to relieve conges-
ton somewhere else in the handling
and delivery of the product. This con-
dition has been relieved and overcome
by the addition of larger bins and the
speedier operation of the machinery.
The total amount of power required
to operate the plant this year is 400
h. p. The power is produced by two
new $50 horse power boilers and four
40 horse power electric motors.
According to Senator Fooks, presi-
dent of the Mt. Airy Canning Com
pany, who has been in Oakland and at
Loeb Lynn Heights for week or ten
days, the plant will have straight
run of thirty days or more in canning
peas, after which time the corn crop
will be ready for harvesting and can
ming, and the time required for its
completion can not at this time be es-
timated.
J. Howard Reinhardt, Oakland who
is the resident manager of the Mt.
Airy Canning Company, and who is
located at the plant throughout the
year, supervised the construction of
the addition and the Encouragement
of the machinery and is now superin-
tending the canning Of the peas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
FATHER TAKEN TO CUT
WHILE SON STAYS IN JAIL
John Swauger, a Persistent Vic
latOr, Begins Sentence; Is
Jailed Following Accident

A night lodging together brought
to close a visit" of a son with his
father at the Garrett County Jail, Oak
land, when John Swauger, father,
was taken from the local institution
to the House of Correction, and Elmer
Swauger, the son, was held in jail for
a period of time for violating several
sections of the automobile statutes.
John, the father, has been confined
in the Oakland Jail since the June
Term of the Circuit Court when he
was found guilty Of manufacturing
and selling illicit liquor. He has been
persistent violator. His earlier
transportation was hindered by an ac-
ton of some kind whereby ms friends
sought to have him parallel or his
sentence of six months reduced. This
question was argued before Judge
Doub some days ago by W. R. Otfut5,
representing Swauger, and States
Attorney Renninger, representing the
prosecution. The State won and as
a result the violator is engaged in
farm work for the State In addition
to his House of Correction sentence,
Swauger is to pay a fine Of $500 or
serve an additional term of eighteen
months in the House of Correction.
Elmer, the son, was sent to Jail Fri
day evening by Justice W. A. Gender
in default of payment of a fine and
costs amounting to S107.65 for viola
ton of several sections of the auto
mobile laws.
Young Swauger was hailed before
the court following an accident which
occurred at a point on the Oakland
Bittinger road, five miles south of
Bittinger, on last Thursday night, and
resulted in the injury of a cow, the
property of Edward Alexander, o
farmer of that community, when the
automobile being driven by Swauger
in an intoxicated condition, ran into
the animal. The automobile was also
badly damaged.
At the court trial Swauger was
fined 500 for driving an automobile
while under the influence of liquor and
81 and costs in each of the following
cases docketed against him: Driving
without an operators license; driving
without a registration card and with
reckless driving.
John Swauger was taken to the
penal institution at Jessup's Cut by
Sheriff William D. Casteel on Satur-
day morning.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
Kitzmiller Man Is Held for AS
saulting Ills Wife.

For assaulting and beating his wife,
the results of which she alleges she
has been deafened in one ear by a
blow inflicted by her husband, John
Solomon, Kitzmiller, was lodged in the
Garrett county jail in Oakland in de-
fault of $500 bond for his appearance
at the December court. Unless bail is
furnished Solomon will have to re-
main in the custody of the sheriff.
On the charge preferred, Solomon
was given hearing by Justice w. A.
Gender on Monday. Solomon's wife,
Mrs. Lulu Solomon, testified that she
had been attacked on June 16, but ow-
ing to a weakened physical condition
caused by the ill-treatment she had
received at the hands of her husband,
she was unable to appear sooner.
According to the testimony of DR..
Thomas B. Crittenden, who attended
Mrs. Solomon, she suffered from
blow in her chest which felled her to
the floor and was then deafened by 4
blow or kick on her ear. The physi-
clan stated that the blow might have
resulted in the fracture of her skull.
Solomon, the defendant in the case,
testified that his wife had lost her
hearing following an attack of infu-
enza suffered several months ago.
Several witnesses from Kitzmiller
were heard in the case.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
Keyser Man Falls From Roof at
His Mountain Lake Home.

What might have resulted in more
serious accident and possibly the
death of Edward G.. Kimmell, promi-
nent real estate man of Keyser, West
Va, who maintains summer home
at Mountain Lake Park, occurred Sat-
urday at the latter place when he fell
from ladder on a porch roof to the
ground.
At the time of the accident, Mr..
Kimmell was endeavoring to saw a
limb from a tree in his yard located
quite close to the house and had set
ladder on a slanting porch roof, IA
feet from the ground and leaned the
top of the ladder to the tree standing
three or four feet away from the
building. After mounting the ladder
he leaned toward the limb which he
intended saving off and the ladder
fitting threw him to the earth, rem
dering him unconscious for several
hours. DR.. N. l. Broadwater attended
the injured man and it is said his con-
dition is about normal this morning.
Mr.. Kimmell was injured about the
head and shoulders.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
All CLUB GIRLS TO LEAVE
MONDAY FOR WEEKS CAMP
About so Girls Will Attend;
Program Arranged

Approximately eighty girls from
Garrett and Allegany counties will go
to camp along the Casselman river at
Grantsville on Monday and remain
there for one week.
The girls are members of the All
Clubs of the two counties and camp
ing is included in the program of their
years work.
The camp will open Monday morn
ing with Miss Dorothy Emerson, the
State director of Girls Club work of
the University of Maryland, and Miss
Maude Bean, home demonstration of
Allegany county, and Miss Elsie Ben
THEN, home demonstration of Garrett
county, in charge. At the camp les
sons are given in felt and basketry,
and swimming m the Casselman river
will be the main recreation.
A program, which will be strictly
followed throughout the week, has
been arranged and the schedule calls
for activities to begin at $50 in the
morning and continues until 900 in
the evening.
The morning hours are taken up
after the morning meal by camp in
spection; classes from 900 until 1880
o'clock, and from 1870 to loo O'Clock
the girls go on hike, taking with
them their lunches.
From 100 until 200 in the after
noon is a rest period for the girls,
after which time they spend an hour
swimming. The remaining hours oil
the afternoon ana evening are con-
sumed by holding tribe meetings, eat
ing supper, recreation and vespers and
the evening closes with a big camp
fire from 500 until 900 o'clock.
There will likely be 25 girls attend
the camp from Garrett county it was
stated by Miss Benthien, and from SO
to 60 girls from Allegany county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
LARGE BARN STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING AND is BURNED
Structure Valued at $4,000 De-
stroyed-Cattle Also Killed

An electrical storm visited this sec
ton of country on Monday afternoon
and caused the loss of large barn,
40 by so feet, belonging to Boyd Lohr,
of the North Glade section, and also
the loss of three cows and one hog be-
longing to Charles Wiles, Of near Ter
"a Alta, West Va, ten miles west of
Oakland.
The barn, which was located on the
farm of Mr.. Lohn, about three miles
from Glendale Bridge, which spans
Deep Greek Lake at the Narrows, was
built three years ago and was valued
at more than $4,000. With the excep-
ton of a horse which was standing in
the barn at the time it was struck by
the bolt of lightning and some harness
which was gotten out of the structure,
everything else it contained was de-
stroyed.
The cows and hog belonging to Mr.
Wiles were standing close to a wire
fence, which was struck by lightning
Mr.. Wiles counts his loss about $3.50
A silo on the farm of Noah Schrock,
near Gortner, was blown down by a
high wind during the storm on last
Monday afternoon, which is now be-
ing replaced with a new one.
Several trees were also twisted off
and blown to the ground in the Gort-
ner section.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
Alleged Sheep Thief Held For
Grand Jury.

Job Sines, about 20 years of age, of
Sang Run, who is a son of Dick Sines,
was committed to the Garrett County
Jail in Oakland on last Thursday for
the action of the grand jury on a
charge of stealing sheep.
The alleged crime was committed
by Sines on Sunday morning two
weeks ago, according to the testimony
of Frederick Hoye, of near Sang Run,
and his two sons, from whom the ami
mails were stolen. The men, suspect
ing the arrival of the accused on the
morning Of the theft, secreted them
selves in the field in which the sheep
were grazing. The sheep fold had
been previously visited and as hap
pened always on a Sunday morning,
hence Mr.. Hoye's vigil.
Not long after the father and sons
had hidden themselves Job Sines ap-
peared at an open place in the field
and scattered some salt on the ground.
When the sheep approached the salt
he is alleged to have caught one of
them and carried it to a low place in
the field, which is surrounded by a
thicket. While it was impossible for
the Hoyes to witness the slaughter of
the animal they did find the forequar-
tiers, the hide and offal hidden under
a rock in a springdrain, and later saw
Sines carrying the headquarters, 60
ing toward his home.
A young man named Jones, a son
in-law of Dick Sines, was arrested
with Job Sines IN connection with the
theft Of the sheep, but was released
for lack of evidence at the hearing be-
fore Magistrate West.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
Knights To Give a Chevrolet
Coach This Year.

According to Singleton Townshend,
past Chancellor Commander of Gar
rett Lodge, No. 113, Knights of Py-
thias, the picnic committee of that Or
ganization has purchased a car to be
given away at the annual Labor Day
picnic, which will be held as usual IN
Helbig's Grove on September 3.
While Milburn Mann, present Chan
cellor Commander of the local lodge
is chairman of the picnic committee,
the manager has not yet been named
and until he is chosen no detailed pro-
gram can be announced for the affair
it was stated yesterday.
The rank of Page will be conferred
on a candidate at the lodge rooms to,
morrow evening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
BOAT CLUB ORGANIZATION
WILL BE PERFECTED SOON
F. R. COrliss Made President
Directors Yet to be Named

A board of directors will be elected
at meeting to be held in the John o.
Thayer barn on Deep Greek Lake next
Sunday which will perfect the organ
ization of the Allegheny Boat Club,
which was instituted Monday night at
the office of the Associated Gas and
Electric Company at the corner Of
Oak and Third streets.
At the Monday evening meeting,
F. R. Corliss was elected president of
the club, while Ronald E. McIntire
was chosen secretary and R. c. Me
Comas was made treasurer.
1t is the purpose of the organiza-
ton, according to the president, to
convert the John o. Thayer barn,
which is located on the shore of Deep
Creek Lake, into a club house, and
by some Encouragement of the build
ing an ideal home for the purposes
of the club, can be made, Mr.. Corliss
said.
The members of the club have en-
tered into lease with the owners of
the building for the remaining months
of the year and will either secure a
long-term lease or buy the building
outright from the Eastern Land Cor
poration before any extensive i'm
movements are made
The meeting on Sunday will be held
at three o'clock and all persons in
terested are cordially invited to at
tend, Mr.. Corliss stated.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
FIVE HUNDRED DELEGATES
EXPECTEDFOR CONVENTION
Entertainment Committee Busy
On Several Phases For seth
State Grange Meeting.

Going into the matter more thor
oughly during the past few days, ar
engagements are just now about COM
plete for the entertainment in Oak
land of the State Grange convention,
which will be held here on Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday, August IA,
Is and 16.
With the arrival of 500 delegates
at the convention, the entertainment
committee has been active in securing
accommodations for the grangers,
their wives and children, and at a
meeting held on Monday night by the
committee the Knights of Pythias
lodge rooms were selected for the
convention hall.
The committee on entertainment is
composed Of Messrs. George D.
Sprague, Howard P. Stuck and c. N.
McIntire, representing the Oakland
Commercial Club; D. NJ. Lower, mas
ter of Pomona Grange of Garrett
county, Paul Friend and Mac Ridder,
met in conference with County Agent
McGlone at his office on Monday ev-
ening when the place of meeting was
selected and other matters with which
the committee had to do were ar
ranged satisfactorily.
1t is the purpose of the committee
to arrange with the various hotels and
boarding houses Of the town to give
the grangers uniform rate for meals
and lodging. The committee will also
secure the Crellin and Oakland bands
for a concert on Monday evening for
the entertainment Of the convention
members arriving early.
On one day of the convention it is
the purpose of the committee to ar
range a tour of a section of Garrett
county, and it is expected that trip
will also be made to Cheat River by
way of Aurora.
The Manhattan Hotel will be head
quarters for the convention officers.
All persons in Oakland having
rooms for rent for the period of the
convention are requested to commu-
nicate with George D. Sprague, Oak
land, who will assign rooms to the
delegates as they arrive.
According to County Agent Nc
Clone, DR.. Simons, director of Exten-
sion Work in Maryland, has advised
all County Agents in the State to ar
range a tour to Oakland for the con-
vention.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
Fisherman Lands Two Nice
Trout.

James Painter, of Oakland, often
referred to by Scoop in his column as
the leader of healthful outdoor
sports, caught two nice rainbow trout
during the past week and brought
them down town as proof positive of
his achievement.
The first and larger one was hooked
on Saturday. 1t measured 2114 inches
and weighed pounds and IL ounces.
The second one was caught Monday
evening and measured 1914 inches,
weighing 8 pounds.
The fish were caught with fly in
Youghiogheny River at a point be-
tween Swallow Falls and the power
house of the hydro-electric company.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
Car Set on Fire by PrOjectile
From a Roman Candle

What is thought to have been care
lessness on the part of celebrant of
Independence Day caused damage es-
timated at 500 to the automobile be-
longing to Mrs. Joe Littman.
Mrs. Littman had parked her car, :.
new Chevrolet coupe, on Third street
near a recently erected filling station
at the intersection of Green street,
and several hours later a fire was
discovered in the car, A hole about
six inches in diameter had been burn
ed through the top and when the fire
was observed a blaze was consuming
one of the cushions and the uphol-
stery on one of the doors. 1t is sup
posed that projectile from Roman
candle had been fired into the car
and caused the blaze.
Charles Whetsell, attendant at the
nearby filling station, extinguished
the fire shortly after it had been dis
covered.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
Convenient and Comfortable
Booths in Local Confectionery

Besides the recent addition to his
place of business of a 26-foot soda
fountain and luncheonette, w. A. Con
der, proprietor of the Bon Ton, is just
now completing the installation of
new fixtures to make his confection-
cry store up to the minute both in re-
spect to appearance and equipment,
by installing four booths to accom-
modate sixteen people. The seating
capacity of the store will total 80.
According to the proprietor, the
manufacturers of the equipment said
that the new soda fountain was the
most complete, compact and accessi-
BILE fountain ever before built by them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
Suns Rays Cause Roadway to
Burst.

While the nights remain cool in
Oakland, yet the sun does shine with
effect during the day, and on Sunday
afternoon, due to its intense heat rays,
the concrete road leading from town
to Crellin and Terra Alta burst in a
straight line across its surface and
threw quite lot of gravel and parti-
cles of other material entering into
its construction over the point where
the break occurred, it being a short
distance west of the corporate limits
of town. Expansion, caused by the
suns rays, was given as the cause of
the break.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
Bible School Will Close Friday

Two picnics on Friday will bring to
a close the vacation Bible school, con-
Quoted at the Oakland grammar school
building last week and this week I'M
der the auspices and direction of the
Oakland Council of Religious Educa-
ton. The little folks will be taken
by their instructors and other ladies
interested in the school, to Sang Run,
where they will picnic, while the older
students will go. to the Boy Scouts
camp on Deep Creek Lake and picnic
there for the day.
According to Mrs. Paul B. Naylor,
the school this year can be counted
successful in every way.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
To Be Welded This Afternoon.

Miss Marion Henion, of Walwich,
N. j., former supervising teacher of
the Oakland unit public schools, and
the Reverend A. j. Torrey, of Logan,
West Va, former rector of st. MAJ
thew's Episcopal church here, will be
joined in the Holy bonds of matri-
mony this afternoon at 2;30 o'clock
at All Saints church, Frederick, by
the Reverend W. L. Gravatt, ID. D.,
bishop Of the dioces of West Virginia.
Miss Henion has been prominently
identified with the public school sys-
TEN in Oakland for several years and
during her stay here has made many
close friends. The Reverend Mr.. Tor
rey was known as one of the most
popular and active ministers to serve
an Oakland congregation, and was es-
pecially loved by boys, with whom he
worked diligently and established the
first permanent troop of Boy Scouts.
A wedding luncheon will be served
at the Francis Scott Key Hotel at
Frederick at noon today when the i'm
mediate families of the bridal couple
and few close friends including Miss
Rhesa M. King, Mr., and Mrs. F. E,
Rathbun and son, Howard, of Oak
land, and DR.. George Evans, of Terra
Alta, will be present.
After a honeymoon Rev. and Mrs.
Torrey will go to Grafton, West Va,
where they will reside. Rev. Torrey
will become pastor of st. Matthias
church there.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
Boys Band To Play Three En-
gagementS.

The Gilbert-Brow Boys Band has
been engaged to play at the water
carnival, which will be held on Deep
Creek Lake, August 3; for the Fire
mems Convention at Meyersdale, Pa,
on August 10th, and also for Sunday
afternoon program at Hopemont San
itarium, the tuberculosis institution
near Terra Alta, which is maintained
by the State of West Virginia.
The boys have recently played upon
several occasions and those engag-
ing their services have expressed their
praise in behalf of the members and
directors of the band.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-07-12
Women's Civic Club of Mountain
Lake Park to Hold Bazaar.

The Women's Civic Club of Noun
ain Lake Park will conduct a bazaar
at the bowling alley in the Park on
the afternoon of Wednesday, July IS,
when the ladies will have on sale
fancy articles, cake, candy, etc. For
almost a quarter of a century the
women of the Park have held these
annual bazaars and in that time they
have been quite successful in con-
Quoting them, the proceeds being de-
voted to municipal improvements.