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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
Gun Now In Position.

The large Howitzer, formerly a
coast defense gun, for which the foun-
dation was built in the northwest cor
ner of the Court House lawn, was
placed in position last Thursday after
noon by J. w. Whorton, local contrac-
tor. The work of the local man pre-
sents a splendid appearance and after
the gun is painted battle ship gray
the appearance will be improved very
greatly. The gun was secured from
the Government by the members of
the local post of the American Lee
gion. An unwilling service will be
held in the near future, according to
the plans of the posts officials.
From the main walk leading to the
west front of the Court House lat
eral walk has been build to and sur
rounding the gun and provision has
been made to accommodate series of
chains which will flank both the walk
and the gun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
ALLEGED AUTO JACK WAS
ARRESTED YESTERDAY
David Dewitt, of Near Oakland,
Now in County Jail Here

David Dewitt, about % years of
age, living near Oakland, was again
arrested early yesterday morning by
Sheriff Casteel and Deputy Sheriff Jog
Griffith on charge of stealing an
automobile and was lodged in Jail
pending hearing.
The warrant issued for the arrest of
Dewitt charged him with having
stolen the Ford car of Charles Kidd,
of Kings Run, north of Oakland, one
night last week. The car was recov-
cred at Thomas, West Va, Tuesday
by Sheriff Casteel and early yesterday
morning the officer received word that
was arrested at d point between Oak
land and McHenry short while after
the officer had been informed of his
whereabouts. Dewitt was riding in a
car with a young man from Lynch
burg, Va, who had picked him up on
the highway near McHenry and was
coming toward Oakland.
The prisoner is wanted at Morgan
town, w. Va, according to Sheriff
Casteel. He had been sentenced to
serve six months in the Jail at that
place and made his escape after be-
ing confined in the Jail for about two
months. Dewitt has been arrested
at least twice before in Garrett coun-
ty, the sheriff said, on similar charges.
Fined For Drunkenness.
R. W. Davis and Harry Hamber,
both of whom are connected with a
carnival company showing at the Fair
grounds, and Fred. Sewers, of Oak
land, were arrested Sunday night by
Sheriff Casteel, Deputy Griffith and
Policeman Nethkin on a charge of be-
ing drunk and disorderly. They were
given hearing Monday morning be-
fore Justice W. A. Gender. All three
plead guilty and each fined 81 and
costs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. L. LOhm
Pass Golden Wedding Mark
MARRIED.

At the residence of the brides par
ents, on Tuesday morning, September
"a, 1873, by Rev. j. H. Flanagan, Mr..
G. w. L. Lohm to Miss Ella R. Shaw,
daughter of Col Robert Shaw, Graf
ton, and niece of Jimmie Percy, Cum
berland. A large number of invited
friends were present and witnessed
the wedding ceremonies. The happy
couple departed the same morning on
a visit to Hagerstown, Md.-From a
clipping Grafton Sentinel, 1878.
Fifty years of married life, mark
ing a golden wedding anniversary,was
celebrated rather quietly at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Lohm on Alder street
in Oakland on Monday, due to the
serious illness of Mr. Lohm.
Mr. Lohm was actively engaged in
railroad work as an engineer between
Cumberland and Grafton until fifteen
years ago, when he was retired. He
has been in failing health for the past
three years and at this time his condi-
ton is very serious, having been con-
fined to his bed since early in August.
He is a member of Oakland Lodge,
No. 1872, A, F. & A. NJ, and of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Division 437.
To the union solemnized just fifty
years ago on Monday six children
were born, five sons and one daugh-
ter, one of the sons having died in in
fancy. Those living are Robert, of
Pittsburgh and Philadelphia; Howard,
of Pittsburgh; Albert, Kensington,
Md; Mrs. Ralph Kuntz, Grafton, and
Louis, of Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
GARRETT COUNTY MAN IS
CONVICTED OF MURDER
Seymour Smith, Formerly of
Near Frostburg, Found Guilty
at Webster Springs, w. Va.

Seymour Smith, 20, was convicted
yesterday of second degree murder at
Webster CDrings, West Va, in connec-
ton with the laying of Thomas Nc
Kenzie, 50, of near Bolair, West Va,
last October. He will be sentenced to-
day. The maximum sentence is eigh-
teen years. Mckenzie was member
of Mckenzie family of this county and
his remains were buried near his old
home east of Grantsville.
Mrs. Annie L. Mckenzie, Al, widow
of the slain man and jointly indicted
last May of murder in thecd
last May, was found guilty of murder
in the first degree. The jury recon-
mended life Imprisonment in her case.
Counsel for Mrs. Mckenzie has made
a motion for new trial and Judge
Jake Fisher, sitting at the Webster
Springs court, will rule on the matter
today. He will pass sentence on the
woman should a new trial be denied
The Smith trial lasted nine days
and the jury of lumbermen and farm
ers took eighteen hours to reach a
verdict
The body of Mckenzie was found
hanging on a laurel bush near his
home in the mountains above Web
ster Springs. Bloodshounds followed
a scent to a room in the Mckenzie
home where Smith was sleeping, &C
cording to the evidence at the trial
1t was also testified that there was i'll
feeling between Smith and Mckenzie
because of attentions paid by Smith
to Ruby Mckenzie, daughter of the
slain man, but Miss Mckenzie, as the
last witness for the defense, denied
this contention.
Smith, prior to going to Webster
Springs, resided in this county several
miles west of Frostburg.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
NEW SCHEDULE ON B. & o.
TO BE EFFECTIVE SUNDAY
Train No. % To Go Back to Old
Time of 1904 A. Nj.

Three changes in the schedule of
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad trains
making stops in Oakland will become
effective at 1901 a, m. standard time,
September 80, according to a bulletin
issued from the general offices of the
company.
These changes affect only eastbound
trains number 4, % and Sc. Train
No. 4, previously running at 1:13 a.
m. will change to 1:15; No, %, previ-
ously running at at 6:43 a. m. will
change to its old time, 1904 a. M, and
No. Sc, now running at 4:07, will be
changed to 1886 p. m. Following is
the complete schedule of trains stop
ping in Oakland as of Sunday next:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
Harry o. Miller Practices AS
Well As breaches Forestry.

That Harry O. Miller, a forest war;
den of Chestnut Ridge, near Grants
vile, practices as well as breaches
forestry, was shown in recent issue
of the News Letter, a publication is
sued by the Forestry Department OF
the University of Maryland.
H. C. Buckingham, district forester,
and F. W. Besley, State forester, were
shown the 40-acre woodlot OF Mr.. Mill
ler's which was cut over the past WIN
ter. On ten acres adjoining his sugar
grove all sugar timber II inches and
under was reserved, while on the re-
manning 80 acres nothing was cut
under ten inches. A total of 276,000
feet, Doyle measure, was removed.
This left the area well stocked with
a thrifty stand of young and vigorous
trees. There was practically no break
age of the younger trees by the fall
ing of the veterans. Furthermore, Mr..
Miller contracted to do the logging
himself so that he not only profited
by the sale of the timber, but he OBJ
tanned work for some men and his
team during a slack season as well.
Mr.. Miller remembers when this
stand was cut over 80 years ago, and
a similar operation was carried on
which removed only the larger trees.
At the end of the next 80 year period
he expects to repeat the past opera
lions and in the meantime he will get
his supply of fence posts and props
from Trimmings in this stand.
Commenting on Mr.. Miller's method
the News Letter concludes, 1--WE can
all profit from this practical forester
who has demonstrated that our wood
lots will pay when protected from
fire and excessive grazing"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
Club House AT Green Glade
Camp Is Completed.

Construction work on a club house
at Green Glade camp, on Deep Greek
Lake, two miles west of Swanton, in
this county, has been completed and
the building has been given a coat of
paint.
The structure, twenty-siX feet
square, provides four sleeping rooms
and has a large porch overlooking the
lake. 1t will be used to house Wis
itors at the camp until the club men,
bers have constructed cottages fol
their own use.
The camp is situated on the Bloom
ington- Oakland road and is located
about four miles from the crossroad
to Swanton. Along the waters edge
there is a grove of pine trees and fur.
Their back a variety of shade trees
Several springs are also found on the
twelve and one-half acre camp site.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
IMMEDIATE AID NEEDED
FOR HURRICANE VICTIMS
Red Cross Worker Receives Tel
egram Requesting Help

Mrs. E. z. Tower, chairman of the
Garrett County Chapter American
Red Cross, was in receipt of tele-
gram yesterday urging immediate
help for the storm stricken areas of
Porto Rico and Florida. All dona-
lions should be sent to Mrs. J. C. Rem
ringer, treasurer. Mrs. Tower wired
to the Maryland headquarters yester-
day that Garrett county was slow but
sure. The quota for the county is
$1,000.
The telegram from National head
quarters to Mrs. Tower was as fol-
lows:
First survey of the Porto Rico and
Florida disaster received at midnight
by cable from Baker and telephone
from Schaffer indicate. needs at both
places far exceed preliminary esti-
mate. In Porto Rico 100000 destitute
and near to starvation with great
health problems and threatened cpl
denies. Refugees must be fed, shell
tered, clothed by Red Cross for long
emergency period.
In Florida $4,000 families requiring
immediate emergency aid and later
rehabilitation, $5,,000,000 will be alb
solutely the minimum requirement as
relief fund. This places your chapter
quota at $1,000. Confident when peo-
pie realize grave need, response will
be immediate and generous. Urge
every effort to exceed this quota if
possible.
JOHN BARTON PAYNE.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
DAIRY INSPECTION TRIP
TO BEGIN ON OCTOBER :
Will Visit Virginia Concerns
LeightOn's Farm Inspected

An inspection of several milk ship
ping points in Virginia will be made
by interested dairymen of this county
on Friday and Saturday, October 5
and 6, E. Stanley Halter, field rep
resentative of the Imperial Ice Cream
Company, announced yesterday.
Those already booked to make the
trip are George D. Sprague, Harry
Porter, Benjamin and Paul Friend, E.
O. Liller, Ross Watson, S. D. Beachy,
N. D. Schrock, Ernest Mosser and Ben
Dewitt. Others desiring to go can
do SO by notifying Mr.. Sprague or one
of those included in the trip.
The J. V. Nichols, Will Francis and
Gregg Brothers, Purcellsville, Va;
Model Dairy Farm, Berryville, Va;
Governor Westmoreland Davis, Mich
oils and Myers, Leesburg, Va, and
other diaries at intermediate points
will be visited. These concerns are
recommended by the inspector Of the
Washington market.
Local Farm Is Inspected
The farm of H. V. Leighton, near
Loeb Lynn Heights, was inspected on
Tuesday by H. S. Drake, Washing
ton milk inspector. On the stable and
yard Mr.. Leighton received ia per
cent out of a possible 20 per cent; on
the milk house, utensils and water
supply, 1926 per cent out of possible
43 percent. The milk house is two
room building. Due to no ice being on
the premises he was cut seven points
on methods, but on his cattle test he
made a score of 1856 out of a possible
100 per cent.
Mr.. Leighton will start shipping
milk as soon as the permit can be is
sued, Mr. Haller said.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
QUALITY, NOT QUANTITY,
Is EXHIBITED AT The FAIR
Displays are Fewer But of Much
Higher Quality, Judges Say
Farmers Day Tomorrow

Fewer exhibits, but Of higher quail
ty, was the verdict given by judges
at the twelfth annual Garrett County
Fair, which will end tomorrow with
Garrett County Farmers Day. AL
though most of the departments were
considerably lacking in quantity, they
more than made up for this in quality,
j. L. McGlone, county agent, stated.
The women's work especially re-
ceived high commentator from the
judges, while the agriculture and the
home economics departments were ex-
ceptionally good. The exhibit of Miss
Elsie Benthien, home demonstration
agent, which included the work Of
members of the Al clubs of the coun-
ty, filled an entire room, showing ex-
ceptionally good work.
Carl Frazee Wins Calf.
Quite a number of cattle were on
exhibit, which were said to be of bet
ter breed than those of last year. Carl
Frazee was the winner of the pure
bred registered Jersey calf which was
given as a special premium by the
Imperial Ice Cream Company to the
owner of the COW showing the best
dairying points.
The poultry, fruit, grain and animal
exhibits were only fair in number but
high in quality, the judges stated.
Farmers Day Tomorrow
Farmers Day will be observed to-
morrow, and good weather prevailing,
large crowd is expected. This day
will be in charge of J. L. McGlone,
Carl Frazee, D. E. Orendorf, W. c.
Welch, Harry Porter, B. c. Scott and
Paul Friend. Special prizes will be
given those participating in the pa
rade.
Due to weather conditions, which
were cold and damp Tuesday and yes
terday, the fair was very sparsely at
tended, but it is thought that with the
advent of the business mems parade
this afternoon the VISITORS at the 1alf
will be much more numerous.
The parade today is scheduled to
start at 1870 from Oak street, from
which point the marchers will go to
the fair grounds and spend the re-
mainder of the day. All business
houses were asked to close at II noon
and if not entering a float in the
parade to follow it to the grounds.
Exhibits may be removed tomor-
row, General Manager Speicher said,
but the carnival and shows will re-
main until Saturday night so that
those who have not had a chance of
attending may do so later in the week.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
ATTRACTIVE EXHIBIT MAY
Be SEEN AT HEALTH ROOM
Miss Rhesa King, County Pub
lie Health Nurse, Has Splen-
did Display at Fair Grounds

Equipment required for the proper
care of babies is the dominant note of
the display being exhibited by Miss
Rhesa M. King, public health nurse,
building at the Garrett County Fair.
This display is augmented by many
additional suggestions on health; a
map of Garrett county showing the
improvement made in health work
since 1922; pictorial railroad trip
through Healthland; scrapbook and
literature on the orthopedic work in
this county, and other things of inter-
est to the average woman.
During the past two years this room
in the exhibition building has been
given over to Miss King for use in
health work and she has made use of
the privilege by presenting we'll ar
ranged and educational exhibits each
year.
The baby equipment consists of q
baby layette, loaned by Sincell's store;
the equipment necessary for formu-
LATED baby; the equipment necessary
for the proper care of the baby; the
equipment necessary for baby baskets
and the probable cost of the same,
etc; scales for weighing the baby and
an arrangement for measuring; and
a first-aid medicine cabinet.
ScrapbOok Interest.
In the scrapbook on orthopedic work
in this county since 1922, several pho
tographs are shown of some of the
patients before taking treatment IN
the Baltimore hospital and after they
had been practically reformed. The
book also contains clippings from the
local newspapers concerning the prog
ress of the work.
The comparative cost of a bed table
for convalescents and the proper
height for a bed are shown in one
corner of the room, while on a table
are numerous pamphlets and folders
about child care, personal hygiene and
protection from various forms of dis
ease.
The map of Garrett county with the
colored pins at certain points shows
the advance that has been made since
last year, including the number of tu-
berculosis clinics, child welfare clinics,
orthopedic clinics, communities receiv-
ing toxin-antitoxin treatment for
diphtheria, etc.
The pictorial railroad trip through
Healthland is hung over the fireplace
in the room and shows the daily trip
that a child should take if he or she is
to be and remain healthy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
Maryland's License Tags To Be
White on Dark Green

Maryland's color combination fol
automobile license plates in 1929 viii
be white on dark green, according to
a survey by the American Motorist
official publication of the American
Automobile Association. Thirty-nine
states will change the color combina,
ton and twenty-three different mo-
tifs will be used.
Six states and the District of Co.
lumbia will use yellow on black, max
ing it the leading choice. West Vir-
ginia will use the orange on black
combination, which will be used also
in five states. There is a decided
trend toward darker colors, it is re.
vealed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
PARADEANDCE
TO BE MAMMOTH AFFAIR
When Knights of Pythias Hold
Halloween Street Carnival

A celebration that will rival the an
nual Knights of Pythias Labor Day
picnic in size and number of activities
is now being planned by the Knights
and will be held on October 81, the Of
ficial date of Halloween. This cele-
bration will be in the form of a street
carnival, held on one of the main
streets of town.
Permission to rope off one of the
streets has been asked of the Mayor
and Council of Oakland, and this will
be decided at a meeting on Monday
night. 1t is hoped that either Second
street between Alder and Liberty, or
Alder street between Second and
Third will be granted.
Mammoth Parade
One of the features of the celebra-
ton will be a mammoth mummers
parade beginning promptly at 7 o.
clock in the evening. There will be
several prizes awarded for costumed
couples, individuals and floats, and it
is hoped that large number will fall
into the spirit of the affair and parti-
cipate in the parade.
Providing the corn stalks can be
obtained and permission granted, the
carnival committee plans on decora-
ting each telephone and electric light
pole like a corn shock with a pump
kin or so nestled at the foot of each
one, and it is also urged that the bus
mess houses be decorated in some
manner for the affair
The celebration will begin in the
early afternoon and will continue un-
til rather late in the evening, it was
said. Square dancing will be an adj
ditional attraction, and a low plat
form will be erected for this purpose
The Chevrolet coach will be given
away during the evening.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
An Interesting Display.

A room of unusual interest in the
exhibition building at the Garrett
County Fair is that containing the
displays of the All girls from various
points in the county, and those arti-
cles pertaining to the saving of time
in the kitchen. Canned goods and all
kinds of needlework, the product OF
All instruction, are attracting much
attention.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
Band Practice May be Resumed
Tuesday Evening

Providing the public schools of the
county open on Monday, October l.,
there will be a meeting of the Gilbert
Brown Boys Band on Tuesday even
ing, R. R. Gilbert, director, stated.
The winter program will be an
nounced at that time and practice will
begin in earnest at the meeting on the
following Tuesday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
Federal Prisoners Brought to
Oakland Last Night.

Twenty-four prisoners, convicted in
the Federal Court, Cumberland, on
charges connected with illicit lequor
traffic, were brought to the Garrett
County Jail in Oakland last night by
bus from Cumberland. The sentences
of the prisoners range from l month
to months.
With these added prisoners confined
in the local Jail there are now 35 in
mates, which is about one-half it's
capacity.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
Given Jail Sentence By U. S.
District Court Judge

George Burkholder, of Garrett coun-
ty, was given four months in Jail and
fined 5000 on a charge of manufacture
and possession of liquor in the Fed
eral Court at Cumberland on Tues
day. Sam Bittinger, involved in the
same case, was given twenty days in
Jail.
Elizabeth Burkholder, niece of Geo.
Burkholder, was given a suspended
sentence of fifteen days in Jail. She
admitted cooking and serving meals
for the two men operating the still
under a tent in the mountains in the
Bear Hill section of Garrett county.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
Garrett County Sheep Sold.

Thirteen sheep, raised on the Stone
House Farm, near Grantsville, of
which Mr.. Henry P. Miller is mama
ger, were sold to West Virginia Uni
versity for the ram special which will
make a trip through West Virginia
and Maryland. The train will stop in
Oakland and at Swanton on Wednes-
day, October 2.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
Oakland Schools Opened This
Morning.

Oakland and Mountain Lake Park
public schools opened this morning for
the year, according to County Super
intendent of Schools Rathbun. 1t is
felt that all danger of the spread of
infantile paralysis in this section has
passed.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1928-09-27
Patients At Hospital

William LETTERS and Margaret JEFF
fers of near Oakland, are patients in
the City Hospital, Kingwood, W. Va,
suffering with attacks of typhoid
fever. 1t is said that Mr.. Jeffers is
improving but that his sister is in q
critical condition.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-12-07
CAGERS
 CAPTURE FIRST
 ANCHORAGE TILT
RENO AND LARSON HIGH l POINTERS FOR RESPECTIVE SQUADS

Playing to capacity house at the s. A. c. gymnasium last night, the girl cagers of the Seward High school snapped up the first game of the inter-city series with the An chorage High school girls by the overwhelming score of 16 to 6. After la high class preliminary which the grade school girls barely l.st to q 'combinaticn of second and third boys teams, 13 to II, because the older boys rolled up a count of Ii tales in the third quarter, tlle thl ongs of spectators cheered viz orously vixen the contending teams for the main event cantered out on the floor at S:45 p. m. Cheer lead CTS swung their yell gangs into YOGI. ferrous action and the game was or.
 FIRST QUARTER
 Leslie tipped to Neville whose at tempt to pass was successfully countered by Reno Neville to Les lie, a moment later, registered the first basket of the Series. Reno missed 9. pretty angle shot; the bail rolling out of the hoop. Leslie foul ed Davis who failed to convert. Staser fouled Larson. Larson con- verted. Nichols replaced Davis, Staser going to center for Anchor age. Reno missed after having been fouled by Leslie. Staser fouled Leslie. Leslie missed Teeland fou.-
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Seward daily gateway., 1928-12-07
STORK BRINGS GIRL

A report was received yester- day from Fairbanks that Mrs. Daily, the former Miss Elizabeth Romig, had presented her husband with fine little girl early yester- day morning. The former Seward girl, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Ro- mig, and her babe, were said to be resting comfortably.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-12-07
PST, WATSON, THE NEEDLE!

Sh! Sh! Sh! And a couple more Shs! The mighty hunting trio of Roberts, Macpherson and Prosser returned to town from their moose hunt, without a moose, but said they found plenty of tracks. They refuse to divulge where the quest was made, it is said.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-12-07

Miss Myrtle Evelyn Skullerud, Anchorage school teacher, was married a few days ago, at An chorage, to MT. Frederick Will liam Tuck, comparatively new arrival at the Inlet city.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-12-07

"The Admiralty Island Coal Company's property at Harkrader, will make history in Alaska" de- clared Robert s. Donaldson at Juneau last week.
Seward daily gateway., 1928-12-07
LADIES ATTENTION

Have your pumps and GXfords re- dressed in popular shades; Java. brown, navy blue, blonde or black. SEWARD LEATHER WORKS.