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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-02-05
NEW GERMANY

Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest Robson, of
Frostburg, spent Sunday at the home
of the latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Lewis Warwick at this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Yoder and son,
Mr.. Alvin Miller, all of Grantsville,
and Miss Mary Jenkey spent Sunday
at the S. L. Otto home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Wampler and
Miss Alberta Broadwater visited at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. F. H.
Broadwater on Sunday.
Miss Mary Otto and Mr.. Ira Broad
water spent Sunday evening with
Mrs. Martha Newman, Salisbury.
Mr.. Darius Bittinger, who has been
visiting in this community for sew
eral weeks, has returned to Akron,
Ohio, where he is employed. He was
accompanied to Akron by S. L. Otto,
who will visit relatives there.
Messrs. Leland Swauger and Ber-
ley Stephens were business callers in
Grantsville one day last week.
Salem Broadwater, Deer Park, Wis
tied his brother and sister, Charles
and Bertha Broadwater, one day last
week.
A quilting party was held at the
home of Mrs. James Stephens on last
Wednesday. Quite a number of Mrs.
Stephens friends were present.
Quite an improvement has been
made in the telephone system in this
section during the past week when
Arthur Broadwater and son Elwood
placed a new line in commission from
Red Hill to the central office.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-02-05
COUNTY AGENTS COLUMN
]. H. CARTER,

Resident County Agent,
Insure Your Chicks

Insure Your Chicks
Would you be interested in insur-
ance against losing more than 10 per-
cent of your chicks this year, and a
guarantee that more than forty per-
cent of your chicks will develop into
good pullets for the laying house?
No one that we know of is writing
such insurance or guarantee, but you
can handle these matters yourself to
insure against high mortality of
chicks and housing high percent of
your chicks as laying pullets.
Yes, it can be done and is being
done each year by careful poultry
raisers in Maryland. For the past
four years the poultry raisers in
Maryland who followed all eight
recommendations in the "Grow Heal
thy Chicks" work have each year
lost less than 10 percent of their
chicks on the basis of weighted aver
ages. During the past two years this
same group housed 1870 of their
chicks as laying pullets. Those poul-
try raisers not following recommends
ton No. / lost more than 1870 of
their chicks and housed about 1870 Of
them as pullets for laying.
Those not following recommended
ton No. lost about 1870 of their
chicks and housed about 1870 Of the
chicks as pullets, while those not fol-
lowing both No. 1 and No. lost
nearly 2O9o of their chicks and housed
800 of them as pullets. Those not
following three or more Of the recon-
mendations lost about $3.50 of their
chicks and housed only one-third of
their chicks as pullets.
Your best insurance lies in follow
ing the "Grow Healthy Chicks" plan
to lower mortality and higher profits.
This plan is briefly:
1. Use only clean chicks or eggs.
That is, chicks or eggs from officially
certified and pullorum tested stock.
Other focks may be healthy and of
good breeding but officially certified
and tested focks are more dependable.
2. Clean Incubators-G u ard d
against Pullorum disease (Bacillary
White Diarrhea) demands that proper
sanitation be guarded against in
Matching the chicks, since this conta-
| gious disease is easily spread in incu-
bators, unless its spread is especially
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-02-05
Perfect Attendance

The following pupils of Swan
Meadow school have had perfect at
tendance for the month of January:
Luella Swartzentruber, Amanda Bea-
chy, Mabel Taylor, Rosie Beachy, Sar-
all Beachy, Betty Swartzentruber,
Lillian Taylor, Mary Martin, Hester
Baker, Amelia Yoder, Freda Sanders,
Harry Beeghley, Alvie Beachy, Ross
Crow, George Lohr, George Grove,
Merle Swartzentruber, Paul Beachy,
Junior Lohr, Erwin Yoder, Richard
Hess, Howard Taylor, and Milton
Beachy. Myrtle Reese is the teacher
of Swan Meadow school.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-02-05
DEER PARK

Mrs. Dorsey Jeffreys and daughter
Ellen, of Cumberland, were visitors
at the home of Mrs. John Smith over
the weekend.
Miss Marguerite Cook was a Wis
itor at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. D. R.
limbaugh over the weekend.
Miss Frances Thrasher, of Frost
burg State Normal School, spent the
weekend here with home folk.
Mrs. R. H. Lee and daughter Wan
da have returned from Meyersdale,
Pa. where they had spent several
days with Mr.. and Mrs. Haven De-
Witt.
Mrs. C. S. Refs and daughter Pleas
ant visited the formers mother, Mrs.
H. J. Wright, at Wilson, on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilbur Crispin, Bob
town, Pa, visited Mr.. and Mrs. A.
C. George over the weekend.
Mrs. Ellen Friend and daughter Is
abelle returned from Friendsville,
where they had spent short time
with relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. H. Lee were Oak
landvisitors on Monday.
Rev. J. B. Rupert delivered his mes
sage on Liberty" Sunday evening in
the M. E. church.
Rev. Rupert and Rev. LESSEE are
beginning a protracted meeting at
Crellin. The former will conduct SER
vices here again at the usual time.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-02-05
DIED..
LEROY ]. HOLIDAY

Leroy J. Holiday died at 500 p. M,
Friday, January %, 1881, at the fam
lily home on Latrobe Avenue, Con-
luence, Pa, after two weeks illness,
suffering from erysipelas and compli-
cations.
Leroy J. Holiday was born at Sill
baugh, Addison Township, Pa, on
July 6, 1874, a son of the late William
and Rebecca Holiday. He was aged
Sc years, months and II days.
When very young Mr.. Holiday
moved, with his parents, from Sill
baugh to Maple Glen, in the Peck
Settlement, where he lived until
young manhood. In 1893 he went to
Maryland, and in the vicinity of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-02-05

Friendsville engaged in the numbering
business, merchandising and restau-
rant business for some time. He re-
turned to Confluence in 1910, again
re-entering the restaurant business.
He left the restaurant business af-
ter four years to engage in the auto
mobile and garage trade.
Mr.. Holiday became a member of
the Church of the Brethren at Maple
Glenn when IA. After moving to
Friendsville, in 1904, he united with
the Lutheran church at that place,
and later, at Confluence, had his
membership transferred to the Trim
ity Evangelical Lutheran church. He
was for many years superintendent of
the Lutheran Sunday school at Con-
fiuence, and was a member of the
Mems Bible Glass of the Methodist
Episcopal church of Confluence.
He was for % years a member of
the 1. o. o. F. Lodge, joining the Odd
Fellows in Friendsville in 1902, and
later transferring his membership to
the Confluence Lodge. He was also
a member of the Three Rivers Rebck-
ali Lodge, and of the Confluence
Volunteer Fire Company, being the
first member of the latter two orga-
nizations who has passed beyond since
their organization. He was for one
full term a member of the Confluence
Borough Council and was also ap-
pointed by Judge Berkey early in
1928, to fill out the unexpired term
of Roy T. Perrell on the council.
Mr.. Holiday was married in 1893 to
Miss Alvira Hilenan, who survives
him. He is also survived by one
brother, Harry Holiday, of Somer-
field, Pa, and the following three sis
tiers: Mrs. Amanda Zimmerman, St.
Paul; Mrs. Eliza Boyd, lockwood,
Pa; and Mrs. Lavina Wiley, Of Mt.
Lake Park. Two brothers and four
sisters preceded him to the grave.
Short services were held a the
family home, Monday, January IS, in
charge of the Three Rivers Lodge.
Funeral services were held in the
Lutheran church, Rev. E. B. Boyer,
pastor of the Trinity Church of Knox,
Pa, a former pastor of the local
church, officiating, assisted by Rev.
Geo. o. Ritter of the Confluence Luth-
eran church. A quartette, composed
of E. E. Mcdonald, A. T. Croft, Mrs.
Therza Constance and Mrs. Thea
Marquart sang several beautiful Sc
lections. The floral tributes were
many.
Interment was at Addison ceme-
terry, with services in charge of Con-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-02-05
SAVE YOUR EYES
Ru
DR.. J. Fred Andreae, Secretary, Md.
State Board of Optometry
blouse Lighting"

We need more natural light in our
homes. Sunlight in addition to being
necessary to life itself, is health
giving light and there is no more eff
fective death to disease germs. Too
.Auch shade about the house tends to
make it damp, unhealthy, and pre-
vents the natural light from entering
in as large quantities as it is advis-
able that it should.
Trees and shrubs should not be
planted about the house so that in
later years they win grow to shade
the building itself. We say that we
plant shade trees to have the house
cool in summer but the temperature
of the air entering the house is de-
termined by the temperature of the
air near the ground surrounding the
house and if the trees are so planted
that they shade the ground about the
house and not the house itself you
will have the combined advantage of
cool breezes and the healthful SUM-
light.
The practice of curtaining windows
from the top is wrong for best re-
suits are obtained in seeing when the
light comes from above and if the
quantity of light entering the room is
too great for comfort it is better to
cut off the surplus from the bottom of
the window, leaving it unshaded at
the top. Try it sometime and note
the increase in visual comfort.
The supply of natural light into the
homes should be unobstructed. We
are we'll informed on the necessity of
fresh air in our homes; sunlight is
even more essential and should be
welcomed into every room. The pres
ent day tendency of building homes
with fewer and smaller windows is
wrong. This was probably brought
about by the increasing heating costs
because of the cold which enters the
rooms around and through the win
dows. This should be offset, if neces-
sary, by using "double windows" but
by all means have plenty of natural
light.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-02-05
LAST YEARS RECORD FOR
MARRIAGES is SURPASSED
Total for 1881 is Still Less Than
All-time January Mark

An increase in the number of mar
rage licenses issued during the past
week, over the past four weeks,
caused the January record to reach
40, two more than were issued for
January of 1880, according to E. z.
Tower, clerk of the Circuit Court. The
total was still 27 less than the all
time January record made in 1925
when 76 permits were granted.
Fifteen licenses were granted dur
ing the past week ending Monday at
noon. Three were marked don't
publish" while one applicant was re-
fused a license on account of the
youthfulness of one of the contracting
parties.
Paul Stanton Fike, 26, salesman,
Clarksburg, w. Va, and Thelma
Pearl Chrise, 81, Markleysburg, Pa.
William Henry Cunningham, rs,
miner, and Mildred Bessie Minor, 20,
both of Point Marion, Pa.
William Foster Williams, &c, candy
maker, and Bertha May Haggerty, 81,
both of Fairmont, W. Va.
Samuel Geso, 20, (parents' consent)
laborer, Clarksburg, w. Va, and
Mary Romano, II, (parents' consent),
Mt. Clare, W. Va.
Tony Gesto, %, laborer, and Chris
tine Veltri, 18, both of Clarksburg,
West Va.
Jake Raymond Moore, 81, boiler
maker, and Bette Jane Hymes, 81,
both of Cumberland, Md.
Clarence Henry Ringer, 81, timber
man, and Pansie Aretta Savage, 49,,
both of Gibbon Glade, Pa.
Joseph Bartlett, %, undertaken,
Bridgeport, W. Va, and Ruth Esther
Woodall, 81, clerk, Charleston, w. Va.
Robert Wylie Courson, 81, drafts
man, and Helen Marie Vandever, 81,
clerk, both of Washington, Pa.
James Harry Everly, "a, laborer,
Pisgah, w. Va, and Effie Leona Col
den, 20, Bruceton Mills, W. Va.
Harvey Bender, %, farmer, Sails
bury, Pa, and Elva Yoder, 10, Grants
vile, Md.
Kenneth Raymond Rose, 81, truck
driver, and Pansy Mae Ruse, IS,
student, both of Brownsville, Pa.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-02-05

1uence Lodge 814, 1. o. o. F. The
active pail bearers were brothers-in-
law of Mr.. Holiday, James Hileman,
Truman Hileman, George HiIeman,
Jasper Hileman, Charles Hileman and
Howard Weaver. Honorary pail bear
ers, members of the 1. o. o. F., were
M. E. Collier, Harry P. Burnworth,
Grant Pyle, G. A. Frantz, Geo. F.
Frazee, and William S. Bower.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
AGREE ON SUIT OVER
sf2,OOo,0O0 ESTATE
Settlement Made Of Case In
voIving North Dakota Di-
vo7ce in 1898

Detroit, Dec. 2e.-(ReAn agree
ment in the suit over the will Of the
late william Wilson Cook. New York
attorney, which left his $4,000. .O00
estate to University Of Michigan, was
announced Friday by James Q. Muir
fin, regent OF the university.
The will was contested by Wilson's
estranged wife, Mrs. Ida G. Cook OF
Los Angeles. on the grounds divorce
granted in North Dakota In 1898 was
invalid and that under New York
laws she was entitled to half the
estate.
Murfin declined to give details OF
the agreement until necessary papers
are signed, but said he was quite
certain the case is ended" The set
tlcment las agreed to, he said, to
avoid extended and expensive litiga-
ton and to hasten realization OF the
donors Ideals.
Cook. graduate of liichigan In 1882
was noted as an authority on inter-
national law. He died in 1880 at the
age Of n. Before hts death, he had
contributed literally to his alma
mater. his tei,efactions including the
Martha Cco.z dor1nitory and the new
law quadrangle.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26

young, many would have answered
present" for Of all the pioneers Diet
rich was among the oldest in point
Of years and without question the
oldest with respect to residence in
this community.
Many In Group Feeble
It was this fact which caused the
turnout Of folk, many Of them feeble
because Of their own age. to whom he
stood no: only as q friend but as q
symbol Of experiences shared to-
gether.
There were several who were here
before the railroad first brought sub
stantial token Of the westward marcl,
Of civilization. There were others
who came to Bismarck during that
flourishing period when 1t marked
the end Of rail. There were many
who could remember that important
day when North Dakota was admit
ted to statehood.
The bond of common hardships
suffered and of aims achieved held
these zlrHvors together. one could
sense, as the simple ceremony pro-
creased. It was this same bond which
had been broken between them and
their lifelong friend by the hand Of
death. One could almost feel the
unspoken question, as these grayed
heads bowed in reverence at the bier,
CONTINUED on page e1even
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
BRIDGE FOLK PLAN
DAYTIME CONTEST
cuIbertson Gets Up Early tor
Matinee in Gotham Battle
Of Century

New York, Dec. 26.-(P)-Because
of Merry Christmas Ely Culbertson
had to arise Saturday at an un-
wonted early hour-for him. Three
bachelors were quite willing to de-
vote some Of the holiday and the
holiday eve to continuance OF a test
of rival systems Of contract bridge
but not so the father Of Jump Bid
and Joyce Culbertson.
In order to make up for the inter-
lude Culbertson gave to the kid61es
an afternoon session was called. Mrs
Culbertson would not permit a Sat-
urday night session.
Sidney s. Lenz and Oswald Jacoby
who believe that far inferior cards
account for their deficit Of 1889
points in 86 rubbers, were willing te
try anything once in the hope Of q
change of li,ck-even play by day
light. Theodore A. Lightner. who
has been one OF Culbertson's three
partners, would rather play contract
than do anything else, anytime.
The contract for the match stip-
ulates it shall be finished by Jan. Is
It is some 10 rubbers behind the
speed expected before it began.
Mrs. Culbertson. who withdrew
from the match after 48 rubbers wher
her side was only 40 points IN tho
lead, has to return to play at least q
more rubbers. In order that SHE
might shop and make other precara.
tions for the holiday her place was
taken by ightner.
The latest time set for her return
Is after New Years and the earliest
was Saturday afternoon. Her re-
entrance, however. depended on how
tired she was after a family party.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
(By The Associated Press)

Baseball In Minnesota, lawn
moving In Chicago. pansies. vio-
lets and even Strawberries in the
middlewest = these showed how
the weather wind was blowing In
America Saturday.
Only the calendar. with its
usual mathematical precision,
realized it was late December.
Nature in many places on the
continent got its dates mixed and
behaved like spring.
Balmy breezes blew across the
prairie provinces of Canada. At
Fort william, Ont, they couldn't
play hockey. The weather was
too mild for Ice making.
At Ketchikan. Alaska. up In
Santa Claus bailiwick. they used
southern cotton as a substitute
for snow. They had to. Nature
had left them out in the warm.
In Mora. Mimi. where it should
be cold. they played baseball.
The east was a bit chilly. but the
winds whistle there was really
worse than It's bite. Snow there
was none. The prediction for to-
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
Mrs. John Pollock
First Resident Now

Mrs. John G. Pollock is Bis
marck's first resident now, accord
ing to w. A. Falconer, who Is re-
garded as an authority on the early
history Of the Capital City.
Mrs. Pollock succeeds Joseph
Dietrich. who died last Tuesday
night, In that distinction.
Having come to Bismarck July
20. 1872, she has lived here more
than 50 years, Falconer said. She
resides with her husband at Tenth
street and Avenue B
Mrs. J. P. Dunn. who came in
May, 1873, is the second oldest
resident and Mr.. Pollock, who
came here in June Of the same
year. ranks third.
Other early pioneers still living
are Mrs. Charles Pearce, John
Arnold, and James Wakeman, who
came in 1873: Mrs. w. o. Ward,
Mrs. Thomas Fortune. Mrs. Joseph
Dietrich, and Falconer. who came
here in 1874. Wakeman Is visiting
in California at present.
Jacob Horner was In this area
as a soldier in 1876 at the time Of
Clusters last battle but did not
become q permanent resident of
Bismarck until some time later,
Falcorer said.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
nine ARE KILLED AS
train HITS M0Y0RCAR
Party Of South carolinians Was
Returning Home After
Celebration

Charlotte, N. c., Dec. 26.-R}-A
party Of nine returning to their homes
after q Christmas celebration was
wiped out early Saturday when their
automobile was struck by q Southern
passenger train In the outskirts OF
Charlotte.
Five men, one unidentified, two
children and a woman were killed.
The other passenger, Mrs. Iona Cox,
died about two hours after she was
taken to hospital.
The northbound passenger train
crashed into the light touring car,
travelling with side curtains up, at .
grade crossing. Fragments OF the car
were scattered for two blocks.
Besides Mrs. Cox, the identified
dead were: John Love, r. q. Sharpe.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Holton. and c. e.
Cox. Mrs. Cox is believed to have
been the mother Of the two children.
All Of them lived in Paw Greek, q tex
tile community near here.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
CHECK SHOWS 13
OTHERS MISSING
IN HOTEL BLAZE
Search for Bodies at Spring.
field, Mass, Slowed by
Sagging Walls
WOMAN, BABE SUFF0CATED
Janitor's Body Found Near
Door; Think Man Stricken
As He Sought Aid

Springfield, Mass. Dec. 26.-(R-
Five persons were killed early Satur-
day in fire that swept the five
story New Court hotel. Only IS Of
the 48 known occupants had been ac-
counted for, however, and police ex-
pressed the belief others also had
lost their lives.
Search for more bodies was slowed
by the fear Of collapse Of floors and
walls. Damage may reach 100000.
The dead are Samuel Knight, jaui-
tor Of the building. hts wife and two
weeks-old baby and an unidentified
roomer. Knights body was found
near door, indicating he was rush.
ing for help when overcome, while
those Of his wife and baby were found
In a bed. All deaths were due to
suffocation.
The blaze had gained headway
when the fire was discovered and
roomers on the upper floors were
trapped by fire and smoke. Some Of
the guests managed to reach fire
escapes, but others were. assisted
down ladders.
Many Of the occupants had retired
for the night and were awakened by
Ernest Mccarthy, nephew Of Mrs.
Della Wilson, manager Of the hotel.
Mccarthy suffered burns.
Practically all the fire apparatus
was called out and the firemen play
ed dozens Of streams on the raging
blaze.
Mrs. Wilson, the proprietor, re-
ported the loss Of $500 and . diamond
ring valued at $1,000. The roomers
reported loss Of all property except
the scanty attire in which they fled.
Charles Lemburg, q cripple, man
aged to hobble from the building de-
spite the fact he was forced to leave
his wooden leg behind.
The ground floor Of the building
Is occupied by q number Of stores.
The cause Of the fire has not been
determined.
Later another body. that Of Robert
North, about 60, an employe Of the
place was found on the floor. bring
ing the fatality list to five.
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
Pioneers Gather at
Joseph Dietrich Bier
Impressive Services Mark Burial
of Dean of County's Early
Settlers
FRONTIER SPIRIT RULES
Strains Of 'AuId Lang Syne'
Close Rites for Man Who
Came Here in 80

Burleigh county's pioneers gath
cred - ---sday afternoon to pay
final tribute to the man who was
dean OF them all.
The occasion was the funeral Of
Joseph Dietrich, who died Tuesday
after q residence Of 81 years in b.
marck. There were a few sons and
daughters Of pioneers with here and
there a grandson or granddaughter.
but for the most part the heads o1
those attending the rites at the Webb
Funeral. Home were bent and gray.
Eyes which sparkled with the vigoE
Of youth when Bismarck was more ol
q hope for the future than a reality,
looked their last upon the remains Of
one who had been their friend
through the years.
Had anyone interrupted the hush
Of the solemn moment to call the
roll Of the men and women who
lived in this country when it wa
The Bismarck tribune., 1931-12-26
PREPARATIONS MEET
MAY Be CALLED BY
POWERS IN JANUARY
France and Great Britain Agree;
Views Of Other Nations Be.
ing Sought

Paris, Dec. 26.-(R}-With France
and Great Britain in tentative agree
ment an exchange Of views was TAX
ing place Saturday among govern
ments signatory to the Young plan to
an international reparations confer
ence at The Hague on Jan. 18.
The French government is awaiting
the reaction from other countries
expected to be favorable-before max
ing an official announcement.
It was learned authoritatively that
some nations have been unoffieially
attempting to find out whether the
United States is likely to accept q re-
duction in debts due her In proper
ton to any cuts In German repara-
tions. Official circles hold that the
American attitude Is likely to prove
an important factor In the parley.
While official comment was lack
ing, informed circles interpreted the
world conference idea as growing
out Of the Young plan advisory COM
mittee's report declaring Germany
would not be able to meet her con-
ditional payments at the close Of the
Hoover moratorium July l.
The French press looked upon the
proposal as q climactic endeavor to
settle for once and for all the prob
lem that has been agitating the ma
tions since the close Of the World war
Petit Parisien said the French and
British governments would sponsor
the conference and invite other great
powers to participate. The parley
would precede the world disarmament
conference at Geneva by hardly two
weeks.