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White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-17
Good Fight Card
Saturday Night

If past records. advance threats and
all around Ill feeling mean anything
at all, there is grand chance that
fistic history will be written IN this
valley Saturday evening, when the Am
erican Legion launches its first smoker
at Liberty Hail.
Ted King, the boy with the mule
like wallop, from the de Veuve ranch,
and Ray Brown of The Dalles, who has
never lost decision, are slated for the
four-round main event and it is al
most cinch that some one is going
to get boxing lesson in this one.
Ronald Ralston, weighing around
100 pounds, is like a hungry panther
out to get his meat and gain pugilist-
ic prestige when he exchanges left
swings and right crosses with Boyd
King, ITS pounds, also of the House
of Kings, in the four round semi
wind-up This fight should be rip
shorter from start to finish. The diff
ference in the weight of the two men
should be offset by the ring exper-
fence of King.
Mike Vennire, fighting Italian of
Hanford, meets Vern Horning of Selah
in the middle number of the evenings
program. The winner of this one is
hard to pick and may provide the
surprise of the show. The advance
dope is that Horning is one tough boy
who can absorb a lot of punishment
Mike says he will have to do just this,
as he, Mike, intends to stay the four
rounds
| Vic Hetherington, the fighting red
head of Hanford, intends to do his
part to keep all the fighting honors
in Hanford, when he meets Bud
Paschen, the speed demon of White
Bluffs, in their four round engagement.
Dick Schicka and Maurice Ralston
will settle their little argument in
the curtain raiser.
Those who desire ring side seat
should remember that there are no
reserved seats and that first come,
first served. The doors open at 7:3O
and the first bout will start at eight
Admission is $1.00 for men and so
cents for ladies and high school stu
dents The ladies are especially in
vited.
The Legion committee has worked
hard to arrange good card with the
one idea: to provide the fistically in
clined fans of the valley with show
that can not be equalled anywhere.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-17
School Notes

Green is the predominating color at
the high school this week, Freshman
initiation being now in progress. Soph-
ignores are in full swing with their
paddles, calling upon the Juniors and
Seniors to assist in the disciplining of
the % uninitiated students.
A party will be given by the student
body of the High School in honor OF
the new students, on Friday evening
Of this week AS is traditional, Sophie
mores are in charge of the program
also. Parents of students are welcome
to come and take part in the, fun.
Considerable interest has been shown
by the students, both in the Grade
School and High School in reptiles and
insects of this locality. q Even the first
land second graders have collection
which includes four horn toads and
one scorpion While the high school
students with the help of the seventh
and eighth grade students have In
various cages, four horn toads, ten
| lizards of various colorings, three
striped insects, twelve scorpions, one
cricket, one. dragon fly, one large white
spider and one rafting erattlesnake.
These pets are causing great deal Of
Interest, but are soon to be released as
other attractions are to be substituted
in their place.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-17
..$1ls, 400 slos,s9e

Final consideration and adoption OF
the budgets will be made by the COM
missioners on Monday, october S. I'm
der the law, no increase can be made
at that time in any of the budgets
over the amounts allowed at the meet
ing this week but any one of them
may be reduced s
County Commissioner Hawley says
that the budgets will be up for final
action at Up. m October 5, and any
taxpayer interested may meet with the
board at that time. A legal notice to
that effect, signed by E. O. Keene,
clerk of the board, will be found in an
other column of this issue OF the
Spokesman.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-17
FOREMER BENTON COUNTY
SHERIFF KILLS YAKIMA MAN

w. B. Mahan, deputy sheriff at va
kima, and former sheriff of Benton
county, shot and fatally wounded c. L.
Santee, Yakima real estate man in the
Mahan home in Yakima, Tuesday.
Mahan claims to have found Santee
and Mrs Mahan in compromising
position. Santee died in St. Eliza
beth's hospital less than half an hour
after the shooting Mahan is in the
Yakima county Jail with homicide
charge filed against him
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-17
TENTATIVE PLANS MADE
FOR ONE DAY INSTITUTE

County superintendent of Schools
Olaf Strandwold, says that tentative
plans for a one-day teachers institute
to be held at the Prosser high school,
September 25, have been made. Minnie
d. Bean of the State department Of
education will handle matters pertain
ing to the new state course of study;
E. j. Klemme will be, there with his
popular lectures; Orville G.. Pratt, a
national authority on school finance,
will talk on that subject. A demon
stration class in primary reading will
be one of the features of the insti-
tute The law requires all teachers to
attend, and the school children will
thus have holiday.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-17

r. w Reynolds of Chicago, commits
sioner of agricultural development and
colonization department of the Mil
waukee railroad, is expected to be in
the valley Friday During Mr.. Rey-
rlolds' visit in the West at this time
matters pending between the railroad
and the Priest Rapids irrigation dis
trict are expected to be adjusted.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-17

Speaking OF the weather, some brick
tablets of ancient Babylon contain
weather proverbs 1000 or 1000 years
old. They were written in cuneiform
characters baked in the clay.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-17

s. M. Briscoe, who suffered slight
stroke of paralysis last Saturay, is still
confined to his home and able to be
up a part of the time although he Is
still unable to talk
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-17

4 S q " = N
Dorothy Chapel one OF White
Bluffs All club girls and a member
of the Mixing Bowl Dinner Club, won
second prize at the State Fair in va
kinla this week for the best Parker
House rolls.
White Bluffs spokesman. [volume] (White Bluffs, Wash.) 1907-1938, 1931-09-17

w. j. Kincaid and D. S. Wilkinson
are in Pasco today attending the Co.
lufnbia Basin meeting.
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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-21
Walter Wendell, South of Oak
land, Is Relative of Deceased
Richest New York Woman"

News that he was one of the heirs
of an estate valued at $150,000,0 900
was received here this week by Wal
ter Wendell, who has been employed
as a farm laborer by Alva r. Martin
of Oakland for the past seven or eight
years, when an attorney representing
the estate came to Oakland to learn
of the surviving relatives of Miss
Ella V. Wendell, 80, the richest wom-
an in New York." who died in March.
A year or so may elapse before all
relatives are found and settlement
made of the estate, but it is practi-
cally certain that Mr.. Wendell's
share will be between $1,00O,00O and
$5,00O,0O0.
Mr.. Wendell, who is sc years of
age, had very little to say about his
share of the estate when interviewed
by member of The Republican, as he
was uncertain of the amount, whether
or not it was in bonds, real estate, or
cash. Anyway, he said, cit won't
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-21
COUNTRYWIDE DEBATE TO
BE HELD HERE JUNE 4TH
Representatives of Six High
Schools to Discuss Wickersham
Report

That the Fraley countrywide decla-
nation contest, sponsored by the Gar
rett National Bank of Oakland, would
be held in the Oakland High school
auditorium on Thursday, June 4, at 8
o'clock, was announced yesterday by
Prof. F. E. Rathbun, county superin-
tendent of schools.
Local debates are being held in the
six high schools Of the county to de-
termine the individual school winners,
and either boys or girls may repre-
sent their school. There will be one
representative from each school, Kitz-
miller, Friendsville, Grantsville, Acct
dent, Kempton, and Oakland.
The topic for debate is "The Wick
ersham report advances the present
policy of prohibition" There will be
no charge for admission.
Judges for the debate will be chosen
within the next few days, Mr.. Rath-
bun stated. A prize will be awarded
to the winner of the contest.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-21
GREEN'S STORE ROBBED
AT SWANTON ON FRIDAY
Robert Bray, Charged With Rob-
berry, Is Being Held In Jail

Charged with robbing Green's
store, of Swanton, on Friday night,
Robert Bray is being held in the Gar
rett County Jail at Oakland pending a
hearing before justice of the peace.
Others are being sought as accom-
plices.
Entrance to the store was gained by
smashing the rear door and it is
charged that quite bit of merchan-
disc was taken. Officers investigat-
ing the robbery found sacks of flour
at the Paugh home which they allege
is part of the stolen goods, but Paugh
denies any knowledge of the affair.
Bray was arrested and brought to
Oakland by Clarence Spear and Cecil
Ramsey, deputies.
Jake Ours and Rutherford Stottle-
meyer, of near Mt. Lake Park, were
arrested Sunday by deputies Ramsey
and Spear when they objected to hav-
ing their car searched by the deputies
in following clues of the Swanton rob-
berry. Ours was fined SIS and costs
for being drunk and disorderly and
for assaulting an officer, and Stottle-
meyer was fined 81 and costs on the
drunk and disorderly charge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-21
Prisoner Escapes From Hospital
Following Appendix Operation

An appendicitis operation was the
means of escape from the law used
by a prisoner named Cool, of Tun-
Melton, W. Va, during the past week.
Cool was brought to the county Jail
several days ago by Constable Samuel
Cole on a bad check charge, it being
alleged that he had signed checks 81.
T. Sidwell," and 81. w. Sidwell," and
was being held under $1,000 bond. He
became ill and was ordered to the hos
pital at Cumberland where he was op-
Grated upon for appendicitis.
Following the operation it was dis
covered he was wanted by other auth
critics and fingerprints were taken to
establish his identity. On the morn
ing guard was to be placed over him
he was nowhere to be found. He is
still missing.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-21
Three Friendsville Men Held for
Robbery; Constable Arrested

James Barnes, Charley Arts and
Pat Doolan, three, young men of the
Friendsville community, are being
held under bond of $500 each on the
charge of stealing a quantity of flour
from the Friendsville Milling Com
pany last Thursday. Carl Friend, ar
rested with the three on the same
charge, was released.
The arrests were made Thursday
by Constable James Cover. A short
time after the arrests Cover was ar
rested by Deputy Sheriff C. W. Spear,
on charges of disorderly conduct, with
Don Friend, Friendsville, and hear
ing was held before Justice w. A..
Gender, Oakland. The three young
men waived a hearing, Don Friend
was fined SIS and costs for being drunk
and disorderly, and Cover was fined
81 and costs for disorderly conduct
and asked to resign as constable,
which he did. The charge of being
drunk was dropped against Cover.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-21
JURORS FOR JUNE TERM,
CIRCUIT COURT, DRAWN
Henry P. Miller, Former County
Commissioner, Named Grand
Jury Foreman by Court

Friday morning, Judge D. Lindley
Sloan, in the presence of members of
the local bar, court attaches and 9TH
ers, drew the members of the grand
and petit jurors who are to serve at
the June Term of the Circuit Court
to convene in Oakland on Monday,
June 1. Upon completing the work,
Judge Sloan named former County
Commissioner Henry P. Miller, of
near Grantsville, foreman of the
grand jury.
Members of the Grand Jury
In addition to Mr.. Miller the grand
jury will be composed Of the follow
ing: George Hoover, Charles H. Bill,
Donald ]. limbaugh, Horace L. Cod
dington, Harry F. Hinebaugh, Elmer
Harvey, Ernest N. Friend, Daniel T.
O'Brien, Victor G. Pew, August F..
Neil, ]. Alvin Friend, Alexander B.
Hardesty, David A. McNemar, Har-
mon Rolf, Joseph B. James, Joseph T.
Wolf, Frederick L. Otto, Richard A..
Frazee, Asa E. Glotfelty, Asa L. Bit
finger, Philo T. Lipscomb, Herman
Steiding.
Petit Jurors.
The following compose the petit
jury: Lloyd C. Shaffer, Alphonzo T..
Tasker, Asa Claude Stanton, Alvey
B. Wilburn, ]. w. Mahaffey, Enoch o..
Robson, Elmer W. Goehringer, Henry
C. Sincell, Lewis H. Diefenbach, Har-
vey Gortner, Wade H. Hinebaugh,
George o. Wiley, William Cecil Smith,
James Frazee, Jamie S. Elliott, Albert
A. Smouse, Harry I. Wilson, William
W. Schlossnagel, Aubrey F. Bowers,
James B. Steele, John R. Moon, Geo.
W. Margraff, Charles E. Duckworth,
Edgar A. Barnerd, George W. Finch.
The grand jury is called for SER
vice at the openig of court on Mon
day, June 1, at ten o'clock, while the
petit jury will not be called until
Thursday, June a, at 9 o'clock.
The civil docket for the term is
not greater than in former years, but
from the number of crimes alleged to
have been committed and the number
of persons held for the grand jury,
that body will be engaged several
days in making investigations into
matters to be brought before it by
the States officers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-21
TO DISCUSS POSSIBILITY OF
MUSICAL FESTIVAL HERE
Public Meeting to be Held in
Court House, Thursday, June a

The County Commissioners of Gar
rett county, Maryland, have granted
permission for a public meeting at
the court house at 7:30 p. m. Thurs
day, June 4, to discuss the POSSIBLE
ties of a regional music festival at
some point in the Allegheny Table
land area the latter part of August.
Mr.. Nat T. Frame, Director of the
Agricultural Extension Division of
West Virginia University will be
present with the Director of the Ex-
tension Musical Activities to explain
the results of these musical festivals
in other parts of the country. Ar
rangements have been made to have
a paid director visit all sections help
ing to train and organize groups that
will participate in the music fest and
since it will be a voluntary movement
thruout there will be no paid per-
formers nor will admission be charged
to near the concerts.
The purpose of the undertaking,
Mr.. Bushrod Grimes, secretary, stated,
is a project in regional cooperation
costing nothing but a little time but
providing pleasure and satisfaction
to hundreds of people who will travel
many miles to hear such an unusual
and worthy event.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-21
FARM LABORER Will INHERIT PART OF Sl5OOOOOOO
ESTATE; WANTS TO STAY in GARRETT COUNTY ANYWAY

do me much good now, but will bene-
fit my children a great deal, I want
to stay right here in Garrett county
and Preston county, w. Va, the rest
of my life. 1 might visit New York
occasionally, but two weeks in that
place is enough for me-"
Mr.. Wendell has five daughters and
three sons living in New York, Key
ser, w. Va, Terra Alta, w. Va, and
Florida, all grown, and he lives about
three miles south of Oakland with
Joseph Martin.
His great grandfather was BROTH
er to the direct ancestor of the Sc
cluded spinster who died recently in
New York leaving the estate. His
father, Jacob Wendell, had several
brothers and sisters, all of whom must
be found before any final disposition
will be made of the estate. Mr.. Wen
dell remembers his father telling him
that if he lived long enough he would
share in wealthy estate someday.
John W. Davis, former candidate
for president of the United States, is
one of the attorneys looking after
the settlement.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-21
Arrested for Not Obeying Stop
Highway Signs

Since the fatal accident at Red
House crossroads on Sunday three
have been arrested for failure to OBJ
serve boulevard "stop" sign. Alvey
Smith, Deer Park; Ray o. Harvey,
Gormania; and Gerald E. Patterson,
Keyser, W. Va, were each fined SIS
and costs for the offense.
Tony Sullivan, Kitzmiller, was fined
$40 and costs on Saturday for display
ing markers belonging to another car,
and 81 and costs for having no regis
tration cards.
Fred Carroll, Kingwood, was fined
81 and costs for reckless driving
through Oakland. Arrests were made
by A. w. Plummer, State policeman,
and cases were tried before w. A.
Gender, justice.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-21
Committee From County Invited
to War Dead Memorial Dedi-
cation At Baltimore

The War Memorial Commission of
Maryland, through Henry c. Jones, it's
chairman, Baltimore, has invited a
committee from Garrett county to at
tend the dedicatory services on Memo
rial Day, May 80, of the memorials to
the men and women of Maryland who
died in the armed service of the
United States during the World War,
the names of whom are to be inscribed
on the walls of the memorial building
auditorium.
The invitation was received here by
the Board of County Commissioners
and that body named Delbert Davis
as the representative to make the ad-
dress in memory of Garrett county's
war dead. Other members of the
Garrett county committee are John
A. Shores, Kitzmiller; Earl Guard, of
Friendsville; A. D. Naylor and H. L.
Jones, Oakland.
The exercises will be held at eight
o'clock in the evening in the memorial
building, Baltimore, and the tablets
with names inscribed will be unveiled
by the county representatives.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-21
Commercial Travellers Hold
Banquet at Oakland

Sixty-three attended the banquet
and dance held last Saturday by the
Morgantown Council of the United
Commercial Travellers, at the Knights
of Pythias hall, Oakland. Members OF
the Cumberland, Fairmont and Nor
gantown councils with their wives, at
tended the affair
Carl Fischer, Morgantown, was
POSTMASTER, and Rev. G. A. Shilke
Oakland, delivered the address OF
welcome. Other speakers included
Charles T. Burton and Robert C.
Bowers, Cumberland; E. S. Evans, OF
Terra Alta, w. Va; and J. o. Falken-
stine, of Fairmont, w. Va.
The banquet was served by the
ladies of st. Marks Lutheran church
The color scheme was blue and gold
Music for the dancing was furnished
by Gene Williamson and his West
Virginians, of Morgantown.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-21
DISCOVERED In THE ACT /
OF SETTING FIRE TO HOME
John Kurtz, McHenry, Arrested
Early Monday Morning by Off.
Gals And Charged with Arson
is BEING HELD IN JAIL

John Kurtz, about IS years Of
age, farmer and stockman resid-
ing on the Jonas Glotfelty farm
at McHenry, which property he
purchased some time ago, and
reputed to be a man of more
than ordinary means and intel
ligence, was arrested early Mon
day morning by Sheriff Walter
H. Haenftling and States Attor-
ney w. w. Dawson, following
an alleged attempt by Kurtz to set
fire to the home of Everett Savage,
at McHenry, and is being held in the
Garrett County Jail pending hearing
on the charge of arson.
According to Mr.. Savage, members
of his household were awakened about
two o'clock Monday morning by
noise outside the house and upon in
vestigation Savage alleges that Kurtz
was found lighting matches and set
ting fire to an empty flour sack with
which he attempted to fire the house.
When ordered away from the prem
Uses he is said to have threatened
Savage, who knocked Kurtz senseless
by striking him on the head with a
club. Neighbors were aroused and irl-
formation of the occurrence was tel
ephoned to the Sheriff's office and to
the residence of States Attorney
Dawson, both of whom Immediately
went to McHenry and after making
an investigation placed the man under
arrest and brought him to Oakland.
Kurtz is said to have been drinking
heavily on Sunday and after ne was
discovered on the Savage premises.
Until about two months ago Savage
was in the employ of Kurtz, who is
his brother-in-law and it is stated
that there had never been any trouble
between the two men at any time be-
fore. j.
Kurtz waived a hearing and fur
nished bond in the sum of 81 500 for
his appearance at the June term of
court.
The Savage home is located along
the highway on the north shore Of
Deep Greek Lake and is occupied by
Mr.. Savage with members of his FAM
lily and his grandmother, who is past
eighty years of age. The Kurtz home
is opposite the Savage house on the
south shore of the lake.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-21
John Lands, "a, of Deer Park,
Missing Since Before Easter

Citizens of Deer Park and other
communities are searching for John
Lands, "a, years of age, who left his
home a week before Easter to visit
relatives in the vicinity of Petersburg,
w. Va, and who never arrived there.
Mr.. Lands was known to be quite
a walker and often took trips of this
character, staying for weeks at
time. No one began to get uneasy
about him until about two weeks ago
when inquiry was made of his rela.
tives near Petersburg, and they said
he had never been to visit them.
Search was Immediately begun but no
trace of him has been found. He was
last seen at the top of the mountain
near German by the manager Of a
filling station there, and he was
travelling eastward.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-21
Roy Lish Held for Assault With
Intent to Murder

Following an alteration at a pub
lie sale Saturday near Bethlehem on
Saturday, Roy Lish is being held in
the county jail charged with assault
with intent to murder. He is alleged
to have struck John Harvey over the
head with a pick handle.
Lish will be held pending the out.
come of Harvey's injuries, when a
hearing will be held. Harvey was
given medical attention by DIR. Crit
tendon, of Kitzmiller.
Lish is said to have. threatened
Harvey's life and was lifting the pick
handle for second blow when it was
caught by Cheston Browning, of
Oakland. Lish is a brother-in-law of
Harvey.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1931-05-21
Grammar School Holds Inter-
Class Track Meet

An inter-class meet was held last
Thursday afternoon at the Fair
grounds between the Oakland Gram
mar school grades, in preparation for
the countrywide field day on Tuesday,
May 26. Grades seven and four were
grouped and competed against grades
five and six, with the former winning
the meet. Wilbur Altstetter, of grade
six, was high scorer with 10 points,
and he was closely followed by Rob-
ert Lawton, Howard Naylor, and ].
Billie Yutzy.
Richard Glotfelty and Joseph Sol
lars assisted the Garmmar School
staff in handling the events. The
events included dodge ball for girls
and boys, run and catch relay, flag re-
lay, speed ball, dodge ball throw,
standing broad jump, 80 yard dash,
440 yard relay, 80-lb class 60 yard
dash, 44O yard relay for the 95-lb
class.
Oakland Grammar defeated Crel-
lin on Monday so to 10. Oakland won
the Boys dodge ball, the Girls dodge
ball, flag relay, block relay, and the
run and catch relay. Crellin won the
speedball game 9 to s.