The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1932-05-05
Beyond the County

In Colorado, war on crickets,
which overran the northwestern por-
ton of the state and caused many
homesteaders to leave their land, cost
the U. S. Government more than 9
million dollars.
! At Luray, Va, J. L. Cave, while
fishing in the Rapidan River, Presi-
dent Hoover's fishing stream, caught
two-pound trout in which was found
a coin bearing the inscription wood
row Wilson, 1912" Believe it or not.
At Vatican City, the Pope's radio
established direct communication with
many foreign countries, and will soon
be extended to the United States.
At Newark, N. j., beggar's bank
roll was found to consist of over
$32 900, when he was searched on be-
ing arrested for intoXication, and he
is now held in Jail for possession of
liquor, is being investigated by the
income tax authorities and is being
sued by his wife for divorce.
At Charleston, West Va, DR.. E. R.
Hatfield, prominent physician, son Of
Devil Anse" Hatfield, and who took
part in the feud that ragged in the
mountains of Kentucky and West
Virginia a number of years ago, was
found dead in his home Of heart
| attack.
In Baltimore, there has been nearly
400 cases of whooping cough and six
deaths since April 1, it being stated
by DR.. Rinehart that "whooping cough
today kills about twice as many chill
dren as scarlet fever"
In London, Eng, it is reported that
the estate of Edgar Wallace, one of
the worlds most successful and pro-
life writer's of mystery fiction,
amounts to less than 100000. In the
last 20 years he produced more than
lao novels, more than million copies
of which, per year, having been sold.
In San Francisco, when arrested for
| intoxication, the person is required to
blow up two football bladders and the
imprisoned air is then tested by chem
icals for alcohol.
In London, Eng, a British expert
in education, predicts that within a
few years, mechanical schools, in
which motion pictures, monographs,
radio broadcasts and other scientific
apparatus will take the place of
teachers.
At Clarksburg, West Va, the Mid
die Atlantic Ball League have cut
small holes in the fence surrounding
the park in order that very small kids
can enter and see the games.
At Philadelphia, an old man, who
lost his only son in the World War,
has offered to give the government
the sum of $4,000, which he had saved
from his sons war risk insurance and
his monthly check of $3.50, but the
offer was refused, with deep apprecia-
ton.
In Marion county, West Va, (Fair-
n.ont) more than 400 men and women
have filed notices of candidacy on the
Democratic and Republican tickets, to
be voted for at the May 10th primary.
In California, woman, recognizing
her husbands voice, a crooner over
the radio, had him arrested for big
amy, and being convicted was SEN
fenced to five years imprisonment
for bigamy, not grooming.
In Washington, report filed by the
American Dental Society shows that
"a million patients in the United
States were treated in $500 offices
last year and paid dental fees of 446
million dollars, or an average of $18
per patient.
At Washington, the Supreme Court
of the United States refused to re-
view the verdict and judgment of the
lower case in the matter of Scarface
AL Capone and he will, therefore, have
to serve II years in Federal pen.
In Poland, the customs tariff con-
tains no provisions for the importa-
ton of mummies, so one, shipped to
a museum was entered as "dried
fish"
At Charleston, W. Va, Federal