The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1933-09-14
MT. LAKE PARK

arising in the administration of a
counuty's affairs, of which the average
citizen knows little. However, we
give the gist of discussion as we
heard it on Tuesday.
The question arose whether Noun
tain Lake Park, all things considered,
received her due share of attention
from the different agencies operating
in the county. Some one suggested
that many dismissed the Park with a
shrug of the shoulders as though it
was but a fly speck on the map of
Garrett county, while, on the other
hand, the truth is that Mountain Lake
Park is the second largest town in the
county on the basis of real estate as
sessed for taxation. This was news to
us, but the party produced figures
that showed the assessable taxable
real estate in the several towns of the
county as follows:
Oakland, $1,529,958; Mountain Lake
Park, $44O,66O; Kitzmiller, $33O,O0O;
Friendsville, $32O,8O5;. Grantsville,
$250,OOO; Deer Park, $1S5,7O0; Loeb
Lynn Heights, $167,976, and Accident,
$98,490. 1t was further stated that
the total assessed real estate of the
county was approximately $16,523, 623,
and that, therefore, Mountain Lake
loI :onnt Of tho
county's assessable real estate.
Then as to the matter of populua-
ton. Combining the permanent and
summer population eliminating the
transient and weekend guests in the
hotels and boarding houses) it was
further suggested that Mountain Lake
Parks population equaled that of Oak
land. Of course this latter was only
an estimate and may be wrong. But
it is close.
There can be no question, we take
it, that a source of revenue mot TAX
ing into consideration the agricultural,
mining and canning industries) the
Park stands first. And then, the Mt.
Airy Canning Company is located at
Loeb Lynn, and while there are two
separate corporations, only the rail
road tracks divide the two towns and
from the standpoint of this discus
sion Mountain Lake Park and Loeb
Lynn should be considered as one
corporate entity. We thought the
above information was interesting and
perhaps suggestive.
Crystal Spring and its possibilities,
has been frequently mentioned in this
column. We are still of the opinion
that it could be made valuable to the
Park.
We heard the story Of the discovery
of the spring the other day. 1t seems
that a crowd of boys started out on
a journey of discovery, as boys will,
possibly visualizing an encounter with
red skins or pirates. Arriving at what
is now known as Crystal Spring they
stopped and began digging with sticks
in the sandy loan. Presently water
began to flow and as the stick with
which they were digging penetrated
the soil, the flow of water increased
until it was possibly as thick as an av-
erage size mans wrist. They then
built rough wall around it and dam
to collect the water.
Roland Bolgiano, brother of the
late Charles J. Bolgiano, was the boy
that did the digging and discovered
the spring, some forty-eight years
ago. Since that time the spot has
been visited by thousands of people
from many parts of the eastern area
of the United States and it is, per-
haps, the one spot that remains in
their memories.
A friend of ours just told us good
depression story, with a moral. Two
toads fell into a jar Of cream. After
repeated efforts to climb up the slick
sides of the jar to safety, they finally
sank to the bottom and one of them
disparingly remarked that it was no
use-they were doomed to death; that
it was foolish to make further effort.
But his companion was made of ster-
ner stuff. He kept trying-kicking,
swimming, going this way and that,
trying new ways to keep his head
above the water-cream in this case.
Finally, after much hard work and
effort, he churned up ball of butter,
which with renewed effort got bigger
and bigger, until finally the persistent
frog climbed up on top and hoped
safely to the ground.
The marriage of Miss Rose Morgan
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John o.
Morgan, of the Park, and Mr.. James
Knight, of Fairmont, took place at
the home of the brides parents in
the Park Tuesday evening. The cerer
mony was performed by Rev. ]. A.
lessee, pastor of the U. B. church.
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