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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
ROTARIANS TO ENTERTAIN
LADIES FRIDAY EVENING
Legion Auxiliary Quartet, Key
ser, Listed On Program

More than one hundred men and
women are expected to attend the an
nual Ladies' Night meeting of the
Oakland Rotary Club at the William
James Hotel in Oakland tomorrow ev-
ening, it has been announced.
DR.. George o. Sharrett, Of Cumber-
land, will be the speaker and the mus
ical features of the program will be
vocal selections by the American Le-
gion Auxiliary Quartet of .Keyser, W.
Va, nationally famous. In national
competition last year at the American
Legion convention in st. Louis, Mo-.
the quartet won first place. The group
also appeared at the Ladies' Night
meeting of the Rotarians last year and
at the high school last year when the
Choral Union of Keyser presented a
program.
The dining hall at the hotel is to
be decorated in keeping with the occa-
sion-St. Valentines Day. Paul Nay
lor, president of the club, will open
the program, and Walter W. Dawson
will preside as POSTMASTER.
Each lady present will be presented
with a favor.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
MARRIED.

Echard Fraley Miss Margaret
Evelyn Fraley, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lawrence M. Fraley, Oakland,
became the bride of Hugh E. Echard,
Mt. Lake Park, in quiet ceremony on
Saturday evening. The ceremony was
performed by Rev. I. S. Middaugh, at
the M. E. parsonage at Mt. Lake Park.
Mr.. Echard is a son of Mrs. Ella
Echard and the late J. L. Echard, OF
the Park. He attended Oakland High
school and for the past several years
has been employed by the American
Tea company. He was recently made
district manager.
Mrs. Echard also attended Oakland
High school and has been in the employ
of the ]. w. Jackson company store
in Oakland.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
M'MAHON LOSES DAMAGE
SUIT AGAINST BROWNING
Demurrer OF Defendant Is Sus-
tanned By Judge David RObb

In decision handed down by Judge
David A. Robb, in the Circuit Court
for Allegany county during the past
week, the jurist sustained demurrer
filed by attorneys for ]. Frank Brown
ing, defendant, when the $4,000 dam
age suit, instituted by Hugh Carey
Mcmahon, came up for trial in the
Court at Cumberland.
The decision left the plaintiff, Mr..
Mcmahon, without leave to amend his
original bill of complaint, according
to Judge Robb's decision.
The case against Browning, at the
time an election official in Garrett
county, was instituted in the Garrett
County Circuit Court and removed to
Allegany county where it was called
for trial on January %.
Mcmahon, who resides near Grants
vile, contended that false and mis-
leading information as to the time of
filing his certificate of candidacy as
an independent candidate for the Mary
land State Senate, was furnished him
by Mr.. Browning as president of the
Board of Election Supervisors of the
county prior to the primary election
held in September of last year and
sought to recover $4,000 damages.
When the case was called for trial
the defendant through his attorneys,
filed demurrer to the bill of COM
plant and at the conclusion of the ar
gument following the filing of the de-
murrer the Court reserved its decision
in the matter.
The Courts decision leaves McMa
hon with only one recourse, that of
carrying the case to the Maryland
Court of Appeals, which is considered
highly unlikely.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13

The observance of Saint Valentines
Day is not a thing of the past, accord
ing to Oakland merchants who are
handling the heart greetings this year.
Perhaps it is being celebrated in a
more modern manner than hereto
FORE" they agree, but still with suffi-
cient of the "old-fashioned sentiment
talism" along with it.
Saint Valentines Day will be OBJ
served tomorrow-Friday, February
18th.
The purchase of valentines is not
being confined to children alone, altho
valentine boxes in the elementary
schools help in this respect. But young
people, married couples and some who
are entitled to be called cold married
folk" all have their share in picking
out some appropriate valentine with a
greeting that has just the right mean
ing.
Of course, the comics are coming in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
ST. VALENTINES DAY Still CELEBRATED AS OF OLD

for their share. Quite number are
being sold that carry sentiments not
quite so sweet and not quite so dainty.
In fact, they carry othe potential force
of arousing somebody's ire, if received
at an inopportune time-when thawing
frozen pipes, shoveling snow or the
like, for instance.
Before nightfall tomorrow, Febru-
airy IA, many maiden is supposed to
"be sure of the love of her swain"
This practice of carrying love mes
sages is an old custom that has always
had romantic significance.
In olden days the young man and
young woman chose their valentine.
and in England, from which country we
get our observance Of the custom, they
exchanged gifts also. With the present
or gift went a verse and later just the
verse was sent.
Since the arrival of cheaper valen-
tines, more are being sent than was
the case several years ago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
The Republican Begins Its
SiXtieth Year

The Republican enters upon it's
sixtieth year with today's issue. Hav-
ing been founded on February %, 1877,
the first number appeared the follow
ing Saturday, March 4, 1877.
1t is Garrett county's oldest es-
tablished newspaper which has con-
tinued through the years uninterrupted
ly, and its subscription list is approx
mately 500 more than any other news
paper published in this section.
The paper was founded by the late
Captain James A. Hayden, of Mt. Lake
Park, who was editor until July 4,
1890, when the present publisher took
charge.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
CHANGES IN FISHING LAWS
IN DEEP CREEK PROPOSED
Changes Would Allow Bass to be
Taken During Vacation Period

Proposed changes in the fish laws
regulating the season, size and creel
limit on fish in Deep Creek Lake are
being made by the Conservation Com
mission, according to an advertise
ment appearing in today's issue of
The Republican.
The purpose is to better protect the
fish in their spawning season and to
permit the taking of bass during the
vacation period. The proposed changes
will make the laws for Deep Creek
Lake conform with the laws on fresh
fishing in the balance of the state.
A hearing is to be held in the County
Commissioners Office, Oakland, on
Monday, March 2, at 2 p. M, so that
those wishing to express themselves
on the proposed changes may do so
at that time.
The changes would make open seas
IN for trout April 1 to June so; bass
from July 1 to November 80; creel
limit, trout, minimum size 7 inches,
10 in one day; bass, minimum size 10
inches, 10 in one day.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
AMATEUR NIGHT WILL BE
FEATURE OF CELEBRATION
Anniversary of Knights Of Py-
thias Lodge To Be Observed

An amateur broadcast will be the
chief feature of the entertainment for
the forty-sixth anniversary celebration
of the Knights of Pythias lodge here
on Friday evening, February 81. The
celebration will be held in Castle Hall,
Third street. 1t will also mark the
seventy-second anniversary Of the
founding of the knights of Pythias
order, and is being designated as
Ladies' Night. Members may also in
vite friends to the affair.
The amateur broadcast is in charge
of Alva Gortner, Ross Stup and Arthur
Lawton. There will be worthwhile cash
prizes for the winners and the audi
ence will be the judge. Applications
will be received by Ross Stup, who will
act as Major Bowes for the evening,
up until February 10. Any amateur of
this section is invited to send in an
application to participate in the
broadcast" There will be micro
phone and loud speaker to carry out
the program in detail.
Besides the broadcast there will be
group singing, the presentation of a
new American flag to the lodge by it's
members and an address. Walter w.
Dawson will be POSTMASTER. Refresh
ments will be served at the conclusion
of the program.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
new DEAL Is BLASTED In
LINCOLN DAY ADDRESSES
New Deal Fear Confused Coun-
try, Herbert Hoover Declares;
Nice Defends Constitution
NEW DEAL INCONSISTENT

The New Deal administration was
blasted and attacked on every side in
numerous Lincoln Day dinners thru
out the country last night.
Herbert Hoover at Portland, Ore,
pictured the New Deal as a fountain
Of fear" formenting confusion country
wide and said administration policies
were hindering business recovery that
began instantly upon restoration of
some degree of confidence by the SUI
preme court.
Governor Harry W. Nice, at Hagers-
town, defended the constitution and the
supreme court. He attacked the New
Deal on grounds it had repudiated
campaign pledges, overstepped its
constitutional rights and drought
forth a mountain of debt threatening
to destroy u.s."
He defended the decisions of the
supreme court on NRA and AAA and
defended the constitution because sit
guarantees to the people the most fun
damental principles of individual free
dom, those basic rights which men
have fought to win and retain through
the ages of attempted tyranny"
At Cumberland Peter F. Snyder, for
mer assistant secretary of labor,
blamed Franklin D. Roosevelt for the
bank panic and advocated the dropping
of party lines in the interest of good
government.
A number of others spoke.
Senator Vandenberg-"We are at
crisis"
Senator Dickinson - eve must
choose between faith in ourselves and
the system of private enterprise, and
complete dependence upon govern
ment."
Senator Steiwer-"Popular govern
ment is menaced by New Deal usurpa-
TONS" .....
Senator Hastings-"The condition in
Washington is pretty close to chaos"
Col. Frank Knoxville people of
the United States have been the victims
of an unasked and unexpected expert
ment."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
COAL DEALERS KEPT BUSY
IN SUPPLYING CUSTOMERS
West Virginia Mine Operators
lacking Up Price of Coal

Soft coal producers were warned by
the Bituminous Coal Commission at
Washington on Monday against taking
any unfair advantage" of consumers
by increasing price because of the cur
rent shortage attributed to prolonged
cold weather.
Operators were reminded that the
commission had power to fix maximum
prices as well as minimum prices and
would WELD that power livery prompt
ly" if conditions warranted.
There have been reports of some
mine owners raising the price of coal
as much as 80 cents per ton, especially
in nearby West Virginia where truck
ers have been getting a large portion
of their orders filled. 1t has been al
most impossible to get to the small
mines in the immediate vicinity. The
increase in the price of coal from the
West Virginia mines in some instances
has been absorbed by the distributors,
making the price the same to the GUS
toner.
In Pennsylvania it was reported
prices for run-of-mine domestic coal
had increased as much as 81 per ton.
While there is not much danger of
coal shortage here, numerous truckers
have been working day and night in an
endeaver to supply their customers. A
full load of coal being dumped into one
cellar is a rarity. Rather a full load
of coal is divided and put into two,
three or four cellars, supplying people
with enough coal to keep their fires
going, but not enough to create much
of surplus.
This situation is expected to con-
tinue until the cold weather breaks.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
MINISTER'S ARRANGE FOR
UNION LENTEN SERVICES
Will Start on Wednesday, Febru.
airy 26, in Parish House

Ministers Of Oakland have arranged
another series of union services for
the Lenten period, beginning Febru-
airy 26.
The general theme for the mid-week
services is Facing the Cross with
Jesus" The first service will be held
on Ash Wednesday evening at 1880
in the Episcopal parish house. Rev.
William A. Ashley, Garrett Memorial
Presbyterian church, will speak on
Gin Lent, Read Of Jesus"
The theme for the Holy Week servi-
ces will be CAT the Cross with Jesus"
Holy Week services and the Good Fri
day services will be held in the Metho-
dist church. For the Good Friday
service Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Holden
are planning to render portions of
"The Redeemer," by Gounod, with a
combined choir. The first rehearsal
will be held Sunday evening at $3.50
in st. Marks Lutheran church.
The offerings for these services will
go toward defraying expenses of the
Daily Vacation Bible school, held each
summer. "Few communities any,
where have enjoyed finer spirit of
religious cooperation through Lent
and Holy week than Oakland" Rev.
C. A. Shilke stated. "The services
have been we'll attended by interested
worshipers."
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
Mrs. Beckman Still Needs Two
Treatments To Prevent Rabies

Mrs. Earl Beckman, North Glade,
bitten by mad dog on December II,
still has two Pasteur treatments to
take to make her immune from
hydrophobia.
She was to have gotten the thir-
teenth treatment yesterday and the
final one today, but DR.. E. c. Peck,
health officer, was unable to reach her,
yesterday and it is doubtful if he can
do so today on account of the new
snow which fell.
Mrs. Beckman went to Swanton last
Thursday morning after taking the
ninth treatment, and was to remain
there until the fourteenth treatment
had been administered.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
Home Destroyed Near Bloom
ingtOn

A frame dwelling and its contents,
tenanted by Sheridan Johnston, en-
ployed at the West Virginia Pulp and
Paper company mill at Luke, was de-
stroyed Monday by fire one mile above
Bloomington, in this county, before aid
could be summoned.
1t is believed the blaze started from
a defective fiue. Mrs. Johnston hasten
ID with their only daughter to Bloom
,ngton where they summoned West
import and Piedmont firemen. When
The departments arrived the home was
practically destroyed. Mr.. Johnston
was at work at the time. The home is
owned by Carroll Pattison.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
Benefit Picture To Be Shown On
Tuesday At Maryland

A moving picture, "The Big Broad
cast" featuring Jack Benny and an
all-star cast, will be. presented at the
Maryland theatre on next Tuesday ev-
ening, February 10, for the benefit of
the Parent-Teachers' Association of
Oakland Grammar School.
The proceeds will be used in paying
the salary of the additional music in
strustor employed this year through
the cooperative efforts of four high
schools and the grammar school. Ad-
mission will be Is and rs cents and
tickets may be obtained from any mem
Der of the Association,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
Oakland High Girls Win, But
Boys Are Defeated

Oakland high school girls basket
ball team was winner over the Kitz-
miller high girls last Friday night on
the local court % to 20, continuing its
winning streak.
The boys, however, were not so for
tunate, and were defeated by the Kitz-
miller boys team 26 to Is. 1t was the
eighth loss this year for the local boys
and the first county game to be played
by them.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
FOUR INCHES SNOW FELL
TODAY; NO RELIEF in SIGHT
Snow and Cold Remain Although
There Are Signs Of Let-Up;
Expect Another Cold Wave
FARMERS IN DIFFICULTY

The snow is still with US. Even
though they shovel it away in spots
the wind brings it right back with
interest.
The cold weather is still with US.
Even though at times there are signs
that eventually there might be a
thaw.
The mercury ran wide range dur
ing the past week, going length of
ia degrees last Saturday, from 20
degrees below zero in the morning,
to 80 degrees above in the sun during
the afternoon. That same day it
reached a high of 3S in the shade.
A total of 111a inches of snow has
fallen during the week, including
about four inches this morning. This
mornings snow, however, turned to
sleet as the temperature rose, and
there was probability of rain later
in the day.
The Sand Flat-Deer Park road was
opened to traffic yesterday noon after
high winds had closed it on Monday.
Other state roads were kept open
throughout the week, although en-
ployes of the Roads Commission were
kept working until almost exhausted.
Lateral roads are still closed.
Schools continue to be disrupted.
Oakland schools were dismissed at
noon for two days, and attendance
has been far below the average.
Garrett county was excluded from
the last two cold waves which came
out of the midwest. Although it
was stormy here the thermometer did
not go below zero. Still another cold
wave is said to be heading out of the
west.
The city began work of clearing
away the snow from the main streets
yesterday but temporarily halted
work today in the face of new snow.
Farmers still find it difficult to get
to the trading centers. A number of
farmers in the Homecoming section
who had been isolated for two weeks,
reached that town after battling
against drifts from five to ten feet
high. They used skeleton sleds of
real light weight in order to spare
their teams.
All are in accord in stating that
the snow is the worst that they have
experienced in number of years.
In all sections of the county it is
with great difficulty that the farmers
are able to get into the woods to
take care of their farms and stock.
The high and low temperature
readings at the government station
at Weber's are as follows:
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
Weber's are as follows:
To Assist Ex-Service Men Again
This Week

Wellington E. Yutzy, assistant
State service officer, will be at the
Coffman-Fisher store, Oakland, all day
Saturday, February Is, for the pur-
pose of assisting veterans in filing
out their applications for settlement
of the adjusted service certificates.
Last Saturday and Monday Mr..
Yutzy assisted more than sixty men
in filling out their blanks. -.s
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
Maryland ''Tipsy" Driver
Fined At Parsons

Edgar Leason, IS, who gave his res
idence as Oakland, was fined $25 and
costs, his license revoked and his car
impounded for six months at Par
sons, West Va, on a charge of drunk
en- driving. He was arraigned before
Mayor B. N. Vannoy following his
arrest by Mckinley NJ. Swearingen,
police officer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
To Assist In Filing Income Tax
Returns of Local People

Deputy collectors of internal reve-
nue. will be sent to various communi-
ties throughout Maryland for the
purpose of assisting taxpayers in fill
ing income tax returns for 1886. The
places to be visited by these officers
include the following:
Oakland, February 17-18; Frost
burg, February 1920; Luke, February
81; Westernport, February "a; Bar
ton, February 25; Homecoming, Febru-
airy &c; Cumberland, February 27-
March 16,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13

Applications investigat-
ed Including DAP,
relief and WPA) -. 144
Total cases under care
during month TIT
Total cases receiving fl
nancial assistance dur
ing month ......... .451 $7,583.87
Total cases receiving SER
vice only including GER
tifcation to WPA. . 1856
Total cases closed lin
volving investigation
and completing dicta-
ton for record) &C., .257
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
Seal Sale Returns Ahead Of Last
Year
with a favor.

Returns for Christmas seals in Gar
rett county have gone ahead of their
1884 total, it was announced after a
check-up had been made for the month
of December and January. Garrett
county has reported sale of seals
amounting to $127.32.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13
WELFARE BOARD GETS
AMOUNT FOR TWO MONTHS
Grant of $12,168 is Received for
February and March

A final grant Of $12, 168.0O for relief
for the months of February and March
has been received by the Garrett coun-
ty Welfare Board from the Board of
State Aid and Charities. Unless there
is very great increase in relief cases
during February and March this sum
will be sufficient to adequately care for
those in need, Miss Ethel Miller, exc
cutive secretary, stated.
No help with the exception of Sur
plus Commodities for very large fami-
lies is now being given to employables.
Applications for relief from families
containing an employable member are
investigated and if need is verified the
employable is certified for WPA job.
The Relief Aides are finding it al
most impossible to visit homes because
of road conditions but Investigations
are being continued and relief is given
wherever need is found. The follow
ing report indicates the various kinds
of work being done by the Welfare
Board staff. The cost of administra-
ton for January including salaries,
travel, Office supplies, rentals, etc.,
was $1,442.20. A large percentage of
the work done by the staff is not
reflected in money expenditures such
as certifying persons for WPA, re-
jecting cases, etc., it was pointed out
by Miss Miller.
Number of Money
Cases Included in
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1936-02-13

Mrs. Harry Helbig and her guest,
Mrs. Teets, of Aurora, spent Saturday
in Terra Alta where they we're guests
of relatives and friends.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-09-04
Legal Notices

No. $3.50
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF ARIZONA IN
AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
PINAL
SUMMONS
E. A. Chatham, Plaintiff, VS.
Zepha Ratliff, and Mary w. Ratliff,
his wife, Defendants.
IN THE NAME OF THE STATE
OF ARIZONA
TO: Zepha Ratliff, and Mary w.
Ratliff, his wife, Defendants, Greet
ing;
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED
and required to appear in an action
brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the superior
Court of the State of Arizona, in
and for the County of Pinal, and
answer the complaint therein filed
with the Clerk of said Court, at
Florence, in said County within
twenty days. after service of this
summons upon you, if served in this
County, and in all other cases within
thirty days thereafter-the times
above mentioned being exclusive OF
the day of service-or Judgment by
default will be taken against you.
Given under my hand and the seal
of said Court, this August II, 1886.
T. j. MARKS, Clerk
BY w. PARSONS, Deputy
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-09-04
Jokes

The woman lion tanner finished
her act with the daring stunt of
placing a cube of sugar between
her teeth and then letting the
fiercest lion in her managerie take
the cube. 81 can do that trick"
farmer in the audience said. No one
paid any attention to him. 81 can do
that trick" he said again fin loud
voice, loud enough for the lion
tanner to hear him. "All right" she
said, come on in the cage and do
it." Get that darned lion out of
there first" he said.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-09-04

At the last session of the Wiscon-
sin legislature. $4,000 was appro-
priated for advertising purposes to
attract tourist travel to that state.
1t is estimated that tourists annual
ly spend s14O,OO0,OOO in Wisconsin.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-09-04
FAIR LIGHTS DIM COMET

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 1.-Dallas
residents were aggrieved the other
night when they failed to get a
glimpse of the recently discovered
comet. The lights of the Texas
Centennial Exposition so emblaZon-
ed the skies the comet was not
visible.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-09-04

Up to the first of the month bonus
bonds totaling $1,O1S,OO0,OO0 had
been cashed by veterans, leaving
approximately $7OO,OO0,O0O yet to be
cashed on which holders will draw
3 per cent interest.
The Coolidge examiner., 1936-09-04

When ONE enters a campaign for public office he
bases his chances of success not only upon his quaca
on but also upon the number friends he has I'M that
particular area and the honorable methods social and
business intercourse with them In most all cases. the
candidate has many years residence in that locality and it
is not likely that there is anything derogatory to his
character reputation else would have become public
before his least before the close of
campaign We cardy believe this the protec
ton OF the public would appear that such information
unreliable has been Withheld until the attacked has
no opportunity for Defense which good sporsmen-
ship