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The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1938-04-29

the Garage. at once the number Of
acres ready for breaking and discin.
1.-THE p1an is to bulldozo first and
then return for breaking and disc
ING on the regular routes, says
Laurie. We arc planning to get Is
acres ready on each tract. We will
follow a definite plan on each route
takin3 the tracts in order. How
ever any land ready for BULLDOG ing
on vacant tracts Will be pas sed over
on our first trips ind taken care OF
later in the season when the "cats"
are making their second rounds.
I'VE are going to work just as fast
as possible on all the clearing. Tt
wi IL help q lot If the land i s read
TO work when the ncats" move on.u
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1938-04-29

CIVIC COUNCIL APPOINTS COMMITTEE
FOR COLONY DAY OIL MY Nth
At the moe ms of tire: Civic Council
on Monday q coqr1i tteo was appointed
to work out the details Of the 1883
Colony Day. scheduled. for May IL.
Kenneth Foster, Council Imam, is chair.
man Of the Committee vita-Uirgi1
Eckert, Fred Johns on, Harold Thuma,
George Suld, Loren Acho cnnie and
Mrs. He'll KILLER assist Ing. First
meeting is. planned for this evening
just before the show.
There was cons Gorab1e dis cussion at
this Meeting With regard to uniform
schedule OF. prices to be charged In
each district FOR the use Of farm
machi ncry. This is q charge to be
used for the uplSoep OF the machinery
Fort WILL 50 for necessary parts and
the bclan CO to one or more men in
each els trict who wi II us sumo the
responsibility of sorvi cinf, the mo-
chincry. It was decided that the
prices should 30 worked out by the
Exc cutiVe Cormi ttoe In conjunctf on
with iii. Leo Jacobs, manager CT the
IA. +. R. c., and Bob Laurie Of the
Nc chGnical Equ ipflent Department..
4 cornyai tteo to select sui table books
for the Palmer Public. Library was
named. There is to be repros enta-
tive from each Distric ct to receive
and make sul;le stions. for books.
This cornti ttoe Will work in coniun-
cti on wi tn .Idr. Harold Thuna and Mrs.
3. j .Bingle. An amount of $228. 90,
raised in q recent contest Tor Miss
"Natoluska Maid", Will be used for
this purpose.
x x x x
The Valley settler. (Palmer, Alaska) 1937-195?, 1938-04-29
SEEDS ARRIVE IN PALMER; ORDERS
TO BE FILLED ALL NETT WEEK


Fourteen cars of field seeds arrived
in Palmer the first Of this Wook and
the Warehouse began irre di ately to
unload tho seeds ana prcpa re thom
for orders. Seeds were segregated /
according to variety oats, peas, t
vetch, barley, wheat, etc., so that I
it Will be possible to fill full {
orders as they are called for, &C. 4
cordinG to Louis 0dsathor in cha rye Il
OF deliveries at the Warehouse.
AS each farmer calls for his seed 7
at the Warehouse office, he Will re-
ceive bill. At that t inc he may
either. pay cash and take the seeds c
out at that time or ARRANGE q seed n
loan at the office Of the A.H.R R. c., |
after which he may secure the seeds. I
The seeds will not be treated, as !
previously announc ed. In order to
save time, farmers will be furnished
wi tn suff icient material. to treat
the seed ordered by him and then /
each farmer can treat his own seed. l
1t is expected that it Will be pos !"
s1b1e to save some time in thi S way. ~
y
"CATS" DOING SOME PRESEASON +
CLEARING WHEREVER POSSIBLE :
Due to frost still being present to t
such an extent in most of the land 8
to be cleared in tho Valley, the. It
regular schedule Of clearing with C
heavy machinery Will not be bf5un B
for about another month, occ ording r
to Bob Laurie in charge Of the Gar +"
age. However, he states, 1--WE are t
already doing Some clearing. Ne
have found that there arc q few -
places whic CHI have been cleared and
pi cked up and then burnt ever with 6
brush fires SO as to remove most Of II
the moss, viii CHI has helped to clear t
the frost up q little sooner. We /
are going ahead with these places I
as fast as the condition of the land o
and our equipment PERM ts.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
Frank F. Nicola Dies

Frank F. Nicola, IS, one of Pitts
burgh's largest real estate operators,
and widely known as a builder and
developer, died at Pittsburgh on last
Thursday, August IS.
Mr.. Nicola was the owner of large
tract of land along the highway lead
ing from the Lake toward Bittinger,
and had a summer home known as
Rock Lodge on the property. On the
estate are thousands of small pine
trees planted to speed reforestation
several years ago. He also maintained
on the property a wild animal and
bird sanctuary.
Nicola, bookkeeper, opened small
lumber yard in Pittsburgh forty yeas
ago which he built up into a tremen-
dous business. He erected many homes
in the city and followed this by build
ing as a contractor civic and govern
mental buildings.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
Aurora Sunday School Having
Festival August u

The Sunday school of st. PauPs
Lutheran church, Aurora, W. Va, Rev.
Donald w. Brown, pastor, will hold a
festival in the church grove on Aug
ust 27, from 1870 p. m. until 1880 p
m. There will be baseball, mushball,
and volley ball games in the afternoon
between the various classes and orga-
nizations. Games for children Will
also provide entertainment. Refresh
ments will be on sale at the picnic
stand. The Criterion Sunday school
class will hold a bazaar in connection
with the picnic and festival. Needle
work, home made candy, and a tlsn
pond will be the features Of the ba-
zaar. The proceeds of the bazaar Will
be used to further the education OF a
girl in India.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
BETSY WEBER is WINNER
OF GIRLS SINGLES TITLE
A. Knots, MOrgantOwn, Takes
Boys Singles in Junior Tourney

Ansel Knots, Morgantown, West
Va, took his home city competitor into
camp Friday afternoon in the finals of
the junior tennis tourney at Noun
tain Lake Park. After losing the first
set As, he made a comeback to take
the next two sets 6-2, 7-5 from HUI
bert Martin. Knots was seeded three.
In the girls singles, Betsy Weber,
Oakland, trimmed last years title
holder, Jean Weeks, of Wheeling, 6-2,
60.
Miss Weber, paired with her broth
er, Jack Weber, took the mixed doubles
from Jean Matheny, Uniontown, and
Martin, 60, 6-1. The Webers previous
ly had defeated John Sincell, Sewick-
ley, and Jane Watson, Uniontown,
60, 6-3. Martin and Matheny reached
the finals by downing Walter Eyler,
Cumberland, and Jean Weeks, 6-2, Cd.
Jack Weber and Fred Cottrill, Sal
EN-, West Va, won the mems doubles
from Knots and Martin 60, So, So.
Knots and Martin reached the finals
by beating Sincell and Eyler, 6-3, 60.
Sincell and Eyler had beaten Ed Har-
dey and David Weiss, Cumberland,
6-1, ST, 6-1, 6-3. Weber and Cottrill
reached the finals by defeating Andy
Smith and James Getty, Homecoming,
6-3, GO.
At the conclusion of the meet suita-
BILE trophies were presented. The meet,
under the direction of Miss Frances
Grimes, was considered one of the
most successful in recent years.
The purpose of the tournament is to
interest the young people in becoming
future competitors in the annual
tourney for the Western Maryland
Championship and to furnish an in
centive for local players.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
Sixth Congressional District To
Have Nomination Contest

The last minuate filing of Frank R..
Long, a Republican, of Kensingtor,
Montgomery county, as candidate
for nomination for Congress, will
bring about primary contest for the
nomination, which was unexpected
in this section of the District.
Several weeks ago, A. Charles Stew
art, of Allegany county, announced
his candidacy after members of the
State Central Committees of the coun-
ties composing the Sixth Compression
al District had met at Hagerstown and
had agreed on Mr.. Stewart as the log
lcal candidate for the office. Mr.. Stew
art at that time consented to run, but
stated he did not care for a primary
contest as he was just recovering from
an illness.
With the filing of Frank R. Long,
there will be opposition in both the
Republican and Democratic camps.
The Democratic candidates for the
Congressional nomination are Joseph
A, Cantrel, of Chevy Chase; William
D. Byron, of Williamsport, and Ed
ward J. Ryan, of Frostburg.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
HUNTING SEASON TO OPEN
IN COUNTY SEPTEMBER 1ST
Only Game To Be Hunted at That
Time Are Railbirds and Doves

The hunting season will begin or
next Thursday morning, September 1
although there will not be much ac-
tivity for sportsmen until later in the
season. The only game to be lawfully
taken at the opening of the hunting
season will be railbirds, September l
to October 81, inclusive, and doves
September l to September 30, inclu-
sive, and November Is to December
81.
Other open seasons announced by
the game division of the State Goa
servation Department include the fol-
lowing GALL inclusive):
Wild geese, wild ducks, jacksnipes
and coot, November 27 to December
26, with exceptions of snow geese,
Brant, Ross's Goose, wood duck, rudy
duck, canvassback duck, redhead duck,
bufflehead duck and swans.
Squirrels, October 1 to October Is.
Woodcock (male) English ring
necked, Monaghan or Mustant pleas
ants, ruffed grouse, rabbit or hare,
wild turkey, cartridges (quaiD, No
vember l to November 30.
Male deer, with two or more points
to one antler, December l to Decem-
Der 5.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
CARLOAD OF FISH PLACED
IN DEEP CREEK FRIDAY
State Conservation Commission
Sends $4,000 Large Mouth Bass

A carload of fish from the midwest
was brought to Oakland by the State
Conservation Commission, of which
DR.. Henry W. McComas, Oakland, is
member, arrived here last Friday
about noon, and before that evening
total of 35,125 large mouthed bass
had been deposited in certain sections
of Deep Creek Lake.
The fish came from Rochester, Indi-
ana, being supplied by the United
States Department of Fisheries, the
State Conservation Commission pay
ing the transportation charges to this
point, amounting to more than $500.
DR.. McComas emphasized the fact
that it was through the Conservation
Commission, and not through any
other agency, that the fish had been
obtained, as others seemed to be tax
ing credit for supplying Garrett coun-
ty with these fish.
DR.. McComas also announced that
35 Chukor or Egyptian cartridges had
been shipped to him from the Gwynn-
brook State farm, and had been re-
leased in the county for propagation
purposes. These are the first birds OF
this character to be released in the
entire State. They are larger than
the ring-neck pheasants, DR.. McComas
said, and are brown with slate-col-
ored backs.
Here on Friday to assist in trans
porting the fish from the railroad
yards to the lake and placing them
therein were Frank Bentz, clerk to
the Commission, and A. M. Powell,
superintendent of the State hatcher
les. Elmer Haulenbeek, of Rainbow
Inn, deputy game warden, also as
sisted in the work.
The fish were placed in Red Run,
Meadow Mountain and Turkey Neck
inlets of the Lake.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
Senate Candidate Breaks Bone
In Heel BY Fall

Harry C. Edwards, Grantsville, one
of the Republican candidates for NOM
ination for the State Senate, fell last
Thursday distance of about eight
feet when ladder upon which he was
standing slipped and when Mr.. Ed
wards struck upon a cement pavement
the bone in his right heel was split.
At the time of the accident Mr.. Ed
wards was engaged in stringing some
lights for an affair at the NJ. E. church
at Grantsville. The full weight of the
fall was upon his heel and examina-
ton showed that the bone had been
badly splintered.
The injured man received treatment
at the Memorial Hospital in Cumber-
land by DR.. w. A. Oracle. Mr.. Edwards
is out again, using a pair of clutches
to assist him in moving about. He was
in Oakland yesterday afternoon.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
X. OF P. PICNIC TO BE HELD
ON THE SWEENEY LOTS
Third Street Will Be Scene of
Nineteenth Annual Event

That the Knights of Pythias picnic
will be held this year on the Sweeney
lots on both sides of Third street.
and that Third street would be CLOSED
to traffic from Green street to Center
street during Labor Day, was an
nounced this week by the picnic COM
mittee. Permission to close Third
street has been obtained from the
State Roads Commission.
The picnic has been held for d
number of years at Helbig's Grove, but
those in charge were unable to obtain
that property for this years activi-
ties.
Chairman A. R. Martin, of the
parade committee, stated he was meet
ing with much encouragement and
support from the business people and
citizens in an effort to make the pa
rade one of the best in the past several
years.
Robert T. Hoffman, in charge Of Wis
iting organizations, has sent invita-
lions to large number of bands and
fire companies, Boy and Girl Scout or
CARNATIONS and drum corps. A fifty
dollar cash prize is being offered Tor
the best band and also the best fire
company in the parade which will be
held at ten o'clock and which will off
cially open the days activities.
The Keystone Amusement Company
will exhibit here for three days be-
ginning on Labor Day, Monday, Sep
TENDER 5. They will have shows and
rides and free act twice daily or
perch pole aerialists.
Efforts are being made by various
committees to make the nineteenth
annual affair the Pythians' biggest
picnic ever held.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
Confesses To Theft Of Calf
Held In Oakland Jail

For some months past, thieves have
been making raids on poultry houses
in the neighborhood of Bittinger and
more recently there have been reports
of calves having been stolen from
farm barns and pasture fields.
This situation eliminated last
Saturday morning when Sheriff Clar-
ence Spear and Corporal Thomas Cur
RE, of Oakland, went to Bittinger and
placed Clifford Bittinger, of the Beal
Hill section, under arrest.
Bittinger has confessed, according
to j. B. Emory, justice of the peace,
to having stolen a calf from the farm
of Lawrence Bethel and implicated
others in the crime. He was brought
to the Oakland Jail to await the cap
ture of his comrade.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
Five Persons Injured In Car Ac-
cident Early This Morning

Five persons were injured early this
morning when the car in which they
were returning from Deep Creek Lake
wrecked on Kings Hill, Route PIG
north of Oakland.
All sustained cuts and bruises, but
no bones were broken. They were
brought to the office of DR.. E. l.
Baumgartner in Oakland where then
injuries were dressed.
Those composing the party were
Roberta Martin and Robert Martin
Jr., Leo Hoban and Helen Whetsel, all
OF Terra Alta, and Walter Killius, of
Mountain Lake Park. Robert Martin
driver, said the steering wheel APP
peared to lock. The car turned oven
several times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
New Allegany County Road Will
Help Garrett County Travellers

A new road from Westernport to
Luke, in Allegany county, will even
tually be of great help to number of
Garrett county residents.
At the present time Westernport
residents who wish to drive or walk
to Luke, use the streets through the
town of Piedmont on the West Virgin
ia side of the Potomac River, crossing
two bridges and two railway tracks.
]. Glenn Beall, chairman of the State
Roads Commission, said the money
for the proposed improvement would
be taken from the 1889 reconstruction
fund of the Roads Commission.
With the completion of the proposed
road it is expected that the Luke
Bloomington route into Garrett coun-
ty would be improved.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
EXPECTING STILL LARGER
CROWD SUNDAY AT PARK
Harvest Home Festival Planned ;
Big Ok Roast At Noon

Heartened by the success of the re-
cent Mountain Top Camp Meeting at
Mountain Lake Park, which closed last
Sunday night with an audience vari-
ously estimated at from 5000 to 5000
people that filled the Bashford amphi-
theatre for the first time in a decade,
the new management of the Associa-
ton is preparing to welcome a still
greater crowd at a Harvest Home
festival next Sunday, August %.
A full program is in the making.
Upon arrival of an excursion train
from Cumberland at 1915, Mickey
Band of Loeb Lynn, will head a pro-
cession of the eXcursionists from the
railroad station to the amphitheatre
where a concert will precede the morn
ing session.
DR.. Dean C. Dutton will outline the
proposed program for next season and
will give glimpse of the self-help ed
ucdIlOIldl pIOJCCG WIllSIl 10 NV" ONAAiS
launched. Dan Mentally, Cumberland,
will be on the program both morning
and afternoon. Rev. Fred. R. Barnes,
Westernport, is arranging a musical
program.
Free Ok Roast At Noon
About 1890 there will be an OK
roast. Rev. Paul R. Maness, director,
has purchased a prime West Virginia
steer weighing 1900 pounds, and a
Maryland baby beef, $50 pounds, Tor
the occasion. Roast beef sandwiches
with lemonade will be served free to
all present.
Texas Slim At Night
The 1880 meeting will be in charge
of "Texas Slim" Vestal evangelist,
said to be an ex-bank robber. Vestals
message Sunday night will deal with
his confinement as United States
prisoner in Alcatraz Island prison.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
SIX MORE CANDIDATES ARE
IN THE FIELD FOR HONORS
Make Aspirations Known Thru
Columns Of The Republican

With the deadline for filing for
county political offices past, additional
sspirants announce this week through
the columns of The Republican, three
for Member of the House of Dele
gates. one for County Commissioner,
one for County Committeeman, and
one for a Judge of the Orphans
Court.
Their announcements will be found
on page six of The Republican, along
with the many others who announced
in this manner. They are John S.
Prichard Nelson Brenneman and AL
bert F. Howard, for Member of House
of Delegates; Paul M. Friend for
County Commissioner; Julius C.
Renninger, for County Committee,
and Clayton Kitzmiller, for Judge of
the Orphans Court.
Mr.. Prichard is from district and
is owner Of the Meadow Mountain
Tourist camp. He has been in Garrett
county for five years, coming here
from Frostburg. He is a member of
the Grantsville Fire Department. and
on the executive board of the Mary
land State Firemen's Association. He
is married and the father of three
children and is affiliated with the
Masonic lodge at Frostburg.
Mr. Howard, candidate for House
Of Delegates, is son of j. G. How
ard. of Bloomington, district No. a.
He has been a resident of the county
practically all his life, and recently
has been studying engineering in the
Tri-State College at Angola, Ind.
hn ~
date for the House, is from McHenry,
district 6, and is entering politics for
the first time. He was born in Gar
rett county and spent most of his life
here as farmer and taxpayer. He
is a son of the late Jacob Brenneman,
and promises an economical and eff
Gent administration, if nominated
and elected.
Paul NJ Friend, of district No. Z,
aspirant for county commissioner, has
been actively interested in grange
work and all organizations pertaining
to betterment of agricultural condi-
tons. He is a graduate of Oakland
High school, class of 1928, and since
that time has been engaged in farm
ing in the Pleasant Valley section,
for some time operating dairy.
Mr. Renninger, a son of the late
julius C. Renninger, is an attorney,
as his father was before him. He is
graduate of Princeton university
and the University of Maryland law
school, and has been practicing law in
Oakland for the past year. Mr.. Rem
ninger asks the support of the voters
for this office.
Mr. Kitziller, candidate for nomina-
ton for Judge of the Orphans Court
is from Mt. Lake Park, district No.
16. He has been resident of the
county for 80 years and has been a
farmer and taxpayer during all that
time. He is a son of the late Isaac
Ktzmller. His entrance into the race
makes a contest for the three po-
Sitions, as there were previously three
candidates, all incumbents.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
Tableland Fair To Be Held In
Pittsburgh October 1922

The seventh annual Allegheny Ia
bleland Fair will be held at Gimbel's
Store, Pittsburgh, October 10, 20, q
and %, according to E. j. Priddey, di-
rector of public relations for this
store. Mr. Priddey has been on a tour
Of the Tableland area which comprises
counties on the mountain top in West
Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylva-
MIA.
He also made arrangements for ag-
ricultural exhibits out of various fed
eral departments. The government has
available a number of interesting and
educational exhibits which are loaned
to sponsors of agricultural fairs.
The Tableland Fair in Pittsburgh
affords an opportunity for various
communities of the tri-State area to
publicize and market their products.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
Registration Day Is Set For
Tuesday September s

A registration of voters is an
nounced for Tuesday, September 6, in
all election precincts in the county.
The announcement is made by the
Board of Supervisors of Elections
which met in Oakland on Tuesday.
The official notice as well as a notice
of appointment of judges and clerks
of election appears in The Republican
today.
The polls will be open from 9 a. m.
until 9 p. m. On Tuesday, October
A, and Tuesday, October II, further
registrations will be held Tuesday,
October 8, will be revision day.
Tuesday, September 6, however, will
be the only registration day prior to
the primary election.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
Marriages Continue To Increase
Seventy-five Issued During
Week

The number of marriage licenses
each week continues to climb. During
the past week ending Monday evening
Seventy-fve applicants had been is
sued permits to wed. Twenty-one OF
those were granted on Saturday. This
weeks figures brings the total for
August thus far to 1914 and indicates
that once more months total will
Surpass the 200-mark.
Thirteen of those issued were
marked don't publish" while one
applicant was refused.
During the two weeks previous
there had been 100 couples granted
permits.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
Lake Association To Have An
nual Meeting On Sunday

Members of the Deep Creek Lake
Association will meet in the Baptist
church, opposite Rainbow Inn, on Sun
day afternoon, August %, at 800
o'clock, according to officials Of the
organization.
Reports of progress and plans for
the future will be made and officers,
the executive committee and board o.
directors will be elected. Questions
concerning sanitation, safety, roads,
electricity, fish, taxes and assessments
are to be discussed. Officers of the
association are Delbert Davis, pre5l-
dent; Ralph E. Weber, vice-president,
and Major Enoch B. Carey, secretary
treasurer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
Gordy Makes Bid For County
Vote In TwO-Day Tour

State Comptroller William S. Cor
dy, Jr., Democratic candidate for the
gubernatorial nomination brought his
County Man for County Men" cam
paign into Garrett county this week.
He stated he was a candidate for
one term and one term only, and that
he desired to put into effect in Mary
land government the economies he
has learned in sixteen years as state
comptroller.
He spoke Thursday night in Oak
land and also visited in Grantsville,
Accident, Kitzmiller, and Shallmar.
On Wednesday he stopped briefly at
Friendsville
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1938-08-25
Bitten By Copperhead; Woman
In Serious Condition

Mrs. Title Riggleman, of near Kitz-
miller, was awakened Monday night
by a singing sensation in her hand,
and upon arising from her bed dis
covered she had as bedmate a cop
uerhead snake and that it had bitten
her. Her husband was aroused and he
Immediately took her to hospital IN
Keyser, West Va, where serum was
injected to counteract the venom. Her
condition was considered serious.
In the excitement the serpent disap-
peared and was not afterward found.