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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
WATER SITUATION STILL
SERIOUS; MUST CONSERVE
Town Council Decides to Restrict
Its Use To Necessary Drink
ing, Cooking And Sanitation
EMERGENCY DAM BUILT

Asserting that the water sit
uation in Oakland was so serious
that the City Council must re-
strict it's use, the Water Com
mittee today directed a message
to every water consumer of the
town to conserve every drop of
water possible and asked them to
realize the seriousness of the
situation.
Henry w. McComas, chairman of
the water committee, declared this
morning "all our wells and springs
are. failing and this morning there is
only enough water in our reservoirs
to last three days of normal consump-
ton, but with conservation this sup
ply, in addition to the limited flow Of
the sources, should provide the neces-
sites of the town almost indefinitely"
All persons, however, were warned
in the message not to use city water
for the purpose of washing automo-
biles, pavements in front of homes OF
places of business, or for any other
purpose except for drinking, cooking
and sanitary purposes incident to the
health of the citizenry.
A dam has been built across Wilson
creek in the rear of the Garrett Nat
tional Bank for emergencies that
might arise in case of fire in the sec
ton of town adjacent thereto. The
Oakland Fire Department has 2200
feet of hose and the two fire engines
are capable of pumping water FROM
this stream anywhere in the business
section within the 2200 feet limit.
The thawing machine was returned
to town last Saturday and continued
to be used for thawing pipes leading
into quite number of homes and bus
mess places from the street mains.
On Monday thirty or more lines were
opened, some only temporarily, as they
again froze shut.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
Roads Delegations Were Before
Commissioners This week

Road delegations from various COM
munities of the county were before the
County Commissioners at their regu-
lar meeting Monday and Tuesday, re-
questing construction work this spring
and summer.
Most of the county's funds allocated
for this class of work have been ap-
portioned. The Commissioners, how
ever, decided to recommend projects
for the widening of roads at both D. A..
Kings at Accident, toward Bittinger,
and at Blooming Rose. Construction OF
two miles on the Mayhem Inn road,
leading toward Swallow Falls and the
breast of the hydro-electric dam from
Route PIG, just north of Sand Flat,
was also recommended by the Com
missioners.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
SpOrtsmen's Association to Meet
Monday, February IL

Several matters requiring the atten-
ton of sportsmen and farmers will be
discussed at the next meeting of the
Garrett County Sportsmen's Associa-
ton, to be held in the City Hall at
Oakland on Monday evening, February
18th.
Farmers and land owners particu.
larly are invited to meet and confer
on the problems of mutual interest
H. C. Riggs, president of the Associa~
ton, said yesterday.
Recent announcement of proposed
changes in the hunting license law,
making a Statewide license available
for $3.50 and elimination of the county
license fee has created much criticism
locally.
There will be some further discus
sion regarding the vermin contest now
being sponsored by the Association, it
was also said by Mr.. Riggs.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
10000 Missouri Rabbits To Be
Released in Maryland

Approximately ten thousand Mis-
souri, rabbits will set up housekeeping
in or under Maryland soil as a result
of the restocking program of the
Maryland State Game and Inland Fish
Commission for the coming year.
Advance guards of the colonial
hordes, which are guaranteed to arrive
"alive and kicking and free from dis
ease" are expected within week or
two, and will be shipped direct to the
counties where they will be released.
The rabbits cost the commission
around 80 cents each and will be dis
tribed through the county game war
dens of the various counties. Garrett
county will get 348; Baltimore county
gets $50; Allegany county gets 720;
Prince Georges, Montgomery, Wash
ington, Frederick, Anna Arundel,
Carroll and Hartford get more than
Garrett county receives.
There were 6,400 Missouri rabbits
released in Maryland in 1889.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
Grounding Sees Shadow And
There Is A Moderation In
Weather Conditions

Weather the past week was in al
most direct opposition to the tradi-
tional grounding in spite of the one
day wherein he saw his shadow and
apparently caused a return of snow
and cold.
The temperature dropped rapidly
last Friday morning after the sun had
been shining for brief time, and the
drop was followed by about four inches
of snow Friday night. The mercury
reached 8 degrees above zero.
Since Saturday, however, the sup
posed six weeks more of winter
weather has been pushed farther and
farther away First there was thawing
and this was followed Tuesday by rain
and a, rise in the thermometer to 81
degrees. a.
An about-face took place on We'd
nesday, however, with freezing
weather, making it extremely danger
Gus on the icy roads, and pavements.
About a half-inch of snow fell last
night. This morning the sun is inter-
mittantly shining.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
AVILTON MAN Is CRUSHED
AGAINST HOUSE BY TRUCK
Runaway Vehicle Catches Henry
BrOadwater When He Slips On
Ice; Dies In Hospital
IS CRUSHED INTERNALLY

A 42-year-old Garrett county car
penter was crushed to death Monday
morning when he was pinioned against
the side of a Potomac Park home near
Cumberland by a runaway coal truck.
Henry Myers Broadwater, of Avil-
ton, died at Allegany Hospital, Cum
berland, about eight o'clock a. M, just
forty minutes after the accident. He
suffered internal injuries, a broken
neck and fractured pelvis.
The victim of the accident had been
visiting at the home of his nephew.
Randolph Beachy, near the Celanese
plant, and had driven the two-ton
truck loaded with coal, from this coun-
ty, on Saturday. Beachy, owner of the
truck, is employed at the Celanese
works and hauls coal when his work is
not steady.
The loaded truck was parked at the
rear of the Beachy house, on slight
grade. Broadwater started the motor
preparatory to moving the truck to
the opposite side of the dwelling to I'M
load the contents. For some reason he
alighted from the drivers seat and
was in front Of the truck when the
emergency brake on the vehicle APP
parently slipped and the heavy truck
started down the slope toward the
McMullen Highway.
Broadwater ran toward the runaway
truck in an effort to stop it, and appar-
emily slipped on the icy ground and
was crushed against the side of the
house by the front of the machine.
He shouted for aid before losing
consciousness and Fred. Deneen, 20,
who lives nearby, ran to the injured
man. Broadwater was unconscious
when the truck was backed from the
house to free him. He was taken to
4Allegany Hospital, where he died.
Funeral services were conducted
yesterday from the Methodist church
at New Germany, where burial was
also made.
Survivors include sister, Mrs. Net
tie Garlitz, with whom Mr.. Broadwa-
ter resided at Avilton, and brother of
the New Germany community.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
CITY COUNCIL PASSES
BOND ISSUE ORDINANCE
Also Appoints Judges and Clerks
on Coming Municipal Election

An ordinance authorizing a bond
issue of $4,000 to be used for the
construction of the Community build
ing was passed at the regular meet
ing of the Mayor and City Council of
Oakland on Monday evening. The
bond issue act was ratified by the
voters of town February 10, 1889.
The Councilmen also studied plans
of the building voluntarily submitted
by Thurl Tower, which provided an
auditorium "a by "a, kitchen on the
first floor, and several good sized
rooms for organization meetings and
conferences. A stage, dressing rooms
and showers were included in the
rear.
Judges and clerks for the coming
municipal election were named as fol-
lows; Ernest Townshend, ST., Percy
Frantz and George D. White, judges !;
Miss Elizabeth West and Miss
Margaret Lawton, clerks.
The collectors report showed total
receipts for January of $2,536.99 in
GLIDING water collections, $1,779.9O;
tax on bank stock $319.22; and 1889
taxes, $317.70. After paying bills
amounting to $1,658.69 which included
salaries of town officials, there was a
balance of $1,451.67 in bank.
The Sunday movie tax for January
was $62.05.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
A. CHARLES STEWART is
OUT FOR NOMINATION
Wants To Be Republican Con-
gressional Candidate

A. Charles Stewart, Frostburg, who
has represented Cumberland and Al
legany county for the past twenty
years in public life, first as mayor Of
Frostburg and then as County Com
missioner for fifteen years, the last
eight as president of the Board Of
Commissioners, has filed his papers
as candidate for the Republican
nomination for Congress in the Sixth
Congressional District.
Mr. Stewart expressed the belief
that the welfare of the Republican
party is far greater than the personal
ambition of any individual, and said
he had withheld his announcement in
the hope that Republican leaders in
the District would select the strongest
candidate and avoid primary fight
With three candidates now in the race
he said he had yielded to insistence Of
his many friends and would make the
race. Other avowed candidates are
Walter Johnson, Montgomery county;
Frank R. Long, Montgomery county,
and Robert Kimble, Allegany county.
Stewart, who was the Republican
nominee in 1898, but who was de-
feated at the general election by Will
liam D. Byron in a close race, stated
that he is convinced that humanitarian
enterprises undertaken during the
past six years should not be abandoned
but that governmental regulations
which put every business in straight
jacket can be reduced and that the
government SHOULD reduce excessive
taxation which paralyzes enterprise,
and give the business man chance"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
CHAIRMAN OF RED CROSS
HOPES TO REACH QUOTA
$397.33 Has Been Received; 400
Members $500 Is The Quota

Probability that the Red Cross roll
call quota of $400 would be reached
this year was expressed by Mrs. Paul
B. Naylor, county roll call chairman,
with the announcement this week that
at the present time the Red Cross had
366 members and that $397.39 had
been received.
The following names were reported
recently by the various solicitors:
Mrs. P. ]. Garrett, Mrs. E. C. Clat-
terbuck, Mrs. D. P. Hinebaugh, Mr..
and Mrs. Lambert Thrasher; Mrs. Ell
sic Walters;. Mrs. Walters, solicitor.
DIR. E. D. Cruitt, G. r. Williamson, c..
E. Sharps, c. and P. Telephone Com
pany, $500; Mrs. Mebal Sollars; Mrs.
Liller, solicitor.
Other names are Miss Eleanor
Sneed, teacher at Jennings, $500;
Mrs, Nettie j. Eichelberger, now of
Pittsburgh.
Friendsville and Kitzmiller are still
to be heard from and few others in
other sections of the county, Mrs. Nay
lor said. Mrs. Liller, believing that sew
eral names were omitted during the
solicitation for funds, submitted the
following who had subscribed earlier:
Charles Queer, Leland Roth, Paul
McIntire, Clover Farm Store, Econ
omy Market, Joseph E. Harmed, Oak
land Hardware and Furniture Com
pany, Snyder Neville.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
McKeldin Is Speaker For Lincoln
Day Dinner at Cumberland

A number of Garrett county Repub-
licans are planning to attend the Lin
coin Day banquet scheduled for next
Monday evening at $50 o'clock in the
Fort Cumberland Hotel, Cumberland.
The principal speaker will be Theo-
dore R. McKeldin, Baltimore attorney,
who was the Republican candidate for
Mayor of Baltimore last year. De-
spite the registered Democratic major
ity of 10000, he lost by only $4,000
votes.
McKeldin, graduate of the Uni
versity of Maryland Law School, is an
instructor at the Law School of the
University of Baltimore and an or
ganizer and former president of the
Junior Association of Commerce of
Baltimore.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
CARNATION TO CONSTRUCT
RECEIVING STATION HERE
Announcement To Be Made For
mally At Meeting OF Farmers
And Business Men Tuesday
SITE NOT ANNOUNCED

That the Carnation Milk Com
pany will construct receiving
station in Oakland was definitely
announced in a letter this morn
ing to John H. Carter, County
Agent, from Vern P. Melhuish,
assistant general field represent
tative.
Mr.. Melhuish said in his letter his
company was "now in position to def
nitely announce our intention of build
ing the plant as formerly planned"
The site for the new plant was not
announced. 1t is understood that the
company has three places in mind
Mr.. Melhuish stated that he and
another company representative, Mr..
Oosterhuis, would be in Oakland on
Tuesday evening, February 13, when
they would like to meet with all in
terested farmers and business men to
formally announce their intentions
and to explain other details that go
along Win the opening OF new ter
ritory.
This meeting has been arranged for
500 o'clock Tuesday evening in the
Court House, and the committee and
Mr.. Carter are urging large attend
ance Of both farmers and business
men of the town and community.
The letter received this morning by
Mr.. Carter is the first definite infor-
nation which has been received since
the dairy survey forms were sent to
the milk company early in January.
More than $50 farmers filled out these
survey forms showing the present and
potential milk supply of this area.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
BOY SCOUTS BEGIN THEIR
NATIONAL ANNIVERSARY
Is Expected at Patterson Din.
ner of Troop One Tomorrow

Observance of Boy Scout Anniver-
cary week, February to IA, begins
tonight for two Oakland troops and
for Boy Scout troops over the entire
United States.
Tonight, besides rehearsing for their
program tomorrow, the scouts of Oak
land troop No. will listen over the
radio at 1920 to hear greetings from
rational leaders and to follow DR..
James E. West, who will lead scouts
throughout the nation in rededicating
themselves to the scout oath and law.
Plans have been completed for the
Patterson dinner to be held Friday
evening, February 8, in the Methodist
church assembly room, beginning at
6:30 o'clock, when approximately rs
men and boys are expected to be pres
ent.
Rev. Garrett Evans, pastor of the
Methodist church at Mountain Lake
Park, will speak, while the four patrols
will demonstrate some phase of scout
ing, according to Howard Naylor, the
scoutmaster.
The troops charter and member
ship cards to members of the troop
committee will be presented by DR.. w.
w. Grant, chairman. Donald R. Sim
cell will award the prize to the win
ming patrol. George Hanst will act as
POSTMASTER.
Other activities planned include
hike Saturday, February 10; attend
ance at the Methodist church Sunday,
February IL; Court of Honor, Monday,
February IL.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
Deputy Internal Revenue Collec
tor to Assist Taxpayers

Arrangements have been made by
the internal revenue service of theU.S.
Treasury department to assign dep
uty collector of internal revenue to
various sections and communities thru
out the district of Maryland for the
purpose of assisting taxpayers in i'll
ing income tax returns for the calen-
dar year 1889.
Places to be visited in this vicinity
and the dates, are as follows:
Oakland, February ID and 15; Luke,
February 16 and II; Frostburg, Feb
ruary 10 and 20; Westernport, Febru-
airy 21; Barton, February %; Lonacon-
ing, February "a; Cumberland Feb
ruary Is to March ID.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
School Dramatists To Present
Mystery Play, February %

The Oakland High school Dramatic
club will present three-act mystery.
comedy, "The Night OWL" on Thurs
day evening, February %.
The plot of the story is based on a
young writer who rented tradition
ally haunted house in order to secure
the proper atmosphere for a mystery
thriller which she hopes will break
all records.
Included in the cast are Clara Beck
man, Raymond CLANCY, Edward
Means, Mareva Rhodes, Annice Haney,
Edward Smouse, Peggy Casteel, De-
Coursey Bolden, Mary Treacy and
Frank Fazzalari.
The school orchestra will play a
rumber of selections between acts.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
Named Registrar Of Vital Sta.
tistics At GrantsviIle

Clyde Bender, of Grantsville, has
been named registrar of vital statis-
ties in the Grantsville area, filling the
vacancy recently created by the death
Of the late Charles H. Bill.
The appointment Of Mr.. Bender was
made through the State Department
of Health and was announced by DR..
A. w. Hedrick, chief of the Bureau Of
Vital Statistics.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
Pythians To Initiate Six Candi-
dates Friday Night

At the regular meeting of Garrett
Lodge, No. 113, Knights of Pythias,
on Friday evening, six candidates will
be initiated into the mysteries of the
first rank-that of Page.
The entertainment committee of the
organization met last Friday night
and formulated plans for the fifty
first celebration and ladies' night, to
be held in Castle Hall on February %.
Details will be announced later.
The attendance prize has been in
creasing. All members are urged to
be present at the regular Friday even
ing sessions.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08
Soil Conservation Pro-
gram To Committeeman

R. o. Steltzer, state executive OF
the Agricultural Conservative Assoc!
alton, and Ed Davis, of the Soil Con-
servation Service, were in Oakland
yesterday meeting with members OF
the county and community members
of the conservation program, and ex-
planning the 1910 program. The meet
ing was held. in the. Court House with
about 80 members of the various
committees present.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1940-02-08

Kenneth Lawton, Cumberland, is
spending several days with his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Lawton.
Recent guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E.
R. Fike were Mr.. and Mrs. j. ~
Strawser, Eglon, w. Va, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Earl Strawser, of Cumberland.
Evening star., 1940-12-19
Manners
OF the
Mo m e n t

The question of what to do with
your hair the day after you have
had 1t elaborately coiffured for a
formal dance has never, to my
knowledge, been satisfactorily an
swered by the beauty columnists.
My problem goes this way. I de-
eide to look very extra special for
some big event and I let my hair
dresser go to town on my locks. He
mounts them in intricate curls on
the top of my head, after having
baked me long under unbearable
heat. The curls are far from nat
ural and far from being in the place
where I ordinarily wear curls when
am just going about my ordinary
business.
This is all lovely for the party
look very striking. And then the
next morning, after three hours
sleep, awaken to the horrible real
iZation that I must either spend
half an hour putting the curls back
where the hairdresser had them
and go about all day looking as
though were planning to go to q
ball, or must go right back to the
salon and have another session
The locks simply won't lie in their
ordinary daytime positions.
It's probably a trick the beauty
parlors thought up But 1, for one
am afraid that 1 will have to foregc
the elaborate evening coiffure.
can't stand the strain the mex,
morning. JEAN.
Evening star., 1940-12-19
Answering
Wedding
Queries
Not Sacrilegious
To Throw Rice
At aChurch
BIZ EMILY POST.

Dear Mrs. Post: I would like to
have your opinion about throwing
confetti and rice outside Of the
church after the wedding. I have
always felt that such goings on at
church were sacrilegious.
Answer: Throwing rice and old
slippers-and in many localities,
confetti-after the departing bride
and groom is long-honored Gus
tom. That any one could think it
sacrilegious is very strange to me.
Remember it is not thrown in
church but outside of 1t. If there is
to be reception some other place,
of course the rice and confetti
throwing would be saved for when
the bride and groom drive away to-
gether for their wedding journey.
Dear Mrs. Post: My young daugh-
ter is going to be a flower girl. There
will be two flower girls. The bride
is wearing satin and the grown at
tendants velvet. I think the chill
dren would look best in taffeta,
but my sister thinks not.
Answer: 1t is very difficult to an
swer without knowing anything
about the style of the dresses. But
I think I should prefer satin-that
is, a soft lingerie satin that would
at least have somewhat the same
texture as the brides lace. Using
taffeta, on the other hand, would
be introducing a third material and
I personally think this is too much
of mixture.
Evening star., 1940-12-19
Dorothy Dix Says >>>
Wives Are Always Ambitious for
The Success of Their Husbands

Dear Dorothy Dix-Many years
ago I persuaded talented young
woman to leave her music classes
and 60 with me to a distant city.
Since that time she has stood val
iantly by my side, although through
these years there must have run a
thread of regret over giving up the
prospect of high achievement in her
chosen field. Now after 80 years we
face the future with four sons hold
ing university degrees and excellent
positions and one daughter prepar-
ing to enter college. In all the
stretch of time my wife's attitude
toward me has been one of devotion.
Her tender consideration has never
faltered. Her high loyalty has never
swerved. But now I am thinking
of her as she faces the oncoming
years, with the chilling prospect of
absent children and the presence
of husband who is definitely aging
while she is at llfe's prime. Will
she feel that I have robbed her of
life's high heritage; that I have been
an obstacle in impeding her onward
progress to heights of fame in her
career? It would be bitter to me
if her latter years were filled with
vain regrets of what she might have
been. How can I compensate her
for the loss she has sustained
through me? P. S. M.
Answer-As a trouble borrower
you are certainly entitled to the
blue ribbon. If you have nothing
to worry you except your fear that
you may have done your wife an
injury by inducing her to give up
her music lessons for marriage,
and that you are apprehensive of
losing her affection because you
are growing old, you are lucky man.
But I fear you are growing little
senile if you are making yourself
miserable over such morbid imag-
inings, as apparently your wife has
given you no occasion to think that
she has spent all of these years
grieving over her blighted ambi-
tions.
Probably she knows in her heart
that she was no flaming genius;
that she had only a pretty little tai
ent that would have soon exhausted
itself, and that she made a mighty
good bargain for herself when she
swapped off what you are pleased to
call her career for a husband.
Maybe, of course, there are times
when she sits alone in the twilight
and dreams of What might have
been If she had gone on and been
great musician, and of the thrill it
would have been to have had a great
audience rise to their feet and cheer
her after some magnificent perform
ance. But they are just fancies with
which she amuses herself, as we all
do when we think we would like to
be king and wear a diamond crowd,
or a great beauty with suitors sigh
ing and dying for us, or some ia
nous hero with our breasts covered
with medals. But we know it never
could have happened and there Is
nothing to fancies, not even q re-
gret.