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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1930-02-21
INDIAN HEAD ITEMS

The dance at the Recreation Hall
last Thursday night by The Daughters
of Isabella, was we'll patronized. The
Costume Prizes were given to Miss
Anna Sprague, Mr.. Tom Bolger and
Mr.. George Bryan.
Do not forget to attend the Senior
Prom at Lacky High School, Friday
night, February 21st.
Mr.. Frank B. Croby, Director of
the Conservatory of Music, Richmond
Va, is in Indian Head three days a
week giving lessons on various musical
instruments and hopes to open studio
here shortly.
Miss Norman Brawner and Miss
Laura Yates spent the weekend in
Washington, d. G..
The Washington Post has establish
ed paper route to Indian Head, via
Waldorf and La Plata. This is a
great thing because it means eonvience
to everyone; door to door delivery.
If you want a good, reliable paper
that will fill the bill, get the Post
The rates are as follows;
Sunday and Daily by carrier $500
year
Sunday and Daily by carrier $3.50
6-months
Sunday and Daily by carrier 1926
3-months.
These are paid in advance rates.
Anyone can pay rs per month if more
convient. For further information ap.
ply to Miss Nellie C. Jenkins, Pomon-
key, Nd. Pone 6t-F-ll or to John
Sprague, Indian, Head, Nd
Mr.. and Mrs. Michal c. jenkins, of
Leonardtown, spent last weekend at
the formers home, The Wildness"
Pomonkey, Md.
Messers Gilbert and Ernest Abel
have purchased new Graham-Page
cars from The Indian Head Motor Co.
We are sorry to learn of the death
of Mrs. Wayland, mother Of Mr.. Luth-
er l.. Wayland.
Mrs Michael G. Jenkins is spend
ing the week with her mother.in-law
Mrs. Nellie G. jenkins, Pomonkey, Md
N, ],
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Joaasa Deere Wagon

You get the benefit of nearly
. a century CT experience in the
successful II. aufacture Of farm
equipment when you buy a
John Deere 8gon.
Wood stock is selected in the
forest AKA subjected 70 rigid
Inspector through the process
Of air-seasoning and assembling
of the wagon.
The acknowledgements
the best that skilled workman
and the most modern machinery
are able 10 produce.
Wheels are extra strong, alb
solutely true in circumference
Inspect this durable and iigl
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FAIR BOWLERS DEFEATED BY
LEONARDTOWN

On Thursday last the Fair Bowlers
of our town were defeated in a holly
contested match by the Leonardtown
Ladies The result of the match was
doubtful to the last, when Leonardtown
Ladies came to the front with nine
teen pin lead.
The La Plata team was represented
by Miss Matte Owen, Mrs. Edward
Sanders, Mrs. Mitchell Cochrane,
Mrs. Samuel Bird and Mrs. Wilson
Bowling. In the near future the La
Plata team expects to journey to
Leonardtown and prove its ability to
win.
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and properly conferred. Skeins
are individually set by means
OF a special machine which
carefully measures the inside
of the skein and cuts the axle
to fit perfectly-proper pitch
and gather Is assured; the John
Deere tracks perfectly and
pulls lighter than other wag-
ons. High-grade paints are
used.
Remember, John Deere
Wagons are longer lived and
give better everyday service
money saving features for
every user.
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the following property, that is to say,
2 Work Horses
l Work Mare
l Fordson Tractor, equipped
with 2-bottom IL ms. John Deere
Plow, and Emerson Spring Tooth
Harrow
1 Hay Rake, self dump
l Riding Cultivator
l Emerson Mower
l Walking Cultivator
l Spike Tooth Rake
/ Corn Planter
l Horse Wagon
2 2-Horse Wagon Trucks, and
l Lumber Body
l Tobacco Planter
1 Contractor Scoops
go Gal. Iron Pot and Stand
And one Odd lot of Miscellan-
eous Tools, and Farming Imple-
ments.
TERMS OF SALE--On all sums un-
der the sum of $1,000 cash; on all sums
of 5000 and over, credit of six
months will be given the purchaser,
upon notes bearing interest from date
of sale secured to the satisfaction OF
/ the undersigned.
JOEL c. BONNIE & SON, Owners,
W, NJ. ALBRITTAIN, Auetioneer.
w. j. MITCHELL, Attorney.
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COUNTY COMMISSIONERS

The County Commissioners will
meet on the following days for tie
transfers Of property preparatory to
making the 1880 Levy.
Tuesday-Mar. 4, 1880
wednesday.M 5, 1880
Tuesday-Mar. Is, 1880
Wednesday Mar. 10, 1880
F. Wills Posey, Clerk
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DELIGHTFUL DANCE

Mr.. Robert Lee Craycroft, Miss
Anna Lee Craycroft gave dance at
their lovely home "Bow Croft" in
Woodville, on Saturday last in honor
of Miss Craycroft's house guests
Misses Rosemary Hundsen and Wad-
can Harrell of New York City. As
sisting Mr.. Craycroft and Miss Cray
croft in the receiving line were Lieut.
enant and Mrs. Carney, of Washing
ton. Their guests consisted of the
younger set from La Plata, Woodville,
Waldorf, Leonardtown and Washing
ton
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Excellent opportunity for the right
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TWENTIETH MARINES FORMED IN
COUNTY
CONTINUED from Page IL

States.
Last year the crack 40lst company,
part of the Twentieth Marines, walk
ed off with all the shooting honors.
How's your own eye through the peep
sight on the bulls eye $50 yards across
a rifle range? How would you stack
up with the fighting Marines anyhow?
Here's your chance to find out by
taking step no real American would
ever regret.
DO 1T NOW!
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Mrs. Stephen Il. liatt, Of Terre Haute,
Indiana, and Mrs Frank Baltimore.
Of Baltimore. are visiting their par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Augustus Brown, of
Glymont. Md.
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Facts and Figures
on Your Telephone
BY EDWIN F. HILL

a single pep
Bile hasn't any
value. It is
just a small
s ton e. But
take a truck
load of peb-
bles, b / n d
them togeth-
err in a mix
ture of sand.
cement a n d
water, and be
hold, a sub
stance strong
Z n o u g h to
support I h e
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Miss Margart Turner, who is a
student at Strayers Business College,
spent the weekend with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. II. A Turner, at their
home near La Plata.
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A meeting of the La Plata Volunteer
Fire Department was held in the Court
House on Thursday last. Bylaws were
read by Mr.. r. Fl. Lee Reich and
adopted after due consideration.
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Little Miss Mary Stone Posey enter
tanned a number of her friends on
Thursday, the event being her seventh
birthday.
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Mrs. John Compton entertained the
Tuesday Night Bridge Club at her
home near Spring Hill this week.
Prize for high score was won by Miss
Dunreath Posey
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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 81. 1880
LOCAL BREvITEs


Mr.. George A. Maddox, of Wash
ington. paid business trip to La
Plata during the week.
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Miss Cecilia Trice, of Mechanisville,
spent the week end with Miss Betty
Gill Edelen. OF Bryantown.
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A new story of George Washington.
developed from recent discoveries, ap-
pears as the leading feature of The
Washington Starts Magazine for Sun
day, February %. But this is onl,
one of a score OF unusual articles in
The Stars Magazine, so order your
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The Carbon County news., 1930-02-06
BOBSLED HELPS
STRANDED FLIER-

First Lieut.. NJ. L. Elliott of the
army air corps, one of the "Arctic
Patrol sent from Selfridge field in
Michigan to test military aviation
equipment under severe winter condi-
*ons, and which recently passed thru
Montana, is convinced that although
for speed the horse-drawn bobsled is
Incompatible to pursuit plane,
there are times when the primitive
sled has its advantages. Had it not
been for a homesteader at Hovey, 70
northeast Of Great Falls, who round
ed up team and took the stranded
pilot over the so miles of frozen hill
country to Big Sandy, Elliot would
still be in the isolated region where
he was forced to land. 1t was trip
OF II hours over an apparently trail
less country most of the way. The
temperature was low and the wind
sharp. To keep from freezing the
pilot and homesteader walked much
of the distance behind the sled. The
egg sandwiches they took for lunch
con were frozen hard. They stopped
only once and that was to feed the
The Carbon County news., 1930-02-06
1880 CAR MAKES FINE PERFOR-
NANCE IN HIGH GEAR TO
YOSEMITE PARK

Slipping up to as high as so miles
per hour on open stretches, and
showing amazing pulling power in
high year, 1880 Oakland eight So
dan made a test run over the Big Oak
Flat road to Yosemite, Friday. De-
cember 27, up to Glacier Point and
back to Stockton via the All-year
highway.
A. H. Patterson piloted the Oak
land sedan from Stockton at 40 a.
m. Friday. The fog was so dense
that the turn into the Pennington
road was missed and so the car con-
tinued on the longer Collegeyille-
Valley home route.
Fifteen miles above 0akdale the
party ran out of the fog and began to
make bette rhine. Damp spots on
Priests grade We're ice-eoated, re-
quiring careful driving, yet Grove
land was reached in two houts and
five minutes. But, from Groveland
on up, the car began to show its am
amazing pulling power. So far as is
known no other car ever took that
grade above Hangman's Tree and
The Carbon County news., 1930-02-06
ShkhNw
MAN AND HORSE
ARE STORM VICTIMS

A man and his faithful horse. were
victims of the recent cold in Montana.
A hardware merchant of Judith Gap,
who owns large cattle ranch near
that place employed man on the
ranch, whose duties consisted of feed
ing the cattle during the winter. The
owner rode to the ranch one day to
learn how the man and cattle. were
enduring the cold weather. About
100 yards from the cabin in which the
man lived the hardware merchant
found him lying on the ground, froz-
en- to death. Near the man was his
saddle horse, also frozen to death,
with the saddle still on his back. How
long the man and horse had been lying
there was impossible to learn. Up
on. further investigation the ranch
owner also found eight head of cattle
dead, having been frozen to death in
the extreme cold. Reports stated
the thermometer had registered so
and go below zero during that time.
The Carbon County news., 1930-02-06
Air Industry Employs
Nearly $4,000 Workers

Washington. Nearly $4,000 persons
are now employed directly in the man
ufacture Of airplanes and arplane mo
tors in the United States, a survey
made by the Department OF Labor re-
yeals.
Aside from manufacturing the in
dustry also gives employment to much
labor both directly and indirectly. Fac
tories and hangars must be built; pi-
lots both for mail and commercial
work must be employed; schools Of
instruction are coming into existence:
and many mechanics and other ground
employees are needed at air fields.
Employment also Is given to per-
sons engaged in the manufacture OF
material used In planes Airpanes
also have their effect on the produc-
tion. distribution and consumption of
gasoline.
Plants manufacturing airplanes are
found in ~ states. New York being
the most important with 1896 employ
ees. This is followed by California
with l.d05 employees.
Other states with more than LOCO
persons employed in the making OF
airnianes are Michigan, Washington.
Kansas and Ohio.
The Carbon County news., 1930-02-06
Oakland sss" In Speed Tests

Bret Harte's cabin in high gear. The
Oakland eight not only took it in
high gear bat picked up speed on it.
The first gear change was made
ninety-seven miles from Stockton. on
the South Fork of the Tuolumne, but
the shift to second was not necessit-
ated by the grade. but because logg-
ing trucks had cut the road un and
futsi were full of ice and water. In
less than 100 yards the car was back
IN high gear and no more gear
changes we're made until the car
reached tie Yosemite Part line, some
six miles above Carl Inn
The car went into high gear some
200 yards below Cranes flat and re-
NAMED in high gear the remainder
of the way to. Yosemite Valley. The
party pulled up in front of the super
intendent's office at 8:46 a. m. The
elapsed time from Stockton had been
four hours and twenty-sx minutes
and the running time four hours and
three minutes.
Glacier Point was reached in one
hour and thirty-two minutes from
Yosemite Village. The Oakland party
left Glacier at 1:55, stopped twenty
minutes to take pictures just below
Artists Point and was back at the
The Carbon County news., 1930-02-06
ROUNDUP MAN VICTIM
OF PARROT FEVER

John Ashment, 81, died at Round
up January 28 from an ailment dia-
gnosed by Roundup and state health
officers as psittacosis, or "parrot
fever" He had been i'll II days. His
wife is suffering from a mild attack
Of the same malady. The disease
was belived to have been brought to
Montana about December 21. A
parrott was shipped to the Ashments
by relatives in Chicago. The bird
was i'll and soon after Mr.. and Mrs.
shments became sick. In the par
rot the disease is of an intestinal ma
ture. But in the human it settles on
the lungs, with symptoms somewhat
like those accompanying bronchial
pneumonia. The patient becomes
gradually weakened and goes into a
stupor.
The Carbon County news., 1930-02-06

village at 3:35. Ten minutes later
the car was headed on the homeward
trip. The Briceburg hill on the ALL
year highway is usually considered
a second gear hill. Not only did the
Oakland take it in high, but MAIN
tanned a fortymiie per hour speed on
It. although braked to twenty for the.
abrupt turns.
Stockton was reached at TBS D. m.
The distance covered was 1881 miles
and the elapsed time was fifteen
hours and five minutes. The running
time was ten hours and thirty min
utes.
The Oakland Motor Car company
IN building the new eight adopted
some of the "stuff" from the airplane
engineers. The sedan, for instance,
weighs but 3145 pounds, but is pow
cred with an 85-hoursepower motor
one horsepower for every thirty
seven pounds of weight.
The Oakland sedan, which made
the trip, showed no strain while max
ing the trip. The Western Motors
company, Stockton Oakland-Po
dealer, has the new Oakland on ex-
hibition and thousands of enthu,ias-
tic motorists ON the Pacific coast have
already acclaimed it as marvellous
engineering and artistic achievement.
The Carbon County news., 1930-02-06
WARNINGS OF ICE
GIVEN BY A DEVICE
Most Serious Problem of
Winter Being Solved.

Los Angeles, Galif.-kiHs Winter Is
discovering that his assaults against
the planes Of a western air transport
company are unavailihg this season
due to little device that sets against
the leading edge of one Of the wings,
which locks and performs a function
similar to a thermometer.
1t is called an ice-warnine Indicator
and when thin film of ice, which
forms when the air temperature is
about 3 degrees, begins to collect on
the top wing surfaces. the pilot Is
notified and he sends the ship either
up OF down. to dy into warmer or
colder air.
As result, not one plane Of the
air transport company has been
forced to descend because of ice par
tieIes which alter the curved surfaces
Of the wings. The small instrument
which conveys this all-important in
formation to the instrument board be-
fore the eyes Of the pilot, has demon
strated its value several tines be-
tween Albuquerque and Kansas City.
Everett Drinkwater. superintendent
Of maintenance. has announced that
all the planes Of the company are now
equipped with the Instruments, in
Guiding mail and passenger ships.
The problem Of preventing the ice
from forcing ships down has long
bothered aviation engineers. Efforts
to heat the wings have failed. The
greatest difficulty is that pilots are
seldom warned until their ships stnrt
to settle and all the power of the
motors fail to keep the plane i'll
fight The ice-Warning indicator meets
the problem
The Carbon County news., 1930-02-06
Length No Criterion
Of Size of Dirigibie

Dirigibles being of such great
length the average person is in
clined to compare them on the basis
of the distance from the stem to the
stern of the bag. A convincing illus
tration of the error Of this is revealed
in the comparison of measurements
between the new metal dirgible and
the Graf Zeppelin. The former is
about one-iifth as long but only one
twentieth the size of the latter.
''Size" is q matter of cubic feet
content of the bag which holds the
lifting gas. The dirigibIes being built
for the navy at Akron Ohio, are not
much longer than the Graf Zeppelin.
but their size fairly dwarfs the Ger
man ship.
The Carbon County news., 1930-02-06
Criticism No. 1


No score. first game. z dealt and
correctly bid one diamond. A passed
and 7 bid one no trump. B passed and
z bid two diamonds. All passed and
Y z made three diamonds. As they
also could have made three no trumps,
| asked my friend, z, why he rebid his
diamonds.
His answer was that as he didn't
have the ace of diamonds, he thought
he ought to warn his partner of that
fact by a rebid. | pointed out to him
that an original suit bid shows two
quick tricks, one of which must be in
the suit bid. Quick tricks do not indi-
cate aces, but merely that the bidder
can win these tricks, either on the first
or second round of the suit.
In the hand specified, z held the ace
of clubs, a winner on the first round,
and the king queen of diamonds.
winner on the second round. SO that
his original bid of one diamond was a
sound bid. When bid is sound, there
is no need to rebid to warn partner. rs
bid of two diamonds was an incorrect
and unnecessary bid.
The Carbon County news., 1930-02-06

Dog lovers in general. and winter
nsitors to Quebec in particular will
be interested to learn that the ven-
cradle 'Mountie," husky dog Of con-
siderable age and one which has faced
many northern blizzard as leader of
team of Royal Northwest (now Royal
Canadian) Mounted Police dogs. STILL
retains his position as lead dog on the
Chateau Frontenac's dogsled team
which is stationed outside the chateau
to convey guests about the town. Now
"Mountie." as has been stated before.
is growing old and Is not as spry and
alert as he used to be, nevertheless he
absolutely refuses to take back
seat" in favor of one of his younger
canine brothers Arthur Beauvais.
driver OF the Chateau Frontenac's
The Carbon County news., 1930-02-06
German Firms Rigid
Blind Flying Course

Washington. = The Deutsche
Lufthansa has established q
course in blind flying at its
Berlin Staaken base in order to
aceustom traffic pilots to night
flying or through fog by the aid
Of Instruments alone, according
to report from Assistant Trade
Commissioner A. Douglas Cook
Tie Deutsche Lufthansa has
equipped three different types Of
planes in such a manner that
two pilots are seated side by
side, one having an unobstruct-
ed view aud the other sitting In
a small cockpit in which frosted
glass or shutters produce the
effect of flying in fog or darkness.
This latter pilot can see moth
ing but his illuminated instru-
ments.
From the accompanying pilot
he receives orders after the
start to hold a certain course,
change the course or carry 0at
any maneuyers. Possible mis-
takes can always be corrected
by the second set of controls.
The Carbon County news., 1930-02-06
PLANE LANDED WITH
A GIANT PARACHUTE
Safety Appliance May Be
Standard Equipment.

San Diego. Calif-Paraehute large
enough to lower 4 crippled plane to
the ground. several Of which have
proved successful in experiments. may
soon become standard equipment for
mail and passenger planes. One of
the leading parachute companies will
be ready to equip air lines with them
in about six months.
Capt. Roscoe Turner. commercial
aviator, landed plane With one OF
the large parachutes at Santa Ana,
Calf, last spring. His test was not
wholly successful. IS the landing gear
Va ne Fhunderhird plane was demol-
fshed when the ship struck the
ground. On the other hand. when
pilot Is forced to desert his plane and
resort to the ordinary type OF para
cute 1t results In the wrecking Of the
ship.
The parachute used by Captain Tur-
ner, and by Carl Osie for an earlier
test, is the invention of ]. NJ. Russell.
Has Series of Valves.
Working on parachute that had to
be fifty or sixty feet in diameter. Rus
sell found that the greatest difficulty
was in getting such a large piece Of
silk to open out after it was released
The device that he perfected to over
come this difficulty is a series Of
valves.
The parachute has three rings OF
valves, or vents, in the fabric. one in
a circle around the top, another sew
eral feet below the first and third
about half way between the lower
edge of the silk and the center of the
parachute. When 1t is released the
air forces the first series Of vents to
open The parachute is filled not
from underneath as in the case Of the
small instrument, but through its
sides.
As soon as enough air has accumu-
lated in the top Of the parachute It
forces the valves slut from inside,
when the second series opens, brings
in more air which closes them, ana
the third series operates in a similar
manner. The parachute requires about
five seconds to fl with air
Cheaper Than Separate 'chutes
A parachute fifty feet in diameter is
large enough to support a plane that
carries three or four persons. A thir-
ty-passenger plane, Russell believes.
can be supported In parachute nine
ty feet in diameter The plane is fas-
tened to the parachute by four lines
from different points in tie fuseage,
holding the plane steady.
The cost Of parachute large
enough for thirty-passenger plane
would be about $500. This would be
less expensive, however. than prOvid-
ing separate paracilutes for each pas
senger. Most operators believe 1t I'M
wise to provide individual parachutes.
even aside from the question Of ex-
pense, rs they give rise to fear among
passengers. The large parachute,
which would not be seen by the pas
sengers, would have no such effect
upon them.
The parachute is carried in a cyl
inder above the fuselage II can be
released instantly by the moving of
lever. In case Of fire the parachute
could be released, freeing the pilot
and other members Of the crew from
the controls SO that they could fight
the fire, which would be easier to con
troll when the wind-stream from the
propeller had stepped.
The Carbon County news., 1930-02-06

dogs. states that although he has tried
on several occasions to give old
"Mountle" his well-earned rest by
placing other dogs at the head Of his
team. "Mountie' simply will not toll
crate anything OF the kind, and makes
1t very hot for the unfortunate animal
picked to supersede him. Lead dog Is
coveted position, and apparently
"Mountie" intends to retain the honor
until the sheer exhaustion of old age
forces him to yield to his successor.
When this old fellow was attached to
the Royal Northwest Mounted Police.
frCen which fine outfit he derives the
name "Mountie." he had many a
rescue to his credit and he developed
bis various instincts to an uncanny