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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-07-23
Reduced Household
Electric Rates
Homes In Cecil And Hartford
Counties Will Benefit By
The New Schedule


Lower electric rates for homes in
Cecil and Hartford counties served by
the Conowingo Power Company went
into effect July Is under new
schedule filed by that company.
While the principal emphasis is laid
on reduction in residential rates, sew
eral other classes of users will bene-
fit under the new rates, including
farm service customers.
This lowering OF rates is further
step in the trend maintained by the
Conowingo Power Company in reduc-
ing its electric charges to customers.
In June of last year residential rates
were lowered and in April prior
thereto a reduction was announced
in it's minimum bill requirements for
rural customers requiring long line
extensions.
The new residence service rate re-
duces the first or SC "block" from
80 to rs kilowatt-hours; reduces the
next or 4c "block" from SO to IS
kilowatt-hours, and changes the
third or &c "block" from As to 65
kilowatt-hours. Electric energy in
excess of that included in the first
three blocks is reduced from 2 NC to
2Ac per kilowatt-hour. The one
dollar minimum monthly charge re-
mains unchanged.
Savings to the householder may
be judged by comparison of the new
with the old rate as applied to typi-
cal quantities consumed as follows:
Quantity Old Rate New Rate
80 kw-hrs. s2.70 $2.45
rs kw-hrs. 4.5O 4.1O
$50 kw-hrs. 6.68 Gle
200 kw-hrs. 1893 1923
Farm users are benefciaries of the
farm service rider" which provides
single phase supply at the residence
rate with an additional charge for
farm load. Such customers pay 81
per kilowatt of farm load per month
for farm service, for. which they re-
ceive 10 kilowatt hours of current
for each kilowatt of assessed farm
load, all remaining kilowatt-hours to
be billed at the residence service
rate. If the customer has an cleo
trio range in his residence, he may
use portable motor up to and in
Guiding " horsepower, single phase
without it being assessed as farm
load.
Customers using service under the
off-peak heat storage rate will now
be relieved of the fifty cents per
month meter charge, thus effecting
saving of $500 a year.
Rural extensions were formerly
constructed on the basis that the
customers guaranteed a monthly
minimum revenue based on " per
cent of the construction cost. Under
the new schedule monthly minimums
will be at the rate of one dollar for
each fifteenth of mile extension
length per customer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-07-23

Thrown by the sudden lurehfng of
the gin pole, while engaged In NOV
ing the stack at the Silver cannery,
at Nottingham, Pa, Walter Jamison
was thrown to the ground and sus-
tanned dislocated elbow.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-07-23

The pageant rip Van Wrinkle"
presented by the American Legion OF
Kennett Square at the open air
theatre at Longwood Gardens, In
June. Melted more than $1,000.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-07-23
STOCKTILL-RACINE

Miss Margaret Virginia Racine,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Ra-
cine, of near Elkton, and Mr.. Walter
j. Stocktill, of Elk Mills, were mar
ried Saturday evening at O'Clock
in Elkton Methodist Episcopal
Church, by Rev. M. E. Wheatley, the
pastor. The ceremony was witnessed
by the immediate families and few
close friends of the contracting
parties.
PRICE-AMOS
Miss Savanna BROMLEY Amos,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
Robinson Amos, of Pleasant Hill,
Cecil county, on Saturday evening,
July 8, became the wife of John
Henry Price, Jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Henry Price, Darlington.
The bride was attired in blue
marquisette trimmed with wine vel
vet and wore a matching picture hat.
Her only attendant was her sister,
Miss Eleanor Amos. The groom's
best man was his brother, Howard
Price.
Rev. Robert B. Weirer performed
the ceremony at Owings Mills Meth
odist parsonage.
After a short vacation in Atlantic
City, Mr.. and Mrs. Price will make
their home in Darlington. Hartford
county.
HARDING-EWING
Miss Helen E. Ewing, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Murray J. Ewing. of
Calvert, and Mr.. Robert L. Harding,
of Media, Pa, were married Sunday
morning, July IS, in Goldsborough
Memorial P. E. Chapel, >Andora, by
Rev. Randolph Fields. of Elkton.
The newly-weds will make their
future home in Chester. Pa
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1937-07-23
WEDDINGS
DISQUALIFICATION

Miss Edith Paterson and Mr..
Theodore Olson, both of Perryville,
were guilty married at Elkton on
Saturday, July 10, by the Rev. AL
bert Thomas. Their only attendants
were Mrs. Oscar Patterson, mother
of the bride, and Mr.. Howard Tip
ION
Evening star., 1937-07-18
Saves Morgan Breed.
Up AT Middlebury, VT, the Depal

7 1P AT Middlebury, VT, the Depart
ment of Agriculture is carrying
on an important undertaking, the
preservation of the American breed
Of horses known as the Morgan.
Disturbed by the diffusion of the
blood of this famous strain and fear
ing that the breed might lose its
identity, the department began In
1906 to raise Morgans.
Tho line OF the Morgans goss tack
to 1893 when the sire Of the bred.
Justin Morgan. named AFTER . farmer
who bore that name, was sired.
Morgans are noted for their rug
gedness, style, courage, intelligence
and general usefulness both in har-
ness and under the saddle. For years
they have been used as remount stall
lions by the Army. In the United
States many Of the great trotters and
saddle horses carry Morgan blood;
and on the Western plains they have
been crossed with native range stock
to produce good Cow horses" Morgan
blood also is scattered in other parts
Of the world. Morgan horses have
been sent to Japan, China, Central
and South America, Canada, Cuba,
Puerto Rico and the island of Guam.
Wherever they have gone they have
left their mark. Today horses OF this
famous breed are available through
the foresight OF the Government and
others who co-operated.
Evening star., 1937-07-18
Y0UAND YOURCAR
AIDED BY RUSSELL
Drivers Are Advised to Guard
Against Moths in
Upholstery.
BY FREDERICK c. RUSSELL.


In the annual moth hunt don't for
get to consider the cars upholstery.
Recently there have been some sad
cases of these little pests getting into
the very finest of seat materials only
to render it holey mess. The first
signs Of such damage are little holes
that look to be miniature torn spots.
You can tell them from small cigarette
burns because there is no discoloring
of the cloth. When discovered, such
spots should be Immediately satur-
ated with one of the many prepared
moth eXterminators.
The damage done to some Of the new
cars reminds me of the true story OF
the fate Of some 500 cars which we're
stored for many months in ware
house When finally sold it was dis
covered that rats had fed bountifully
on the upholstery. 1t costs thousands
to repair the damage.
Driving my own car along the world
famed beach at Daytona, Fla, could
not help but be impressed by the
safety which results from placing
more confidence in the public. Per-
haps much of our trouble these days
is due to a feeling that the only way
to obtain any cooperation from driv-
ers and pedestrians is to restrict them
with innumerable barriers.
At Daytona the bars are decidedly
down. You can drive your car right
along the beach where women and
children are bathing. Just because 1t
is so unusual you prize this freedom
highly and drive accordingly. There
are occasional signs 70 ask you to keep
speed down to 10 miles per hour where
bathing is in process, but you do not
need this warning Your own sense
of decency makes your foot light on the
accelerator.
On the worlds greatest natural
speedway safety advocates and motor
vehicle officials could learn valuable
lesson in human behavior Not so
many "don'ts" and perhaps there
there wouldn't be half the trouble on
street and highway.
1t is not enough for the man at the
filling station to remember to put back
the cap after filling the gas tank. He
should screw on the cap securely. Un-
less this is done there is a good chance
of much gasoline spilling out when
the car goes around a curve or over
rough road. recently lost quite a
lot of fuel by not taking time to check
on an attendant when stopping for a
refuel
Mechanic Joe Speaking:
Just because the engine does not
knock enough for YOU to hear il is no
Evening star., 1937-07-18

enough gas when engaging the clutch.
Such habit causes the engine to
hesitate. 1t would also be well to have
the engines ignition timing rechecked
to make sure that 1t is sufficiently far
advanced. The chances are that the
new driver is at the wheel of new
car. and that the timing still is slightly
retarded.
Particularly on gravel road the
car will be steadier If you do not
coast. The engine itself acts as a
gyroscope, and when it is in direct
connection with the rear wheels it
also affords better control
Do not shift down TO second gear
on a downgrade until you have built
up engine speed to match. If this
rule is not observed the clutch will be
strained and the car is apt TO go into
skid on wet road
Meet the ViOlators.
1t was with evident sincerity that
she eazed through the car window at
a gang of convicts working along the
road. but could not nelp but remind
her that she and her chauffeur were
at that very moment guilty of violat-
ing several OF the States motor We
hicle laws. In the first place, the
car was travelling exactly IS miles per
hour in excess of the legal maximum
Evening star., 1937-07-18

rate OF speed. For another thing. the
car lacked certain equipment required
IN that State Most noticeable was
the drivers failure to come to a COM
plete stop at railroad crossings, as
called for by that States laws. Yet
in spite Of these violations there was
absolutely no feeling of guilt on the
part Of any one in the car. The vio-
lators were the poor chaps who
hacked away at the shoulders Of the
road, helping to make automotive
misdemeanors more painless!
1t is strange justice which jails
man for some moral or momentary
slip in order to permit him the pleas
ure of witnessing millions of motorists
laughing at laws that were meant for
their own preservation.
A point frequently overlooked even
by experienced drivers is the i'm
portance of regulating the speed of
clutch engagement in accordance with
the load carried and the condition of
the road. Engage the clutch slowly if
there are no passengers aboard and
if the car is on a level road Speed
up the engagement where there is
more weight and slight grade. On
hills, or when passenger load is heavy,
engage the clutch faster. But be
sure to accelerate the engine Just
ahead of clutch engagement and keep
feeding the necessary extra amount
of gas.
What Owners Are Asking.
O. have trouble getting a smooth
start with my car. The engine invar-
iably hesitates just as l am letting
in the clutch. My service man tells
Evening star., 1937-07-18

tr1ct. They follow this plan to per-
fection.
Many times where you are not hin.
dering moving traffic it may be practi-
cal to trail behind a car which you
think may shortly 90 into motion.
This Is always preferable to pulling
up ahead OF the space and waiting
Your car is then in the way OF the
machine about to pull out of the
space, and when you back up you will
oe running counter to trafic. Also
IN stopping behind space you man.
| age TO hide the space from the view Of
other drivers. Parking is something OF
game. It's rules should be followed
carefully, but there is justification for
outWitting those who do not use their
heads.
PART OF the game should include A
certain amount of co-operatIon
II the car can sbe moved up a little
lurther so as to provide room for
another car that is only fair to other
users OF the street. Your car should
also be parked with its front and rear
Within few inches of the curbine.
II one end or the other protr,Ides
there VIII be increased difficulty for
others who try to park in the spaces
| ahead and behind.
Sclentlhc parking demands a better
knowledge Of the citys traffic flow. its
business conditions and the habits OF
drivers. survey in one city showed
that persons looking for parking spaces
| near a department store invariably
followed a certain prescribed course.
Due TO one-way streets and the abolj-
llon OF left turns at certain points, it
was impossible for these drivers to
turn around and reverse their course
once they had taken it in the usual
fashion. Tests showed that by going
entirely contrary to custom, it was
possible to find number of available
spaces. Since parking on the reverse
course was not being made by shoppers
the cars were not being parked for lony
periods.
A fallacy is to believe that there
are more opportunities for findInq
spaces where the time limit is more
generous. At such points motorists eo
on the theory that there is less strict
policing. They are right about if rIs,,-
! ally Where cars are permitted to be
parked for two hours. it is not un,Isua
ior owners to leave their property for as
long as three hours without receiving
ucket. Naturally there is not much
chance Tor the transient" parker
here
Parking has not yet reached the
saturatlon point for those who seek
space wisely. Apparently it can be
done, if you know how.
Evening star., 1937-07-18

me that the engine is oneratfrg o,
peiIecl4y as possible and that the
clutch is neither grabbing nor slim
ping. Can you suggest ANYTHING that
may cause this annoying condition.
j. L.
a. ms is heavy car. More power
Is required to start it smoothly. Tho
owner should make it a rule to run
tne engine faster before engaging the
clutch. What appears as a hesitation
now is merely the engine running too
slowly to provide sufficient power for
starting.
=. The engine of my car is using
so much oil that I am afraid I will
nave to experiment little with
heavier grades this Sumer. Several
mechanics, however, have told mo
that this will not help. One said
that heavier oil will burn of more
quickly than lighter grade Is there
any truth in this? D. w
A. If the oil Is too heavy the engine
Will not be properly fabricated. This
Will increase its operating tempera-
ture, causing the oil to thin out too
much and thus burn off rapidly On
a long trip the heavier grades often
can be used profltably, If the engine
Is well heated up when oil is added
However, it is difficult TO strike lust
the right balance between the various
conditions involved
@. Would it be practical to have
the springs of my car reset? The car
has done 5000 miles. TN.
A. 1t isn't so much the mileage
as the quality of the springs. in this
case l should advise replacing the
springs.
Evening star., 1937-07-18

Dudes and Gasoline Impress Their Presence But Range Lives and
Red Men Talk of Their Lost Liberty While Cowboys Swag
ger Through the End of the Chapter

friendly young man from one OF the
State colleges. Anything he can do for
you in the way of legitimate assistance,
he will do. All he asks in return is
that when you leave the State, you
mail back card, filled in with details
OF your trip and suggestions for better
service when you come again.
Different from the old times? No
more Pilgrim dances before the roaring
six-guns of a gang Of hell-busters, just
off the long and grueling weeks of
roundup, and bowling with delight
at tenderfoot victim! The end of a
chapter? Yes, but here in Meeteetsee,
just outside Cody the other day, two
Of those hell-busters' sons shot it out
with each other, in all the approved
style of the Trampas-V s-Virginian legend
Pretty civilized around the edges, yes;
radios and gasoline and dudes, yes; but
back of the substantial little towns on
the main highways, chapter that still
goes on.
A ND there are stories in those
hills. as there is gold Lonely
sheepherders with their dogs and
their wagons that are small replicas
of the covered galleons of the pioneers.
Their monuments" piled stone upon
stone by each passing herder, form
wistful signals against an empty sky.
In Winter, the punchers ride out of
their line camps to guard the cattle
against the dreaded chinook, and be-
tween times cook their beans and
bacon in their isolated cabins and
fight the still more dreaded cabin
Evening star., 1937-07-18
By Alice Rogers Haser
Special to The Sunday Star.
CODY, WYOMING.


CODY, WYOMING.
~ RIVING up through the Wind
River Canyon this morning
out Of Cheyenne into Cody
49, the magic of these Western
mountains again revealed the secret
Of the spell that held the early emf
grants into this country enthralled
through all the disasters and the perils
of frontier days-the spell that made
an American continent complete. The
end of chapter is being written for
these old men and women who are
left alive here now. Only few still
survive. Many of those who do are
hazy in memory and weak in body,
but the love of this land is not dead,
and the torch they lighted in the
blazing days Of danger on the old
trails has been caught and carried
ahead, as a perpetually burning bea-
con. by the sons and daughters they
bred.
Probably no part of the United
States today holds so much of the
visual evidence of the making of a
Nations history as do these storied
hills and valleys in the land that
stretches from Canada on the north
to Mexico on the south-that begins
In the Dakotas and Western Nebraska,
and continues down through Colorado
and the desert States into Texas. Into
Nevada and California it moves its
cycle to end in Pacific wave mist,
breaking on shores that once knew the
yearning gaze of Spanish conquista-
aoreS, and generation or two later
Evening star., 1937-07-18

reason to assume that you are not
missing anything by falling TO buy
anti-knock gas The engine may be
knocking mildly. But there is way
any observing driver can detect this.
In almost every case, if the engine
is laboring little because the fuel
doesn't match its high compression
ratio there will be an increase in it's
operating temperature This will he
revealed by the temperature gauge.
ANY engine runs cooler on fuel better
suited to it,
Puzzled to know why it is that he
is not able TO get away as quickly in
traffic as other drivers. a newcomer
at the wheel wants to know if he
could keep up with the procession by
starting off in second gear. The an
sWer, As most of my readers know. is
an emphatic no but in telling him
SO l tried to avoid the usual mistake
OF placing too much emphasis on low
gear as means to a fash getaway
Low will become slow il the driver
keeps in it too long. Usually the best
results are had by running up to
about ten miles per hour in low and
then by shifting to second Some
drivers shift slightly below this speed.
This newcomer may not get away
quickly because he does not feed
Evening star., 1937-07-18
China Flight
Continued From Page L.

dusk A warm breeze loosened the
leaves of trees and mellowed the rest
full tunes of steel guitars across the
bay.
The flight to Manila from Guam
was 1900 miles, but by taking off
again at dawn We were circling over
Manila Bay at 4 O'Clock the following
afternoon. Our approach to the
Philippines from Hawaii had been
gradual. Guam had brought us from
pinnacles to peninsulas and here We
were again in the heart of nation
a new nation.
The Philippine clipper approached
Manila, swept across the bay to its
imposing airbase at Cavite and came
to rest with the self-assurance Of
man completing a job we'll done. We
alighted in the heat of a sultry aft
ernoon, delighted to be again in the
Far East. but reluctant to leave that
swan of bird which waited us so
gracefully across the worlds largest
ocean.
Evening star., 1937-07-18
FUN with FACTS
PROBLEMS

l. One tank is half full OF gaso-
line; another is half full of alcohol
A spoonful OF gasoline is taken from
the first tank and mixed with the al
cohol in the second tank A spoonful
OF the mixture is taken from the sec
ond tank and mixed into the tank of
gasoline. Is the amount OF gas miss
ing from the first tank greater or
less than the amount Of alcohol mis-
sing from the second tank?
2. An automobile travelling 40
M.P.H. leaves New York for Wash
ington. At the same time an auto
mobile travelling at 30 MPH. leaves
Washington for New York. Which
will be nearest to Philadelphia when
they pass?
g. Mr.. Smith has an appointment
at two O'Clock in nearby city. II
Evening star., 1937-07-18
but back behind it all turks the Old
West, and it is not far to seek.

but back behind it all turks the Old
West, and it is not far to seek.
THE first evidences are in the I'M
touched reaches of the land it
self. Too many writer's have told of
the final passing of the frontier, of the
fencing of the range, of the fms
marked above cowboy and Indian
characters. The range is alive today,
even if there are fences in more set
tied areas, even if balloon tires run
along asphalt and oiled "all-Weather"
highways, in place of iron-rimmed
stagecoach wheels that rumbled and
jolted over the muddy ruts of their
predecessors. The Indians may be con-
signed to the reservations, educated
in Government schools, taught modern
merchandising of their ancient handi-
craft, regimented by paternal agency
foreign to their native ideas-but they
are still red men in the pride in a
lost liberty, in the secret parley of
Hogan and Pueblo. The cowboy may
Urangle dudes in Summer and risk
his bones in the mock glamour of the
Chicago Stadium and Madison Square
Garden rodeos in Winter-get behind
the scenes and talk with him in his
own select group, il you can master
the countersign, or better yet, meet
him on his own ground out here in
the little ranch spreads that lie COSTLY
In the shelter Of mountain meadow
with riot of wild flowers laying
glorious carpet at his hand -hewn
door. He isn't much different from
the old timer who sits in a chimney
corner now. perhaps, or who, more
likely, still tough and sineWy, rides
bronc and swings lariat to the days
end.
This Is Native America.
1STEN to the names on this road
into the past: Big Horn Hot
Springs or big Medicine Water" in
the Indian tongue, Owl Greek Noun
tains. Yankee Jim Canyon, the Sour
dough Range, Slip and Slide Creek,
Hell's Halt Acre, Emlgrant Pass, the
Crazles formerly the Crazy Woman)
eAlC nay uoc ILLS, Hllllp tOlIlU MOun-
tain, Chimney Pass-and so on end
lessly.
The buffalo roam these hills again,
tn steadily increasing numbers al
though in limited areas, elk and moose
raise antlered heads and trumpet their
mating calls in the late Fall sunshine.
antelope race with the speed of whip
pets over plains where no human sign
post rears an ugly head for horizon
bound miles. Out of a burrow by
cart track, badger will match your
passing with broad, fiat face, tense
and on guard-but he will stay and
watch; he will not disappear Sit
quietly by the bank of bubbling
mountain stream, and like as not,
stealthily, porcupine will raise him
self out of the nodding ferns and
move about his business of living.
Break trail through the nearby pines
and come upon a doe, feeding with