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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-21
Farm Security Adj
ministrator Appointed

The Farm Security Administra-
ton announces the appointment Of
Miss Kathryn Adkins of Salisbury,
Maryland as Home Management
Supervisor, for Cecil County. Miss
Adkins graduated from the Univer-
sity of Maryland in 1889 and until
her appointment to the Cecil Office.
has been working in Washington,
D. c., as Section Chief in the Gen.
sus Bureau. She will serve Cecil Co.
Miss Helen F. Willerton, former
Home Management Supervisor, is
now District Home Management SUI
pervisor for the Eastern Shore Of
Maryland and Delaware.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-21
Red Cross
Roll Call Fund

The opening of Red Cross head
quarters in the Alice & Shepherd
store building here, and the display
Of Red Cross flags and posters in
prominent places all about town, have
made our citizens conscious of the
membership drive now ON. Solicit
tors have been active, but il you
have been missed look the Red
Cross representatives UP and give
your dollar for this great cause Of
humanity. The quota for Cecil Coun-
ty has been increased this year, and
your help is needed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-21

The marriage of Fannie Christine
Beach, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
John Gray, Oxford, Pa, to Mr.. Del
bert James Allen, Calvert, Md, son
of Mrs. Hannah Allen and the late
Fred Allen of Media, was solem-
nized on Saturday, November Is at
four o'clock in Zion Methodist
Church.
Decentralization -
Mrs. Ollie M. Bolen and Mr.. Cliff
ford J. Richardson, both of Rising
Sun, were quietly married at $500
O'Clock on Sunday afternoon, by the
Rev. T. p. Mckee, at Blythedale.
They were unattended.
The groom conducts barbering
business in our town.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-21
Entertained At Dinner

Mr.. and Mrs. e. T. SINNERS, Zion,
entertained to dinner Sunday, Mr..
and Mrs. Leroy Adams and family
of Cherry Hill. In the evening, Mrs.
SINNERS was very much surprised
by a few of her friends; it being her
birthday. l'he guests were as fol-
lows: Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Kediel, Mr..
Charles Keidel, Mr.. Howard Mead
ows. Hockessin, Del; Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Steele, Wilmington. Del;
Mr.. and MIS-. Grover c. Jones Of
ttising sun; MISS Grace Armour,
Bay View; Mr.. Frank SINNERS,
Miss Dorothy Kane, Zion; Mr.. and
Mrs. Leroy Adams and family,
Cherry Hill. and Mr.. and Mira, n, r.
SINNERS,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-21
Charged With Larceny

Four youths from Pennsylvania,
ranging in age from II to 20 years.
were lodged in the Cecil County Jail,
Elkton, last week, and held for q
hearing before Police Magistrate
James Weinroth. They are charged
with larceny Of large quantities of
clothing from two Maryland CCC
camps, one in Elk Neck and the
other near Snow Hill.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-21
Wilmington
District Conference

Among those who attended the
Wilmington District Conference Fri
day at McCabe Methodist church
were Rev j. B. Dickerson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Edwin L. Haines, Mr.. and Mrs.
William M. Pogue and daughter Iso-
bel; Mrs. Jean Shepherd, Mrs.
Claude Buck, son Jack; Mrs. Clara
B. Keen, Mrs. Clara Biles, Wilson
Ewing, Tom Wilson, Richard Hall.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-21

The Ladies Auxiliary of the Amer
lean Legion of Elkton has installed
the following recently elected on
GERS: President, Mrs. Daniel Keesey;
first vice-president, Mrs. Joseph NC
Fadden; second vice-president, Mrs
David Randolph; secretary, MRS.
Bessie Potter; chaplain, Mrs. Flora
Kelley: treasurer, Mrs. Paul Cam
eron; historian. Mrs, Thos. Carr;
aerEeant-at-armss hrs. sterling Dun
|haE; eoleg bearer. Mrs, Rsy NesE
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-21
Deer Killed By Train

Last Saturday morning fair siz-
cd buck deer was killed by q train
near Belvedere station on the. b. G.
O. railroad. The dead animal was
taken to Sherman Marcus service
station. Elktou. and the meat distri-
huted 70 institutions,
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-21
Union Thanks
giving Services

Union Thanksgiving services were
held in the Methodist church here at
ten o'clock Thursday morning, Nov.
20. DR.. S. ]. Venable, Of West Not
tingham Presbyterian Church, was
the guest speaker. Hopewell and
Zion Circuit Churches united in the
service.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-21
Hospital Super
intendent Resigns

Miss Mary q. Sullivan, for nearly
quarter of century superinten-
dent Of the Havre de Grace Hospital,
has resigned.
Miss Sullivan suffered a hip injury
in fall several years ago and lately
has had difficulty in performing her
duties.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-21
Business And Profess
siOnal Women Of Cecil

Miss Marguerite Culver was the
guest speaker at the monthly meet
ing Of the Business and Professional
Women's Club of Cecil County, held
Thursday night in the recreation
room of the new court house at
Elkton.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1941-11-21

The Woman's Society OF Christian
Service Of Rowlandville church
cleared S1O1 from their chicken and
ham supper held On Msx. -
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-31

with the Crows and fighting in many
savage battles of Indian intertribal
warfare, and gaining great regulations
among the red men as great warriors
Comparatively few people today, how
ever, have ever heard Of Robert Mel
drum, one of the first white men te
take to Indian life in the western
plains country, whose personal exploits
and adventures have frequently been
borrowed by others to embellish nara
tives which they have written of their
own alleged exploits. Their is little
doubt that Beckwurth credited to him
self many feats of bravery and Prov
ess in Indian battles that in reality
were performed by Meldrum.
Story of Robert Medium
The story of Robert Meldrum begins,
as do the histories Of so many of the
big men Of the early northwest, in
Scotland, where he was born in the
year 1902. While child he was taken
by his parents to Kentucky. There he
learned the blacksmith's trade, but
found his way into the service Of the
great Capt. Benjamin Bonneville, and
him to the upper Missouri
river country on his fur trading ex-
petition of 1882.
Meldrum became attracted by the
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-31
MELDRUM LIVED
DARING LIFE ON
EARLY FRONTIER
WAS WITH CROW INDIANS AND
THEN WITH EARLY FUR TRAD
ING ADVENTURES

No period Of the history Of Mon
tana possesses more Of the pic
tureSque and more romance than
that dealing with the lives and
adventures of those earliest trail
blazers who, often alone and with
no other protection than that af-
fOrded by their muskets, turned
their faces 70 the wilderness and
passed through the most extra
ordinary adventures with as much
calmness as though the life they
led was the everyday experience
Of civilized mankind.
The earliest history Of Montana
abounds IN characters Of interest, but
1t ~ doubtful if any of the adventures
beyond the. frontier could have mar
rated a more fascinating story Of ad-
venture than Robert Meldrum. who
was known as one of the most extra
men ever employed In the
service Of the American Fur Co. In the
earliest years Of its history.
Much has been written Of James
and Edward Rose, two men
Jf negro blood who left civilization to
become white Indians, living for years
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-31
FLAPPERS SCARED
INDIAN WAR CHIEF
YELLOW CALF TAGGED OUT AT
TER WATCHING 1922 UTTER
BUGS DANCE IN CHICAGO
BY. wmCHEY

BY. WAk(HEL
The late Yellow Calf, war chief
Of the northern Arapah0es and
medicine man Of the reservation.
made a visit to Chicago I'm 1922 and
returned home with q wan and
weary expression on his usually
st0ical cOuntenance.
The old chief, leader in many a
bloody battle in the seventies when
federal cavalry was driving the rene
gade bands back from the Custer
massacre on the Little Big Horn, trav-
eled TO Chicago with the Thermopolis,
Wyo., track team for the Stage meet.
He remained over for few days to
take In the sights.
Glad to Be wild
He stated hoarsely that he was glad
to get back to the homelike environ
ment Of sagebrush and greasewood. He
intimated that If civilization was what
he saw he wished to remain wild.
Anyway, he had heap big" tale
of wandering TO narrate to old Buffalo
Fat and Running Elk, his aged COM
rades Of the council fire. And his
story will probably go down In tribal
history and compare favorably with the
Hiawatha yarn.
Everything was lovely for the old
chief IN Chicago until they took him
TO an all-night cabaret. He had tray
eled TO Washington before on tribal
business and understood the ms and
outs Of a pullman berth. Street cars
only attracted q blaSe stare and he
ran his own flivver until his death.
But the cabaret was something new
The old man, logged out IN sweeping
war bonnet and buckskin hunting
shirt lined with valuable rows Of elk
teeth, attracted as much attention as
the ladies OF the midnight revue, and
they did their best 70 please him
But the sight broke the red mans
heart. AS he stared at the twisting
sinewy forms he recalled the day IN
his youth when the ghost dance" was
all the go In the best Indian society.
Triumphant Jazz strains tolted the
back 70 the days when happy
afternoons were put In at o torture
party.
AS they led him out he murmured
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-31

ton of his father that young Wibaux
should follow in his footsteps and man
age the textile business and he was
educated to his end. He was sent to
England for finishing year, and while
there learned of the opportunities In
the livestock business in western Amer
lea. He managed to get his fathers
consent, and in 1888, without any
knowledge of the business, came to
what was then known as the bad
lands" of Montana. He spent months
looking into the cattle business, and
more months In the stockyards at Chi
cago. Then he came back to the bad
lands" bought little herd of cattle,
took care of them himself, living in a
little "dugout" where Wibaux now
stands. At the end of five years he
had made a little money and con-
cluded that he knew enough Of the
business to go into it on larger scale.
Secures More Capital
So he went back to his home in
France, married, secured capital, and
returned to his stock ranges. He
brought back with him enough money
to buy what was the start of a great
cattle business. His herds flourished
and grew and he made money rapidly.
He acquired large holdings of Northern
Pacific land, and in the course OF the
next ten years became the foremost
cattle breeder in Montana.
Right across the line from his ranch
property in North Dakota was a young
easterner who had gone into the cattle
business, as means of indulging him
self In the strenuous life of the west
and lettering his health. Pierre and
the young tenderfoot became great
friends. If there was q cattle rustler to
ride down and some cowboy who had
gone amuck and was out to kiln, Pierre
always found that the tenderfoot was
willing to do his part and take his
share of the danger. Afterwards the
tenderfoot attained some fame as
soldier in the Cuban war, because of
which his admirers elected him, first,
governor of New York, and afterwards
president of the United States. The
tenderfoot was Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
AS the years passed, Wibaux became
very wealthy. At one time, in addition
to his vast holdings of land in Mon
tana, he owned 100000 acres in Texas |
He ran as high as $1,000 head Of cat
tie IN Montana in addition to his Texas |
herds. He began to take life easy and |
would spend his summers only on his
ranch property and his winters In Paris. |
Fortune His Friend
In everything that Wibaux under
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-31
CHROMTTE ORES
IN STATE WILL
HELP DEFENSE
SOLVES PROBLEM OF MAKING
RUsTLESs IRON AND
STEEL

This Is an article on one Of the
strategic minerals IN Montana, pre-
pared by the Montana School Of
Mines and the WPA.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-31

took fortune seemed to favor him. he
staked a proSpector. The proSpector
discovered the Glover Leaf gold mine
in the Black Hills. WibauX took small
fortune out of the mine as his share
of the grubStake advance. The town
at which he made his ranch head
quarters was called MingIsville. He
asked the Northern Pacific manage
ment to put In stock loading yards
there. The railroad agreed to do 1t
providing he would change the name
IF Mingnsville to Wibaux. There was
little besides q general merchandise
store, a saloon and a postoffice IN
Mingusville. Wibaux decided If 1t was
to be called after him he would en-
courage the coming of other business
institutions. He also bought a lot Of
land and Immediately after he made
his purchase Wibaux doomed and the
town lots advanced in price. Wibaux
added to his wealth by this process.
He took over the control OF the State
National bank at Miles City, and the
next year that institution began to de-
clare record breaking dividends. He
became a heavy stakeholder In the
American Bankers Life Insurance Co.
Of Chicago, and that concern immedi-
ately began to make money. He bought
out his brothers in the French textile
business and that concern Immediately
became the first mandatory Of its
kind In France.
During his busy lifetime he invested
much of his profit In the cattle busi-
ness In land: Northern Pacific grant
land In what is now Wibaux county
could be had when he was doing his
buying at from 81 to 50 per acre, 10
percent down and 20 years IN which
to pay the balance. 1t Is known that
during several years his cattle business
Melted him 5000 q year. A very
great proportion of his money was IN
vested In these cheap lands. Then came
the homesteader, who filed on land
adjoining his holdings, hundreds Of
them, and demonstrated its worth as
dry land acreage. The land that
Pierre Wibaux bought for pasture
against the day when the ranges would
be crowded, advanced 1000 percent IN
value, and much Of It was seeded TO
wheat and other grains.
It Is easy to imagine the son OF q
pioneer, Injured to hardship, coming TO
the west so years or more ago. and
living q life OF privation while he was
building up a competency. But 1t Is
not often that youth who has been
raised In the lap of luxury, as was
Wibaux, has the courage to deprive
himself OF the good things OF life Ia
order to achieve, and this is what
WSbaux did.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-31
GOLD ORE LEDGE
STIRRED PEOPLE
NEAR MISSOULA
SLOPES OF CLUTCHES GOPHERED
BY CITIZENS SEEKING LOST
MINES

Montana has scores Of lost gold
mines.
Each mining community has It's
story OF prospectors who found rich
gold veins, sparkling with free gold,
who either were unable TO again find
the lead or who died before they could
tell its location.
The MisSoula country has its share
Of these stories.
About the year 1890 the street talk
was focused on the story of a mine
which had been discovered by q sol
der who had been stationed at the
fort. and which was said TO contain
wonderfully rich ore. The soldier, 80
It was related. had been seen travel
ing eastward from Fort MiSSoula peri
odically, returning each time with ore.
However, he had kept the location Of
his find 70 himself. and eager pros
pectorS. hunting for the treasure, had
dug pits and cuts in Pattee and Wood
chuck gulches in the hope Of finding
the vein or extension Of the rich strike,
without success.
Locate Lost Mine"
At that time. T. C. Pullman and
Fred s. Bond were tenderfeet at pros
pecting, but following the lead, decid-
ed 70 take a To-day vacation and Join
In the search for the golden prize.
Taking a pack pony and 10 days ra-
tons they headed up Pattee gulch for
Deer creek and stopped at q place
about two miles above It's mouth TO
make camp. They dug pits 10 bedrock
in the bed of the stream and panned
all the way down, but found only
black sand and q few green copper
stains on fragments OF quartz.
They had yet the east slope to pros
pect. however. and here they found
bull quartz float. Following this float
upward they came 70 cut dug some
five feet wide and eight inches long
specular iron. and there also, we're an
old pick and shovel branded U. S.
SO this was the wonderfully rich"
Lost Soldiers mine-and II contained
ore not worth cents a ton.
They were totally disguised. and,
without even giving II a second look,
they started for camp. That night
they agreed TO say not word about
the lost mines discovery-to let other
fools look for 1t thenceforward.
Find Rich Float
Missoula has had many lost mines
since then-Captain Higgins reported
that the Flathead Indians were re-
turning at regular intervals from
near Nimrod with lead.
Then came John Higgins, who found
rich gold float on a bank of one Of
the Rattlesnake creek lakes. There was
the rich find Of Treadon 80 miles up
Wallace creek and the find Of Todd,
who lost his life while crossing an
Idaho stream, Fish creek, on his way
from his lost mine. The weight Of the
gold he carried In a belt helped TO
drown him. but his mine has never
been found.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-31

Mines and the WPA.
BY CARL J. TRAUERAEAN
From time tmmemorial chemists and
other scientists have been striving K
accomplish two outstanding detectives
the transmutation of base metals into
gold and the prevention Of the cor
rosion Of iron and steel. So far as we
know the alchentStS have not YET
solved the gold riddle but modern re-
search metallurgists have solved the
problem of making rlstless iron and
steel. We consider the discovery Of a
process to make ruStless steel Of far
| greater value than an increase in pro-
duction Of gold, as the waste due to
iron and steel corrosion has totaled
many billions of dollars.
Although chromium is the basis Of
most Of the r1stless iron and steel pro-
duced, it has a great many other uses
and is especially valuable during the
present national defense program. In
normal times the United States used
from 100000 to over 100000 long tons
Of high-grade chromium ore, In which
the mineral is known as chromite, con-
Sisting of two atoms of chromium and
dbOl1lo Vi OAyECl Will AO4A
oxide. In 1899 the United States Inn
ported 361, 1856 long tons of chromite
ore, the imports coming: 81 percent
from Africa, II percent from Cuba, 5
percent from New Caledonia, 5 percent
from Turkey, and percent from
Greece. The remaining portion Of the
imports originated in other countries,
principally the Philippine Islands. In
1899 domestic production Of the United
States was only 1914 long tons or
about one percent of our total con-
sumption. Due to present world condi-
lions the United States imports prob
ably are seriously curtailed and may
be entirely eliminated With this in
mind, several departments of the
United States government are devoting
their efforts to the development Of do
nestle deposits Of chromite During the
last year of World war No. 1, it is stat
ed that 20 percent Of the United States
consumption was domestically produced,
most of the production coming from
California, Washington, Pennsylvania,
and the south, with small amounts
coming from Montana, Alaska, Oregon,
and wyoming.
Large ChrOmite Deposits
It has long been known that there
were large deposits Of chromite ore in
Sweetgrass, Saltwater and Carbon
counties in south-central Montana and
In 1925 Prof. James r. Kemp, head of
the mining department of Columbia
university, made the statement that
the Montana deposits were the largest
in the United States and probably in
the world. While most Of the Montana
deposits do not assay high enough in
chromite to ship directly to the con-
sumers, and while these deposits are
further handicapped by substantial
amounts of chemically contained iron,
new metallurgical processes recently
have been discovered to concentrate the
Montana ores so that they can be
made into product assaying high in
low In impurities and with
an iron content that is not detrimental
for use in industry.
During the past two years the United
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-31
BY WILCHEY

Looking forever towards Wibaux, the
little city Of his creation, on q slight
elevation 20 the west stands the bronze
statue Of Pierre Wfbaux, who In his
youth fOrsoOk the pleasures Of Paris
for the privati0ns Of the plains. He
became the greatest cattle baron Of
eastern Montana, and when he died he
owned countless herds and thousands
Of broad acres. He made such an inn
preston on his section Of the state that
his name was given TO one Of the east
ern border counties, and to the c0un-
~ seat, which because Of his acttvi-
ties had grown into q thriving center.
Pierre Wibaux was born in Roubaix,
France, where his family had been
prominent for centuries in the manu-
facture Of textiles. 1t was the tnten-
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-31

that he would like to stay over for
the war trail lined up by the paleface
squaws. He said all the girls had on
their war paint and no unnecessary
wearing apparel and most Of them wore
their hair In the short bobbed style
favored by the southern Apaches. He
believed their technique perfect.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-31

When pursued, the chuckwalla. one
OF the largest lizards Of the United
States, craWls into a narrow crevice in
the rocks and initiates itself so that 1t
cannot be dislodged.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-31
no sTORF POTATOES

When storing potatoes, even a few
pounds, lay them in a shallow basket
or box, allowing as much air as pos
sible to circulate through them to aid
in preventing them from sprouting and
spelling.
Evening star., 1941-05-09
Ambulance Purchase
For Britain Urged
On Associations
; A. u. Park Citizens
f. Back Move for Joint
: Effort Of Groups

A proposal that all citizens asso-
citations in the District join to raise
funds to buy an ambulance for
Great Britain was indorsed unani-
,nously last night by the American
university Park Citizens ASSocia-
'tion on the motion of James E.
Maxwell, retiring president.
The meeting, the last until Sep
tember, was attended by number
of officers from other associations.
Among those speaking were Harry
C. Grove, president of the Connec-
ticut Avenue Citizens Association;
John B. Dickman, jr., president of
North Cleveland Park; Walter D.
sCunyuS, Conduit Road; John DaW-
son and Leonard Tucker, Friend
ship, and Mrs. Joseph Vanier, presi-
dent of the Janney Parent Teacher
Association. Mr. Dickman asked that
the association help to prevent the
Closing of Van Ness street, which
IS asked in pending bill.
= Mr.. Maxwell said he strongly
favored an immediate increase in
the District police and fire depart
'ments and "deplored the failure of
the President to appoint men to fill
the two vacancies in the Public
Utilities Commission
On a motion by DR.. E. w. Hig-
gins, the association favored elm
mating "a great part of the
."emotional' programs now on the
radio and putting in their places
educational SkitS and broadcaStS.
Copies of the resolution are to be
sent to the Federal Communications
Commission. five local radio sta
tions and broadcasting companies.
DR.. Higgins also asked that drivers
and pedestrians be given an 'edu-
cational program" on traffic regu-
lations here.
Officers elected for the fall term
Are M. R. Wilkes, president; G. C.
Lynch, vice president, Mrs. Stewart
Bouchey, secretary: Mrs. Irma B.
Wegenast, assistant secretary, and
Mrs. Ora ViSel, treasurer. Mr.. Wilkes
and H. L. Colman were named dele
gates to the Northwest Council: Mr..
Colman and Elliot NJ Clark, dele
gates to the Federation of Citizens
Associations. and Mrs. Verna Koiner
and Mrs. Vivian Ayre, delegates to
the District OF Columbia Schools
Association.
Maurice J. Mccarthy of the Com
munity Chest spoke.