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Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-07-18
Local and Rural News

Mr.. and Mrs. J. M. Berkey, of
Somerset, Pa, were weekend guests
of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Paul Merrill. They were
accompanied home by Mrs. Merrill
who will remain for a weeks visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Walter Evans and
son, Tommy, of Long Island, N. Y,
and the formers mother, Mrs. George
H. Evans, of this city, are registered
at the Hamilton Hotel in Ocean City
for two weeks.
The sympathy of the community is
extended Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Eby in
the loss of their infant daughter, who
died Monday morning. Funeral ser
vices were held from their residence
near Westover Tuesday afternoon at
2 o'clock conducted by Rev. Walter
Mahan. Burial was made in Holly
oke cemetery.
Miss Jeanne Clarke entertained
the members of her Scout Troop at
luncheon on Tuesday. The invitations,
place cards and refreshments carried
out the Scout insignia and the Scout
colors. The guests were Misses Bet
ty Watson, Patsy Talton, Anne Wal
tiers, Ann Savage, Jean Bunting, Ada
Lee Hardester, Eleanor Yaggi, Doro-
thy Denston and Irene Flax.
Past Matrons from here attending
the summer meeting of the Eastern
Shore Association o. E. S. held at
the George Washington Hotel in
Ocean City Friday last were: Mrs.
Edward F. Wilson, Mrs. Grady E.
Powell, Mrs. w. T. Bunting, Mrs.
John T. Riley, Mrs. Upshur Stevenson,
Mrs. Clarence E. Duncan, Miss Alice
R. Young, Mrs. G. Ewell Dryden,
Miss Helen Tull and Mrs. Anna G.
Mcclure. The dinner was served in
the main dining room at 4:45 and
the meeting held at the roof garden
Immediately after the dinner.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-07-18
RESEARCH men BUSY
ON PROBLEMS VITAL
TO U. S. DEFENSE
Leading Scientists Including DIR.
Jewett OF A. T. & T., Discuss
Work Now Being Done
Mrs. Dorothy Wilson and son

What scientific research is contrib
uting to national defense was brought
before the public recently when DIR.
Frank B. Jewett, vice-president of the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company; DR.. Karl T. Compton, presi-
dent of Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology, and Dean Joseph w.
Barker of the School of Engineering,
Columbia University, appeared on a
nationwide radio hook-up.
In answer to questions about the
defense effort, these three leading
U. S. scientists revealed that already
the scientific faculties of 80 of the
nations greatest universities and sci
entists of 80 Of the worlds largest
industrial laboratories are working
on problems which, when solved, viii
become the greatest defense bulwarks
of the nation"
Two agencies, the National Defense
Research Committee and National
Academy Of Sciences, are coordinating
the work of the nations scientists.
While the exact nature of the work is
. military secret, it was made clear
that the problems cover virtually the
whole range Of the physical sciences,
and that many are chemical and
mechanical in nature.
Never before, said DR.. Compton,
have so many, Of the scientific institu-
tions Of the country been united in q
single effort. Some Of the problems
can be dealt with by one laboratory
but others are so extensive that parts
are EARNED out" to several labora-
tories. Dean Parker compared the
process to picking an all-star baseball
team.
What an ordinary citizen can do If
he has an idea which he thinks might
be useful in national defense was also
brought out. He can send it to the
National Inventors Council, WASH
ington, D. c., which has been created
for the purpose.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-07-18
MRS. ROOSEVELT WRITES
ABOUT TELEPHONE in
SYNDICATED COLUMN

Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt
recently made mention of the useful
ness and value of the telephone in her
column, "My Day." The
excerpt from the column, reprinted by
permission of the United Feature Syn
dictate, was as follows:
eve shall telephone our various
far distant children wherever it
il possible to reach them this
evening. This always gives me
sense of nearness. The sound Of
someone's voice, whom you really
care about, tells you SO much more
than any written words.
"I often think, when the tele-
phone becomes a nuisance in my
life, and I am irritated at its con-
slant ringing, how grateful we
should be for the joyous moments
it brings us and for the relief
which can come over the wires in
cases of emergency. News from
far away, a few years ago, took
days and weeks to reach US. Today
a voice can be carried straight into
the sickroom and relieve uncer-
tainty, which is perhaps the most
difficult thing to bear"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-07-18
QUARTERLY CONFERENCE
AT SALEM meth. CHURCH

Salem Methodist Church will hold
its First Quarterly Conference Thurs
day evening at eight o'clock with Rev.
Ralph C. Jones the newly appointed
Superintendent of the Salisbury Dis
trict, presiding.
The pastor, Rev. J. w. Wootten, an
nounces that there will be no further
notice of this given since he is not
printing a Bulletin for the months of
July and August, and, therefore, here
by urges the official members to be
present.
In series of sermons on the Lords
Prayer, the Rev. Mr.. Wootten will
preach this Sunday morning on the
forgiveness of Sins" There will be
no evening service.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-07-18
PUBLIC IS INVITED
TO HEAR LECTURE

The public is invited to attend
lecture on Nutrition and Food Val
ues" by Miss Laura Schoenborn, the
Assistant State Nutritionist, on Tues
day, July 22nd, at 2:30 P. M, in the
Assembly Room of the Pocomoke City
Hall.
Miss Schoenborn intends to demon
strate those foods and diets which
are essential to good health, espec-
tally in regards to children and in
fants. In view of the present trend
of increasing, food costs it is very
opportune that Miss Schoenbom
should give such needed advice. She
will not only lecture but demonstrate
from various charts and ample pamph
let's will be there for distribution
which contains many hints on new
and proper methods of preparing
foods.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-07-18
COUNTY RECORDS MANY
ACCIDENTS ON WEEK END
Continued from Page u

CONTINUED from rage -
Monday morning at the Worcester
county Jail.
Hall declared that jealousy over al
legged attentions of Adams to his wife
caused Nelson to commit the staying.
He added that the shotgun used in
the killing had been recovered from
the bottom of the Pocomoke river.
At Ocean City, on Sunday, Mr.. and
Mrs. L. E. Neale, Jr., of Baltimore,
were burned when 26-foot cabin
cruiser caught fire in Sinepuxent Bay
and was destroyed.
The Neales and their 7-year-old
son, L. E. (Pete) Neale, Sd, and
Neale's sister, Miss Sally Neale, 26,
were forced to swim more than 400
yards to escape the blazing craft.
The fire followed an explosion
which apparently occurred when
Neale attempted to start the motor.
Miss Neale and her nephew were in
the bow. They jumped overheard and
Miss Neale swan, assisting the boy,
to a nearby sand island.
Neale attempted to put out the fire
with an extinguisher. His wife, who
was with him in the cruisers stern
went OVERHEARD. Neale followed and
brought her aboard.
DR.. Francis J. Townsend, of Ocean
City, treated the couple for burns
about the face, hands, neck, back and
chest. Their condition was not criti-
cal, DR.. Townsend announced.
The craft burned to the waters
edge and sank. The four were res
cued from the sand bar by Ben Zig
Ter, of Philadelphia, who put out for
them in an cupboard motor boat.
Neale is the son of the late DR.. L..
E. Neale, professor of obstetrics at
the University of Maryland.
Also at Ocean City, on Sunday, one
person was dead and two suffered
serious injuries as a result of two
automobile accident in the county.
Donald Otis Mariner, 81, of She'll
town, died in Salisbury in the PENN
sula General Hospital from injuries
received in an accident at North
Ocean City.
State Police Corporal Newton J.
Lloyd said the car Mariner was driv-
ing overturned. He blamed excessive
speed for the mishap. Two compan-
ions escaped unhurt.
Funeral services were held from
the residence at Shelltown, Tuesday
afternoon at 2 o'clock, conducted by
Revs. Macleod and Bailey. The pail
Revs. Macleod and abbey. The pail
bearers were: Edward Mariner, Carl
Adams, Frederick Maddox, Edward
Young, Frederick Young and Morris
Long.
Mr.. Mariner is survived by his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Otis Mariner, of
Shelltown.
Clemon Outen, 10, and Pat Getting
ham, 20, both of Snow Hill, were
found unconscious near their wrecked
automobile on the Berlin-Snow Hill
highway five miles north of Snow
Hill.
Lloyd, who also investigated this
accident said the two young men
were en- route from Ocean City to
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-07-18

Snow Hill when their car crashed
into a roadside culvert. A passing
motorist discovered them.
Both were carried to the Salisbury
hospital suffering from skull frac-
lures. Their condition was reported
as serious.
Mariner was the tenth person killed
in traffic accidents in Worcester
county since January 1.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-07-18
SONG WITHOUT A TITLE

The enchanting theme music heard
by radio listeners when the Bell Sys-
TENS Monday evening Telephone
Hour" comes on the air is an original
composition by the Bell symphonic
orchestra conductor, Donald Voorhees,.
Written expressly for the Telephone
Hour" the composition has no name,
but members of the orchestra often
refer to it as "The Bell Waltz"
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-07-18
COAL SUPPLY
FOR
SCHOOLS

Sealed bids for supplying coal
to the public schools of Worces-
ter County for the year 1941-42
will be received by the Board of
Education on or before Monday,
August II, at 500 P. NJ, at the
office in Snow Hill. Anyone de-
string to bid should apply to the
office of the Board of Education
for specifications as to quality
and quantity of coal required.
BY ORDER OF THE BOARD
OF EDUCATION OF WORCES-
TER COUNTY,
A. C. HUMPHREYS,
Secretary
July 1926.
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-07-18
Did Your Great-Great-
Grandmother Leave
You Her Photograph.

Probably not = but what kind of a
photograph are you going to leave
to those who love you and who would
really cherish a fine, natural picture
of you. You will never be obliged to
apologize for that portrait if it is
made by Marshall's Studio, call POGO
moke 426 for an appointment today.
ADVERTISEMENT
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-07-18

Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Outten, Of
near town, are receiving congratula-
tions on the birth of a fine son, born
Tuesday, July 9th. The little fellow
will receive the name of Winston
Franklin,
Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1941-07-18

We have one Of the finest eQuippe1
plants on the Shore for Turning 01'
high class printing.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-10

quarters. This. remained the supply
point for subcontractorS from the
spring of 1890 to the spring of 1892
Temporary business places were es-
tablished by several young men. The
new town, too, was flooded by adVen-
| tllrers, frontiersmen and the shifting
| population incident to the opening of
new country. Small log cabins we're
/ erected where merchandise, food and
liquor were offered. Thus was estab-
lished the second town of Libby, still
spoken of by old-timers as the "old
town" This town at one time boosted
Of IA saloons.
The first two mercantile establish
mentS in this town were those Of John
P. Wall and Neff g. Plummer. John
P. Wall, former New York merchant,
started with a wagonload of merchan-
disc from Missoula, headed for the
new town of Libby. He came by way
of Demersville and landed at his des-
tination June 10, 1891, opening his
store in log cabin.
Robbed Of Team
Neff g. Plummer started from Great
Falls and arrived in Libby with
wagonload of merchandise In August of
1891. They, too. opened up shop in
log cabin. While Neff was returning
to Great Falls for a new supply Of
merchandise he was robbed Of his
team at Jennings. The team was later
captured by government officials at
Fort Steel.
In the fall Of 1891 the California
g. Montana Trading Co., composed Of
A 9. Sheldon, E. L. Reed, Theodore
II. Dean and John Burka, purchased
the land located by B. F.. Howard and
Harry Howard and proceeded to found
the present town Of Libby, near the
confluence Of Libby creek and Koot-
enai river, q place marked and gen.
orally known by the early trail tray
elers.
In the spring of 1892 lots were put
on the market, building activities we're
booming, small sawmin having been
erected, and the entire population Of
"Old Town" proceeded to move to the
new site.
First Train Arrives
In May, 1892, steel having been laid
on the new roadbed, the first con-
struction train pulled into Libby from
the east, much TO the Joy Of the In
habitants. On one of the first mixed
trains which came 10 Libby, two new
merchants. Allen 3. Johnston and g. |
F. w. Hall, came with q stock Of mer-
chandise and established the Racket |
store in q building on Front street |
owned by A. @. Herhgt.
at this period many families made |
Libby their home and school for the |
children was opened, Ia a small board |
structure standing ON the present site |
Of the Libby hotel. Miss Walls was
the first teacher. Her GALAXY was paid |
by popular subscription and by giving
entertainments and dances. In this
crude frontier school the first religious
was perfected. In the
spring Of 1893 the Rev. Edwin M. Ellis
Of Steveusville came 10 Libby 70 or
ganize the first Sunday school, Of the
Presbyterian denomination. Mrs. A. @.
Sheldon, kGrs. Jones and AIRS. Allen
B. Johnston were its earliest super
and teachers.
The panic of 1893 struck the new
and thriving town hard This, how
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-10

band, paid her every homage and later
reminiscently said of her, She was 3
queen of a woman on the trail and
deserved all the attention she re-
ceived"
In 1887 John Leigh, member of the
first Stampeding party, locator and
owner of the townsite of Thompson
Falls. and also interested in the placer
mines of Libby creek, cut trail from
that town to the placer mines. This
trail is still in existence and is known
as the Thompson Falls trail. It follows
in a general direction the route taken
by the scout, Jan EiSenberg, and his
goldseeking followers in their first at
tempt to reach the Libby country.
Before the advent of the Great
Northern railway, the present site of
the town of Libby was a dense forest,
bearing no evidences of future activ-
tiles, except for the fact that it marked
the confluence of Libby creek with
the Kootenai river, thus uniting the
two valleys so eagerly sought by miners
and trappers in the early settlement
of the northwest.
In the year 1889 news came to the
Kootenai country that a new trans
continental railroad was to traverse
this northern country.
The placer miners up Libby creek,
IGdkLGulB JilE uilpOI JdIlCc VI gaining
title to lands along the new railroad,
left their placer diggings and located
on lands along the proposed line.
Among the early locaters for squat
tiers rights in and near the present
town of Libby, were B. F. Howard,
Harry Howard, James Horton, Oliver
Woodcoe (lInown as Hoodoo joel, Pat
rick Dolan and Pat Delaney.
Construction cxews and supplies were
soon sent into this untouched wilder
ness by two overland routes. One came |
from the west from Smead's Spur on
the Northern Pacific by way Of Bull
river and Bull lake to the Kootenat
river at a point about midway between |
the present town Of Troy and Kootenai
Falls, thence up the Kootenai, follow
ing the same general route now taken |
by the scenic Lincoln highway.
The route from the east started at |
the head of navigation on the Flat
head river In a town now out Of exist
snce, called Demersville. This route
followed Ashley creek and Smith val
ey over mountains, valleys and
streams to the confluence Of Fisher
river and the Kootenai, thence down
The Kootenai to Libby.
Here contractors established head
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-10
STATES WATER
PROGRAM WINS
BOARDS PRAISE

/ Praise for the Montana state water
/ conservation and planning boards was
{ contained in a report by the national
resources planning board on existing
and future development In the Pacific
northwest
Montana was grouped with Wash
ington. oregon and Idaho to make up
region y, one OF those covered by the
resources boards report.
The national board asserted that
the Montana agencies had made sub
stantial progress toward fundamental
and realistic public works planning
and programming particularly In the
fields Of land and water use
Such progress had been made, the
board found. through the state water
conservation program and through q
statewide study OF opportunities and
needs for land settlement and land
use adjustment biased quite largely
on the county agricultural land-use
planning project"l.
MOntana's southern area, including
the Yellowstone river basin, was COW
cred IN a report on the mountain states
area, with Colorado, Wyoming and
New Mexico Frequent references to
the Treasure state were contained,
however. in the general findings on the
Pacific northwest group.
In one place for example, the re-
port referred to the great distances
between the more highly developed
areas OF the west te-Anaconda-
Helena-Great Falls) as an expected
very powerful stimulus" TO the growth
Of air transportation and facilities In
the region.
In another the board, discussing the
Intermountain region OF Montana and
Idaho with reference to upper Column
bia river drainage, said that area had
received. in relation to its available
farm lands, "a very heavy quota OF
Great plains migrants"
Pressure from such an influx, 1t was
said. should hasten certain types Of
development that ordinarily might not
occur within the near future.
1T seems very likely now" the
boards report stated. that the next
10 years will have brought about the
utilization OF almost every available
acre OF economically cultivable crop
land in that area" Some of that, Il
was said. would be In blocks Of several
thousand or more acres, like the area
near MiSsoula
Also In the picture 10 years hence,
the board predicted, will be one or
more large storage reservoirs probably
Including the Flathead river" to pro-
vide flood control and power Water
and irrigation work In
Montana the board considered espe-
cially significant
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-10
Soldiers Trained
In Scenic Country

Most Of the military camps along
the Northern Pacific railway are in
scenic vacation country and men in
training are going to have the help
of low railroad fares to explore their
surroundings as well as visit their
homes.
Men travelling in uniform on fur
Tough for personal trips will be grant
ed a round trip rate of II cents a
mile" said E. E. Nelson, Northern
Pacific passenger traffic manager.
Tickets will be good in coaches and
will be honored for the return jour
ney within 80 days. The fares viii go
into effect May l."
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-10

ever. was soon relieved by the attention
attracted by the mineral wealth sur
rounding Libby. The Snowshoe group
of claims were sold to the Chicago g.
Montana Mining Co. for S130OOO A
wagon road was constructed to the
mine, a concentration erected and con-
centrates we're hauled to Libby by four
and six-horse teams and Libby ex-
perienced its first paying industry.
School, Church Erected
In 1894 the first church building,
which was erected by the Methodist
organization, was completed, and the
following year new four-room school
house was erected.
In the spring of 1899 a new boom
was created by English capital having
been brought to Libby by promoters.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-10
Permit County Dad
To Be Rum Vender

A county commissioner may legally
serve as a liquor vendor, Attorney Gen
eral John w. Bonner ruled.
In the opinion, written for James H.
Higgins, Meagher county attorney, Bon
ner said he could find no constitution
al or statutory prohibition against a
person holding an office, such as coun-
ty commissioner, and at the same time
HOLDING employment as liquor vendor,
appointed by the Montana liquor con-
troll board"
In another opinion, Bonner ruled for
Gov Sam @. Ford that the state COM
missioner of agriculture need not fur
nish bond for an operation of his Of
flee which has been suspended.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-10

A large sawmiI was erected and West
Libby, a new addition, was created.
Times were flourishing for number
Of years, but English capital gave out
and Libbys first lumber industry went
under.
The year 1906 brought the Dawson
Lumber Co. from Merrill, Wis This
firm built first-class Sawmill on the
site Of old Town." built a logging
railroad into the vast timbered sec
tions, brought to Libby many families
and created an industry which was
undoubtedly the greatest factor in the
upbuilding of a permanent town that
Libby had ever experienced.
The legislature Of 1909 passed a bill
creating Lincoln county naming Libby
as the temporary county seat. Property
values Immediately took a jump, many
new buildings were erected, the town
was incorporated; professional men
and their families were attracted by
the fact that Libby undoubtedly would
become the permanent county seat.
About four miles Of cement sidewalks
were laid. the streets graded, and an
electric light and waterworks plant
was installed.
In 1911 the Dawson Lumber Co. sold
out to the Julius Neils interests, a
much larger mill was erected. and the
new company was named the Libby
Lumber Co.
Thus grew from the small placer
mining camp In the isolated noun |,
tains on Libby creek, the present town
Of Libby.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1941-05-10

Oil has been found in % Of the
states.
The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1941-08-29
Attendance ND
at County Fair

Washtenaw County Fair officials
predicted that attendance at the
four day Fair this year will be one
OF the largest in several years. To-
day, the final day of exhibits and
entertainment, was expected to
bring a large number of persons
from outside the county.
An afternoon program OF variety
acrobatic stunts was to be presented
at 2:30 in front of the grand stand.
Three heats of exhibition harness
races were to be run afterward.
Another acrobatic performance
will be given at S:15 tonight in
front Of the grand stand. Saline
High School Band of about so mem
bers in uniform will play on the
grounds tonight and at the grand
stand program afterward
The cattle and horse exhibits
drew large crowds OF interested
spectators Thursday. Poultry dis
plays in a separate building attract
ed interest also. Judging in these
divisions has been completed and
ribbons placed on the animals or
near their stalls and pens.