McLIN S. COLLOM.
  
McLIN S. COLLOM.
McLin S. Collom, official in charge of the local office of the United States Weather Bureau at Lander, was born in Paris, Illinois, February 28, 1880, a son of Jacob and Mary M. Collom. The father was born near Charleston and the mother near Ashmore, Illinois, and at the latter place they were married in 1865. Subsequently they removed to Paris, Illinois, and afterward became residents of Monroe, Michigan, where the father was track master for the New York Central Railroad Lines, a position which he occupied throughout the greater part of his life.
McLin S. Collom pursued his education in the schools of Monroe, Michigan, being graduated from the high school with the class of 1900. He then went to Houghton, Michigan, where he occupied the position of messenger in connection with the United States Weather Bureau until 1902. It was this that awakened his interest in the line of work in which he is now engaged. He later returned to Monroe. Michigan, where he occupied the position of cashier with the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railroad at the freight depot, acting in that capacity until 1907, at which time he again entered the service of the United States Government Weather Bureau and was assigned to duty at Vicksburg, Mississippi. In 1908 he was transferred to the Detroit, (Mich.) office, where he remained for one year and was then assigned to duty at Little Rock, Arkansas. In 1010 he was transferred to the office at Denver, Colorado, and in 1911 was sent to Wagon Wheel Gap, Colorado. for special experimental work which was carried on in cooperation with the forest service to determine the effects of forests on stream flow. On the 18th of September, 1911, he was sent to Lander to assume charge of the station and has since remained there. His work is of a most important character and of farreaching effect, embodying the results of modern scientific investigation in ascertaining not only those things which have to do with noting the approach of storms but of the still broader interests which take cognizance of weather conditions having to do with those climatic forces which affect the great basic industry of agriculture. Mr. Collom has .spent practically his entire life in connection with the Weather Bureau of the United States and his long and thorough training has well qualified him for the important and responsible duties which devolve upon him in his present position.
On the 23d of July, 191 5. Mr. Collom was united in marriage to Miss Eva M. Thompson. of Broadlands. Illinois. In politics he maintains an independent course, exercising his franchise according to the dictates of his judgment without regard to party ties. Fraternally he is connected with Monroe Lodge, No. 27, F. & A. M., of Monroe, Michigan.
He is one of the well known citizens of Lander, enjoying the respect and goodwill of all with whom he has come in contact, and his personal qualities are those which make for popularity among his associates.