The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-05-16

cotton crop The returns viii be in at the
last of the month. The May report is the
most important one Of the year this be
ing the first opportunity TO get a good idea
CT the acreage
Nj. Robert G. Bailey, CT the Government
Printing Office, is an accomplished travel
eT- He has set type in every State and
Territory, with the exception Of Florida
and Louisiana. and has been in Europe.
His experiences have been varied and he
has been a participant in some stirring
times
AIr. Bailey was born in Virginia and
when fourteen years old went to Montana
Butte was then rather small place. but
the wOOiliest" enc on the map When
saloon was opened the key was thrown
away and the place was kept open until
the proprietor emigrated or was ventilated
BY some OF the six-shooter artists Some
Ct the bad men thought the week half gone
and nothing done il they did not give the
coroner q job by Tuesday morning. Money
was spent with reckless freedom and for
tunes changed hands ever day.
Mr. Bailey became an editor and was
! connected with several newspaper enter
+ prises and was az organizer of the Mon
! tana Press Association. Newspapers
+ sprung up as every other enterprise and at
3 che LlI7G MI Bailey eSL6 Dil5lSl q UGuElSU-
T ing weekly IN town o. fifty people Re
turning to Virginia M Bailey started
{ chicken ranch and built up one of the big
gest establishments OF the kind in the
country, but the farm resulted somewhat
as did Bill Nye's celebrated sheep ranch
on his grand upright farm near Asheville-
! The first edition Of spring chickens were
Withdrawn from circulation by the hawks
! and the CampmeetiIIg later on caused an
I rsr Taf r -nf= Cd n
+ his early love and saw more of the world
! before he was appointed to his present
position. He is still q young man and one
/ OF the best-inforned in the big shop.
The clerks IN the General Land Office
and the Agricultural Department are
I often asi-ed questions about the attTac-
lions for settlers in New Mexico and
{ Oklahoma Attention is being directed
toward New Mexico, in view of the pros
pect of Statehood. New Mexico is not
) bowling wilderness, and the extent OF the
( farming area is surprising. The value OF
( farm lands. IS shown by the last Census
IS over three times as great as in 1890.
/ The number OF farms has been greatly in
creased, an evidence that people OF small
means are acquiring homes at a rapid
/ tate. There are 212,311 farmers in the
: Territory, and there are only 1 ,4GI Indian
farmers, three Chinese, aud fourteen
negro. Fruit growing is a thriving in
I dustry, and there are several nurseries IN
F.! the Territory Stock raising is still the
! chief industry, however. Irrigation. be-
( gun before the advent of the white race.
/ is being developed by the Government
/ and by the people. There are 263 S93 iTri-
/ gated farms Horace Greeley's memora-
/ bic advice is being taken by many who
! bend it a little and so Southwest
Mr.. James Y witten. law clerk of the
/ General Land Office, has a delicate official
position. Titles to land are everywhere
/ favorite subjects of dispute, and in the
/ case OF the wide areas the Government
has been dealing in there are many OBJ
scuTe puzzles TO work cut, and IL takes
/ a careful and trained lawyer Ike Mr..
/ Witten to do the work without loss TO the
/ Government and ruin to individuals.
! Mr.. George W Bowers, the Fish Com
/ missioner, is one Of the most admired men
/ II the Government service. and there is
not a more orderly or effective depart
ment than his Mr. Bowers is q fine bust
ness man and q polished gentleman, and
/ the people who come in contact with him
/ are struck with his manner, and join the
I disciples Of Walton IN putting him in high
I rank M Bowers is a West Virginian-
! Mr. Levin H Campbell, principal eX-
! aminer in the department Of pIastics.
artificial stones, lime, and cement, has an
! extensive field for his industry and knowI-
/ edge Street paving materials come in his
! department. and inventors are getting in
/ good work making new kinds Of asphalt
+ and other such materials. 4 lot OF the
( compositions. however. are found TO lack
{ clements that viii make them lasting
/ A record for long and continuous serv-
+ ice has been made by Mr.. F D. Queen.
/ one OF the doorkeepers at the Smithsonian
Institution He has completed his for
tieth year in the building Mr.. Queen has
lived all his life in the District.
( Thare are several employees of the Agri-
/ cultural Department now in the Appa-
+ lachiau Mountain range making timber
/ surveys. There are more varieties of
wood IN the Appalachian section than in
i any other part Of the country. Secretary
Wilson strongly advocates the setting
! apart Of q forest and animal reserve in
/ the range The project has attracted
widespread attention, and bills for the
establishment are now pending in Con
/ gress- Mr. H 3. Ayres is the chief in
/ spectOr in this region. and he spent the
greater part Of last year there.