The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-07-02

! the schOOlhouse. They were glad to see
/ him. but not nearly so glad as he was
I to see them Still hot and blowing, he
/ commenced his speech, which, as 4 mat
! ter Of course. made a hit. It was a
/ bright witty, and original effort, and
made him new friends The situation
was understood by the people. and they
were more than every kindly disposed
! toward Mr.. Lever They appreciated his
/ coming and cbeered his grit As q re
suit Mr. Lever is morally certain to
/ come back 10 Congress.
/ a clerk from the Southwest who loves
/ his native land but wants to trade its
/ climate. furnishes this vivid AID pic
turesgue description Of the conditions
there in the sumner time:
The thermometer stands at 106 in the
icebox- These warm days the valley is
1 entertained and the malaria dissioated
/ by an endless succession Of little cork
screw winGs. They are about as big
/ around as al Old maids waist and
mile high They 60 wsItzing about
/ among the mosquitoes and across the
street, where the dust is so deep you
have 70 wear snowshoes- They viii
chase you as q coyote chases a Jack rab-
/ hit. dose you full Of sand aRd then skip
merTily away. I have seen them when
they filed thu air with everything And
next week it nay snow -
Among the promotions made lately
none was more deserved or has given
more general satisfaction than that OF
Miss Elizabeth z. Sims, time clerk In
the Patent Office. She has been in the
Office Of the chief clerk for several
years Il IS her duty to keep the time
Of the hundreds OF Patent OfTce en-
ployes and her work in this line has
! been distinguished for accuracy and
promptness. She is a native Of Georgia.
There are public records showing
that Hawaii has taken the privileges Of
civilization seriously ana Is trying 70
use them all. a suit has been com
menced By ". H. Pain to prevent Z
street car line from being built and he
thinks it is real mean Of Uncle Sam
10 ALLOW anybody to come in and 20
into competition with him. He has ex-
hibited a grant from the Kingdom OF 4
Hawaii. which is good until the stars 1
cease to sing around the head OF the
granting sovereign. The paper is good 4
because Mr.. Pain and the paper both /
say So
Service examiners. has returned from q /
Western trip. He was away from the
Office for a few weeks, for the first time /
in long while.
Thirty-fve assistant examiners were
sworn in this week at the Patent once. /
They came from all parts Of the country
and we're pretty well mixed as to axe
and previous occupation. Many OF them. 4
however. are fresh from college The
examination is rather severe and the
Office is hardly ever crowded with re- I
gard to eligibIcs. To be an assistant /
examiner man must know a little OF /
everything, and some one thing very
Well Chemistry, physics and mathe- /
mates, and knowledge OF the mecha1- /
zeal ac.s generally are requisite.
One Of the most efficient men in the |
General Land Once is Mr.. AIvah n. N /
Han. a copyist in the recorders divis- /
ion Mr.. Hams work is noted for /
beauty and accuT2cy. He has been /
tGanscribing records for years. Mr. /
Ham was q Union soldier. He was born !
il Maine, but was appointed from Ala /
hama
The promotion season in the depart
nents has caused rush at the Civil /
Service building. The entire force has
been working before and after hours. /
The Postofice Department alone, in Ita /
service here and throughout the ccun-
try had q list Of two thousand, all Of /
whom had 70 be examined for promo
ton.
Mr.. Charles T. Ycder, OF the division
Of mineral claims. General Land ONCE. |
has been promoted The advance is q |
notable one and Mr.. Yoder IS to be cen
graduated He is now principal exam |
liner OF land claims and contests. sue
ccedinE Mr.. George F Pollock. Mr.. /
Yoder has been IN the office since 1879 /
and is familiar with the work Of the 4
land and mineral Offices He was ap- /
pointed from the Twenty district Of /
Pennsylvania He was a Union soldier /
in the civil war, serving four years
Mr. stephen n. Horton, Of the division /
az public lands. Interior Department, |
has been promoted. He came 20 the de
rorrrurvr f-rrr in 1909