The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-01-21
Everyday Stories of the Workings
and Workers of the Departments

Mr. Edwin A. NJ Lawson. OF the STAT
Branch OF The Government Printing OF
fee. is president OF Columbia Typo
graphical Union. 20. 101 He became
member Of Philadelphia Union in 1852
Three years later ne caule 90 Washing.
ton and worked one session on the Con.
gressional Record after which ne re.
turned to Philadelphia In 1880 ne re-en.
/ tered the Government service remaining
t1are two years. when ne went on tht
. Washington News" Later he operated q
/ machine on The Washington Times Tn
December. 1887 he returned 20 the Gov
. eminent service TO accept the assistant
. foremanship Of the fifth division OF the
g. T. o. For some months past be has
. been foreman Of the Office at the State
+ Department. BE served two terms or the
nominating committee Of No. lll and
Was delegate Go the Interna ti0lal Typo-
graphical convention which met az PbiIa-
delphia in 1852 He IS now serving his
second term as president CT The local
union aud both administrations have
. been successful in every way.
+ Prof wills L. Moore. OF tic weather
Bureau. under whose administration the
. service has been greatly extended. was
born near Scranton. Pa. fortv-fve wears
ago. He attended school at Blarham-
ton, n Y. and commenced his business
life in a newspaper Office. serving sue
oessively as c0mp0sitor. pressman. and
reporter He still retains the WORKING
cards % the unions to which he BELONGED
IN various cities At the time he en-
tered the service Of the Weather Bureau.
twenty-five years ago. he was employed
on The Burlington HaEkeye." Of which
Hen. Frank Hatton. afterwards enc OF
the owners OF the Washington Post" ana
also postmaster General was owner and
editor He rose steadily through tho va
rlous grades Of the service until 1885.
when he wen a DrOfsssorship in c0mDsti-
ton with twenty-Oue Of the abIcst men
n the service and was ASSIGNED TO the
mcSt important district outside Of Wash
lnST"n. that Of Chicago IEere he re-
manned CUciI made the chief Of the Ru-
reaI- He is regarded as a true friend
q union abor
John 4 Holmes. or Johnnie" as he is
known among his friends. holds q resp7n-
sibie position in the Postomce DEPART
mont Johnnie began his career as an
ONCE boy with the Associated Press fu
this city, and later Joined the forces OF
the United Press, where he rose 10 the
rank Of neHEg athe-cr and editor. He is
an expert stanosrapEer. and when the.
late James L. WiIIe:t was appointed
Postmaster he engaged Mr.. Holmes as
secretary Later De was transferred to
,s- 4o-lriiCc Department. where his
ability and close attention to duty was
rewarded b. several promotions. John
ME IS q medical student, and viii sC0u
receive his diploma.
sfr. Thomas c. Davis. Of the War De-
partmant, wkO served iu the Confederate
army during tho civil war. in referring 20 .
the late DIT. Hunter Mcclure OF Rich .
m0ud. Va. who YVES S-ouevaII Jackson-s
chief medical director. stated that Dr.
McGulre Joid him that had as much been
known about llaesrhe-ics az the time
General Jackson was wounded as has been
learned since De would not have died
rom the elects OF having his arm amDu-
tated- DR.. Mcguire and Mr Davis lived
IA N winchester In the early COS When
the cali &c arms was sounded beth enlist
ed in The Confederate army
Nothing is more gratifying TO the Off I
Gals OF the Department Of Agriculture (
thau the fact that as 8Ir. Clifford Pinchot. .
forester, SAYS the bureau is n0r called
upon 90 give PRACTICAL assistance and adj .
vice in the arrangement or national. state. .
and private forests on about 10000. 900 .
acres, an area larger than that covered
oy t-e State OF <earasba. IL has become
10 the people ot the United States the req .
o-nlzed source Of help In the handlIuz OF
TIMBER tracts and wood lots. the making .
Of forest plantations, the study Of CONNER
claI trees GLC the iuves-ltgatiou OF i'm
TuTEaTr fErr.He rrn-.Tarrz IL is -.r.-.-.--.-..-
more and mO-e fully It's natural position
as adviser In all forest matters In this
country The steady growth OF public in
terest IN TIE ursservatiOn and wise use OF
forests ourIlE the past year has been a
matter of COlgraUIatiOn. Not ONLY has
the interest I'm forest MANAGEMENT spread .
among important lumber companies and f.
other holders OF forest lands. but the in
terest IN forest uTeserEaG0u has taken
nrEler bold -lan ever Before Of those Dor
lions OF the country whose prosperity de-
ptads u-ol their water supply. There has
been marked development OIL the forest
movement il the South during the mast
year TIE 1roH -u@ appreciation Of The adj
Velta2es Of practical forestry is here. lo
less Than IN the North, largely the direct
result OF practical assistance from the
forestry division 20 private owners I'm
handling t1Cfr fresh lands Interest in
Jree-plalting has also been revived in the
central West 90 very marked decree. as
a result OF tho clOrts OF the division. ana
the promise OF slII wider and happier re-
suits IS exceptionally bright A tract OF
100000 acres In Maine. owned by the Great
Northern larer Company. is the largest
area Of private ownership for which The
division has definitely undertaken work
Ing plan. snd is In several ways one Of
the most grJmisiuE- I'm the EdirOndacEs.
there are now four tracts to which p-ac-
teal forestry Is applied under the dlree-
ton Of -EP bureau One tract OF 10 COS
acres was added during the nast wear. and
the total area under MANAGEMENT I'm that
region IS now l-f.H-G acres The rre4
years work III practical forestry on tie
b ''a-acre domain OF the University Of the
South ar SoWcUre. Tenn. has been -r-fe-
factory The total area OF private forests
actually under the management OF tia
Bureau OF Forestry is now 1889 acres
lf t~e tracts Of land for which detailed
working plans VIII De made as soon r.
possible o1a OF the most PROMISING Is -ra.
p Irf tFttrer Club. near Eif-eI-rT g a.
! DIS consists of l1lElaer -rr.T.rT f-
Beaufort and Hampton -1-r-=.. -r-..
thirty miles north 90 Savannah % ---
7snts notable ouuortu7irr Sor the Study
pr I0uCleaf pine and OF the relation reh#.-
ire bears 90 irs reproduction
When You want 90 soar fin tho scientific
regions and feel that you are rr-.frr ia
he air the best place 90 60 IS t5 the
Smithsonian Institution. and. 81 possible
have a talk with Prof S. p. Langley tH.
secretary Mr. Langley is rradfef TO De
able 90 state that the first volume OF