The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1902-06-19

Mss Edith Hawk has resigned her
position as compositor in the sp6cidca-
ton division Of the Printing omee on ac-
count RI Hi-heaIth. she VIII return to
EcT home in Ohio. Miss Hawk came TO
The Office few years ago and has made
r.iluy friends among the employees
Tho land agent at Butte. Nom. reports
that fifteen Beer refugees have been in
that section since 1900 and that some Of
them have taken ont land patents They
are Americans and IrisEmen VINO fought
for while and left when their enlist
Dent expired. seeing the cause hope
less. Some OF them are going back 10
South africa. They have been working
. in the mines in Montana
Nr. c. c Billings. q Iaw-c!erk IN the
Patent Office. who has wen his present
I responsible position by promotion from
an humber situation, IS native Of
EcrEczt. coming from BrattIeboro. the
I.ar-1ta curing town On the work Of
/ the law clerks in the Office depends
much Of the value e the plans OF the
! inventors The clerks are selected from
+ the ranks of the assistant exa riners,
: and are gradually promoted
AiT- Billings nTst entered The Patent
/ CIICe several years age and made d
cTeGitable record. When the Spanish
+ american war came CT ne rcsigzlFd and
entered the navy as an ensign He mad
/ graduated al the United States Naval
+ academy before scans into the Gov
] eminent service Affer the aaE be re-
! turned TO me Interior Department and
]
law clerk he Is d graduate from the
+ Law school OF Columbian University.
Mr.. Sheldon Jackson. Of the Bureau Of
Education, has spent mEch time IL Alas
Ia. looking into the educational needs
Of The country and installing public
school system. He is now the general
+ agent OF education for Alaska ana has g
+ large corps CT teachers IN the country
/ He spends most OF mis- time in Alaska
and Is encouraged 70 believe that the
/ people. natives as well as immigrants.
are aaanifesting interest n education.
Tine establishment of the system. how
ever. has been beset DE- many difficult
tics Mr.. William Hamilton has charge
CT the Cfnce here
+ quite interesting. There is great deal
OF formaIity required 10 establish a
! claim. and the Western newspapcr de-
+ pend Iargeiy. on the settlers fer the sin
CWs OF war The original stakes are de-
( fined in the books Of Jha LEGAL cfhce. and
i there are minerals the claim goes on
The lode books. After several division
( Offices are gone through the claim reach
es Washington. 4 claim set up and
made according 10 law is the best title
extant.
These are record breaking times in
the Patent Office. During the past week
I 625 Specifications We're printed. excIa-
sIve OF trademarks and designs. This
IS the second largest number ever
/ turned out from this office IN week.
/ The force worked last Sunday and sew
eral nights have been utilized.
/ Mr. William H Clifford. Of Ohio. has
+ received a deserved promotion in the q
, nee OF the Auditor for the Wa De-
| oartUent- he is one of the older en-
I lloyes and has been marked FOR his
.aithful and intelligent work.
Mr- herman v. Carkhu1. photographer
n charge ef tae Photographic DEPART
ment Ct the Geological Surrey, is one
The foremost demonstrators Of me
/ .alue O. che ars II modern science md
n commerce Thousands Of pictures are
lien BIZ experts and ANA eurs In the
5eFviCe Of the Geological SURVEY ard are
lied a. The most faithful evidencs II the
state Ct things as found by the enter
aiisinE invesrizstoTs. On file ia the Of