The Washington times., 1908-09-20
DR. LEE GRAND POWERS
Chief Statscan for Agriculture Preparing for Long Trip
Will Attend Gatherings at Louisville, Omaha, and
Toronto Canada, and Make Addresses.

DR.. L. G. Powers, chief statistician
for agriculture, who is also considered
one of the foremost experts of the
country on municipal accounting. is
spending the weekend at Brooklyn, n.
Y, on visit to his son, preliminary TO
a long trip TO attend several important
meetings. Ne Will go TO Louisville,
KY. this week TO attend the convention
of the National Association of Comp
trollers and Accounting Officers, which
, will be in session Tuesday. wednesday.
Thursday, and Friday.
DR.. Powers will then proceed TO
Omaha, Neb., to attend the meeting OF
the League of American municipalities.
which Is to be in session from Septem-
Der % to October ?, inclusive DR.. Pow
ers VIII go from Omaha TO Toronto.
Canada, as the guest of the Interna-
tionaI Tax Reform Association. on the
return trip DR.. Powers viii pay a visit
10 his brother at the old family home
at Preston, n. Y. At the various meet
ings Or. Powers viii take an active
part, discussing principally municipal
accounting.
DIT. S. ". D. North. Director Of the
Bureau OF the Census, returned 10 his
desk Tuesday morning after spending
his summer vacation at his home at
New London. n. II. DR.. Ncrth's daugh-
ter was married a few days ago, the
ceremony being a most novel one in
that it took place on the lawn Of the
family home at New London. DR.. North
says the day was ideal for an outdoor
wedding, and that it was a very pretty
sight. Chief Clerk William S. Rossiter,
who has been in charge during the alb
sence OF Director North, left Tuesday
afternoon for his summer home at
Greensboro. VT, where he will spend
about ten days to complete his vacation.
Miss Mayme A. Fax. OF the manu-
features division, has returned from a
delightful trip of several weeks dura-
ton After a day at the Chamberlin,
at Old Point Comfort. she sailed from
Norfolk for Boston, Mass. She visited
the many points Of interest in and
about Boston, including Salem, Marble
head. Cambridge. Winthrop. Magnolia,
Concord, and Lexington. Returning BY
way OF Albany. n. Y. Miss Fax took
a day boat DOM the Hudson, and spent
three days sightseeing IN New York
and a week at Craig Hail. Atlantic City.
She was accompanied by her sister,
Miss Julia Fax. Of Chicago, Ill, who
was on her first visit to the East.
Miss Je n f. Raison and Miss Flora
NJ. Gibson. of the manufactures divi-
sion. have returned from a vacation OF
several weeks. spent at Stamford. n. Y.
in the Catskill mountains. They made
the return trip by Kingston and the
Hudson, stopping a few days In New
York city Miss Lucy Lpenler. who
accompanied them. is unable 10 return
TO the office on account Of III health
and is spending the month OF September
at Atlantic City
George V. Newton who, since the
completion of his field assignment, has
been spending short vacation in Den
yer and the mountains Of Colorado, has
returned to the office. While en- route
to Washington Mr. Newton visited va
riOus points in Missouri and Illinois to
secure additional statistics for the cen
sus Of the electrical Industries.
Horace Ward. assistant chief clerk,
was In Baltimore the past week to pur-
chase a horse for the bureau. He Sc
| lected an excellent animal that is
thought to be well adapted to the ser
vice Mr.. Ward recently contracted for
a horse from Pennsylvania. but the
veterinary examination brought out
some minor defects, which necessitated
the rejection of the horse and the Sc
| lection of another.
T. F. Murphy, Of the manufactures
! division, has returned from a months
vacation. He made an automobile trip
| TO the Rangeley Lake region, White
Mountains, Berkshire Hills, eastern
! New York, Newport. r. l., and along
the Maine and Massachusetts shores.
| Mrs Mary Harris. Of the manufac-
/ lures division, has returned from a two
| weeks vacation trip to New York
| where she went TO pay a visit to heT
sister, who came on from California 70
] spend some time I'm the East
Oliver z. Bushby. of the manufactures
division, who has been engaged on field