The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-08-23
5Agriculture9
CONTRACT LANDED
BY WASHINGTON MAN
Martin Mcnamara to Build
New Building for Stables
and Shops.

New Building for Stables
and Shops.
The proposals fo;- the erection of the
new building to be used for stables ana
shops were opened on Tuesday and the
contract was awarded to Martin Nc
a Washington contractor.
Congress appropriated $4,000 at the last
session for this building. which Is de-
signed TO provide quarters for the many
small shops not located at various
points in the Agriculture grounds so
that these unsightly buildings may be
Jasper Wilson. private secretary 70
Secretary Wilson. has returned TO the
department after making a tour Of the
West looking after departmental affairs
and inspecting the field work. MIR. VIII
son is baseball enthusiast. and thinks
that Washington has the most promfs-
ing baseball outfit OF recent wears He
makes study Of the game ana follows
the work OF the team, which he saws Is
good, especially in the pitching and
fielding end. With a little more stick
work. he believes. Washington viii be
hard to hold out OF the first division.
Mrs. Jesse B. Webb. Of Denver. Colo.
is in Washington to pay a visit 10 her
parents, Chief Clerk and Mrs. s. r,
Burch.
Bristow Adams. OF the office OF pub
LEGATIONS IN the branch Of products.
Forest Service, left for Detroit. Mich.
last week. and on Thursday delivered
an address on the conservation OF ma
tional resources before the National
Box Manufacturers Association.
Supervisor Theodore T. Swift, super
visor of the Crook National Forest. has
just left Washington for his headouar-
ters at Stafford. Ariz,. TO resume his
duties in the field after three months
service In the District Forester's office.
DR.. 3. II. Ransom. chief OF the 70
illogical division, Bureau OF Animal In
qustry, was summoned on FRIDAY 10
hampton Roads by the illness OF his
DR.. T. NJ. Price. OF the Bureau or
a.
ocean City. Nd. with his family.
Miss G. O'DOnoghUe. OF the Bureau
OF statistics, returned TO Office Monday
after a two weeks visit with friends IN
New York.
NJ. E Fegen. cashier and chief clerk
In the disbursing Office. returned Mon
DAY from a vacation spent at Leonard
tc"n' Nd with MS family.
G. II. Babbitt. of the Bureau of Sta
ustcs, is spending his vacation at
Round Hin, Va
Miss Virginia B. N-wtc of the Bu-
reeu OF Soils, has been ; ing a short
Miss Alma NJ. Echterman, Of the Sec
retary's ONCE, is spending a vacation
OF Tour weeks at Atlantic City and
II, G. Armstrong, Of the supply d.
vision, has returned from Sea Grit N
J.' where he spent his annual leave.
J. NJ Bordman. Of the main door
watch, IS spending a month at Atlantic
CITY.
Miss Nellie F. Houghton, Of the Blu
Teau OF Animal Industry, returned
Thursday from VirOque, Wis, where
she spent three weeks OF her vacation.
Miss Nina Hatchitt. of the Bureau Of
Animal Industry. has returned from a
vacation trip OF ten days TO New York
Miss NJ. I. Wood. Of the Bureau Of
Statistics. is confined TO her home by
Illness.
Miss A NJ HOuseman, of the Bureau
of Animal INDUSTRY, left Friday for a
months vacation, which she will spend
in Delaware.
Miss Alice J. Wright. OF the Bureau
Of Animal Industry, left yesterday for
weeks trip to Norfolk. Va.
Miss Elizabeth B. Lewis, of the Blu
reau Of Chemistry, left Monday for a
vacation of three weeks.
W. G. Campbell. chief inspector or
the Bureau of Chemistry, returned yes
terday from a business trip 20 the
West.
c. C. Claycomb. Of the Bureau of Sta
tistics, returned 10 duty Monday after
a weeks Illness.
r. T. McKenna. of the Bureau Of Sta
tistics. is spending his vacation at As
bury Park.
r. ". Roberts. Of the division Of ap-
pointments. is spending his vacation at
Atlantic City.
DR.. a. NJ harrington, assistant chief
Of the Bureau of Animal Industry, is
on vacation until September /. He was
"a New York city yesterday to meet his
brother, who is returning from a Flu
rOpe2n trip
DR.. r. P. Steddom, chief of the in
spection division, Bureau of Animal In
dustry, has returned from a trip to the
Southwest, having also spent some time
at his old home in Ohio.
L. H. Green. of the office of the So
licitor. is spending a month at Atlantic
City.
G. G. Spencer, Of the Bureau of Chem
istry, returned Monday, after having
spent a months leave of absence at
Gardener, Mass.
J. J. Morgan, of the Bureau of Chem
istry, has returned TO his desk. after
taking a vacation of several weeks.
H J. Fegan, Of the office of the So
licitor, is making vacation trip TO
Nova. Scotia.
Matthew Patterson, who is connected
with the work Of the Waterways Com
has returned from an outing
at Colonial Beach.