The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1913-11-08
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATON
Opportunities for Obtaining Employ
ment Under the Federal Gov
eminent.

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eminent.
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces the following
examinations to be held on the dates
given below, and circulars containing
further information relative thereto
may be seen at the office of this
paper:
Nov. 19-Teacher Of mechanical
drawing (male), Indian Service, $S4C
per annum and quarters. Age limit,
20 to SO years.
Railway mail clerk (male), 5000 pc,
annum. Applicants must be feet 5
inches in height, weigh 100 pounds,
and must have reached their 18th
but not 35th birthday.
Nov. 24-Laundress, Wahpeton In
dian School, North Dakota, $3.50 per
annum. Age limit, 20 to SO years.
Applications for the position of laun-
dress may be filed at any time, but
only those filed with the commission
prior to Nov. "a will be eligible for
the above position.
Dec. Senior telegraph and tele-
phone engineer (male), Interstate
Commerce Commission, $4,000 to
$4,000 per annum, with necessary
travelling expenses when absent on
official duty. for positions of the
first grade, and in the second grade
from $500 to s27OO per annum and
such expenses. Applicants will not
be assembled for examination. Age
limit, 80 to SIS years.
Telegraph and telephone inspector
(male), Interstate Commerce Com
mission, s72o to $1,000 per annum,
with necessary travelling expenses
when absent from headquarters on
official business. Age limit, 81 to SIS
years Applicants will not be as
sembled at any place for examination.
Mechanician (male), $1,000 per an
num- Bureau of Standards, Depart
ment of Commerce. Age limit, 20
years or over. Competitors will not
be assembled at any place for exam
nation.
Dec. 3-Chemist in forest products
(male), Forest Service, $1,000 to $500
per annum. Age limit, 20 to SO
years.
Business principal (ma1e), Haskell
Institute, Lawrence, Kans., $1,000 per
annum and quarters. Age limit, 20
to- SO years. Applicants for exami-
nation for this position must be
thoroughly qualified to teach steno-
graphy (Ben Pitman system}, touch
bookkeeping, penman-
ship, commercial arithmetic, geogra-
ply, English and photography.
Heating and ventilating engineer
and craftsman (ma1e), office of the
Architect, Treasury De-
partment, Washington, D. c., $1,000
per annum. Age limit, Is years or
over.
Laboratory aid in physics (male
and fema1e), Bureau of Plant Indus
try, Department of Agriculture,
D. c.. $500 to $3.50 per
annum. Age limit, IS to As years.
The position of aid in the various
branches of the Bureau of Plant In
dustry offers many advantages to
young persons who are DESTROYS OF
taking up certain lines of special or
scientific work.
Aid 6ma1e1 National Herbarium,
National Museum, Washington, d. c.,
$1,000 per annum. Age limit, 20 to
40 years. The duties of this posi-
ton viii consist Of general work
about the herbarium, including the
Of material and its ar
rangement in the herbarium.
Assistant in agricultural technology
(male), Bureau Of Plant Industry,
Department Of Agriculture, Washing
on, DC. The eHgibles obtained from
his examination will be classified in
,Wo groups, with salaries ranging as
per annum; group B, $1,000 to S1440
.ollows: Group A, $1,000 to $225o
Der annum. Positions under groun-sA
'equire an intimate knowledge of cot |
on grading and the various processes
# cotton manufacture; under group
;, actual experience in cotton grow |
ng or breeding or in the commercial
II manufacturing branches of the |
are required. Age limit, 20 |
o 40 years.
Forage inspector (male), Quarter
master Corps, Seattle, Washington,
1890 per annum. Age limit, 20 to
% years. The person appointed to
his position will be required to make
nalyses of hay, showing it's quality
IS forage for animals and whether it.
vas properly cured to insure safe
shipment, etc.
Veterinarian (male), Quartermaster
;orps, $1,000 to S1400 per annun1.
lge limit, q years or over.
Editorial clerk, 5000 to $1400 per
mum. Age limit, 20 years or over.
Telegraph operator (male and fe-
1a1e), 5000 to $1,000 per annum. Age
init, IL years or over.
Cadet engineer (male), Lighthouse
ervice, $3.50 to $3.50 per annum. Age
init Is to rs years. AS the Com
Mission has experienced considerable
ifficulty in securing sufficient eligi-
les for this position, qualified per-
ons are urged to enter. Quarters
nd subsistence are furnished.
Cadet officer (male), Lighthouse
erVice, $500 to s72o per annum.
ge limit, Is to Is years. Difficulty
as been experienced in securing suf-
clent eligibles, and qualified persons
re urged to enter. Quarters and
lbsistence are furnished.
Aid, qualified in chemistry (ma1e)
1ttsburg Laboratory, Bureau of.