Evening star., 1914-08-08
nesota and the great lake section of the

Z. B. Mitchell. assistant chief of the
! office of Information. is in Holland. He
| left this country in July.
George T. Ash Of the division of ac-
counts is spending two weeks at Atlantic
City with his family.
Fred Munchmeyer of the division Of ac-
counts is in Parkersburg, W. Va, spend
| ing mis- vacation.
c. T. Forster lieutenant Of the watch.
! has gone to Edmonds, Okla, for the
| month.
| The following members Of hebureau of
crop estimates are taking vacations at
! this time: Max NJ Wolff. CLERK in the
| financial section; Mrs. T. Z. Cooney,
| clerls in the crop reports division; Miss
| C. O'Donohue and H. NJ Sherline.
| J. R. Covert of the bureau Of crop re-
! ports returned to the Office Thursday
after a visit of several weeks spent on
| his farm in Virginia.
| The bureau of crop reports issued last
Friday a week ago a report on cotton,
and yesterday a report on the rest OF
the seasons crops, including everything
| from hay to apples and tobacco.
Ernest Kelly. a dairyman IN the bureau
of animal industry, was in Roanoke. Va.
I Thursday and Friday attending the
J. Farmers Institute. While there he de-
| livered an address on the pasteurization
| of milk
| B. H. Rawl. chief of the dairy division.
| is now travelling through the south on
| dairy cooperative work. MIR. Rawl will
| attend the meeting of the Southern Cat
tlemen'S Association at Meridian, Miss.
Officials of the bureau of plant industry
| believe that the European war will put
! up the price of sugar. 1t is pointed out
| away from the cultivation of the sugar
| beet, which in foreign countries is a large
industry. There is also drought through
out the West Indies. which will have a
and the Cuban and Javan crops are re-
ported to be below normal, While in this
| country the beet crop will fall off about
$4,000 tons. it is estimated
| Cape Town. South Africa, is this week
in the midst of it's annual agricultural
show. which is reported to be the best
! ever The poultry exhibit is said to be
especially gratifying to the Cape Town.
ers. who are glad to be able to raise
their own chickens, and not go halfway
round the world to get their eggs for
| breakfast.
! James +. Downing, a southern empIoye
i of the bureau Of animal industry, for
| merly of this city, is in Washington this
! week. preparatory to going to Bethlehem
! Beach, Del, to spend his annual vacation.
Dr. Charles r Flocken and Mrs. Floca-
! en- who have been in Washington for the
+, past four months, returned this week to
| their home in St Paul. MINI.
! Col. E ]. Maloy. custodian of supplies
| of the bureau. has been absent from the
H. \
! on North CaAolina avenue southeast to
his new home on Massachusetts avenue
northeast
+! The division of publication declares that
| Mrs Bernice Eccleston. a stenographer
| and typewriter who resigned her po-
| sition July 81, went to Florida and was
| married Wednesday. Nobody in the Office
| knows however. who it was Mrs. Ec-
| cleston married, or where it was.
| Treasury loans to the amount of S;4,
| OOOO are now available to persons-meat-
| ing conditions as to credit, who need aid
! in marketing the bumper crops. This
| sum has been placed on deposit in banks
located in states of the middle west
] south and southwest.
| Sudan grass. introduced into this coun-
| try by the Department of Agriculture.
! has increased at Fort Worth. Tex. from
an acreage Of about 100 last year to
more than 1900 acres this year, it is
| stated.
i President Wilson has nominated Carl
| SchurZ Nroomau assistant secretary
| to succeed DR.. Beverly T. Galloway. Mr..
! Vrooman is writer for many OF the
| popular magazines. and is a member of
! the National Press Club and the Cosmos
; Club of Washington. and of the st.
! Botolph and Twentieth Century Club. of
| Boston, and of the authors of London.
| He was a member of the Harvard deDat-
| ing team in 1899 and two years later rep
resented Oxford in debate with Cam
| bridge.
| California crops. famed, the country
! over. are we'll up to the usual standard
! this year. it is reported. Fruit shipments
will be especially large. it is expected.
| Grain receipts at Chicago during July
were the largest in six years come the
report. The total grain receipts was 26.-
! 551 loads. The wheat receipts
amounted to 11.o1" cars
Miss Stella l.. Carpenter. clerk in the
editorial section of the division of publi-
cations. went to Europe July II and no
word has been received from her since
her departure by friends in the depart
ment. and so they are naturally worrying
about her.
| A b. BOettcnef returned july - from
weeks vacation. Mr.. Boettcher is in
charge of the Illustration section of the
division of publications.
| Loring W. Beeson of the illustra ton
section left Monday for Ithaca. y. Y, to
give moving picture demonstrations on
! agricultural work. He returned to the
department yesterday.
| Miss Ruth l.. Ayler appointed tempo
! rary clerk in the division of publications
I August I. has taken the place of Miss
Nettie Rogillio, who is away on sick
leave.
Ostrich farms in the United States are
worth over S2.0O0.O00 according to one Of
| fetal of the bureau of animal industry.
, In theearly years of 1850 some 100 os-
| triches Were imported from Africa 1t
| is said this flock. herd, or gang. or
whatever sort of aggregation ostriches GO
in, has multiplied to 10000 birds.
| STATE DEPARTMENT.
| A. b. Cooke. United States consul at
! Patros. Greece. is at Norfolk awaiting
arrangements for his transportation back
to his post.