Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-05

luth, MINI. Mr.. Nubson also plans tc
| visit friends in Wisconsin and will BE-
! gone until October 8.
! DR.. s. A Jones. chief Of the division Of
! crop reports. returned to the department
| Monday after one month spent in field
| work as far west as North Dakota DR.
Jones was engaged In supervising the
work Of the field agents of the bureau.
! reau Of crop estimates, Is at Atlantic City
| with her mother for the month.
| Miss Louise Hayward, the librarian Of
! the bureau, Is taking her vacation at her
home in Stuttgart, Ark. She will be gone
until the end Of the month.
Perry Elliott, q clerk in tho bureau, Il
| on short vacation through September &
M. M. Michaels Of the ONCE Of the ehse1
clerk was Ill this week.
The following members Of the foroe Of
the bureau Of crop estimates returned to
| duty Monday: Miss Charlotte Miner.
Miss c. O'Donohue, Miss Winifred Stock
ton and Miss q. g Thompson.
Carl 6churz Vrooman, assistant secfe-
tary Of the department. was an interested
fifth anniversary Of the birth Of Henry
George. the prophet Of San Francisco. -
held Wednesday night in the tent at 18th
| and Fairmont streets northwest
Frank A. Reynolds Of the bureau Of
crop estimates started weeks leave
Wednesday.
Monday the report on the condition Of
cotton was given out, and the day after
Labor day a general report on the staple
crops. from hay to tobacco, will be is
! sued by the bureau Of crop estimates.
A. A. ormsby is acting chief clerk in
the absence Of r. M. Reese this week.
J. B. Kingsbury, property clerk Of the
insecticide and fungicide board, returned
rived aboard the Olympic from Europe.
Mr.. Kingsbury left July q for Germany.
Among the many interesting and trouble
some experiences he went through in the
war zone four arrests stand out promi-
nently.
L M. Tolman, chief Of the central In
spection district of the bureau Of chem
istry, is busy moving his family to Chi
cago these days. Chicago is the head
quarters Of the central district. For the
purposes of the bureau the country Is
ern districts
Miss N. A. Parkinson. clerk in the
bureau Of chemistry, returned to the de-
partment Wednesday, after three-week
vacation spent in Michigan.
F. P. veftch, chief OF the leather and
paper laboratory. returned this week
from short vacation spent at Ocean
City, Md.
DR.. ]. K. Haywood, IN charge Of the
miscellaneous laboratory of the bureau
Of chemistry. returned to the bureau
Monday, after his vacation.
Dr. F. I. Winant and DR.. F. L. Gala
CHER OF the bureau OF animal industry
have Just returned to the city from
Lexington. KY, where they made tuber-
culin tests on a herd declared by officials
dairy herds Of the country.
This Is incident" stated one od1c1al,
ito trying to establish herds free from
tuberculosis the country over. It Is done
will kill those animals that react to the
test-that Is, that show that they have
tuberculosis.
This method in force by the bureau is
one Of the most practical ways Of eradi-
eating bovine tuberculosis, which Is large
human family.
Congress has recognized the impor-
lance Of getting disease out Of pure-bred
herds, and has appropriated funds that
the work may be carried on"
Dr. T. H. McKeown Of the quarantine
division is away this week.
Miss Mary Marshall, clerk in the
quarantine division. is to take her annual
leave beginning with next week.
News of the death Of DR.. D. q. Bal
mon at Butte. Mont, Wednesday came
as shock to friends Of the former chief
Of the bureau Of animal industry.
DR.. Salmon was chief Of the bureau
from the time 1t was established in 1884
until 1904. Later he went to South
America and was employed by the gov
eminent of Uruguay as veterinary sur
geon. Coming back to America he en-
gagged in his profession in Montana,
where he died.
Friends in the bureau here attribute his
death to a severe cold he contracted last
winter. A delegate of the bureau will
attend the funeral II 1t Is held in Mon
tana. and If in this city large delega-
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