Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-11-29
DISTRICT BUILDING.

Thanksgiving and the ArmyNav
game were responsible for weekend
trips coming into popularity gain last
week with District government Off
Gals and employees. Hunting trips and
visits to friends in the country We're
the favorite Thanksgiving diversions.
while the game in Philadelphia be-
tween Annapolis and West Point pro-
vided as big a drawing card as ever
far attendance by local Off
Gals is concerned.
All the official heads of the engineer
department. including Commissioner
kutz and Assistant Engineer Commits
sioners Schley, Powell and Anderson.
were in attendance at the game. Among
the local representatives are Robelt l..
Bradshaw, secretary to Assistant En-
gineer Commissioner Anderson. His
brother. Aaron Bradshaw, jr., is a
thirdyear man at West Point.
!. ". Paxton. superintendent of the
street cleaning department, also saw
the big foot ball clash yesterday.
were in New York, where they inspect
ed the manufacturers exhibit of street
cleaning and city waste collecting
equipment held in that city.
c. B. Hunt. engineer of highways.
was out of the city for a brief Thanks
giving holiday. but returned to his desk
Friday. ]. W. Dare was in charge of
the office during his absence.
The surveyors office Thanksgiving
as follows: NJ. G. Hazen, surveyor,
spent the day at his farm. Mount Wes-
ley. near Nokesville, Va; f. p. Goucher
enjoyed his Thanksgiving dinner at
Goose creek, near LeeSburg, Va: p. A
La:imer accompanied members of the
Motor Cycle Club on trip to Fred
erick, Baltimore and return: John A.
Jarboe visited the family homestead at
Edwards Ferry, Md. and T. J. Gro
well at Hunters, Va.
1t was quiet Thanksgiving for the
Commissioners, all of them spending
the day i'll the city.
Commissioner Newman is still con-
fined to his room on account OF bad
cold. but he is expected to be we'll
enough to be at his office tomorrow.
Tie was unable to attend any OF the
hearings before tine House appropria
Tons subcommittee which is framing
the Districts annual appropriation
bill In the absence of MIR. Newman
Commissioner Siddons was required to
explain to the committee most of the
communications contained in the
commissioners estimates. Engineer
Commissioner kutZ was not n member
o. the board when the estimates were
prepared.
Surveyor Melvin c. Hazen is con-
vinced that wild turkey shooting is not
.H his line. Recently the surveyor in
Nited Thomas Bones and other friends
from Washington TO join him on a lit
tie hunt on his farm near Nokesville, |
Va. The party located the feeding
grounds of flock Of wild turkeys and
decided to return to the place before
daylight next morning. The anxious
hunters arrived on the scene about
IaI
blind under a tree in which several |
turkeys at that nome Mt We're rooSting.
Then the party piled into the blind to
await developments. When the dawn
arrived every tree in sight was scan /
ned for turkeys, but the eager nimrods
failed to look overhead. Finally, be- |
coming convinced that there would be
no shooting that day, they crawied out |
of the blind, at which moment the tur- |
keys, which had been growing uneasy |
on their perch over the bind, took |
wing and escaped without beng as
much as shot at
The excise board has scheduled a
number of hearings on applications for
liquor license transfers and VIII be
kept busy during the early part OF |
December considering these cases II |
is understood that the Anti-Saloon |
League will oppose favorable action |
on a majority OF the applications
Miss Josephine w Baker, daughter
of Henry :. Baker member OF The eH-
else board, is visiting her sister. Mrs !
Percy T. Burmese of Philadelphia. |
Miss Baker attended the army and |
navy foot bali game yesterday.
Quite d rivalry has developed in the |
surveyors Office among these members |
possessing young hopefuls who have |
entered them in the baby show of the !
Ryland Nj L. Church. to be held De- |
cenber , Each is naturally confident |
CT success