Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-31
DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE.

times a day." declared Capt James NJ.
Boardman, who is stationed at the
main door of the main building. as he
looked out through the glass of the
closed door the other afternoon at the
tower of the post office building just
appearing above the Intervening build
ings.
How do you make that, captain -
asked a passerby.
Well" returned the captain "that
clock has stopped. and each one of the
four faces registers different hour.
90 twice a day each face is rieht That
makes the whole clock right eight
times a day, doesn't it,
Nat Murray. assistant statistic,;,n of
tn" bureau o. crop estimates. left the
CITY tuesday for a short visit to Ohio.
Leon NJ Estabroolz chief OF the bu-
Teau OF crop estimates, was away the
last three days of the week
Dr. .. n. Fansler. chief clerk Of the
bureau OF crop estimates, was i'll sew
eral days this week
Out IL the two large beds in front of
the main building p;,nsies arc begin
ming to rioo:n. The gardeners point GU,
that ties" are hardy plants, that are
best set out in the fall. They bloom,
seeminEl,. now and then. one by one,
sort of, all during the winter, and sur
vive the coolest snaps
An impromptu film show was staged
the other afternoon in the cast end of
the second-hoor corridor of the east =
wing building. The lower end of the
corridor was darkened, a screen hung
into play. The pictures. however, did
not move. but were merely stereopticou
slides being tried out previous to Il
lecture by an expert on some phase of
the bureau of animal industry work.
F. j. Blair. statistical scientist left
the city Tuesday for three-month
trip through the southern and Pacific
states. He is getting data on the
acreage and production of truck-crop
farms.
A painful accident happened to
Charles NJ. Sanders, assistant engineer,
Tuesday afternoon, when he was badly
burned by steam. Mr. Sanders was up
on shed" fixing pipe. when a valve
ping him to the floor. distance of
about fifteen feet. He was sent to
Emergency Hospital. but was able to
be taken home the next afternoon,
where it is expected he will be con-
fined for a week or ten days.
James N Locknare, clerk in the
chief clerks office, and Mrs. Locknare
left Tuesday for two-week vacation
in Kentucky.
Miss Ida w Gillingham of the bu-
Thursday.
Miss Helen Hyatt of the bureau of
crop estimates was away from the Of
fee Tuesday, as was Miss Corinnc T..
Eaton of the same bureau.
7. w. Michalls of the bureau of crop
estimates was on military leave Mon
day and Tuesday, on account of small
arms practice for the Naval Battalion.
Mrs. NJ. F. Stafford of the bureau of
crop estimates was on leave OF abb
sence the first three days OF the week.
Mrs. Maria L. Wood OF the bureau OF
crop estimates is on leave of absence
until November 2.
Mrs. Ellen H. Painter of the bureau
of crop estimates was away from the
office the first three days of the week.
MANY members of the department at
tended the recent meeting of the In
diana Society held in the Chamber OF
Commerce Hall.
Mrs. Martha NJ ingram of the bu-
reau of crop estimates was on leave
from Tuesday to Friday.
A large bottle of Russia vodka. or
passover whisky received CONSIDER
able attention the other ai.e ,i,1;s ~
one of the bureaus that has ilnguis.s
canahle of reading the Russian IN
scriptions.
The label was a curious looking al
rair, all in Russian, of course. NO one
in the bureau could make much com
ment on the vodka itself. as the bottle
was never opened. The liquid is color
less.
Ever think what we would do Win
out the daily announcements OF the
enoch-making scientific discoveries OF
the Department of Agrlculture
queries the writer in Judge. For. ~
nately for an impatient world. the
ington is still available, and bulletins
rattle off its presses with twentieth
century speed whenever some new ITEM
of fact or fancy is unearthed py Chcie
Sans experts ~ ,o,
proclaimed by the departments office
Of Information on Drug Plants, an
nouncing the wonderful and hlthefto
unbelievable fact that dahoeilohs uh-
der suitable conditions may be grown
in some parts Of the United States.
So far we had believed this feat be-
20 the limits even Of American en-
terprise. The idea that this delicate
exotic this frail and tender yellow
blossom, should Withstand the hard
ships of existence in America has been
looked upon as vain hope. never to
be fulfilled From the earliest days
of American botany this contamination
has been held up as one of the prob
lens whose final solution would dem
onstrate the highest efficiency of
American science"