Evening star., 1915-03-28
AGRICULTURAL DEPT.

Secretary Houston has accepted the
invitation of President Edwin A. AL
derman of the University Of Virginia
to participate in the exercises COM
,nemorating founders day, April 13
Secretary Houston is to present to the
university the statue Of Thomas Jeffer-
son. done in bronze by Carl Bitter. The
statue is a replica of the one unveiled
at st. Louis.
Capt. James Boardman. the watchman
who guards the front door of the exec
ut1ve building. is on the sick list, hav-
Ing been Ill for about two weeks.
Lime has been sprinkled far and wide
on the lawns of the department, to
"sweeten" the ground, so that by the
time spring really comes the grass and
MOVERS will be enabled to blossom and
flourish with lots of pep"
Charles Z. Gage, assistant chief clerk
Of the bureau of crop estimates, was
i'll at his home in Clarendon during the
week.
Miss Virginia Elicit of Indiana has
been appointed clerk in the division
of animal husbandry of the bureau OF
animal industry.
constitution and bylaws, rules
regulations and amendments have al
ready been framed and drawn up by
those interested in the department in
Dase ball Several preliminary meet
lngs have been held, at which all these
little matters were attended to, sc
that by the time warm weather comes
to stay base ball players of the de.
partment will have their interbureau
league well under way
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success that enthusiasts feel that the
coming season will be an even greater
one. Therefore. they are playing the
role of early Bird as it were, and
the shape of a first-class interbureau
league that will show the other gov
ernment departments how to turn the
trick.
Nor must duck pins be forgotten
In enumerating the sports which at
tract the members of the department
While games are not rolled every night
nor every other night, as far as that
goes, games are rolled, and fans get
a chance to whoop for their favorite
department was one between the bu-
reau of chemistry and the disbursins
Office.
secticide and fungicide board, made a
special trip to Baltimore recently in
connection with inspection work of the
board
DR.. Errett Wallace, plant patholo-
gist. recently returned to the depart
ment from a trip through New Jersey
for the purpose of locating orchards
and gardens for testing work in con-
nection with the enforcement of the
insecticide get of 1910.
Dr. ]. n Robert, financial clerk OF
the insecticide and fungicide board. is
taking three weeks annual leave This
may seem an announcement after the
usual order, but really 1t is very un-
usual for this time of the year. 1t lis
as unusual, almost, as one in August
announcing that Mr.. So-and-So suf-
fered severe attack of the grip last
week. would be-
George II. Malone, night telephone
operator of the department. was
called to Bone Gap, ILL, Monday, on ac-
count of the death of his father. Mr.
Malone will not return to duty for
about ten days.
Miss Lulu Lewis, a clerk in the di-
vision OIL accounts of the bureau of
animal industry. is on the sick list, suf-
ferinS from appendicitis
L. NJ. Cleveland. a clerk in the bureau
of animal industry, Is on the sick LIST
He Is at Garfield Hospital and has been
operated on for appendicitis
Il. c. khuen of the District of Co.
lumbia has been appointed a messenger
boy in the bureau of animal industry