The Colorado statesman., 1919-11-29

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housing bill passed in May, 1918 pro-
vision was made for the District OF
Columbia and an appropriation of Slu.-
100000 was set aside on June 4, l9io'
Work was proceeded with and CON
tracts lei for family houses and resi-
dence halls for woman war WORKERS.
Inasmuch as the erection of living
quarters for woman war workers 10y
the government was looked upon as
temporary expedient. the residence
halls were located on government
owned land and within the reach or
all street improvements. The s'tcs
chosen consist Of land which had peen
sci aside and cleared as public PARK
and which Hes between the union sth'
tion and the capitol.
Halls for Women Workers.
The tract occupies four blocks. two
blocks on each side of North Capitol
street. There are two prlncipA'
groups of halls, each being an lnue-
pendent unit with separate dining
room. One group is located immedi-
ately facing the union station; the
other group is in the angle formed ny
the senate office building and capltol
grounds. The two groups are served
by common heating and power piah',
laundry. cold-storage building ana
nm intirmaTy.
Each hall consists of two parallel
wings or dormitories. connected at one
end by a one-story building, when Is
divided into a reception lobby. VIII
ing room. and several small parlors'
These smaller rooms can he smut on
If desired, so that If guest Wishes
to give II little party she can DO so
in privacy All are comfortably iur-
nished The reception lobby has rea"-
ing tables supplied with papers ana
magazines, and the effect. as one en-
ters the hall, is pleasant and inVltlh3'
The two wings are three stories hign,
and combined contain 142 rooms.
Most of the rooms are single, but mt
the end of each corridor are two
double rooms larger than the others
and having windows on two sides. Al
together about 1,S00 guests now occu-
py the halls in addition to 12o-odd
employees.
Getting Crop Statistics.
The United States maintains
crop-reporting organization that utll-
izes the services of more than loO'-
900 persons. Distributed over the
country are - salaried field agents.
one in each state or group OF
small states. These field agents are IN
the classified civil service and are ap-
pointed only after passing civil serV-
ice examination to test their educa-
tional and statistical qualifications
Before they are permitted to take the
civil service examination they must
show that they have had at least hre
years practical experience in farming,
and education equivalent to a four
year course in an agricultural coileee'
or mt least three-years' responsible
practical experience in work involving
statistical methods or Statistical IN
quiry.
Each agent enlists the voluntary
services of several thousand selected
correspondents in his state. who report
to him every month regarding the
crops grown in the state. At the close
of each month the agent makes up
detailed estimate on the crops IN MS
territory and forwards it to the Wash
ington office.
In addition to the field agents, the
bureau employs ten crop specialists
for particular crops and truck and
fruit. These crop specialists are OF
the same high character. experience
and educational qualifications as the
field agents and each devotes his en-
tire time to investigating the single
crop for which he is responsible.
Volunteer Crop Reporters.
third class of reporters are the
voluntary county crop reporters, ap-
proximately $500 in number, each OF
whom reports for his county each
month on printed schedules directly to
the bureau. The county reporters base
their estimates upon personal obser-
walton and inquiry and upon written
and telephone reports to them from
aids in different portions of the coun-
ty. A fourth source of information is
the voluntary township reporters, one
for each agricultural township in the
United States, approximately 1920
in number.
AuultlOndl SouiteS Va ihioi h"''"
exist in the bureaus special lists OF
growers of particular crops. and in
other lists of buyers, dealers, mills and
elevators, producers and shipping as
sociations, and other agencies engaged
in handling, manufacturing, transport
ing, storing and distributing crops. The
returns from each class of reporters
are tabulated and averaged separate
ly as a check, one against the other
The county totals are weighted; that
is. county which produces five times
as much of particular crop as an
other receives five times the import