Evening star., 1940-03-17
Capital SideIights
BIZ WIN P. Kennedy

Congress has one outstanding gentle
man harness race horse driver-Repre-
sentative Alfred j. Elliott of Tulare,
Calf. He has dozen head of registered
harness racers and drives them himself
on the county fair circuits. One OF
them, Louis Grafton, was started four
times last year and won four first places.
He started Collingwood Guy four times
and won one first, second and third
place. This year he has two young colts
which he will race for the first time.
He has started in to breed colts for sale
at the racing age or 3 years. He
has two colts born last spring. The mare
is great-granddaughter OF the famous
Dan Patch and the sire is Peter Prim-
rose, a 4-year-old, sold at auction on
February % for $3.50. Peter Primrose
won his first race at Santa Rose in 2.3A.
A few years ago Mr.. Elliott was instru-
mental in securing in his home county
a half mile racing track and has since
built up the stables till they now have
more than 200 box stalls on the fair
grounds. He has been secretary-man-
ager Of the Tulare- Kings County Fair
for II years. He has always been in
terested In horses and cattle breeding.
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What is Freon gas? 1t is used for
refrigeration in the Capitol and the
supply for the coming fiscal year is esti-
mated to cost $3.50.
The House has fund Of 81, 500 to buy
newspapers for the Speakers lobby and
$4,000 for purchase Of ice-much Of which
is used in the dining room. Clean towels
for members are provided from q 5000
fund; the present laundry cost is 40 cents
per 100 pieces.
The House is soon to have marble
bust Of the famous Speaker Thomas
Bracket Reed OF Maine-at q cost Of
$4,000.
The Governments book on infant care
Is the most popular in Uncle Sans
bookstore. BY mail orders two and .
third million copies have been sold-in
addition to the very large free distribu-
ton by the Children's Bureau and $50
copies to each member of Congress.
Chairman Rabaut, in charge Of the
legislative appropriation bill, at recent
hearings urged the public printer, now
that the new annex to the Government
Printing Once is being completed, to
enlarge the apprentice school, which is
providing training for IN young men
one day at school and four days in the
shop. They are being trained with .
view that they will eventually be key
men in the Government Printing once.
Congress is about to give prominent
recognition in the Capitol to half CEN
tury of devoted service to the upbuilding
Of Washington by DR.. Charles Moore
formerly q District Committee clerk and
secretary to Senator Mcmillan OF Mich
tgan-and for many years chairman Of
the Commission on Fine Arts. Repre-
sentative Kent Keller. chairman of the
House Library Committee, has Just filed
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$500 for the purchase by the Joint
Committee on the Library Of an oil
painting Of Mr.. Moore, by an American
artist. As clerk to the Senate District
Committee, Mr.. Moore wrote the reports
which resulted in elimination Of grade
crossings, Improvement Of charitable in
stitutions and increasing the District
water supply. He subsequently was Sec
retary Of the Mcmillan Commission for
the replanning Of the parry system
in the District, which has been
the basis for the Capital City develop
ment during the past 20 years. This IN
cluded removal Of railroad tracks from
the Mall, construction Of Union Station,
locating the Lipcom Memorial and the
Memorial Bridge and reclamation from
swamp land Of what II now known %
Potomac Park. Appointed in 1910 q
one Of the original members OF the
Commission Of Fine Arts, he served
- chairman from 1915 to 1887. He IL the
author Of several books. including "Un-
der Three Flags" life Of Daniel II.
Burnham," Life Of Charles r. McKim."
The Family Life Of George Warrington"
and Washington Past and Present"