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SIXTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE 



Mr. Kildow — The territory we have 

 been over is showing up the best kind. 

 There is now and then a party wno 

 does not do as you want him to do. 

 But it is hard to force them to do what 

 they don't know how to do. We have 

 got as many different minds as we 

 have men, very nearly, but in general 

 they are doing well. 



President Baxter — You say in all 

 this territory you have been through 

 that the cleaning up process has been 

 efficient and foul brod is on the de- 

 crease? 



Mr. Kildow — Around in Lincoln, 

 where it was so bad, there is not more 

 than 1 per cent of it left any more. It 

 takes time for these things; it takes 

 time to educate the people 



Mr. Dadant — How many deputies are 

 there? 



Mr. Kildow — We have only been 

 using four, I think. 



President Baxter — I see you have 

 only spent $1,000 — $1,010; if if you had 

 six or eight deputies, could you have 

 cleaned up there? 



Mr. Kildow — I might have. Last year 

 the Civil Service held an examination 

 but they never sent me a list of depu- 

 ties. 



President Baxter — Why didn't you 

 ask for it? 



Mr. Kildow — I went down this morn- 

 ing to find what they had, but I 

 couldn't. Where these deputies are, 1 

 don't know only two of them; they 

 sent me two; they replaced two of my 

 old ones, but have never sent me a list 

 of deputies. 



President Baxter — You should write 

 to them and have them do it. 



Mr. Kildow — I am going to find out 

 about it as soon as I can get an inter- 

 view with the Civil Service Commis- 

 sion. 



Mr. Stone — Does the Civil Service 

 give them an examination that is 

 satisfactory to you ? 



Mr. Kildow — They don't ask me any- 

 thing about that. 



Mr. Stone — When you know the re- 

 sults, do the men turn out satisfac- 

 torily? Have they done any work? 



Mr. Kildow — 'Only one of them has 

 done any work. 



Mr. Heinzel— The deputies all took 

 civil service examination. 



Mr. Pyles — The deputies that have 

 been doing the work took examination 

 and all passed except one or two that 

 they replaced; the State Inspector has 

 no way whatever of appointing any 

 one and drawing pay unless he can get 

 a list from the Civil Service. 



President Baxter — How many depu- 

 ties were at work this summer? 



Mr. ■ Kildow — Four — five part of the 

 time. 



President Baxter — That includes old 

 and new ones? 



Mr. KilddW — Only one new one that 

 has done any work. 



President Baxter — Does the balance 

 of our appropriation return to tne 

 Treasury that is not used? 



Mr. Kildow — ^Yes. 



President Baxter — It would be well 

 to use all the money. We would have 

 that much more territory cleaned up 

 and also get the same amount for an- 

 other year. 



President Baxter — I would move 

 heaven and earth until I got it. 



Mr. Williams — I am a new man; per- 

 haps I will take up more time than I 

 ought to. I understand like this: If 

 the State Inspector wants more help, 

 he must ask the Civil Service Commis- 

 sion for that help, and then they will 

 appoint a man for him, otherwise he 

 won't get it. The Inspector will never 

 know who is on the list unless he gets 

 behind the scenes some way, which he 

 is not supposed to do. 



Mr. Kildow — I will get behind the 

 scene if possible. 



Mr. Williams— I don't think you can 

 do it; you may be able to. I have 

 taken the Civil Service examination 

 several times and have had two ap- 

 pointments under the Civil Service, 

 and the appointing officer didn't know 

 I was one of the men who would be 

 appointed. You make your request, 

 the Board, who is the appointing 

 power, sends you some names and you 

 can select the. men you want. I don't 

 think he can get in any othec way. 



President Baxter — Any other ques- 

 tions or remarks? 



President Baxter — Our next number 

 for this afternoon is: 



Establishing a Trade Name in 

 Honey, by Mr. E. R. Root, Editor of 

 "Gleanings In Bee-Culture." 



