"They will look after the crop." Gardner has a municipal canning factory to take care of its surplus products, and the Ladies' Aid society in addition is running canning schools four times a week, Gardner is establishing a municipal market, and state agricultural agencies, as well as the federal department of agriculture, are supplying the papers of Gardner with information on canning and preserving. Citizens of the United States who meet the requirements. The scope and character of the examination, the limits of civil-service districts, and the regulations governing certificates are shown in Form 3 424, "Information for Applicants for the Stenographer and Typewriting Examination." Applicants must submit to the examiner on the day of the examination their photographs, taken within two years, securely pasted in the space provided on the admission cards sent them after their applications are filed. Titles, proofs, or groups, photographs will not be accepted. Persons who wish to enter the examination should apply at once for application. Form 1424 and blank to the secretary of the United States board of civil-service examiners at the post office in any of the cities named above. Should state in their applications the kind of examination desired—i.e., stenographer, typewriter, or combined stenographer and typewriter; those who apply for the stenographer examination will not be examined in typewriting and those who apply for the typewriting examination will not be examined in stenography. Merbach, Seattle; M.C. Findall, Butte; Geo. D.  Haslett, Kansas City; E. C. Van Kensen, Morton, Wn.; Mr. and Mrs., Gerald Fennell, New York; Mr. Hotel Moscow Arrivals E. S. Hulen, J. E. Allen and wife, Thos. Varley, C. Anderson, Harry and Mrs. C. A. Lawrence, New York; W. Cairns, Pullman. 