hern Hotel Company, rent of office rooms .............. 100.00
Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00
Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 30.00
Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00
Miss Margaret McElvain, clerk Thomas H. Carter ............ 50.00
Bell Telephone Company, rent of telephone, long-distance
charges ................................................. 31.55
Miss Minnie Moran, clerk F.A. Betts ....................... 50.00
Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 8.62
------------- 420.17
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Total .................................................................. 4,461.84

_Statement of expenditures of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission
from July 1, 1902, to June 30, 1903, inclusive._

OFFICE OF SECRETARY.

JULY.

National Railway Publishing Company, railway guide one
year .................................................... $8.00
Southern Hotel Company, rent of office rooms .............. 100.00
Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00
Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 30.00
Spalding Stationery Company, supplies ..................... 10.40
Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00
Isaac Hamburger, clerk Thomas H. Carter ................... 50.00
Densmore Typewriter Company, desk and chair ............... 32.00
Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 1.60
------------- $382.00

AUGUST.

Southern Hotel Company, rent of office rooms .............. 100.00
Claude Hough, stenographer, salary ........................ 100.00
Eugene Nahler, messenger, salary .......................... 30.00
Carroll Purman, clerk John M. Thurston .................... 50.00
Smith Premier Typewriter Company, repairs machine ......... 2.00
Isaac Hamburger, clerk Thomas H. Carter ................... 50.00
Western Union Telegraph Company, service .................. 2.97