Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-11-15
WORK Of JONES
( Of |NCALCULABLE
GOOD TO PEOPLE
Distinguished RECORD Has
Been Made by New Mex
ico's Representative in Cab
met Of President Wilson.

How falihfully and efficiently Hon.
A A. Jones has served the people Of
the United States In general and the
people OF the Rocky mountain seq
ton Of the great west In particular
ln his work Us first assistant secretary
OF the interior in the administration
Of President Wilson Is matter that
Is only impcrfcctly understood by The
great minority OF people.
The department Of the interior
Was erentcd by an Act of March 3,
1919 and II charged With the super
vision Of the public business reintlng
10 patents for Inventions. pensions.
bounty lands public lands and sur
scys, Indians. education, the ecolog-
lcnl survey The reclamation service
the bureau Of mines, national parks
and monuments, The distribution Of
appropriations for agricultural and
mechanical colleges IN the states and
territories, the supervision of certain
hospitals and clccmpfynary lnstliu-
tions IN The District Of Columbia, and
the exercise OF certain powers and
duties Ia relation 10 the territories Of
the United States.
Through the patent office. with lis
$50 employees, there are Issued an
nually from 10000 TO $4,000 patents,
including trademark registrations.
The office Is seif-nustaining. the re-
ceipts for the past fiscal year exceed
ing the expenditures by 100000
Tie Pension Bureau.
In the pension bureau with 5000
employees, including examining sur
geons. $4,000 pension certificates were
issued last year and nearly s175,OO0.-
600 was expended for pensions over
threerquartcrs of a million pension
cry are now on the rolls, more thnn
half OF them being civil war survi-
vors.
Approximately 10000 land patents
are issued annually by the general
land office. which regularly employs
| 400 men and women, the number
rising 10 1900 In the summer !
over 10000 original entries
were made last year. The public
the Alaskan territory now embraces
$40, o0o.o00 acres, tGi,o00.000 acres
having been disposed of under the
public land laws.
Through the bureau of education Z
the interior department collects and I
statistics and information
the progress and condition
Of education. conducts schools for ma
tive children IN Alaska and super
vises the reindeer industry In that
There ARE 800 employees In /
The bureau q
Under the geological survey. with /
300 employees. II carried on the work
Of studying and mapping the re-
sources OF the United States. Alaska
md Hawaii. One important use Of
this data Is In the classification Of
he public domain. For example.
ESQ. 100000 acres have been classi-
led as irfigable and have been open
ID TO homestead entries of age acres.
Irrigation Projects.
Twenty-eight irrigation projects
rave been Initiated and constructed
n whole or In part by the reeluma-
ion service In twelve years since the
passage of the reclamation act at
.ost OF $50, 600 The works now
inder way provide for the irrigation
# 100000 acres. Completed works
VIII provide for 100000 acres. There
re oyer 5000 employees in this ser.
lee
In the burenu of mines which was
reatcd IN 1910 aud which now em-
Toys force OF fU0 the work con-
lists of inquiries and Investigations
o increase the safety of miners and
0 bring about greater efficiency and
economy IN the mining industry The
urenu maintains five rescue stations
nd eight rescue cars al different
oints throughout the mining regions
4 the country. Hundreds of lives
ave been saved by the bureau and
Of mines have fully
and we'll trained rescue
rews Gas waste has been checked