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should be subordinated 10 that one
thing.
Now, in the coast and geodetic sur
vey the people annually invest large
sums of money for certain useful serv-
ice. The prime work of the survey is
to make charts of our coast line for
the proper safeguarding of navigation
To be anything but an added danger
to ships and shipping these charts must
be accurate. Ofhand, one might say
that harbor or river entrance or
coast line once charted requires no
further effort, This is an error. for
both natural and artificial energies are
constantly working changes.
For example. dredging and other
forces have greatly changed the depths
in Ambrose channel. in New York har-
Dor. and the depths rs indicated on a
chart are matters of essential knowl-
edge to 9 mariner passing through a
given waterway.
Rivers are ever moving seaWard and
depositins in their deltas vast quanti-
ties of earth. This creates new shoals.
Floods ana shifting currents VIII move
island from one side of a nayigable
channel to another. In the volcanic
belt of the Aleutian chain of islands,
in western Alaska. old islands have
sunk and new islands have risen from
the sea within the last half dozen
years. In other words, the ocean. riv-
er and lake beds ere ever changing.
Hence the necessity for resurveyS
constantly. to set up new guide posts,
it We're, to mark the course on the
nations water highways.
I'm addition. on the newer coast lines
of the country, such as the coast line
of Ala ska, there is vast amount of
original work to he done. The loss of
life i'll Alaskan waters III the recent
years. in which new and growing
tide OF travel has been directed there.
has beer friGhtful President Wilson
deemed the need for further surveys
there SO great that he dWelt upon the
subject iii an impressive manner In
his address 10 Congress at the opening
of the session in September. Secretary
ReGifieid. i'll vigorous and eGect!vt:
fashion. has called the attention oi the
public and of Congress to the need.
and Increased Ippropria ations this year
the result.
Alaska has a coast line oe some
$4,000 miles. only relatively small.
portion of which has been charted,
and what has been done is disconnect-
ed. The great danger In Alaska is the
pinnacle rock. The southeastern part
of the territory, the water gateway,
is mountainous and jagged. the under
water portion no less than that which
stretches back from the coast. Ordi-
nary soundings with the line and lead
may pass within few feet of one of
these giant almost needlelike shafts
or peaks thrust UP from below. A deep
laden ship, trusting Only to the sound
ings strikes the hidden rock and her
bottom is torn out.
:.
What is known as the wire drag
survey insureS the discovery of these
terrors of the deep. This is simply
dragging Il long cable over the bottom,
each end OF the cable being drawn by
a boat and the two boats proceeding
parallel the distance of the cable
apart Last year one such wire drag
survey party operated with great sue
cess in Alaskan waters. and this year.
with added appropriations. We will
have two such parties at work.
1T must not be assumed that all OF
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~ ASSING along that part of H street
~ long known as Benning road, be-
tween the Bladensburg road and
q the Eastern branch. you will
notice after leaving the maple grove,
which was Graceland cemetery. that sew
eral tree-liued lanes strike off to the north
and lead to the top of the ridge. The
Rambler has several times explored the
country between the Bladensburg road
and the Eastern branch, but each ex-
ploration brings TO light new facts con-
cerning that territory. which. though it
lies close against thickly settled section
OF the city is itself very sparsely settled
and but little known to the great mass of
Washington people
The first of these lanes leading north
from Benning road is public way. which
serves a small and loosely grouped cluster
Of houses that are the homes of people
engaged in dairying and gardening. The
second lane is called Hornig's lane. 1t
has been called that so long that the
Rambler cannot remember to the contrary,
and the old name will cling to it for
many years to come. 1t leads to a large
frame house on the crest of the hill The
lane is a dirt road. narrow. bordered on
both sides with plank fencing and maple
trees. The house stands in a garden.
where the grass is green and we'll kept.
and where lilies and jonquils were bloom
ing. Mocking birds in cages which hung
from the ceiling of the porch tluttered
from side to side of their prisons in alarm
rs the Rambler knocked on the front door.
That big and comfortable old frame
house was the home OF P. r. Hornig.
who lived there for Il long number of
years, and the house is owned and dwelt
5n now by James H. King and his wife.
who was Miss HorniE. The Hornig place
embraced ninety-siX acres. but the area
has been much reduced Another of the
old places in this territory on the high
land north of the Benning road was that
Of John Douglas. whose frame house is
still standing. Douglas was florist, and
his daughter. whom he called Flora, mar
ried George Markham and they are living
there today. There is another old house
IN the neighborhood wherein dwelt. many
years ago, Joseph Miller. butcher. A
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the survey work of the service is to
be concentrated in Alaska; far from It,
Surveys and resurveys on all the coasts
will proceed as usual. but, since there
is so much new work to he done in
Alaska. 1t is natural that interest, IL
not the major portion of the force. Is
centered there.
The coast and geodetic survey has a
fleet OF seven vessels. in addition to 4
number of launches and smaller craft,
in its equipment. Some of these ves-
sells are quite worn out. The En-
deavor. for example. on the Atlantic
coast, is relic of the civil war, quite
unfit for service. The Macarthur, on
the Pacific, also has been condemned.
To replace these Congress has au-
thorized the expenditure Of $3.50, 900
this year. and for that sum we hope
to secure adequate Ships.
ITO secure economy of operation II
will be necessary to replace other ves-
sells also 1t is bad business TO eNpend
70 per cent of a ships value in one
years repairs her, but that. for
lack OF money with which to secure
new vessels. has been done
Another activity OF the survey is the
preparation OF tide tables which are in
valuable to mariners, giving the hours
of high and low tides anywhere in the
United States. Then. also. for several
years. the coast and geodetic survey
has been IN charge OF the highly i'm
portant work of dominating the houn-
y
possessions in the north. This latter
work is approaching completion.
The coast and eeodetic survey, de-
spite the highly scientific and admira-
BILE manner in which 1t has been ad-
mnistered, has suffered In the past
through lack OF popular understanding
of the importance of its work to the
lives and property of the people of the
country. This lack of popular under
standing: has had its reflection in Con-
gress. naturally. and the service in
consequence has not been granted the
money necessary for it to secure maxi.
mum efficiency. The retention. at ex-
traor,irary high cost of repairs. OF
unseawo:try vessels. is in point.
hope that this condition is to be rem
edied
The survey has remarkably long
and useful record. though it has not
been doing the spectacular things that
attract attention 1t is one of the oldest
scientific bureaus Of the government.
and the benefits of its work are SO
ITO me personally it is of great in
tereSt. to know that the past efficient
work of the survey is largely respon-
sible for much of our present day
KuO"leuSc VI iAlaShd iUN IOT fnuch or
its prosperity. AS far back as July,
1867. in anticipation of the purchase of
Alaska by the United States. the survey
sent a party under Assistant Davidson
on the revenue cutter Lincoln to ma Ike
L study of the country. Nine officers
were in this party. which included he
sides the astronoInic, surveying and
photographic experts, geologist. a
naturalist. botanist
and craftsman.
Full reports were made on all the
subjects named. and have proved OF
large worth. Then. in 1871, the bureau
entered into systematic survey or
Alaska waters. which is a universally
conceded prime requisite for the de-
yelopment OF every land, and whose
is national obligation
recognized by every civilized people"
ASHMUN BROWN
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The commercial fisheries OF the terri
tory have an output of about $2o,0OO.-
600 annually.
Also in Alaska the bureau is charged
with sunervisjon over the fur seal
islands and over All fur-bearing ami
mails. land as well us water animals
Under the curious patchw ork of federal
laws by which Alaska is governed
game animals are in the Jurlsdlctloh OF
the biological survey of the departme mt
of agriculture. Thus the survey has
charge over the big brown bear, that
being classified By law as Il game ami
NAL. while the black bear is fur
bearing animal and hence under the
Jurisdiction of the bureau of fisheries.
permit to kill foxes can be issued
only by the fisheries bureau; one to
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the territory. On his return he prepared
a comprehensive, thorough report, deal
ing with every phase of the fishing in
dus'ry and other matters relating to
department OF Commerce business of the
territory. Secretary Redtieid says il is
remarkable document In consequence
of II many reforms already have been
instituted. some ny departmental regu-
iatlon. some by act OF Congress The
report pon.s the way to curing many of
the Ills. And now, la wing done thai
work. Or. Jones is transferred TO head
that other important bureau of the de-
parfment, he coast and geodetir survey.
Perhaps from all this the reader may
have acquired some idea of the sort ol
man this slender. clean-cu'. deep-eyed
athletic. ow-spoken but intensely
energetic young scientist and college
man is.
What was your idea in entering the
puDIc service?' was the question put
to him recently by an interviewer.
Why DR.. Jones responded. in a
half shy. boyish fashion. Il wanted to
be of service. if you want to put 1t
that way. I wanted to do something
for the public good. and primarily
had an ambition to serve in the ad-
ministration of President Wilson. TO:
whom I have long had a high regard
and affection.
iy, all Of us are prone 10 regard Uncle
Sam and his treasury, respectively. as
good tured but easy going spend
thrift and an iueXhaustlble reservoir
of wealth, upon which those who can
gain access may draw freely. In othe'
words, all of us are inclined constantly
to he asking the government to give
us. collectively and individually. some
thing. We pay less thought and at
tention than we should to what we
should give Uncle sam and his govern
ment. We are apt to neglect the
thought that the obligation is mutual.
The government. after all. is merely
the people, and the people cannot get
out of the government any more than
what they have put in.
Paying taxes to the government does
not discharge the obligation of citizen
ship. There is an obligation of service.
And to be chosen for service is an
honor. To serve the people-that is
what a public officer is selected to do.
1t is not serving Uncle Sam, 1t Is serv-
ing the people themselves, for Uncle
Sam is non-existent. That is what l
want to do. to be helpful to the people
of the country.
IAN official must realize that some
thing more than earnestness is neces-
sary to do his work successfully. A
great many persons VINO are eaFAesl
in their study of music Will never be
musicians: they lack the qualifications.
So, if a man has some special knowl-
edge. or some special qualifications for
a certain public Office, lie mas a larger
opportunity to serve and be useful
''The larger duty of an official is to
see that the particular government
activity under his charge returns IN
service to the people full value for
every dollar of their money which Is
invested In that activity. Az other
considerations, political or otherwise.
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o.iities OF the Wild. just as he con-
,inued 10 learn about animal and fish
life.
Now. all this study and experience
naturally brought him in touch Win
all those III this country " no are IN
terested in game and animal Sprotec-
tion, and IN the conservation OF nat
,Iral resources. Hence. returning 10
his Ne,. Jersey hone. he threw himself
enthusiastically into the work there
being dom. along these lines.
.Ap a result. for t'v" years, from 1899
10 1904 ne y.aS connected with the New
jersey tish and game commission. it was
All experience which he sought, and which
has proved of large value 10 him III his
later employment il the | nited states
hurea u of fisheries
Base bail articul;lted with his more
serious andeavors through Ill these
years, save for he timc that he vas
abroad He never got the Grand Duke
Of Baden or his other German friends
to the point whore they could even
take an interest III batting up flies,
which was disappointment to the
doctor, but he made up for it at home.
For many years he played on New
Jersey and Virginia anateur teams,
and for two seasons-19o4 -os-while
he was living at Madison, y. j., h: was
manager and captain OF an all-col-
lcpiate team that once defeated the
Brooklyn National League team to 2.
What the New York Giants did to his
team however. on another occasion Is
not germaue to this article.
p :.
After Or. Jones had completed his
course at a massachusetts agricul-
tural school he proceeded to put it to
pra cticsl account. ana established
300-acre stock farm in culpeper coun-
ty, Va 1t is no mere show place. this,
4,ti ..,l X H.
ness-managed esta bliShment. He spe-
cializes there breeding and rearing
draft horses. but also raises some
choice saddlers Then, too he has
notable beef herd of Shorthorn cattle,
and dairy herd of Jerseys.
Early in his life In Virginia DR.. Jones'
enthusiasm for helpfulness exhibited
itself The need for IT was so apparent
that he could not refrain He converted
himself into an unpaid technical and
practical adviser to other stock farm
ers and his farm into a demonstration
plant and put into the hands of his
neighbors and their neighbors the re-
suits Of his own experimentation and
business methods.
He threw himself. also. into the good
roads movement and took "A leading
part in 1t. IN and out of the state.
Later he was appointed by the govern
or a delegate to the national good roads
convention. And also he got interested
in water transportation and for years
WAS Virginia delegate to the National
Rivers and Harbors Congress.
This was the sort of thing he was
doing when the call came for him to
come TO Washington as second in COM
mand in the fisheries bureau. This bu-
reau, as it affects the fishing industry
in the United States proper, acts large
ly in an advisory capacity. 1t main
tains many fish hatcheries, but. in the
states, its Jurisdiction and police pow
ers are limited. However, in Alaska 1t
has direct jurisdiction and full powers.
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Inept laws, lack of appropriation for
their proper administration, lack Of an
adequate inspection and patrol force
and of patrol vessels, the clash of op-
posing classes of fishing interests, and
the great distance from Washington
the seat of authorization the scene,
brought about an intolerahle condition
Realizing this, Secretary Redfield early
last year dispa tched DIR. Jones to Alas
ka to make a thorough study of the
situation and to make recommendations
ON his findings.
All last season DR.. Jones spent In
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large brick house on the hill. with various
brick outbuildings. was the John H. Rup-
pert place and these buildings date back
into the early seventies. At the south
west point of the hill is a frame house
which overlooks Washington and which no
doubt most Washington people have seen
from a distance. Its location is very
conspicuous.
Several years ago when the Rambler
climbed this height he wrote: lone of The
most conspicuous dwellings IN the Dis
trict is small. iigh. painted. frame
house with a steep tin roof. painted
great treeiess elevation in the northeast
angle of H street and the Bladensburg
road. the highland which Maryland
avenue would cross if that highway were
Graceland cemetery tract. Many man.
looking eastward out of the windows of
Washington's tall buildings. has noted this
house which in the distance seems to
a neat and ordinary little dwelling where
plain and friendly folk live. as you find
when you climb up to it.
The last time the Rambler stopped
at this high cottage with the brown
tin roof it was owned and lived m by
a venerable couple named Graham. Mr..
Graham then said that before the civil
war much of The land on the hilltop
was owned by Ellis Miller. dead long
ago, and that his widow, Eliza Miller.
lived in one of the small houses on the
hill until about seven or eight years
ago, when she died at the age of eighty
odd years, The Rambler did not stor
at the high cottage on the occasion of
his last walk. but contented himself
with making a picture of it.
Though much of this tract is called
Cottage Hill and has been SO calle,i
time out of mind. the Rambler has
never vet met the person who knows
whose was the cottage or where stood
the cottage which gave name to the
Ill ~Sy
on the top of this hill a man whose
name was J. A. Bartuff. but there Is no
such name in the Washington directory
today. and all memory Of Bartuff seems
to have been lost By the residents of
that vicinity.
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He has made 50 good in that posit ion
that he has been promoted to he su-
perintendent of the United States coast
and geodetic survey. into which posi-
tion he was indicted April IL.
The coast and geodetic survey IS one
of the extremely high brow bureaus
Of the public service, for the science
of seodesl is not IA simple one. But
II also is distinctively Il field service.
\ trained scientist with a love for the
out of doors Dr Jones qualities for the
position At it's heid This service. like
The bureau of fisheries, is under the
Jurisdiction OF The secretary Of 'ont-
rnerce, and DR.. Jones selection. for the
position is due to what Secretary Red
field found out about DR.. Jones abiht!
by personal observation.
When DIR. q. n. Tittnan. who for
many years mas been at the head of
the survey. retired recently the Sec
retary at once decided that DR.. Jones
was the man for the place. DR.. Jones
knew nothing about it until Secretary
Eedheld offered him the appointment.
This young public official--he was
just one da! short of thirty s-nine years
old when he was sworn into hts new
position-through his life has had four
predominatln2 passions. a study of
his career will show. These are: A de =
hnrs.s " - 1or.at7,c, w, " me open. .l
ball Abstract science and base hall
may seem bit incougruous, butt Dr.
Jones mas always mana gcd to make
them Al nicely into his scheme of
cElstehce
herehi'N, early ehFironn1"nt and early
framing must DC Jointly responsible for
ms tastes. tiis father, {. n. Jones, is
= Ne" orh pHhisher Born IN Ne"
l.rc l. u.
Io"' ~. Jones was ofoueht UP iargeiE
~ ms ,, ia.neI N mo open Ihe eldct
'oi,'s' ,i'ii!sel q s,uoent, seolosis'
sln an d Keen observer OF nature, TOOK
' ,,so 'n tiu p'aces OF the
,I a.. ~! ~. ~; nm IN neio ports:
Iii 1ira I,,",,,ai, ', ~ on'.1 Vi .io.l "
ciates The youn..er Iones e,,,.d rro Ien,,, annu
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most Desirable place to pass the sultry days
Of summer. particularly as the strictest order
will be guaranteed by the proprietors. The
larier will be found to contain all the delica-
cfes Of the season at all times.
The bar viii be furnished with the choicest
liquors and wines and the finest cigars Socie-
ties. Sunday schools. clubs and military com.
psnies will hnd this a most delightful resort for
spending an orderly day. Henry welden.
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Scientist Heads Uncle

nm HIS administration has brought
into public life in Washington
an unusual group of young
q university men who, without
previous political distinction. have been
placed in high position in executive
departments. Most of them are men of
Independent means; all of them have
displayed qualities of remarka bic in
dustry IN the public service.
No administration in the past quar-
ter of a century has been quite with
out some representatives of this type
IL, important position. but survey of
the field shows that in the present ad-
1ninistration, beaded by college pres
jdent. there are rather more young col
IfSe men charged with high authority
thar in any in the past.
Nota ble in the group IL carl SchuTz
Erooman. assistant secretary of agrI-
culture. Rich. young. a highly success
4ul scientific farmer who makes his
many farms pay and Tho writes po-
etry. av-l sketches, light fiction and
v"ighty economics on the side, he real
Jy wanted oe senator from Illinois,
but whe,, the chance to become assist
ant secretary of agriculture came
along he grabbed IL and works some
fourteen hours day at the job.
Then there are young Franklin u.
Roosevelt and Henry breckenridge, as
Navy and war departments, eager, ear
nest. industrious: both of whom have
acquired regulations for high efficiency
IN their work.
Houston Thompson, The famous
.-shsg Thompsor OF PRINCETON foo;
bail fame, is another. n. IS assistant
attorney general in chara" of defend
ing suits against III" juited States IN
the Court of CLAIMS.
Franklin X. Lam. Secretary OF the
Interior, has shown decided prefer
ence for getting youu;, university men
about him-I-rive-sity of Csliforfi "a
men for choice. WEer N. took Office
he borrowed Adolph &. Miller professor
of political economy at the Iniver-
sity of California and a man whose pri.
waite fortune is about ten times thai
of the Secretary's. to come to Washing.
ton and be assistant to the Secretary
Mt salary of $3.50 a year. Preside nj
Wilson got acquainted with Prof. MIL
Ter.
You have good judgment in men.
he told the Secretary. and then calm
ly instructed Prof. Miller to move him
self up to the Treasury Departmen,
and be a member of the federal re-
serve board at $4,000 year
Not perturbed. because he knew the
supply was not exhausted. Secretary
Lane reached out for another politica
economist from the University of Cali
fornia, who also had the qualification
of large private fortune. stephen T
Mather, and sat him down in that little
old $3.50 job. Secretary Lane has MOI
vet shown undue activity in forcing
Young Mr. Mathers abilities on the
President. His first experiment in tina
sort of thing robbed him OF one goot
assistant.
And now. rising rapidly to distinctio.
in this distinctive group. is anothe,
young man. E. Lester Jones Mr.. Vroo
man came to Washington from hi
farm and library. Aessrs Roosevelt
Breckenridge and Thompson from thei
law Offices; Mr.. Miller from profes
sorial halls. Mr.. Mather from a manu-
featuring business in Chicago. but DR.
Jones came At the beginning of thu
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Leaving the Hornigking place and
continuing northward. you pass through
fine oak woods. and trails will lead you
through the woods of Mount Hamilton. or.
as it is more often called in the neighbor-
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Of Wealthy
O Which Maps and Charts the Coasts and Habos
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administration from all out doors to
be assistant United States fish COM
missioner.
He has made 50 good in that posit ion
that he has been promoted to he su-
perintendent of the United States coast
and geodetic survey. into which posi-
tion he was indicted April 10.