The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-09-13
Assistant Secretary Of Inter
iOr Will Be Guest Of City in
Informal Smoker at Com
mercial Club.
MATTERS OF MOMENT
TO BE DISCUSSED
Proposal for Banquet Aban-
doned at Request Of Cabinet
Officer Who Wants to Meet
People in Informal Way.


Assistant secretary OF the Interior
A. A. Jones viii arrive In Albuquerque
this evening at 1880 o'clock from san
"a re, where he has been spending
the last few days. aud viii he the
guest Of the people OF Aibuaueraur az
a smoker Go be given IN his honor ~
the Commercial club al 5 O'Clock
While the affhir will be under the aus
pices Of the club. an the people Of tha
city, regardless OF whether or not they
are members of that organization, are
urged % attend and extend a welcome
10 New Mexico's representative In the
councils Of the national adminlBtfa-
tion.
AIR Jones will be met al the station
by delegation OF prominent citizens.
who win escort him 20 the dining
room of the Alvnrado hotel. and after
dinner he win be taken 10 the club.
where an informal reception will be
held and Mr.. Jones will be given an
| opportunity TO renew old acquaint-
ances and shhke hands onee more
With friends Of many years standing
The reception will have no political
sisnificance whatever. Democrats. Re-
publicans, Progressivee and Socialists
uniting 20 give hearty welcome 10
their distinguished fellow citizen, and
no word of politics will be spoken az
any time during the evenings enter
tainmcnt
Early this morning a movement was
started to substitute q dinner at the
Alvarado for the smoker at the club
/ but u did not get very far before Il
was checked by personal friends of
Mr.. Jones who declared that he him
self had expressed preference Tor
the most Informal entertainment pos
sihlc. and who stated that the cab
met official principally wanted 20
meet and shake hands with old friends
and home folks The dinner. il was
pointed out. would be limited to a
comparatively few people, while az
the Commercial club everybody could
come and he at homo. When this ar
g1ment WAS advanced the idea Of siv-
Ing dinner was abandoned.
In his capacity as assistant sscretary
of the interior Mr.. Jones has already
been of inestimablc service 10 the pco-
PIE OF New Mexico By reason OF his
intimate knowledge Of the peculiar
needs OF the state. II was through
the intrumentelity Of Mr.. Jones that
: favorable action was finally secured.
! after many years Of futile effort. IN
the completion BY the government of
the road from Gallup TO the san Juan
Z BASIN step which win be Of the
: greatest benefit 20 the people Of san
= Juan county IN bringing them nearer
4 TO the rest of the state and IN glvine
- them an outlet for their resources, In
= many other ways Mr.. Jones has shown
( his interest IN the material welfare
I a..
E use his influence as a goverhment, Of.
: hcial for the advancement OF the IN.
forests nt the people OF his holne state
; There are = number OF other mat
ters pending before the Interior de.
= partment ar some OF its various bu.
( rcaus that are Of vital interest 10 the
people of New Mexico. and L is pro-
( posed at the smoker tonight to have
an Informal discussion OF these mat
z ters between the business men ef the
I city and the assistant secretary.
Among theae is the question OF build
ing government bridge across the
Rio Grande on the road to the Jemrz.
such "A bridge would be nothins short
of blessing to the Indians OF the
pucblos al that point. not only In Civ
ing them an carter outlet for the agfi-
cultural products but also Ia making
Tor their greater safety. The puehios
ana the farms are on different sides
OF the river, ana IN flood seasons
many lives are lost By the inhahitah,s
OF the puebios In attempting TO cross
the swollen streams.
other matters OF equal Importance
will be discussed al the smoker 10
night and the fullest attendance Of
citizens Is urged BY the business men
having the smoker In charge.