Show t t II Our Weekly Washington Letter i I It NEW mm Of 01 vl NB TO IX I Washington May In In order to cut down what he lie regards extravagance extra extra- and waste In the Veterans' Veterans Bureau Dureau Director of the bureau has issued a series of orders affecting administration routine no travel will be bo al allowed allowed al- al lowed at the expense of the bureau unless authorized by the director himself or by the managers of the fourteen districts and no na authorization lion tion will be in made ado for any travel except ex cz that necessary for the conduct of the business of the bureau No telegrams are re to be sent unless unless un less a letter leller would not serve servo In the bureau prior to the new new order employees had unrestricted use of telephones Under the new order no employee is permitted free use of telephone for outside calls ex except ex- ex copt in case calle of sickness or death stations Pay-stations have been Installed at various places in the building for forthe forthe forthe the use of such employees as desire outside telephone service at their own expense Long distance calls have been reduced to an absolute minimum and It ft is said that so effective ef- ef effective effective ef ef- was W S this order that one day shortly after atter the order went into effect effect ef ef- ef- ef feet the long distance charges forthe for forthe forthe the entire day were under a dollar Director limes Hines believes that a areat great reat deal of extravagance ance char charge charge- e- e able to the tI bureau can be overcome by the introduction of such busl buei ness like methods as prevail in an large well regulated corporation and th the orders which he has Issue Issue- Ito to date are but the first of a num ber her which will be made from timeto timeto time to time EUROPE'S QUOTA 01 Ol NTH According to the report of th hureau of Immigration as of Apri 18 is 1023 1923 the following nations had hai hadnot not exhausted their Immigration quota for the current fiscal year Denmark l France rance Germany Hoiland Hoi 1101 land Norway Poland Esthonia Latvia Latvia Latvia Lat Lat- via Sweden and the tho United Kingdom Kingdom King King- dom The unusual quota of tin the Scandinavian countries Germany German and the United Kingdom is still a avery i ivery t very large percentage of their completo com cos' pleto quota 0 hiR R LAND XU MAY Y KM HH TI IIi Possible reclamation projects an are arenow now being surveyed and investigated ed by Department of the Interior The number of these projects an art 26 and if completed they would Irrigate ir Ir- Ir over acres of ark arid land Approximately acres acre of this lies in Arizona Colorado Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada New Mexico Utah and Wyom Wyom- ing The largest project ct being surveyed sur sure surveyed is 18 that of the Columbia river rive basin the second largest is in Boulder Canyon of the Colorado river the thi next is the lower Rio Ilio Grande Orande and anc and the fourth is the Mountain Home project in Idaho Two projects artin arcin art are I in Nevada one in Nebraska four it to Oregon one exclusively ex in California in addition to the Colorado river project pro which touches both Arizona anc and California New Mexico has bas three thre projects Utah four Idaho four anc and Washington Nevada and Wyoming one each WAR V RISK INSURANCE DATA According to report of the United States Veterans' Veterans Bureau the con cone converted converted insurance fund of that bureau bureau bur bur- eau shows assets of over It shows the total amount o of Insurance In force held by service ex men at present is carried on policies Over new insurance was written in 1922 Since the war risk rial insurance was established there have been paid in claims IF II ITS IT'S Tim TIlE LABEL MUST fn SPECIFY I WHAT KIND IUNI The old legal adage Let the buyer buy buy- er beware no longer obtains in the marketing of canned meat food products products products pro pro- ducts according to a recent ruling of the Department of Agriculture A great many concerns have been putting putting putting put put- ting up various sorts of food products products pro pro- ducts under such fanciful titles at 55 I Campers Delight Noon Time nothing upon upon upon up up- Relish etc There was on the container to Indicate what the contents were The Department of ol of Agriculture under the provisions of ol the Pure Food act has ruled that thai these fanciful names may be kept providing in addition a statement of the ingredients arranged in the order of their percentages be prominently prominently prominently prom prom- printed or that the name itself be enlarged to Incorporate the character of the product This order has gone forth In order to to prevent salo sale of products under tati n and in order that the buyer buyei may mar know exactly what he is getting when he be makes his purchase DEJ DEPARTMENT PREPARES lItla Ul S I FOR OR TOURIST The Post Office Department Is getting getting gettins get- get ting tins ready for the American tourist It has to do a vast amount of close Calculation and long distance forecasting forecasting forecasting fore fore- casting In order to have proper facilitIes facilities fa fa- fa- fa duties at the various summer resorts resorts re re- sorts and national parks during that season Benson of the year rear when these resorts resorts resorts re re- re- re sorts are visited by tens of thousands thousands thousand thou thou- sands sand of transients Months In advance advance advance ad ad- vance plans are made for shifting of f postal help belp and definite orders are issued to that effect Already Postmaster General New lian hn staved orders directing th the shifting of ot men from various western west west- ern era offices to national parks p located in the western we tern states elates This shifting will begin the first of May Mar and iCon cone tin lie as all the tourist travel increases es during the summer Bummer I I CONDITIONS m HOTTER An Indication of the betterment in livestock circles is furnished by an estimate of the U U. S. S Department of I Agriculture which shows that on on I April 1st let the number of cattle on on feed in the eleven cleven corn belt states was 13 per cent greater than in April 1922 Reports that owing to the increasing price o of corn many cattle bought last fall fal with the expectation of feeding them themon on grain will be put on pasture during during dur dur- ing the summer Bummer and shipped off o of grass in the fall tail or given a short teed feet feedon on new corn it If the prices are arc more favorable at this time OUR UNDISCOVERED TI Alaska is still an undiscovered ter territory according to reports of the general land office of the Department Department Department Depart Depart- ment of the Interior Of the acres which is embraced in that territory only acres have been surveyed Lands so far surveyed are confined to known ag age agricultural agricultural areas coal fields fieldS' and such lands as might under normal conditions conditions conditions condi condi- be attractive to settlers seWers RULING FAVORS IA WAR W VETERANS Comptroller General McCarl MCCarI has ruled that a beneficiary of the U. U S S. S Veterans Veteran's bureau drawing compensation compensation compensation tion for injury due to lo war service may at al the same time draw com compensation compensation lien lien- under the Federal Compensation act for injuries sustained sus sustained sustained sus sus- by him as a federal since the termination of his hili military service The issue was was' raised that such would be drawing double compensation compensation compensation com com- from the government Comptroller McCarl held that the case aso was parallel with Civil war veterans veterans vet vet- erans crans who were receiving a pension but who at the same Bame time while white holding a civilian position under the government were disabled were disabled and drew compensation under the Federal Compensation aton act |