Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-02-23
HOW MANY SHEEP? ?
THE LATEST COURIER PUZZLE
PROVES A POPULAR ONE.
MANY CORRECT ANSWERS RECEIVED
Several New Puzzles Submitted for
the Consideration of Courier Read.
ers ~ Figure Out Which Train is
Farthest From Chicago.

i Chicago and Denver are 1000 miles
apart. A train leaves each of the
cities at the same hour. The west
bound train runs at speed of sixty
\ miles an hour while the east bound
train makes only forty miles. Which
train will be the farthest from Chica-
go when they meet? This problem
Il may be worked by algebra, simple
Il analysis or divine intuition. 1t is a
n good one and is fooling some of the
best of them.
4 Many correct answers have been re-
ceiyed to the sheep puzzle which was
submitted to the readers of the Cou-
rier a short time ago. A few are CIV
en- below as we'll as new puzzles which
, have been submitted Take your
! choice Of the puzzles and when you
7 have what you think is the correct an
, sWer to one or all of them send, the
solutions to the railroad editor of. the
, Courier. .I Ftsl, p a, 4Asga
Another Railroad Puzzle. sfa
A South Ottumwa man submits the
following: Two stations are twenty
miles apart. "A freight train a mile
long leaves the first station with the
brakeman at the way car. He starts
walking as the way car leaves the sta
tion and reaches the engine just as it
, pulls into the second station. How far
has he walked? ,
i The Egg Puzzle, 4.
: Jacob A. Holland, Of Centerville
t sends the correct solution to the sheep
: puzzle and submits the following:
3 Three boys started out to sell eggs
2 A had ten eggs, B has thirty and c had
fifty eggs. Each must sell his eggs al
: the same price and have the same
} amount of money when they were all
t sold. What were they sold at?
q Has Long Nose.
80 Charlton, Iowa, Feb. 6.
: Railroad Editor Courier: ~ BY EN-
: ploying the ratio system am able tt
give the correct answer which is: Tht
Il 600 pound man has a nose einches
~ long. My brother says the 600 pound
mans nose is Az inches long.
Virgil Carson.
The Solution.
Selma, Iowa, Feb. 9
Railroad Editor Courier, In
sending in the puzzle in proportion
also enclosed what thought to be the
correct answer but did not give the SO
luton in full. My idea is that il length
, alone was to be considered B woul6
have nose s ! inches long, but as he
grows, in length, breadth, and thick
ness in equal proportion he must be
considered cube. AS nose being "a 2
, inch cube would contain cubic inches
{ BIS nose four times as many or 80
| cubic inches. Extracting the cube
root we have the answer, BIT cubic
inches. /. w. Nicklin.
Answers to Sheep Puzzle.
Birmingham, Feb. Is
r. r. Editor Courier: - In answer
to your sheep puzzle would say A has
five sheep and has seven. If a gives
one to B, A would have four and 3
would have eight. If B gives one to A,
each would have six.
C.J.Troette.
Belknap, Feb. 16
R. r. Editor Courier: - In answer
to your sheep puzzle A has five sheer
and B has seven.
Respectfully,
John G. Wagner.
North English, Feb. II
R. r. Editor Courier: In answer
to the sheep puzzle will say that A hat
five sheep and B had seven. If B give
A one of his sheep each would have
six but if A gave B one, B would have
eight. Yours truly,
j. K. Perrin.
North English, Feb. IL.
r. r. Editor Courier: Enclosed fint
answer to your sheep puzzle. A has
five sheep and B has seven If +
gives one sheep to A they will eacf
have six, and If A gives one to B, i
will have eight and A four.
i Respectfully. Anthony Ryan.
This Is How It's Done.
Eldon, Feb Is.
r. r. Editor Courier:--In answer i
your sheep puzzle will say that hay
the correct results. A had five shee
and seven, and this is how works
lit: Seven minus one equals six. Adj