Arizona republican., 1920-08-23
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS

o. Is there . new invention to en- able the blind to read? R. E. l..
 4. The optophone, a recent 1nven- tion now being manufactured in Eng land, reads aloud from the printed page something after the manner of a phonograph, and can be manipulated by an ordinarily intelligent blind per- son. It is run by electricity.
 e. What is the origin of "E Pluri- bus Unum?" C. N.
 A. The motto tE Pluribus Unum' occurs originally in Latin poem ..Moretum." attributed to Vergn-
 o. What is the greatest height from which a parachute drop has been
 A. The present record of 1s,soc feet, or slightly more than SA miles was made last June at a Texas flying field by an officer of the U. s. Air Service.
 Okawa" in the Peace Treaty with Ger many7 L. V. s.
 A. This has reference to former German possessions in Africa The skull is to the natives symbol of sovereignty. The territory lies north east of Lake Nyassa. When a chief dies his son keeps his skull as sym bol of kingship. When the Germans defeated the natives they obtained possession of the skull and 1t helped in the colonization of German East Africa.
 O. Who orisinated music as we know it? M. w.
 A. Palestrina. who lived during the 18th century is the recognized father of modern music.
 O. When did Harold Lockwood. the movie actor, die, and where Was he buried? C. II. T.
 A. Harold Lockwood died in New
 
 buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City.
 c. How is firn, which is a part nershop taxed under the present in- come tax law? B. B.
 A. Under the Revenue Act of 1918, a partnership is not taxed as an entity as in the case of corporation. but the individual members of the partner ship are taxed on their respective shares of the annual earnings of the partnership whether distributed or not. An annual return of income must be made by the partnership. however. on Form 1865.
 0. When was the first high school established in the United States? |. l..
 A. The first school of this charac- ter was established in Boston in 1891.
 c. Where IS the most powerful tele- scope in the United States? M. E. K.
 A. The new telescope of the Mount Wilson Observatory in California has this rank and is 250.0o0 times as powerful as the human eye.
 O. Which country has produced the most silver? E. D.
 A Tn the last 500 years Mexico has produced more silver than any other country in the world. @. Is it possible to trap Iarks7
 A. The inhabitants of Heligoland commercialize trapping the larks while migrating for the winter. Fifteen thousand of these birds have been caught in one night.
 O. How are government horses branded? D. U.
 A. The Remount Division of the Quartermaster Corps says that the horses are branded in the following manner: "U. S" is branded on the left shoulder when purchased. CD "S is branded on left shoulder when sold. (S) T. C." is branded on the neck when the animal is found unsound, and means inspected and condemned"
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 Canada produced and sold nearly $21000.o00 worth of apples in 1919