Arizona republican., 1920-08-24
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS
]. What is the anthracite coal com

c. What ia the anthracite coal conn mission? H. J. O.
 A. The anthracite coal commission. composed of Dr. William O. Thompson chairman, represent the public; w. l. Cornell, representing the operators, and Neal J. Ferry, representing the miners, was appointed by President Wilson to adjudicate the controversy between employers and workers Tn the hard coal industry. The anthracite miners ask a minimum living wage of s6 per day, with increases that will place their rates of pay of parity with those of miners in the bituminoua fields, the eight hour day, and recog- hilton of their union. the United Mine Workers of America.
 Q. What is the cost of gasoline ID postal air service? s. S. w. A On the New York Washington aerial mail route d computation was made between May 15 and June 5o, 1 1919. which showed that the average cost of gasoline per mile was lols cents.
 c. How old should lambs be at weaning time? F. R. N.
 A. Lambs should be weaned at 41a to months of age.
 c. When was the first normal school established in the United | States? w. C.
 A. Massachusetts led in this, as in many other educational innovations, l opening a normal school in 1889;
 O. if in a game of tennis, the striker -out" calls mot ready TOT second service but his opponent serves and the ball strikes beyond the service | line, has the striker-out the right 10 claim that the fact he was not ready | can make no difference since fdut can not be returned and two faulra have therefore been servedY M. Y. l nf "a and then have the service count or nor count as may suit his interest. me second service does not count e. Did all American indians use the same kind of cradle boards! IL. IT; There are nine different kinds of cradle boards used by the various tribes of North American Indians me Eskinos did not use such poaLa. 1 baby was wrapped in the hood or tne mothers fur coat In the most soulh- ern tribes the baby was mercy ~ ~pouuu to the bother's back by strip or Sioen long enough to hold It.
 O. What is the archean layer Of kna earth's crust? B. E. M.
 A The geological survey says that the archean period is the name gwen 1 the largest underlying Iandamehta' l strata of the earth's crust
 0. How great is a birds power of vision2 l. D. N.
 1 "A A birds power of vision IS, on the average. about 100 times srealsr s than mans. Birds have been known I to see a worm on freshly plowed l ground a distance of 300 feet
 O. When and where did the ex- pression aDon't Tread on Me- orl9i. nate? C. A. H.
 A. In January, TITS, congress adop- ted a flag for the American fleet. ts bore the emblem of a rattiesnake witA
 ls rattles in an attitude to strike The T motto Don't Tread on Me was written under the snake.
 e. Do the Japanese wear woo0en
 s" when outdoors they usually
 wear wooden clogs. The chatter thus made adds a distinctive note 10 me
 street noises of Japan
 a: ls the hipPoPotaHus 0f any us'' A It tears up and eats the great
 plants and weeds that grow in rivers. thus acting as one of natures great o. Does an alien woman, married to
 an American citizen who afterwaro oe .
 serts her, forfeit her American efti-
 zenship, providing there has been no
 divorce? A. E. IT.
 A She is still an American citizen. (Anv reader can get the answer 70 any question by writing The Repup- Iican Information Bureau, Frederic J. . Haskin. Director, Washington D. Y.
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