El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1920-07-29
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

A No such order has been pub
I lished- This was the custom that Cd
tanned prior to the war, bUr has not
yet been restored. Officers expect II
to be restored after the war is off
eially ended
q VIII boiling moss aEateH In oil
make them more beautiful G. F. ID.
A The geological survey says that
in stones such as moss agates the
] cleavage is such that there are cracks
Z When such a stone is heated in oil
and then heated in organic sugar So
( luton, this solution fills the cracks
and makes them very noticeable, thus
Z bringing out the design OF the stone
I Boys often boil agates in oil to take
out the half-moons formed By thump-
I ing them against other marbles.
@. Can n person 90 from New Or-
leans to Panama dfrectf +. H. G.
A. There is now such a service. re-
Z curing four and half 70 i've days
at sea
q am writing 10 you for a de-
scriptiOn OF the airplnne hat young
Roosevelt was killed IN. T. b. H.
A. The air service says that Que1-
tin Roosevelt was shot down in Foret
de Fere, near Chateau Thierry. July
Il. 1918. In airplane No. Il, Newport
q. what percent Of the toys i'm
ported before the world war came
from Germany N. G.
A. During the fiscal year 1913, the
total value Ct dolls imported was ST.
56s,184, OF which S1,537,e5f came from
Germany. Other toys during this
year amounted in value 70 ss.5z2,571,
Of which s5,362,S10 came from Ger
many.
q. what has the fastest speed rec
ord, motorcycle, automobile, or mir
planes c. o. L.
A. The airplane has 3 record OF
2s3.464 kilometers (175 miles, per
hour. The automobile comes next.
with 1864 miles per hour. and the
motorcycle last, With 100 miles IN one
hour seven minutes 81 seconds.
@ What is the length Of New
TorIzis water front. and the total
amount OF fits annual exportss W.
A. The water front Of New York
City IS six miles from north TO south.
s3-204i922, z19, which was more than
twice the value OF its imports.
q. VIII you kindly tell me the
name Of the eIact spot on n noun
tain top where ali vegetation eeasess
n. B. A.
A. The boundary on a mountain
which marks the cessation Of all
vegetation is known as the snow line.
O. Are reindeer herds in Alaska in
creasinE in sizef ID. A.
A. In 1882 the United States gov
eminent sent 143 reindeer TO Alaska
Their number has now increased TO
10000, not counting 100000 which
have been killed by the natives for
food and skins. The United States
now owns less than 8 percent and the
Laplanders and other whites about
z5 percent OF the total There are
great opportunities for improving
this industry, thus developing an i'm
portant meat supply. There are vast
areas in Alaska adapted TO raising
reindeer upon which several million
could be supported
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any question by writing The Herald
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kin, director, Washington, D. c. The
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