Arizona republican., 1920-05-09
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS

c. How many "reds" have been de- ported ?-R. E. M.
 A Chairman Johnson of the house immigration committee states that S23 radical aliens have been deported since 1917,
 o. How did the elephant as a sym boi of the republican party and the donkey representing the democratic party start?-A. L.
 A. Probably these originated in cartoons made by Thomas Mast and published in Harper's about the year 1875.
 0. To what countries do we have two cent postase?-C. F. N.
 A. The rate is the same as our do- mestic postage, two cents per ounce. to Great Britain, Canada. Cuba, Pana- ma, Mexico, the Bahamas. Barbados British Guiana, British Honduras, Do- minican Republic, Dutch West Indies. Leeward islands, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Trinidad and the Windward islands.
 o. Where is Fingals cave?-G. H. O.
 A. This cave is situated on the islet of Staffa one of the Inner Hebrides, off the coast of Scotland. It is not particularly large cave, but is noted for the beauty of its natural archi- lecture and attracts many tourists.
 O. Who owns the Panama canal
  P. L.
 A. The United States owns the canal, and, under it's treaty with Pan- anna, exercises jurisdiction over the canal zone. Colonel Chester Harding is the present governor.
 O Is the land around Verdun now under cutivation?-R. V.
 A. According to a Red Cross bulle tin, the farmers who have returned to their homes there will not be al- tl.> bodies of the half million men who died defending Verdun are removed to na- tiOnal cemeteries.
 O. How do the present receipts of the government from internal revenue compare with receipts before the war? M. K. D.
 A. During the two and half years administration of Commissioners of In- ternal Revenue Roper, who resigned recently, his office collected about eleven and one-halr billion dollars. which is only one hundred and one million dollars less than the total prior receipts of the bureau from it's estab l lishment in 1862.
 o. How should mail be addressed l which is sent to Danzig I'D. P. N.
 A. The state department requests | that mail sent there should be ad dressed merely Danzig. Danzig no longer belongs to Germany, and the | addresses Danzig, Poland. Danzig. | Prussia. and DanZig. Germany, are in | eorrect. Mail for smaIIer points lying | within the city of Danzig territory | may be addressed with the name of | the particular locality, with the fur 1 ther address of. Free City of D zig"
 c. How long does full moon last? l -S. r.
 A. The full moon astronomically | defined, occurs when ,ne longitude of | the moon differs by exactly one hum dred and eighty degrees from that of the sun. As this condition is mo- mer tary, the moon is full for an in- stant only.
 c. How often are the words father and mother found in the BibIe?-M. O. A.
 A. Father is found sixteen hun dred and fifty times. while mother appears but three hundred and eleven times.
 c. Should popcorn be dry in order to pop weIi?-H. M.
 A. Popcorn may easily become too dry to pop successfully. It is the steam pressure developed within it's hard shell by applied heat that causes it to explode
 0. What are the religions of these men: Pershing, Wood, Lowden and Cox?-i. V. M.
 A. General Pershing. Major General Wood and Governor Cox are Episco- palians, while Governor Lowden is a Presbyterian.
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