Arizona republican., 1921-02-14
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 o. What position does the Pacific coast league occupy in baseball? R. D. A.
 A. The Pacific coast league is cIassed AA and is next to a major league. The American and National leagues are the major leagues
 e. bets that the sun is nearer the earth in summer. B says not. Please settle this dispute. H. j. L.
 A. The earth is at perihelion about the first of January each year, and on we are about 100000 miles nearer the sun on the first of January than on the first of July.
 q. How long Is battleship consid- cred serviceable? R. P.
 A. The navy department says that a battleship is considered serviceable for first line duty for a period of about 10 years. After that, such vessels are usually used in naval experiments or for target practice.
 Q. Please tell me how to clean wicker furniture. E. R. M.
 A. To clean wicker furniture, use linseed oil and petroleum. following with clean polishing cloth
 q. Is it true that Sweden has deveI- Ia 1x LA power than the United States? R. s. M.
 A. This is true. since Sweden has developed 55o.o00 H. P. from an avail able 6r750.000 H. P, while the total de- veloped water power of the United States is estimated at 6.o0o.0oo H. P, out of a possible 10o.000,000 H. P. c. Is alfalfa seed used for dyeina purposes? j. w. w.
 A. According to F. D. Coburn of the Kansas department of agriculture it is 6 fallacy popular among farmers and country seed dealers that great uuanti- ties of alfalfa seed are exported to be used for dyeing purposes. There is no foundation in fact for such @ belief. and the exportations made. like the import ations, are for seeding purposes ex- clusively.
 l Q. What was the Dairne Scheme? E.P.
 I A. This was a scheme projected by l William PaterSon Tn lbS5, Tor the pur- pose of settling a colony on the Isthmus of Darien and thereby controlling tine ! trade between the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
 O. How did a parIor get to be called drawing room"? E. E. P.
 A. The word drawing room" is ar abbreviation of the term withdrawing room" meaning that room to which the women withdraw from the dining room after formal dinner. 1 Q. Should Civil war veterans pension be reckoned in with his other income for income tax purposes? w Q. L.
 A. Civil war pensions gre not ex- empt from the federal income tax. a. What people first used stee needles? G. s. r.
 A. The Chinese are thought to have been the first to use needles of steel and these implements gradually found their way westward until they wer, brought into Europe by the Moors.
 O. What is linsey wooisey? |. M. c
 A. Linsey woolsey is any l. i'd O cloth made of wool mixed with linen o cotton.
 Q. Where are the Burnham Beech es? R. c.
 A. Burnham Beeches are the re mains of an ancient forest in Buck
 inghamshire, England. 25 miles north least of London. noted for it's immens
 beech trees.