Arizona republican., 1921-02-13
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS

o. Are the Indians allowed to disre- gard the game laws? H. M. R.
 A. The office of Indian affairs statet that the Indians have no right to hunt outside Of their own reservation with out complying with the game laws Indians may hunt within their reserva ton without complying with the state game laws, but the Indian office en- deavors to have them observe the same rules so far as may be practicable. However as Indians are more largely dependent upon game for their living, it is not practicable to limit them ab- solutely to the state game laws, so long as they stay within their own reserva- tion.
 c. What is the name of the hot wind that blows over portions of the country bordering on the Mediterranean? B. A.
 A. There are several such winds. The simoom is a hot, suffocating wind, car rying clouds of dust, and is known not only in the Sahara Desert, and west ern Asia, but also in India, North America and Australia. The khamsin is a hot wind which blows for about 50 days over Egypt in the spring. The sirocco, the samiel and the solano are all hot winds peculiar to different DOT tions of the Mediterranean country. W. the world come up to Pre-war status E. R. D.
 A. The entire world tonnage of yes sells of 100 tons or more was 49,000, ,00t tons in 1914. In 1920 this had risen to 57,314,0o0 tons.
 o. What is the longest railway tun- nel in the world? B. M. C. A. The Simplon tunnel, pronounced .Sanplon, constructed through the Alps : l. +I, other tunnel in the world Its entire ! length is 12 miles, 45S yards o. What is electricity used for in oil fields? L. G. s.
 l A. Electricity is used in the oil fields | for drilling, motive power. pumping water out of the wells, pumping oil out ! of the wells, for lighting, ct cetera. The flood system of lighting was used in 1 the oil fields during the war, to pre- vent spies from setting fire to tanks ] By this system the entire area was made so bright that no one could ap- proach the tanks without being seen. | o. Can a German who has been ir | this country seven years get his natur- alization papers here now? c. w. M A. The bureau of naturalization says | that in order to obtain naturalization papers a German citizen must obtain i presidential exception from the alier ! enemy classification through the de partment of justice, Washington, D. C
 before he can be naturalized. 1 o. How many people left Russia dur
 ing the BoIsheVist rule? E. E. X.
 A. The American Red Cross says thaf
 they estimate that there are about two
 million refugees scattered throughou
 Europe one million of whom are ir | Poland.
 o. How did St. Vitus' dance get it.
 name? I. M. c.
 A. St. Vitus' dance IS so-called be
 cause St. Vitus was thought to have control of hysterical complaints. O. Do ivy and woodbine injure ths tree to which they cling? K. D. w.
 A. The department of agriculture
 says that such vines as grape ivy, anC
 woodbine do more damage than ma;
 be commonly realized. Their heav, foliage and small branches shade ou and Kill the leaves of the trees anc
 their weight alone often bends over th' ! tops of trees which are thus eithe killed or rendered very unthrifty. Th'
 vines themselves have no value anC
 should be eliminated by severing tht
 parent stem near the ground. (Any reader can get the answer t any question by writing The Republi
 can Information Bureau, Frederic J
 Haskin, Director, Washington, D.