Arizona republican., 1921-01-10
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS

c. Does Warren c. Harding have the right to be a senator and an elected president at the same time? ]. M.
 A. It would not be possible for man to be a senator and president of the United States at the same time At this time MT. Harding is only presi- dent elect, the office of president be- ing held by President Wilson, whose term of office will not expire until March 1, 1921. By that time Mir. Hard ing's term as senator will also have expired.
 0. saw in a gudebooI< to Niagara Falls the statement that in the year 1S48 the falls ran dry. Please inform me as to the reason for this. w. T. A The winter of 1S47-1S4S was e1- traordinarily severe in this country. Heavy ice formed in Lake Erie. When 1t was broken up during the latter part of March, the winds swept the 1 ice into the entrance of the Niagara river at Buffalo, where it Jammed in solid mass. completely choking the out l let of Lake Erie, with the result that on March 29, 1S4S. the Falls of Niagara were practically dry.
 Who suggested the observation of I Arbor day, and how generally IS 1t cel- ebrated? H. ]. P.
 1 A. B. c. Northrup, while secretary of the Connecticut board of education 1 in 1865, suggested an annual planting of trees under state direction. J. Sterling Morton was probably the first, l however, to propose the setting apart of a certain day annually for the pur- l pose, and in 1872, largely through his 1 efforts, the custom was instituted in l Nebraska At present, Arbor day is ! served in nearly every state in the United States, in some states as a ] legal holiday, in others as school holiday The exact date is not uniform throughout the country.
 O. How many Roman Catholics are there in France? When were church and state first separated? L. s.
 X. Although there has been no relig- ious census of France since 1872, it if estimated that about three-fourths oi the people today are at least nominally Roman Catholics No religion is now recognized by the state. Under thu , law promulgated on Dec. 9, 1905, ths church was separated from the state and the adherents of all creeds were authorized to form associations for public worship.
 O. Can sausage be made from nut. ton? F. F. E.
 A. The department of agriculture ! SHY ttldI nc&uSdEG AildN us uAduS HUH
 mutton mixed with pork in much tn, ; same way that beef is used. A gen
 eral formula is. Mutton, 2 parts; leaI
 fresh pork, l part; fat pork, l part
 salt and seasoning to taste. It cal 5 be made into cakes and cooked at once
 or packed in skins. Homemade saus
 age is usually kept frozen. o. Was Robert Morris, who aide, so greatly in financing the revolution
 ever in prison for debt? l. M. B A. Robert Morris, a signer of tn
 Declaration of Independence, superin
 tendent of finance and later United b States senator, was in a debtors pris e on in Philadelphia from February 1t 179S, until August 26. 1901, followin X disastrous business speculations. h c. When was kerosene first use
 in lamps? R. o. J.
 A. About the middle of the nine teenth century kerosene was used i n lamps instead of whale oil, lard, oliv r oil or some other such oil. This chang was the result of the development c
 the oil wells in he United States.
 c. Would a notch cut in a tree fou feet from the ground, he higher up i
 later years as the tree grows? ( e w. c.
 A. The forest service says that
 tree grows in diameter but tn '' growth upward is from the highes
 point of the tree. Therefore. the note
 cut in the tree will remain the sam
 distance from the base.
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