Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-30
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@. How long did it take to
build the Mormon temple at Salt
Lake City? A. A.
A. The construction Of the
Mormon temple in Salt Lake City
was begun in 1853 and the tenn
pie was dedicated in 1898, the
time occupied in it's construction
being 40 years to day
Q. What Is cumulative Vot-
ing? c. II.
A. Under the cumulative sys-
TEN Of voting the voter may cast
as many votes for one candidate
as there are officers to be elect
ed, or may distribute the same
number of votes or equal parts
thereof among the candidates as
he may see fit. For instance, in
a district in which three represen-
tatives to the state legislature
were TO be elected the voter could
cast three votes for one candi-
date, one vote for each three cam
didates, or one and one-half votes
for each of two candidates. The
object of cumulative voting is to
make possible minority represen-
tation.
Q. Who had charge of the Phil
adelphia centennial? Il. A.
A. Joseph r. Hawley was presi-
dent of the commission and AL
fred n. Goshorn was director gen.
eral Of the Philadelphia centennial
or worlds fair.
Q. Did the fact that n man had
an ear cut off, cause war? j.
T.. ii.
A. The War Of Jenkins Ear was
the popular name given to the war
between Spain and Great Britain
in 1889 which was occasioned
partly by the fortunes undergone
by Robert Jenkins, ship captain
at the hands of the Spaniards. This
outbreak was merged into the War
of the Austrian Succession.
Q. What are Very Lights? II. T
A. Lights used to signal between
airplanes or stations or between
the ground and airplanes, when q
code is prearranged are known as
Very Lights, as are also flares used
for illuminating the enemy's posi-
ton.
Q. Who bought Manhattan Is
land for SCI ana bottle of whis-
key? NJ. A. l..
A. Peter Minuit, a German col
onist in America who was appoint.
ed governor of New Netherlands
by the Dutch West India company
landed on Manhattan Island on
May 4, 1926, and purchased tn
island from the indians in trad
in which the articles he gavo
whether whiskey or not. wer
valued at approximately $24.
Q. Who was the "E'rench Demos
themes? ID. S.
A. Comte Mirabeau, who is sale
to have been the immediate Caus
of the French revolution, wa
sometimes called the "Frencl
Demosthenes."
Q. What was the Hume Argu-
ment against miracles? Il. +.
a. A miracle. according to the
Hume Argument, is contrary to
experience, but false witnesses in
history are not contrary to expert
ence, therefore it is less probablg
that the miracle is true than tina
the witness is false.
Q. In the West Point class
where Robert L. Ice ranked see
ond, who ranked first? U. S. NJ.
A. Charles Mason stood first in
the class of 1929 in which Robeg'
r. Lee stood second.