The mirror., 1922-04-06
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Of each querst being used.-Editor
O:-Please give price per year and adj
dress of the Physical Culture Magazine
L. c. l,
A:-$s.OO Physical Culture Corpora
ton, 1910 w. 40th ST., New York City.
Q:-Would you please inform me what
publications from Topeka, Wichita or
Hutchinson, Gall Kansas) are allowed here?
Also their prices?- N.
A:-Weekly News, price so cents,
Hutchinson, Kansas. Capper's Weekly,
price $1.OO; Farmers Mail and Breeze,
price $1.O0, Topeka, Kansas. Broom Corn
Review (weekly) price $1.OO; Democrat
(weekly) $1.OO; Southwest Farmer (week-
ly) $1.OO, Wichita, Kansas. The prices
more undoubtedly
Q:-Will you please inform me what
the relative efficiency of worm gear
drive is to bevel gear, and what the cost
is compared with the bevel? The Ameri-
can Technical Society gives the efficiency
as only 40 to 70 per cent efficient. If
these figures are correct, why do the truck
manufacturers use the worm drive ?-P.
]. B.
A:-The per cents quoted probably
represent mathematical test under ideal
conditions. In practical work. worm
gear has more power than bevel gear be-
cause it has longer purchase
more surface.
O:-Does the State of Minnesota divorce
a married man after he has served time in
the State Prison, a citizen of the town
from where he was sent to prison, but
u
given who would be the one to grant the
divorce &C. Z.
A:-Application for divorce should be
made by the woman, not the man, in the
state where she is residing. The state in
which the marriage was performed is not
considered.
Q-GD- What year did the U. S. Govern
ment allot and set aside certain prescribed
lands in Minnesota as Indian Reserva-
tions? (2) Was there at any time since
more than one reservation allotted to
them? (3) If so, please name their present
locality: (4) Can an Indian who holds a
Government right to 100 acres of land on
a reservation trade, barter or sell said
property to a white man without the
Governments consent? (5) Is the city of
Walker, MINI. located on an Indian reser-
vation? co. What city or cities of Min
nesota contain Indian schools that are not
located on Indian reservations? (7)What
state or states of the Union contain reser-
vations for the Cherokee Indians ?-J. X. S.
A:-Q First in 1880. (2) Yes Four
large ones and several small ones (3)
Red Lake reservation, Beltrami county:
: White Earth reservation, Becker and
Mahnomen counties; Small reservation
near Vermilion Lake. (4) If he has indi-
vidual ownership he is a citizen and has
the rights of a citizen. (5) Leech Lake
reservation in which Walker was at one
time has been discontinued CO.. There is
said to be one near Pipestone. ~ The
Cherokess are now all in Oklahoma ex-
cept 1900 souls in Western North Caro-
lina." Notice-The library contains four
volume work entitled "Minnesota in Three
Centuries" The first volume will contain
much inofrmation about the early Indian
treaties.
O:-IIow many negroes served in the
U. S. army in the world war?-A. D.
A:-There were more than 100000 ne