Evening star., 1926-11-03

thing is passing out OF use, that It
will become obsolete.
Q. How many locks are there I'm
the Chicago Canal?-J. j. +.
A. There Is one lock in the Chicago
Sanitary Canal. This is 28 miles from
Chicago.
Q. How much ravon is produced an
! nually and what countries manufac-
A. The National Association Of
| Dyers and Cleaners says that the
| world output for 1925 has been estt-
mated at 1S5,000000 pounds. AT ths
present time rayOn is being made In
the United States. England, India,
Canada. Germany. Italy, France. Bel.
Giun. Switzerland, Holland. Austria.
J Poland. Czechoslovakia. Japan. Hun
| gary, Spain, Sweden and Russia.
Q. What has been Americas great.
| est contribution to medicine?-N. S. p.
| A. That would be a matter OF opin-
| ion. but one Of Americas great
| contributions was the discovery Of the
use Of anesthetics for operations.
| @. Are more automobiles registered
this year than there were last year?
IT. c.
A. For the first six months OF 1895
| there was q 10 per cent increase In
| registration over the same period Of
time in 1925. From January 1 TO
June 80. 1926. the vehicles registered
numbered 19.697.S32.
Q. What harbor leads in the eI-
| portation of grain?-T. A.
A. Montreal IS the largest grain
exporting harbor in the world and
| handles more than a billion dollars
| worth of products of all kinds an
| nually.
Q. Who are Queen Marie's sisters:
A. NJ. S.
A. Queen Marie is the eldest daugh.
| ter of the Duke of Edinburgh, and
therefore a granddaughter OF Queen
Victoria. She is the cousin OF King
George v Of England. Her sisters
are Princess Victoria. the wife of
Grand Duke Cyril of Russia: Princess
Alexandra. who married Prince Err
| nest of Hohenlohe- -Langenburg. and
the Infanta Beatrice Of Spain.
Q. Do the European nations have
agricultural experiment stations like
| those In this cOuntry2-B. F.
A. The foreign experiment stations
| are quite different from those in
| America. They select certain well de-
| fined lines of work and continue It
for years. These experiment sta
tions do not possess the equipment
| for distributing their information
| among the people. Their reports are
| issued In limited editions and are not
| always easy to secure. Bulletins Of
information are not issued to any ex-
| tent as they are in the United States.
| The work Of the stations appears to
be largely investigation. control Of
fertilizers. feeds and seeds, but not
distribution and dissemination Of agri-
| cultural information. While the Eu-
| ropean stations are doing careful
scientific work. authorities believe that
| our experiment stations are doing bet
| ter work for the advancement of prac-
| tiCal agriculture.
Q. In what States was daylight
| saving observed as Statewide meas
ure?-H. l.. II.
A. Daylight saving was I'm effect
| during the Summer of 1925 In New
| York State and Massachusetts. No
| other State passed Statewide meas
ure for this purpose, although there
were various local regulations.
Find out rhuteuer vou ,Cunt to
Eno1C. There is no room for ignorance
| in this busy iCorld. The person Cho
| loses out is the Que 1ChO giteSSeS. The
| person aChO gets on IS dllCdyS the one
| lcHo acts upon reliable Information.
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Rim to conduct an Information bureau
In Washington for the free use Of the
| public. There is no charge ercept 2
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Write to him today for any facts you
| desire Address The Evening Star In
! formation Bureau. Frederic J. HGSEt1,
| Director, Washington. ID. O.