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Q. With the present shoe-making
machinery how long would 1t take a
man to make a pair of shoeS?-A. Z.
A. The Boot and Shoe Recorder
says that no one man makes an en-
tire pair of shoes. There are about
$50 different operations on a shoe be-
fore 1t is finished. Each operator
works on machine or process, which
contributes to the complete shoe.
Therefore, your question as put can
not be answered. The number of pairs
turned out daily by any factory de-
ponds upon the size of the plant, ma
chinery, equipment and quality of the
product. Such outputs range from
few hundred to 10000 or more pairs a
day. A factory making high-grade
shoes and employing 800 men and
women might produce, at full capac-
ity, 800 or 900 pairs daily. The same
number Of people working on cheap
shoes might produce 5000 pairs daily.
world?-P. B.
A. 1t is now claimed that the Hotel
Stevens in Chicago. with 5000 rooms,
is the largest.
@. Please give description OF the
River Jordan.-F. o. B.
A. The Jordan River rises in north
ern Palestine and flows through mar
row rocky bed, falling into the Lake Of
Galilee, from which it energies and
for So miles, direct, or 200 miles, wind.
ing, traverseS an exceedingly rocky,
precipitous path. until it falls into the
northern end OF the Dead Sea. The
river throughout it's course is exceed
ingly shallow in the dry season, and
is not navigable at that time. The
average width is from 80 to so yards.
At it's mouth it is $50 yards wide and
about 3 feet deep. The plain Of
the Jordan is subject to great inun-
dations during the rainy season. The
total fall Of the river from its rise to
it,, mouth at the Dead Sea. which is
1872 feet below the sea level, is 1900
feet.
@. I have been informed that
among the casualties Of the World
War: were 80 men executed. Is this
true?-R. NJ.
A. From April 6, 1917, to June 80.
1919, the death penalty imposed by
general court-martial of the United
States Army was carried into execu-
ton in 35 cases for offenses as follows:
Murder. 2; murder and mutiny. 10;
rape, II; rape and murder, 3.
@. Where is the largest peach or.
chard in this country?-J. c. G..
A. Probably the largest in this
country and in the world IS the Bert
Johnson orchard in Arkansas, that
contains between 1,1OO and 1.4OO
acres.
G. T +. How T. old Alaska get Its nam''-
A. The territory coded by Russia
in 1857 had been known up to that
time as Russian America. 1t was call
ed Alaska by William H. Seward, our
Secretary of State, this being a cor
ruption Of the Aleut word alakshak
or alayeksa, meaning great country
or continent.
Q. How much water is there in
maple sirup?-J. c. C.
A. 1t contains not more than 80
per cent Of water and weighs not
less than II pounds to the gallon.
Q. When was the world series
schedule changed from out 6 y
games to out Of OR. G..
A. In 1919 the number was chang
ed to 5 out Of 9, and in 1922 II was
changed back to 4 out Of 7.
O. What kind Of a plane was used
by Nungesser and Coli?-F. M.
A. It was a Levasseur marine b.
plane.
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