Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-16

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G. Please tell something Of Richard
Crookes' history as a singer.-P. 8.
A. Richard Crookes Is O native Of
New Jersey. He began singing as
boy soprano in a church choir and kept
this position from the time he was 8
years old until he was Ia. His choir
master, Sidney Boune, urged him to go
into music as q profession and was at
great pains to lay for him the necessary
foundation and study. He went to New
York City and continued TO sing in
church choirs, later going into the
larger field of concert work Not many
years ago he made his first appearance
on the concert stage abroad and is con-
sidered there as well a. here one Of the
finest Arnerican-born tenors.
Q. What States have laws against
hitch hiking7-G. A.
A. At last report hitch hiking was
unlawful in Wisconsin, Minnesota, New
Jersey and Maine.
Q. What city has the largest China
towns. C.
A. San francisco has the largest
Chinatown outside Of China.
Q. Where are the Casa orands
ruins?-J. 8. w.
A. Casa Grande Is o ruined structure
Of prehistoric origin In the valley Of
the CHA River near Florence, Ari2. It
may have been seen by white men con-
nected with the Coronado expedition,
1910; 1t was certainly discovered by
by him in 1897. In 1889 Congress pro-
vided for the protection of the ruin as
a monument Of antiquity and in 1892
the structure and the adjacent grounds
were set apart as q public reservation
in care of a custodian. 1t Is Of cajon
or pise construction, /. e., adobe or mud,
nodded In place, in walls TO feet
thick at the ground, thinning upward.
The surfaces were plastered with a
ollp VI dNOOC clay AAcIC dIC AlNC IUOHlo
IN the ground plan; portions of three
stories remain, and there may have been
a fourth In part Of the structure. Re-
cent exploration under DR.. FewkeS has
shown that the main structure described
above Is only small part of the ruin.
The buildings are assembled in great
walled rectangles called compounds, Of
which four exist at this ruin. The Casa
Grande ruin Is almost in q class by
itself, but in pottery, etc, 1t shows very
strong Affiliations with the Pueblo
ruins Of which it may perhaps be con-
sidered Q frontier example. It may
have been built by the ancestors of
the modern Pima who inhAbit the
country today, but 1t seems more likely
that Its builders were other people Of
a more distinct Pueblo type.
Q. How many trees are there In the
Hall of Fame?-C. N.
A. The American Forestry Association
says that there are now nearly 800 trees
which have been brought to It's atten-
ton and found eligible to enrolment In
its Hall of Fame, which Is q register of
trees Of historical interest.
O. How many Harvey Eating Houses
are there on the Santa Fe7-C. s.
A. There are 40 Harvey Houses on the
Santa Fe line. The Grand Canyon
Harvey House has the largest seating
capacity. The system was started on
O. Is the camel used anywhere as
q mount for a traffic oficer?-N 8.
A. In Egypt some speed cops are
mounted on camels. Most Of the horses
at Luxor persisted during recent