Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-10-02

women what salutation should be used?
H. w. L.
A. The customary salutation in q
letter to firm composed of two women,
married or unmarried, is "mesdames."
@. What is the value Of the salmon
caught in Alaska? Is this a large per-
centage of the total value of fish prod
ucts? -B. M. E.
A. In 1923 the fishery products of
Alaska were valued at S54 ,545,588, of
which 81 per cent was from salmon.
@. Who organized the Camp Fire
GirlS?-T. H.
A. This organization was founded by
DR.. and Mrs. Luther H. Gulick IN 1912.
There are members in every State in
the Union and in II foreign countries.
Q. Please name the hills upon which
San Francisco is built.-C. S.
A. The entire city is built on hills,
the principal ones being Telegraph,
Russian, Mob. Rincon, Bernal Heights,
Potrero, Larsen Peak, Twin Peaks,
Mount Davidson, Mount olympus,
Buena Vista, Lone Mountain and Lin
coin Park.
@. Does the Congressional Record
have an exchange list of foreign publ
cations?-J. NJ. J.
A. The daily issue of the Congress
sional Record is now exchanged with
101 foreign establishments.
@. Is a first-year student at college
privileged to borrow from the Harmon
Foundation?-H. P. S.
A. To be eligible for loan stu
dent must be of junior standing or
above, working toward a bachelor or
higher degree.
@. What percentage of prize fights
that are scheduled to go 10 rounds go
the full amount? What percentage OF
bouts scheduled to go is rounds go the
full amount?-E. K.
A. Roughly speaking, about 80 per
cent of the l0-round bouts go the full
time and about rs per cent Of the bouts
scheduled for Is rounds go the full
time.
@. Has the name Of Boulder Dam
been changed?-S. w.
A. 1t was christered Hoover Dam by
Secretary of the Interior Wilbur.
@. Is It true that the Navy Depart
ment is going to sell lot OF binoculars
and field glasses?-T. G.. S.
A. The Department of the Navy will
offer for sale about / 900 binoculars and
sextants some time after November 10.
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that were loaned to the Navy during
the war and whose owners could not be
located. The department is preparing
a sales catalogue, listing and describing
the glasses, and will send them to pro-
spectivc buyers who will send in their
bids.
O. Is John Mccormack married?-
s.. M.
A. John Mccormack, the singer,
married Lily Foley of Dublin, Ireland,
July 2, 1906. They have three children,
two of their own and one adopted.
@. Please give me such information
as you can as to the transfer from the
State of Massachusetts to the State of
New York of the triangular piece Of
territory which is now the southeasterly
corner of Columbia County, N. y
H. C. w.
A. Boston Corner lies along the
southwest line of the town of Mount
Washington, Berkshire County. Mass.
It is of triangular form. 1t was first
settled by Daniel Porter about 1853, was
, incorporated as a district April IA, 1888,
and coded to New York May IA. 1858.
This cession was made because persons
arrested there could not be brought to
Massachusetts, court without going
through New York territory, there being
no road over the mountains to the east
ward into the adjoining Massachusetts,
town Of Mount Washington. Prize fights
and similar activities were common
there because the New York sheriff had
no authority there and the Massachu-
sets sheriff either could not reach the
place in time or was powerless after he
GOT there