Evening star., 1935-03-01

book called Paul Bunyan Comes
West" The dragging of his uick
behind him cuts out the Grand Can.
yon OF the Colorado. When he builds
a hotel he has "the last seven stories
put on hinges SOS they could be
swung back for to let the moon 70
by" 1nnumerable stories Of the
prowess of this remarkable Paul Bum
yam have been invented by the lum.
bermen for their own amusement.
@. Why aren't sugar beets raised
in Florida and Louisiana?-J. q. M.
A. The sugar beet requires q TEN.
perate climate and climatic condi.
tions are unfavorable to its produc-
ton in the extreme South. Sugar
beets will grow, Of course, but in o
warm climate the tops continue their
vegetation growth too long and the
roots do not ripen OF so as to give
the proper sugar content. There Is
also more liability Of attack by disease.
@. How did DR.. Rontgen discover
the X-ray?-J. o. H.
A. In 1895, while experimenting, he
got strange shadows of solid objects
and by making his tube lightproof O
greenlSh fuorescent light could be
thrown upon a screen several feet
away. These rays passed through the
soft parts of the body so that the
bones Of the hand, for example, were
boldly reflected upon a Photographic
plate. Rontgen modestly named the
new rays X-rays, but they were after
wards named Rontgen rays, and the
science is now known as rontgenology.
He received the Nobel Prize in 1901
and worldwide fame.
@. What horsepower will be gen.
Grated by the Grand Coulee Dam?
ID. w.
A. 1t will eventually generate O..
225,000 horsepower-fa more even
than the great Boulder Dam itself.
1t will be the longest concrete ma
sonry dam in the world. The low
dam, which is being constructed for
power alone, will have a crest length
of 3,400 feet, and the high dam, which
will make the irrigation project pos
sible, will be 500 feet longer. The
low dam, as it is called, is to cost
S63.0o0,000 Later, it is expected, q
high dam will be added, running the
cost to Sl43,o00,000 and making the
whole job one of the Nations great.
est construction projects.
G. Whose home is it near Alexan-
dria Bay in the st. Lawrence River
that tourists are permitted to visit?
e. L.
A. The house is probably Boldts
Castle, located on Heart Island. This
building was erected by the late
George Boldt, one-time owner Of the
Waldorf Astoria Hotel. It was TO be
Summer home and was designed to
initiate some ancient castle on the
Rhine River. Mrs. Boldt died before
the home was occupied, and II has
never been used II is open as
public show place during the Summer
months.
@. Has any President other than
Calvin Coolidge been man of few
wordS"?-M K.
A. This also was said Of President
Grant.
@. What kind Of stoves were used
on the Santa Maria for cooking and
heating?-C. T.
A. In Columbus ship, the Santa
Maria, the arrangement for cooking
consisted Of large square piece Of
metal, probably iron, with a raised
portion at the back on which were
placed two tripods. On the tripods
were large iron pots in which the
food was cooked. Underneath the
tripods were fagots which were
burned. For heating purposes stoves
burning charcoal and wood were en-
ployed.
Q. Do the men on a firing squad
in an execution in the State Prison in
Utah see the man they are firing at
or are the guns aimed and fixed in a
rigid position for them?-A. c. G.
A. The men on the firing squad aim
their own guns, and see the men they
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