The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1939-07-10
MR.. FIxIT
He Fixes Things

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nmn letters must give name and
address q writer ONLY initials
vii be published when requested
Mr.. F1xit: Could you please
tell me sbew I can obtain q
solunar table for fishing: Also
where can obtain information
about raising pheasants for the
sfafrs G.. r..
A copy of the World Almanac.
available at any book or maya
zine store, will give you time of
sun and moon rising and setting
throughout the year.
For information about pleas
ant raising. write 10 the State
Department of Game, Smith
Tower, Seattle.
Mr.. Fixif: In moving CATTLE
10 Oregon. can one hire . stock
dealer with truck 10 haul stock
10 the new home, and what are
the stock inspected for, II they
have T. b. and Bangs tags:
READER.
Dairy and breeding cattle
moved into Oregon must come
from accredited free tubcrcu-
losis areas. of which Washington
In one, and female cattle and
bulls must have the Bangs dis
ease test or be from Bangs dis
ease accredited free herds or
herds which are being tested for
that disease and were free at
the last test.
Mr.. FfxIf: Could yes tell ~
where could write to get . list
Of people In foreign lands 10
correspond with I believe there
are clubs or organizations far
that ps,rpese that charge = small
fee for their hsts. Also would
you give M Smith Ballew's (ths
scfor) aAdreas: L. n. II.
There 10 such an organization
known as the international Stu
dents Society, of which DIR.
n. II. Crowell Of Vancouver,
Wash, Ia president. Most of its
members are students II to 20
years Of age. but some are older.
Many Of them are stamp coll
lectors. DR.. Crowell asks that
students writing to him should
give their age. address, grade.
hobbies and other pertinent in
formation about themselves.
Membership, we understand,
costs about a dime.
You can write to Smith Ballew
in care of goth Century Fox
studio, Beverly Hills, Calf.
Mr.. Fixit: I have a two-cycle
four cylinder bore four inch
stroke marine engine Of 600
revolutions per minute maxi
mum speed. Please advise what
size wheel you suggest for mo
tor. H.H.
Ii depends upon size and type
of boat as much as upon the
engine. You could measure up
your boat in all directions and
send the information. along with
the engine specifications. to the
Coolidge Propeller Co.. 1908
Fairview ave. No. Seattle, which
will tell you what size wheel
you should use for maximum
Mr.. Fixit: VIII you please
publish the answer to my ques-
ton concerning the Dempsey
Gibbons fight In Montana In APP
proximately 1922 or rs? Did
II last l2 rounds or IS:
M. NJ. r.
Jack Dempsey defeated Tom
Gibbons on points in Is rounds
at Shelby, Mont, July 4, 1928.
Mr.. Fixit: Could you please
tell me how q person would 70
about getting = job on the island
of Aruba: i refer Ia common
labor. RAY NJ.
Since that little island of
5000 population belongs to the
Dutch colony of Curacao. you
might write To the Consul for
The Netherlands, A. Vanderspek.
EOS Columbia st, Seattle. Com
mon labor in a place like that
means competition with dime
a-day natives. Aruba, in case
you didn't know, is off the vene-
zuelan coast. You can find a
better place than that TO get
away from il all"
Mr.. Fixit: Would 10 cent
stamp with picture of Column
bus presenting natives 1892 be
of any values Also a l cent
stamp with picture OF Living
ston, 1904. CHAS. r.
A good unused stamp of that
1892 issue might be worth as
much as SIS cents a used one.
about a dime. stamp cstslogs
show. The other one, unused
might be worth 20 cents; used,
one cent.
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