Show i I I I I I j II I I J I MJ c E VI 17AND81tlJ9V 01 EC Boise Ida March 11th t 1 Editor Tribune Please tell me should f i cnll upon a lady who has lived here I before I came but recently moved into i c my neighborhood Yes It would l > i the polite thing to do Generally its older resident takes the Initiative but In this caNe It would t f b eminently proper for you to make I the first call u a r s j Who is president of the Smithsonian + institution 2 Is this the National i Academy of Sciences or nre the two separate By whom was C Macrum appointed to South Africa and what profession did he follow V F C i t t Its presiding officer cxolllcio Is President a Pres-ident Theodore Roosevelt 2 The two N nre separate Alexander Arosslz is t i president of the National academy 3 i i i By President McKinley He was not a I professional man hod been employed I 1 ns the treasurer of nn Ohio glassworks I prior to his appointment j + Salt Lake w City March 13th 4 f Editor Tribune Will you plcaso 1 state whether or not Senator Rawlins is a MormonrJ W C No he Is not t 0 0 i I 91 What Is lie breadth and length oft of-t f New York StateM E H 11 t Respective 320 mlles and 310 miles R I I 9 o i I Which Is the more valuable the cotton cot-ton crop or the egg production of the f r I I United StntcsE G I The cotton crop the census figures It which were for 1S90 were So2375S171 i y I and 114250158 respectively II j 111 IIJ I Ii Smlthfield Utah March 10th i H 1 i Editor Tribune Will you please I 1 1 f give me through your Q and A column I It I i j col-umn information where I could gel a J i ki I r list of the property that is held in I i I m chancery in EnslandF I ll 4 f There are probably attorneys In London i I r J Lon-don or even In New York who have charge of this sort of work We cant can-t not go Into It t s 1 I I Will you nume the poem that t t has the I I s lines Come uppe VhIlefoot come I I I uppe Lightfoot quit your pipes of i I parsley 11oHowlrs E G P J I t I Jean Ingelows The High Tide on the i Coast of Lincolnshire i r t Salt Lake City March 6th f Editor Tribune Please answer In 1 next Issue of SemiWeekly Tribune them I the-m following qucHtloir A bought of B I I m 1000 head of sheen and cave a chattel I mortgage for that amount A had 0 i II come sheep of his own beforehand the mortgage closes down A cant pay for 0 Ii I the sheep Can P take more than the r t 1 I f mortgage calls for1A subscriber r m Not No-t NoWill Will you print a sketch of the life of i t Samuel SmiJe5J E A f I He was born at Iladdlngton Scotland I Scot-land December 23 1812 and was educated l edu-cated for a surgeon practicing sometime I some-time In his native town Then he was I for a while editor of the Leeds Times i and from 1845 lo 1SCG was employed as I secretary of a railway His published t writings date from SiS and are voluminous F volum-inous He received the degree of LL 1 I D in 1S73 from the University of Edit burgh and In 1S07 was admitted TO the I I If Hoya l Order of SL Sara by the King of Servla In appreciation of his literary i 1 j work r Park City t Mtirch 7th Ii Editor Tribune t Will you kindly answer 1 I I an-swer the following questions in your i I columns a Supposing a group of claims to he located on a veintJl i I I 1 1 claims contiguouscan hui relent assessment as-sessment for the group he put In on a o I I crosscut or shaft and made to hold the i group b I If a tunnel site adjoins I the group can assessment work for the t II group be put In on the tunnel site t o I c Will work on one claim In excess of that necessary to patent the claim he counted toward 1 the other claims of I the group when patented d Is I I there any difference between the Colorado Colo-rado and Utah State laws on those I subjects7 subscriber j a Yes If It is intended to and does i i develop the entire group I b Yea i If It develops the whole I c Yes d The provisions are practically I the same i 1 I k A I Whats in a dream are there signs In II I themE 13 j Except as dreams may hint that the sleeper Is buffering from overwork or J I too great strain their warnings may not be considered there not f phetic pro k Green River Utah March Ilh Editor Tribune To settle a bet A bets that the D I K G railway was connected In 1SS2 B bets It was In 1SS3 Please give date and Its point I i I of m connection A subscriber In I8S3 between Price and Clear Creek First through train March 30 o J JES3 i I k What per cent of the inhabitants of the United States 10 over years old can I neither read I nor write 2 What Is the percentage of illiteracy among whites and ncgroesS B Nine 2 62 and ILu the respectively erlonlng being upon those 10 II I old or older years I ° ° k i Salt Lake City March iUh Editor Tribune Please answer in I your question and answers what a person a girl would have to take or do to Umber bones for tumbling = R S GRub G-Rub the body with snake oil 311 I What Is the foreign born population of the J11 following 1 cities New York fop ton San 1 t Dallas Inquirer Fninclsco New Orleans and I In your order 1270080 or 37 per cent of the total population f 19712J or 351 1 per cent 11GSS3 or 311 o I per cent 30U2i > I or 106 per cent 33S1 I j or 79 per cent t 1 I Salt Lake City March 10th j Editor Tribune lIIIJunePlcasc answer In i vour question coluinn of Friday Genii I 7eelcly Would the laws of any of t ire United States legally a marriage between Ilrst i cousins or aunt and 11 ephew under any circumstances If so please name sanwB E < M Marriages between first cousins e are I permitted In a number of States l the i oxceptlons bclnc Alaska Arizona I T rkansaa Illinois Indiana Indian Territory Kaneau nnEn I t New Missouri Nevada I Hampflhlre North Dakota Ohio I Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania South Dakota I 1 ming Washington and Wyo Marriage f nephcw l > IH not legal between in aunt and any State s r When and i where was Alexander Campbell born 2 At what h age did he begin preaching 3 When did he die and l where 4 1 What church did he be long toA D T At Shaws Castle County Antrim Ireland In 1 iSO 1 2 Whon 21 BctJUllf 3 to A t Bethaify y West Virginia March 11 1SG3 L 4 His father Thomas had been a Presbyterian Pres-byterian clergyman became a secede and emigrated to this country Joining the associate synod of North America Here Alexander having finished his studies at the University of Glasgow Joined him In 1810 they formed an Independent In-dependent society adopting Baptist usages and views but were expelled from the Baptist communion In 1827 and founded a sect of their own known as the Disciples of Christ The name Campbellltes was popularly given E and stuck to it for a long time = Ryan March 15th Editor TrIbuneAfter an alien takes out his llrst papers Is there any limit to the time for him to complete his cltlsenuhip D R No fI What are the populations of Bismarck Bis-marck Fargo and Valley City N D 2 What is the largest town or city and Its population of Idaho Nevada Wyoming Wyo-ming Arizona New Mexico and South Dakota W D C Respectively 3310 j 95S0 and 2 51C 2 In your order Boise 5957 Reno 4300 Cheyenne 11087 Tucson 7531 Albuquerque Albu-querque 6238 t Sioux Falls 10200 at Salt Lake City March 10th Editor Tribune Will you kindly In form me through Sundays Tribune what positions in the Civil Service are open to women what the examinations consist of and where they are given Azx Full particulars will be furnished on appllqatlon to Ora Williams of the Postofllcc department Salt Lake City What is nitrate of sodium T A H A compound called sometimes cubic niter because of the manner of Its crys tallization and spoken of commercially as nitrate It Is found abundantly In Chile and Peru and is exported in vast quantities for use In the manufacture of nitric acid and potassium nitrate as a fertilizer and as a source of Iodine Oil 0 What was the number each of Fed eral troops furnished by Kentucky and Missouri in the Civil war 2 What was the vote of Kentucky and Mis souri in the Presidential election of 1SiHJ D R Respectively 7n7CO and 109111 2 Kentucky for Lincoln 26502 for i Mc Clellan GM7S Missouri Lincoln 71070 McCIellan 31fi2fi Kentucky was the banner McCIellan State of that election Salt Lake City March 11th Editor Tribune Kindly answer in questions and answers of Sundays Tribune Is Florence Roberts married mar-ried and If so does her husband take an active part In the play Camllle Actor Florence Roberts Is the wife of Louis lot rlon of Faust fame o In twohanded Casino A plays rt deuce on a tray and calls five which B cannot take Then A playa a five on his deuce and tray and Instead of taking them up calls them ten t he having both a ten and a five in his hand May he do thlsT A B Ho can not A player can not alter his own build If his opponent has de dined to alter It Salt Lake City March 10th Editor Tribune What became of the Sego Lily portiere curtains sent to the Worlds fair In 1S93 Interested They are now In possession of the Utah Silk commission 0 0 Will you describe and tell the nature of the flower Edelweiss of the Alps TV E 1 It Is a white woolly perennial herb closely related to the familiar Ameri can plant known as everlasting or as ladies tobacco and Is so valued In Switzerland because of its scarcity and the fact that It grows in high altitudes that it is protected by law It Is easily cultivated however bout In Europe and in this country 4 f Payson Utah March 4th Editor Tribune Kindly Inform tine through the Sunday Tribune as to what the penally Is for highway rob bery In rlzollaA subscriber Not less than three years nor more than twenty Why have coral Islands an opening A1 I There are two theories to account for the form of ring Islands or atolls and each Is accepted for different Islands One Darwins holds that the coral polyps first settled about the shores of an Island which gradually settled As It sank the fringing coral reef grew In height and finally showed above water after the former Island 1 within had dls appeared below the surface The ether put forward by Semper and pursued further by Murray haa the < < atoll start with a stable foundation whose top near lo the s a level Is composed oC fossil organisms that eventually disap pear through the solvent action of the water or with a foundation that ex tended above sea level 1 1 and afterward was down by waves o 0 0 Salt Lake City March 12th Editor Tribune Are the words po lygamy and plural marriage synon I ymous Jn the Latter Day Saints poly gamous vocabulary Ise a denial of I polygahiy equivalent to a denial of plural marriage Anxious Inquirer ve give It up things seem to be so possible mixed that no rational definitions are I mm What minerals or chemicals do sey Hers contain to form Cones about their ventsG t D S The substances held In solution arc numerous and varied but consist chiefly of chloride of sodium sulphate of calcium and odium carbonates of calcium magnesium and ammonium oxides of aluminum and Iron silicates and sulphur The cone are mostly of the nature of limestone or of silica 1 Red l and pink shadings usually are due to the presence of oxide of iron n 1 I Salt Lake City Marrh lOlh Editor Tribune On what day and year anil time of day was the town clock of Salt Lake City changed from loral time to standard tLmo Student The time of the clock has not boon changed ItwasiFct at standard time when It was placed inthe building will you Inform me of Thomas A Edisona early life 2 Have his Inven tions materially helped mankind A B C Born In Milan 0 February 11 1817 his family took him to Port Huron Mich when he was 7 years old and here the rest of his boyhood passed 1 While a newsboy on the Grand Trunk railroad hIs spare time was occupied in reading and boyish experiments with printing presses and electrical appara tus In 1802 he publlnhcd a weekly pa per doing the printing In a freight oar that also served nn hit laboratory For saving the life of u child he was taken Into the telegraph office at Mount Clemens Clem-ens He became a notably rapid operator opera-tor hut was full of mischief fond of experimenting and often a breaker of 0 hiD employers rules While still an I operator he made his first Important Invention In-vention an automatic repeater 2 Yea Indeed lie suuulu out conspicuous as one who more than any other of his day has turned scientific discoveries lo practical uses as a scientific discoverer he does not rank m so high I Wales Utah March 10th Editor Tribune Please state whether assessment work can be done In one place on two mining claims which are located according to the drawing enclosed en-closed with this letter the claims touch only at a rornerJ 1C M Yes if the work on one develops the other and does It to the satisfaction of the Government i Editor Tribune Will you kindly let me know what It would cost to copyright Copy-right an architectural drawing and how to proceedF C M Deliver at the office of the Librarian of Congress or mail to his address two copies of the map or chart stating that you desire It copyrighted The costs are trifling Tonopah Ncv March 1 1903 Editor Tribune Please anower In your Sunday paper the following questions ques-tions 1 What Is the price oC aluminum 1 alumi-num 2 What does it cost to extract It from the clays 3 t Has aluminum ever been found In a native state 4 1 1C so whereJ P Atkinson 1 From G1 to SO cents a pound in New York 2 This depends on the means employed It varies from a cent to GO cents 3 There is no local record of such a find Salt Lake City March 9th Editor Tribune Can a group of mining claims located In the Stale of Idaho In 1902 be left vacant until 1903 before doing the assessment work 2 Does the law In Idaho require a man to do 10 feet of work on each and every claim or can the work for a group of claims be done on one claim through Tunnel or shaft as It IB done in Utah 3 Is the law allowing work for a group of claims to be done at one place a State law or a United Stales law and when did It come Into effect0 P 1 No It must be done In sixty days after locating 2 Yes If It develops the entire group 3 The Supreme court of the United States made it possible to do the assessment as-sessment work in this manner What was the popular vote by Slates In the Presidential election of lS00J llfl I p Lin Doug Brcckln coin lag ridge Boll Itcr Den Dem Union Alabama llGTt 1SS31 27S7r Arkansas 5227 2S772 20UlI California 39173 15510 313rl 0817 Connecticut 11702 irrr > 1JGIl 3291 Delaware 3S1G lOli 7337 3801 Florida 3C7 8SVI3 5137 Georgia 11 HOT rissa Izssr Illinois 372101 110215 2105 1911 Indiana 139033 llHOD 122115 53W Iowa 70100 5111 lOfS 1703 Kentucky lWl SSCTil 53113 GIi05S Louisiana 7625 2JCS1 2020L Maine G2S11 yftm t C30S 2011 Maryland 2291 I RtiCfi 1218 117X Massachusetts IWriiJ 31372 1039 22331 Michigan SS ISO iS057 SOi 405 Minnesota 220G9 11520 78 G2 Mississippi 1 3253 jn7ia 21010 Missouri 17203 1 KSOt 3117 55372 N HrimpHhhv > 7519 25 SSI 2112 In I New Icrney S321 G2SOI New York 3G2C1C 312510 N Carolina 2701 JSW9 JI900 Ohio 2310JO 1S7232 1M < > 3 J210S Oregon 5270 SVal 503G 1S3 Pennsylvania 2r SOr0 H77iM 173871 12770 11 Island 12211 7707 Tennessee llrO G 1701 G9271 Texas 0751s 15m Vermont raSOS CSUi 218 1W9 VirginIa 1H20 1 lfi200 t 7li2j 71081 I WlBconsin S0110 on021 SSS 101 In South Carolina the Electors were chosen by the I Legislature I |