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Show 1 l ); j w EPLTING to a correspondent who j BV asks about a picture of John D. HH i' H Rockefeller standing beside a t m'1' I X Btack of ?20 gold pieces, that tow- Hl ij ' j ' ored about four or five times his height. I and Were supposed to indicate his in- !j ( J come for a day, a Bingham subscriber l j kindly sends us a clipping which shows ,' t that tbo picture originated in the New ' fork Press. H, j I GOSHEN, Utih, June 14. What Is "' J i r meant by the publication of a newspa- ' j , ' per? If all the work Is done in Salt 1 Lake City, can that paper claim to be ; published In another town outside of 1 Salt Lake City, and doeB not the per- 1 , I ton swear to a, faleehood who swears 1 ' 1 that the paper is published In that town 1 i when all the type work and printing of the paper is done and paid for In Salt 1 U. Lake? Please answer next Sunday. B. 1 The publication place of a newspaper 1 . is where It Is issued from, regardless of I '! where the work on It Is done. ' 1 I ft SALT LAKE CITY, June 11. Please ' 'j publish in the Sunday, morning Tribune 1 ' I " the population of Chinese In San Fran- t; J , ' " dsco, Cal.-G. N. ' iv. About twenty thousand. iH , ' i SALT LAKE CITl", June 14. I wish 1 I you would answer In your Questions 1 I and Answers next Sunday's paper If you 1 I can what is the reason that City creek 1 III1, Is not open to fishers and oblige. Sun-Subscriber. Sun-Subscriber. f Ji . Because there is an ordlnanco closing IH i it, and that ordinance was passed to ' preserve the purity and clearness of the :!r; water. PARK CITY, June 14. A person hav- ing built a house upon an unpatented mining claim, claimed by . others, what xctlon should be taken for title for a sufticlcnt lot for the house, etc., when H ( ' the others apply for patent on mining . - claim? This Is urgent, therefore would 1 ji' be glad to get your reply as to the law 1 'i f m the matter, and oblige. W. J. 1 j) The only way that we know of Is for i J0u to buy the elte from those who pat- H cnt the claim OGDEN, June 10. Please .. state in 1 Sunday's Tribune the value of a 1903- 1 I mintage silver Philippine peso in United M. ) States coin. Is It legal tender? John J. H1 Grelncr. H 1 Fifty cents; it is legal tender in the H PhillppijQPB qnly. ADA COUNTY, Idaho. June 16. H Please tell us through Questions and H An$Werb what's what. A owns a dry IHu ' Carm along a cr;ek bpd, no. surface wa- H I t ' ter( after May 10, pumps water from a 1 ' ciole dug out to bedrock and irrigates a H piece of land, claiming "what he terms" 1 lfty Inches "underflow" water, and H .lalmlng to have recorded same, giving H , him an exclusive right to same through h Dr by the State Engineer, B, living on , his homestead, two miles or more on H mme creek, but above, talks of watering H i i 1 portion of his land in same manner. H , tells" him he (A) AVlll serve an Injunc- H . Ion, as he (A) has the State to back him H ' u this, that gives him this special right. H j v now are wo to combat this seemingly H j -ew dodge taken In our irrigation sys- H . .em throughout the West? Now this H nan not only thrcaten your subscriber H ' u that distance with prosecution, but H il above him that dare water their H ( . ands by thes methods providing his H 1 ' ifty inches fall short. Doubtful. H , t , These Irrigation questions arc often H recmlngly Intricate, and it Is ft. rash man H i ' .vho would give a positive opinion on H 1 ,)no of them, from a general statement, 'i j .x parte. In this case we think that we J -hall have to demur, as the statement H I 'does not contain facts enough to con- H , titute a cause of action." I H j BRIGHAM CITY. Utah, June 17. H ?lease answer the following quertlons in H "1, 'our Question and Answer column In H U j Sunday's paper, the 19th Inst.; if too late H t ; 'or that publication pi cape answer on H , 1 )n the 26th Inst. 1. When does the Hofe- 1 II I nul Indian reservation open In South 1 I ! Dakota? 2. Do the farmers of that part f "South Dakota have to Irrigate? 3. Is B M 1 t an Irrigation State? 4. It a child H -nme to the United States at the age of H ' years, his father coming five years Hr "id four months before him, and the H ather having his United States natlon- H ' ilit - papers before child came to United H Uates with his mother; now the father H a dead and papers are lost; Is It neces- H ary to get copies, or does a perron have H o have them to take up a homestead l ' Ight clalx.7 A Subscriber of The Trlb- H j 1. July 28 next. 2. Not usually, but 1 ( here are drought?, and often Irrigation H' vould be helpful. 3. Not for the most H art. 4, He should have some evidence H t citizenship; probably a certified copy H ,f the record of the court where hf H ather was naturalized, of such'natur- H ilization, would answer, H 'j SHENANDOAH, la., June 8. Would you he so kind as to answer a few ques- 4 tlons for one of your subscribers? 1. Is n the Government going to put a canal 4 through the Uintah reservation? 2. How J do they expect to get water, if not7 3. 3 Is there a railroad being built Into the j Uintah reservation? 4. How is the land j going to be taken, by drawing or how 7 4 C. What Is the man's name and address H that has control of this reservation' Please answer these few questions and $ oblige. J. B. VIckess. a 1. The Government has no idea of 4 putting a canal through the Uintah res- ervatlon, so far as we have heard, ex- cept' that the Indian farmer will no 2 doubt show the Indians how to get wa- ter to their allotted lands. 2. The set- 4 tiers will have to look out for that them- H selves. 3, It Is expected that the Den- vcr & Northwestern (the Moffat road) 2 will be built through parts of It. 4. It q has not yet been officially stated; but j the expectation Is that it will be by n drawing. 5. Hon. E. A. Hitchcock, Sec- i rotary of the Interior, Washington, j D. C. J i SALT LAKE. June IS. Editor Trib- 3 une: What Is the distance between Salt 4 Lake and Stockholm? Svenska, H Approximately 6455 by rail and steam- er. j ... SALT LAKE CITY, June 15. 1904. 4 Please answer In next Sunday's Tribune h the following; Which Is the right way 4 to pronounce San Jore, San Hozay or d San Wazay? C. Johnson. The accepted pronunciation among f English-speaking people is San Hosay. with the accent on the last syllable. 4 Spanish-speaking people broaden the "a" In San to the sound of "ah," and the "J" In Jose i? pronounced with 4 greater stress than.'- in Engllshf some- ' what between the English "h" and the 4 German "ch" in ound. . SALT LAKE CITY, June 17. Please answer this In your next Sunday's t Tribune: Can a woman born of polyga- 1 mous parents hold property in her own I name as a wife, child or widow? Is there such a law in effect in Utah? A Subscriber. Certainly she can; It is a natural right, and there Is no law forbidding It, nor should there be. NAMPA, Ida.. June 16. If you will answer the following questions, under tlie heading of Questions and Answers In your Sunday Tribune it will be a great favor:. What (does, the .Government .Govern-ment charge for placer claims after having hav-ing completed al assessments or required re-quired amount of work before they will issue patent? 2: About what amount of money Is required, to obtain a patent to 160 acres of placer olaims, after required re-quired w.ock la .done to secure patent, Including In-cluding the survey, etc.? 3. What would be the "yearly amount of work necessary for a, company of eight people to' hold 1C0 acres as a placer claim and would It be the same as one person holding hold-ing one claim of twenty acres? Reader. The Government charge is $30 for services ser-vices in office work, and ?5 per acre for the land. 2. You would have to pay for your own surveys and preparatory work, a-prlce -which is not-flxed by law, but as you will agree on with the persons per-sons doing tha, work. 3. It would depend de-pend on, the requirements of the local mining laws? It-Ms not a Federal statutory statu-tory matter. |