Salt Lake Tribune | 1908-10-11 | Page 7 | Questions and Answers

I QUESTIONS AND I ANSWERS - West Jordan. Utah, Sept. 23. Please decide a bet. M bets that George M. Scott was elected mavor of Salt Lake City, November, 1S90. J3 bets that he was uot. Who wins? SUBSCRIBER. George M. Scott was elected mayor of Salt Lake Citv on Monday. February JO. lSl)0. The "city elections here in the old days wore in February, and the county elections JnAugtist. Milford, Utah. Oct. 7. Will you please put in your paper next Sundav the popular vote of Bryan and McKiuley. HEADER. In JS06, Mr. Bi-vau had G,502,02G votes; Mr. McKiniey had 7,104,779 voles. Blackfoot. Ida., Oct. S. Please give the meaning of tho word " probation.' ' We have a receipt book and this word comes in occasionally-. A SUBSCRIBER. If vou will look further you will probably see tho word "est" after the word "probatum." It is an old Latin motto, meaning, "It is proved." U r ir Salt Lak'e City, Oct. fl. In vour next Sunday's Tribune will you please put in your Questions and Xnswers the answer to the following: What form of government was used in the tirst history of Salt Lake? What public offices and how filled i What is the form now aud what arc all the of-! of-! fices? Where can I got a brief but accurate ac-curate and reliable article on this subject? sub-ject? A READER. A pure theocracy was first in control. Later it was disguised under the usual names of major, councilmon and the like. You can consult tho records, doubtless, by application to Mr. More-ton, More-ton, the city recorder. Salt Lake City, Oct. li. Will you please answer in Sunday's edition the following questions; (1) Is a dime or any coin mado in 1S53 worth more than its face valuo'? (2) What is j the annual expenditure of the United States for target praotico in the different dif-ferent departments of the army and the navy? Plcaso enumerate. (J) What ecoro does a soldier have to make in order to become (a) marksman, (b) sharpshooter, and (e) export rifleman? A CONSTANT HEADER. (1) Silver half-dollars of 1853 that have no arrows at the base or rays on the eagle have been sold for from S-0 to $30; tho silver- quarter-dollar, also without arrows or rays, for from $1.50 to $3.50. (2) So far 'as we know thero is nothing in the department roports giving this item in segregated form; you could probably get it, however, by writ ing to the war department. (3)" Apply to the commanding officer at Fort Douglas, Doug-las, who will probably give you full information in-formation on this point. I Salt Lake City, Oct. 10. Will you kindly answer' through the Questions and Answers column in Sunday's Sun-day's Tribune the following: What is tho present estimated population of Salt Lake City? B. , The directory estin.e is 112.310.