Show FREHR FREDERIC Heres Here's J J. HASKIN AJ N SAYS Your U rAn Answer swe r j Q From whom did the U U. S. S government acquire the White WhiteHouse WhiteHouse WhiteHouse House grounds and when N. when N. N V. V B. B A. A B By act approved July 16 1790 congress accepted a district district dis dis- dis of ot territory not exceeding 10 miles square to be located on the Potomac river and authorize authorized author author- ize the president to appoint three commissioners to survey the area under his direction The act also empowered the he commissioners to io accept such land on the eastern side of the river within the said district as s the president should deem proper for the use of ot the United States The site selected by bythe bythe the president was that area embraced in fri the old city located ed between Rock creek on n the west cst Florida avenue on the north orth the Eastern Branch on the east cast and the Potomac river on the south Within this site the he president before the city was laid out into squares se- se l 17 p parcels for use o oE of off E f the United States Among these was appropriation No I 1 extending extending ex ex- tending from rom and including Lafayette La La- layette fayette park down to B street North now Constitution avenue avenue avenue av av- av- av For these 17 parcels the United States government paid the original proprietors at the rate of 25 pounds per acre Maryland currency about in lawful money of ot the United States The original proprietors proprietors pro pro- pro of ot the land constituting ing the White House grounds were S Samuel muel Davidson who owned the lower part the dividing di viding line running from Crom the northeast t corner to the southwest southwest southwest south south- west corner Q Q What European countries remained remained re re- re neutral during the world war war-W. war W. W T. T A. A The Netherlands Switz- Switz w tz- tz I F Telegram readers can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Salt Lake Telegram Telegram Telegram Tele Tele- gram Information Bureau Frederic J. J Haskin Director Washington D. D C. C Please in in- close three 3 cents or I erland Norway Sweden Denmark Denmark Den Den- mark nark and S Spain Q What are saccharine tablets tablets tab tab- lets made of L. oi-L. Lu P. P A. A Saccharine is the imide of ot acid and andis is called scientifically It was discovered discovered discos discos' ered erect by Ira Remsen and C. C Fahlberg in 1879 in Inthe the course of ot an investigation carried out at al Johns Hopkins university Baltimore Md 1 It is a coal tar product It must be remembered remembered remembered in using it that it is many times sweeter than sugar About one-eighth one grain rain tablet i is sufficient for lor a cup of ot coffee or tea Q When leaving cards at the White House is the rule of one of of the wife wife's s and two of the husbands husband's followed or should the leave cave one of her cards for the president T. T T. T C C. C A. A The rule holds One of the womans woman's cards and two of the mans man's should be left Q What Is the mean temperature tempera tempera- ture in Buenos Aires Aires V. V. V M.A. M.A. M. M A. A Buenos Aires has an average average av- av v- v annual temperature of ot degrees Fahrenheit th the average for January Is degrees degrees degrees de de- de grees for July de degrees ees t The rainfall is inches well distributed throughout the 1 year Light frosts occur cur during the cold months Q What Is the law w which prevents pre vents putting Babe Ruths Ruth's picture on an issue of postage stamps stamps stamps- f fM M. M Z A. A The postoffice department depart ment meat says th that tit it is against the I law to portray the likeness of f any living being on a United States postage stamp |