Show 4 FREDERIC J J. J HASKIN SAYS J Her Heres Here's e es e's s Your You r A Answer n s W e r Q When is il the Santa Anita Handicap M. M I. I R. R A. A This race will take lake place February 23 Q I. I Is the Handkerchief Pool In Yellowstone Park still stilt In operation opera tion lion M. M O. O T. T The original pool was ruined by the numerous articles thrown into it but a new one Is 13 operating quite near the site of ot the old one Q What type ype of clouds are farthest farthest far tar from the earth N. N F. F A The cirrus clouds or mares' mares tails talis which arte arle often at the edge of oC the stratosphere some seven miles above the earths earth's surface Q h. h Are th the grasshoppers hoppers which have laid bid waste to the fields of the middle west and west the same pests peats that the Bible calls lo locusts lo- lo casts A. A S. S A A. These grasshoppers are not exactly the some rome but are close cousins The year 17 locust and dog dog- day locust however do not belong to this family The are cicadas Q 1 When was a calendar first tint used W W. V. V OCA OCA OCA OC A. A While there are arc abundant evidences evi dences of ot well designed calendars o at fit t least 2000 years before Christ there are not the exact data as to th the precise originators of such tennis The earliest known kno are the Assyrian and Phoenician probably antedating the Jewish The earliest earliest ear ear- liest division of time was the sunrise sunrise sun sun- rise and sunset making a day The division into months was governed by the phases of or the moon and the 12 lunar months montro bringing around Tele Telegram ram readers can get the answer to any question of fact by writing The Salt Lake Telegram Information Bureau Frederic J. J J Haskin Director Washington D. D C. C Please three 3 cents for tor reply I the same seasons on their recurrence recurrence recur recur recurrence rence was WilS the ori origin ln of ot the year Q How flow often Is the Aurora Borealis seen Z D. D F. F E. E A. A The frequency of the Northern North North- ern cnn Lights varies ith Ith the latitude of ot the place The Aurora Is comparatively comparatively com corn rare within 45 degrees of the equator but more frequent toward the north up to the latitude of ot about 60 degrees where it sometimes sometimes some some- times limes becomes almost a nightly oc currence The Aurora is less ies frequent ire fre reo quent near the poles Q When was chocolate introduced Introduced Introduced Intro Intro- in Europe M. M T. T A. A It was taken to Europe by Spaniards who learned its use from the Mexicans in 1519 when Cortez invaded Mexico It was Introduced d din in England about 1657 Q Of all plane figures having I the he he same perimeter what shaped figure has hM the greatest area J. J B. B A. A The circle Q Why was WM wan Wall street In New York so called L. L L. L A. A The name arose from the fact that in the seventeenth century when New York was settled by the Hollanders and known as New Amsterdam Amsterdam Am Am- there was a stockade or wall built acro across Manhattan island near what is now Wall Wail street This was to protect the inhabitants from rom Indian attacks Q Is the land Jand on which the Panama canal is built owned or leased b by the United States Stales government gov rOVe D. D It R. T. T A. A The strip o of land comprising the Panama Canal Zone was granted grant grant- ed to the United States by Panama by the treaty of February 26 26 1904 for lor the sum of ot with annual an annual nual payments of ot in ia addi addi- tion The land therefore is perpetually perpetually per per- leased |