| Show p THE FRIEND OF THE PEOPLE To re receive attention every question must bear the name namo and address of the person tending sending It This does not necessarily mean that the name nam will be published when the question is answered only the will willbe willbe willbe be used If the questioner desires desire No will wiil be paid to queries t ts t. which chieh the n name mB and address of of the th sender are ore not appended 1 Friend of the tile People Why were people fined In England for lighting matches on the streets There was a story in the paper about it but it wasn't explained d. d T. T C. C Answer In a midland England town a number of persons were were fined tined for striking matches In the str streets oets on the night of an air raid The offense may appear to be a trivial one on the face of it but it Is really no so In a re recent recent recent re- re cent series of visibility tests with certain certain tam tain kinds of light It was noted that on a dark darl night the light of an ordinary ordinal match was easily visible at a distance of a a. mile Hostile aircraft do not asa as asa asa a rule fly at as low Iowan an altitude as amile a a. amile mile and on the basis of the test teat Just noted the striking of a single match would be without Import But accordIng according according accord accord- ing to the evidence of a police superintendent ugh the street lamps were all extinguished during the raid there I was almost as much light as ns though they had been lit owing to people I striking matches to light pipes pIpE's and cigarettes I Friend of the People Please give a general idea of what I the national defense act is FARMER Answer ver The so called national de defense defense defense de- de act of June 3 1916 authorizes the president in time of war to place orders for ammunition arms munitions generally generally generally gen gen- with any firm or corporation engaged in the manufacture of these theM supplies and these orders order shall take precedence of all private orders If a a. r j I firm or corporation refuses to give this precedence or to accept these orders the president Is authorized to take im immediate immediate im- im Immediate mediate possession of the plant and to I manufacture the supplies A failure loobey to lo obey the law Is made a felony punishable punishable punishable punish punish- able by Imprisonment for not more mora than three years and by a a. fine not t exceeding Friend of the People What was the total production bf wheat in 1916 T. 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P Provo Answer The total wheat production of the United States in 1916 as estimated esti estl- mated by the department of agriculture agriculture agriculture ture was bushels produced on acres at the rate of bushels an acre As compared with 1915 the production of or 1916 was wits smaller by bushels the acreage creage was smaller r by acres and the a acreage rt age yield smaller by 49 bushels an acre Friend of the People Was Vas there a Jamestown flood of bf national importance Answer We have no record of a Jamestown flood but the Johnstown flood was one of the great catastrophes of the nineteenth century It occurred in the Conemaugh river in western Pennsylvania May 21 1889 destroying many million dollars' dollars worth of property and several thousand lives Friend of the People To decide a dispute will you OU please answer through your valuable columns how many women in the United States are earning their own living How many In Utah California Colorado also how many widows are in Jn each of these states CONST CONSTANT NT READER Answer Answer Youre Youre You're kind of picking on us us arent aren't arent you YOu asking asking about widows and women statistics Sorry but we haven't all that information at hand handor hand hand- or a anywhere else Afraid you'll have to write to the Director Bureau of Statistics Statistics Sta Sta- Census Department Washington Washing Washing- ton D. 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C He lie can supply you with up- up to-date to accurate information Friend of the People Would you kindly inform me as to the prevailing reason or reasons upon which exemptions under the draft law taw t have been claimed We are informed that about four out of every five who have been drafted have made some excuse ox- ox cuse Vr or other ther Up upon n which to lo remain at itt home A SUBSCRIBER The Answer e he al almost ost universal claim is that of being the support of either eithern wife and children or of parents Some have asked for industrial but they are very few as exemptions compared I with those who claim It Upon the n grounds grounds' of being the sole others support of ot Friend of the People Pi I was born in b England gland came to this country with m Jf my wife a little ov over oyer five years ago I have declared tion of my intention intention becoming a the United United Unit Unit- ed States Could England call on me tel service as I understand that J I am am eligible for draft in this country w. w s. s Answer Yes y you u are subject to draft under the conditions as YOU describe do- do scribe them The method of is for you to take your procedure as of course you have a already examination and received yOUr appeared registry numbEr Then you should take your physical examination ex ex- ex and if you pass you have havethe havethe the right to ask for exemption upon the customary grounds but hut the fact act that you ou have only first citizenship papers is not grounds for exemption Friend of the People If It A owned lode or placer mining claim tat taken en up on a government forest forest for for- est eat reserve can or 01 will the tile federal officers officers of of- ficera give a permit to B to take off timber sand and gravel or any other material on the claim or claims 2 Can 2 Can a citizen of the United States Stales locate a deposit of sand and gravel under placer mining claims SUBSCRIBER Answer Answer We We are Informed by the authorities in charge charpe of the Wasatch national forest that 15 Li could not take either timber or gravel from As A's claim without permission from A and the forestry department 2 A 2 A person may locate a deposit of sand or gravel under placer mining claim He lIe would have to do his assessment assessment assess assess- ment meat work upon it the S same me as upon a placer or mining claim however in ord order r to tn keep ft It |
