Show i tt s THE FRIEND OF THE THETo PEOPLE To receive i attention Mention every question must bear the file name and addres addren of ef ll the person M f sending it lt This d does M not y hy mean that the name nam will be published 7 when u e the question Is weed ed only the inta s will wll be used If the qU questioner 0 desires No attention attention will wll be J paid pad to queries quere U to which th the th nam name and address of th the th sender are aro no not t appended i i Friend of ot the People t Is Is the draft draft as as applied merely a lottery lottery lot- lot I r h. h tery ery or matter of chance x V. V r D. D C. C 5 k f Answer Answer Yes o 1 f fi of the People i How 41 How old a man is Herbert Hoover JJ N i 2 How 2 How much personal property Is a a. j f peron pe person on exempt from In Salt Lake city CUy J. J J J. M M. MH H H. i r ti Answer Answer 37 37 31 years jears of age 2 AU 2 All personal S y property subject to e 5 1 y ownership Is subject to taxation I i A. A Friend rie d of I the People People- v I please l lease ase give me information as to I the difference between n andr and andr preferred stock I offered r r am common cornmon If it I buy preferred Has the common fEt any any earning power as a rule V. V I Y G G. H. H Answer Answer- Preferred r r stock Is stock which bears Interest at a specified rate F J 4 and and which takes a dividend before o other her capital stock Dividends on I I I common stock are subordinate to those on preferred stock Oftentimes Oft it hap hap- happens liap- liap pens however that common stock Is better than preferred stock If It bust busi bustness business r ness nes is good and profits high the I L J holders of common stock share benefit from the surplus surplus' earnings s preferred shareholders receiving only the stipulated stipulated interest on the shares the they hold Friend of the People Kindly tell me If the Dead Sea was ever mentioned In the Bible A A. AE E. E C C. Answer The Answer The name of of of- Dead Deal Dea Sea occurs nowhere in the Bibb Th This s name does not appear to have existed d until the second century after Christ In the Old Testament this body of water Is the Salt spa and Sea of ot the Plain Friend of f the People r I Wh What t was vas Ralph de de Palmas Palma's tot total l loss the he lost year the mile race at the speedway D D. H If J K Answer Answer He He went went out of the race at the end of tho the lap and had no share of the prizes The first prize I Iwas was O. O i Friend of the People What is the correct pronunciation of I the word cantonment T T. H H. C C. Answer Two Answer Two pronunciations are arc with the accent on the first r I 1 r J VL ra I i I syllable and with the accent on the the second syllable and the o o 0 in in the second syllable as In not snot Friend of the People People- Kindly me at what price radium sells ells Is there much of a a. demand for forIt forit forit it It G. G GEM E. E l II Answer There Answer There is no ro fixed price of radium It Is produced and sold only in very small quantities and at a price that is alm almost st unthinkable The alt- alt est recorded sale was 11 grams at the rate of ot a gram according to toa toa toa a report issued bythe United States geological survey That would be at atthe atthe atthe the rate of a a a. pound There is no popular demand for it Friend of the People Are we 7 at war with Hun Austria gary or not not L L. R R. Answer No we wo are not Friend of the People People- Why are there not fifty stars in the tIle American flag instead of ot only forty- forty eight D D. DE E E. H H. Answer There arc are only forty-eight forty stars In the flag because there are arc only forty-eight forty states in the Union New Mexico was the seventh forty-seventh and Arizona Irizona the forty fort f. f 1 I |