Show ASK ME 1 The Telegram invites' invites its readers to submit questions to this department Questions should be in hi ink or typewritten on one side of the paper only Anonymous contributions ns will not be answered but no name flame will be bo used in the column unless it is r requested quested Telephone replies and private t interviews cannot be gi given en Address Ask Me Editor Salt Lake Telegram Hereafter questions relating to the stage and motion pictures will be answered on the page by the dramatic editor Address such questions ns to Drama Dramatic io Editor Salt Lake Telegram m. m When hen did the United States Stafe ac acquire an- an quire the the Danish West Indies How many Islands are there in the group and what is the total population P. P PL L. L J J. V V V The Danish West Indies c consisting of ot the island of St. St Croix St St. Thomas Thomis i and St. St John came came Into the possession possession posses posses- i sion slon of the United States States' March 3 1917 The United States paid 25 25 for the group The Islands have a population of about abut Where can I g get Pastor Russells Russell's The Finished Mystery J. J J. J Ft Douglas You can obtain the book from the International Bible Studies association association tion Brooklyn N N. Y If you should like the use of a copy popy call caU on R R. R N hotel Salt alt La Lake te V Pl Please ase publish the name of of the theman theman theman man at the capitol building who looks after the mothers' mothers widows widows' or or- or pendon pension pension pen pen- sion don so I will know where to write Goshen Utah T. T M M. M P. P The widowed mothers mothers' pension fund fundis is not administered through the state offices but through the officials of the county Write V to the county commissioners of your county and th they y will give you the Info information Will y you u please give me the tho ad ad addresses dresses of a few candy j jobbers Will they tey buy candy if some one one made it and offered to them for sale f A A. A J. J M M. M If It you will send a self addressed stamped envelope I shall shaIl furnish you wIth the nam names names' s' s of sev several ral cardy jobber job job- ber ben bers In in Salt Lake As to whether they will purchase homemade candy or not I do not know as you 1 have ave not told me anything about the Kind Kindor or quality of candy you make mak V At any rate when I furnish you with the addresses you can call caIl on these firms and ascertain for yourself if 11 there Is Isa isa isa a a market for your candy Has a bird census ever been taken V in in the United States F. F A A. A L. L During the summer of ot 1914 the biological survey of the United Stat States s department of agriculture took initial steps toward a celsus 9 of the birds of the United States State for the purpose e of ascertaining approximately the number number num- num num num- ber and relative abundance of or the Uie dirI dlf- dlf I I t species In view of the reco- reco value of birds to agriculture I h suh Information cannot fail to be bc of I great value One of the most abundant birds in n th the United States possibly the most abundant ant bird Is the robin It is I also also one of or the most sociable e. e ana ara ro In the N Northeastern part where It is ism m most abundant it It commonly n nests s close to farm fann buildings but almost never never Jn In n extensive woods No other bird Is anywhere near nears as s abundant as either the r robin or orthe orthe the English sparrow but several others oth I ers era are common enough to make their numbers run well into the millions F r every robins reported tn n the 1914 census there are 49 catbirds 37 brown thrashers 28 house wrens 27 kingbirds and 26 bluebirds This Thle last n number is s particularly gratifying because because because be be- cause only a few years ago nea-ly nea the whole bluebird pop population latIon of of the theE E Eastern Estern stern states was destroyed by an unusually severe severe winter Since Since- tl en the birds birds' have been gradually lag Ing from the the- catastrophe and t Is seasons season's census shows that th there re arenow arenow are arenow now several million blue bluebirds in North Northeastern astern United States The preliminary census census' shows that the most abundant bird on farms of the Northeastern states is the robin that the next Is Is the English sparrow and that following these are the catbird catbird cat cat- bird the brown brown- thrasher the house wren th the kingbird and the blu blubird In the order named V On August 29 9 1916 t the United States ratified the treaty with C Canada extending to all migratory birds the same prote protection tion on both sides of the C Canadian nadian border Please give me some statistics re re- the coffee trade of the United States G. G H. H K K Statistical returns s relating to the coffee trade of or the United States show the r record cord breaking figures of pounds as the quantity imported in ln the twelve months June 30 1917 an 1917 an amount which maintains main maln- t tame the pounds a a year veal vear Increase that has m marked t the e Au Amen Ameri American rl- rl V can imports of or coffee since the 0 oi break of the war ar in Europe and which exceeds by about 25 the former high records of pounds Imported Import d in 1909 and 1091 pounds In 1902 Deducting re re- re exports of pounds leaVe a o. anet anet net importation of 2362 pounds an Increase of ot 12 per cent over the thenet thenet thenet net imports in 1916 Largely increased cargoes were received re te received re- re during the last fiscal period from Colombia Salvador Guatemala Mexico Cuba Haiti Costa Rl Rica a. a Ecuador Nicaragua Panama Chile the Dutch West Indies and British Guiana V the imports from these countries showing In the agI aggregate aggregate ag ag- ag- ag I grega e a gain over 1916 of O.- O. pounds pounds- With the exception of Canada Canad Honduras the Netherlands and British East Africa the imports of ot cof coffee e into the United States from all aU other countries d declined iu in U the year V 11 |