Show - !sv THZ SALT LAKE TRIBUNE SATURDAY MORNING Answers to Questions planetarium was visited by 120000 persons Besides these visitors 35 Day-by-D- ay special performances lor a wide variety of organizations had a large attendance By FREDERiajHASKIN y With Uncle Ray little Saturday Talk A render can get the answer V Q How many employes hee the Q What was meant when an to any question of fact by writing government printing office? A S amateur on a recent radio program The other day I received a little A At the close of the fiscal year claimed that he had absolute pitch? batch of tkters from pupils of the The Salt Lake Tribune Informa M & 1935 there were 5341 employes Moaeley Road school of Manchester tion bureau Frederic J Haakln A Absolute pitch is the ability England With the letters came a director Washington D C Please muDid Matty Bell Southern of a person when hearing any friendly note signed by Mr Eric A Inclose three (3) cents for reply Methodist university coach play sical tone to identify it correctly Lowe the “geography master” In football at Center college in Ken- It is also the ability to 'match by the teachers often are Q Where do the first straw voice any named tone without first England F K called “masters” berries come from that are shipped tucky? A? He played on Center’s famous playing it nn an Instrument Here is the letter of one of the north in the winter? D T Colonels football team of A The department of agricul- Praying Q How many wild flowers are' pupils: 1920 “Dear Uncle Ray: May name is ture says that they usually come there in the United States? K R B first from: west central Florida ar- Q' Doj many visitors in New A The number of species of Jack Lockett and I am in the sen northern markets a little York City go to the Hayden plane- flowering plants growing wild in ior division of tbo Moseley Road riving before Christmas Texas' ships tarium? K M the United State! and Canada is school The head master of our school is Mr Jordan and my teachsome lit December and January estimated to exceed 10000 Ai In its first nionth the - - A i Hayden Thrill That Comes Once in a Lifetime JANUARY 2S 193J er’s name is Mr Lowe I am 12 shock years old and my weight is six Q Could u person get stone three pounds There are 14 from storage batteries? A G S A The national bureau of stan teachers in the seniofdepartment— dards says that a shock can be ob- six women teachers and eight men There are about 450 children tained from storage “At our school we have plenty same as from any other “live’’ electrical equipment However many of sport such as football swim- cells would have to be connected in series to give ’much of a shock since each ceil produces an electromotive force of only about two volts battertthe ming and cricket My favorite game is football I play ’outside left for our school’s cup and shield team I have played in 12 matches this season Our football teacher is Mr Price “The subjects we have at school are: Art with Mr Garlick history with Mr Price geography with Mr Lowe Science with Mr Bamber handicraft with Mr Brown English and poetry with Mr Moorhouse “The morning paper we get is the Daily Dispatch’ and our evening paper is the ’Evening News’ These are both Manchester papers There is also a children’s corner in the ‘Evening News’ in which are the ‘Zooglers’ Yours sincerely "Jack Lockett" When Jack says he weighs “six stone three younds" he speaks of a weight of 87 pounds for one stone equals 14 pounds Another letter is from a girl who is I believe in the junior division of the school though she does not mention it: “Dear Uncle Ray: I am so glad to be able to write to you I am 10 years old and I live in Manchester There are about 500 children In our school and 14 lady teachers and seven men teachers “I study arithmetic English geography history nature study and also we play netball 1 go to school on the tramway1 (trolley car) and reach school at about 8:50 o’clock I wonder whether you have trams in your town? ‘This week the weather haa been rather bad the snow about two Inches thick The playground at school has been very slippery but now the snow has melted away My sister plays hockey and I think that is my choice of game “I think that is all I have to tell you this time and hope that your paper will always prove a success Yours truly Edna Parish” Next Saturday I plan to give oid further notes frpm the pupils of the Manchester schooL UNCLE RAY Publishers Syndicate) Use thie Coupon to Join the 1938 Uncle Ray Scrapbook Club! To Uncle Ray Care of The Salt Lake Tribune Salt Lake City Dear Uncle Ray: I want to join the 1936 Uncle Ray Scrapbook club and I inclose a stamped envelope carefully addressed to myself Please send me a membership certificate a leaflet telling how to make a corner scrapbook of my own and a printed design to paste on the cover of my scrap(Copyright 1936 book McGill Man Injured 1 Accident InjSkiinj — — i t —— ELg Nev— Syivatf Walter 31 of McGill is in the Steptoe Valley hos-pi- tal with Internal Injuries ht re ceived while skiing in Steptoe val? 1 t ‘ ley’ Walter and his wife were skiing in the vicinity of the Manguson ? ranch when he struck an obstrue-- f tion and was thrown Alone with the injured man his wife succeeded In lifting him upon J a blanket and then pulled him several miles to the ranch and from j therehe was brought to the hos- ptal-- p 1 School Vote Postponed Name BANCROFT Idaho — An elec- -' tion scheduled for February 8 to Street or R F D consider proposed consolidation of the Bancroft and Kelly school districts has been postponed until February 15 D W Lowe county superintendent of schools announces City State or Province By Martha Orr Apple Mary Q Why is It believed that there was once a warnirr climate in the arctic regions? E-L A The evidence that climatic conditions have changed in the Arctic and Antarctic circles is mainly geologic It Is believed that tropical conditions existed as far north as Greenland between the glacial Remains of animal and epochs vegetable life have been found in these regions which Indicate that once the climate was warm enough to permit of their growth and existence 1 21 IT kid WELL NO MATTER HE TOO MUCH AND ZVd GO DO SOMETHING ABOUT ' 'WAS ONLY DAT DC saw you And de cop GO INTO DK NIT EL STORE AN' COME UP A LATER FROM TELL ON COME ME 'FORE I L UNDERSDE GET MAD N '' Q Is it possible to create an absolutely perfect vacuum? L D A No physical or chemical method has been devised for effecting the Absolute removal of every trace of matter from any por tion of space having finite measurements By the use of a good modern air pump adegree of can be obtained which is so perfect that no residual matter can be detected except by the most delicate testihg The Sprengel pump Invented about 1865 is able to produce ay vacuum ao nearly perfect that the residual pressure probably does not exceed the 400000000th part of ihi atmosphere Q Who was the Inventor of the treatment of diphtheria with horse 1 serum? A Pierce Paul Emile Roux (born Little Orphan Annie Breathing Spell EK 1853) — By Ripley Believe It or Not 7T T The Gumps ‘Crowning’ a Champ IFY0USAV "HAH" AFEW TIMES the"birh feeling" DISAPPEARS" The Bible con-tains 3566480 letters 810697 words 5 verses 1189 chapters and 66 books The longest chapter is the 1 19th Psalm the shortest and middle chapter the U7th Psalm The middle verse is the 8th of the 118th Psalm The longest name is in the 8th chapter of Isaiah The” jC word “and” occu rs 46627 times the word “Lord" 1855 times The 37th chapter of Isaiah and the 19th chapter of the Second Book of Kings are alike The longest verse is the 9th pf the 8th chapter of Esther rhe shortest verse is the 35th of the 11th chapter of John In the 1st verse sfthe 7th chapter bf Ezra is the alphabet The finest piece of reading it the 28th chapter of Acts The name of God is not mentioned in 1 he Let Well Enough Alone Gasoline Alley J J BELIEVE EVERY WORD OF WHAT 'YOU'VE TOLD ME JEAN DEAU AND YOU STILL ' WON’T REVEAL WHY I 1 NO (T DOESN'T Bjsi-- E TREE I --of WISE 0 Esther It contains knowledge wisdomholinessandlove' Married Hisfw?sf wife ovce msccmwttmt His ANDHlSW?WWlFE7fC£ 7HIRD WIFE TURtE TIMES HE WAS NEVER DIVORCED AND ALLMARRI AGK EXPLANATION OP YESTERDAY’S CARTOON Submarine Freight Car— At Lake George N Y a chort elding goes down from the ‘“I Delaware A Hudson tracks right into the lake purposely built there to unload freight consigned to the lake The freight consists of highly polished motor boats' which may bt marred and scratched If unloaded on the station platform Consequently the freight car with end door Is lowered Into the lake by cable until submerged and the cargo float out the end Then the car Is pulled back onto the main line by means of an winch with compressed air supIn this plied by the locomotive of the train way the work of unloading the boats la accomplished in a few minutes work which would otherwise require many hours and many more own i WERE LEGAL ! HOW showed up at the wrong office in Trenton It anyone can solve some of our public buildings it should be the good professor WELL- - DAUGHTER - AREN'T YOU GLAD "WE MANE A PRIVATE 'PHONE IN OUR HOME? NOW WE WON'T BE BOTHERED TOM “ by DtCVC-AN- D MARRY every CALLIN' US UP YES BUT MOTHER 'PHONED AND GAVE THAT OLD CHATTERBOX CARRE GOSSIP OUR PRtWB NUMBER ANO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS -- I'M SORRY SR - BUT I DIDN'T GET TIME TO PRESS YOUR CLOTHES-lY- E BEEN ANSWERING THU PRIVATE 'PHONE ALL DAY- - HERE — IS A LIST OF PEOPLE WHO ' SAY-WI- LL SOMEONE ANSWER THAT PHONE? I'M GON bAAO FROhA LISTENIN' TO IT RING nm Applying for citizenship Einstein G LEY’S fm FIECT GUM -- WaWjt-j- g v1 'P1 ea K V 4 |