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Show ANSWERED OFF THE REEL Shower of Questions Made no Trouble for Information Man at Busy Railroad Depot. A large and garrulous woman approached ap-proached a policeman in the lobby of the new Union station and asked, all in one breath: "What time does the Missouri Pacific Paci-fic get in from Falls City; what time does the Santa Fe go to Newton; how high was the water in the 1903 flood; how much does that man charge for bananas?" 'You are looking for the information informa-tion desk," the officer replied, and led her over the cage of the man who knows everything. The woman repeated re-peated her inquiry: "What time does the Missouri Pacific Pa-cific get in from Falls City; what time does the Santa Fe go to Newton; how high was the water in the 1903 flood; how much does that man charge for bananas ?" The information man had a telephone tele-phone receiver at his ear. Without batting an eye or changing the tone of his voice or his expression he answered promptly: "Gets in 8:35, goes out 9:40, up to your chin, tnree for a dime." Kansas City Star. Students Study Grading of Grain. How the grain markets of the country coun-try handle and grade the farmers' products pro-ducts is being studied in "a course which was started at the Ohio state university last year. The students taking the course are seniors in the department of agriculture. The students are given lectures on market distribution and study the field crops of the world. In the laboratory labor-atory they study the grading of grain, testing it as to weight, color, percentage percent-age of moisture, quality, soundness and kind. Samples of ear corn and grain are received from farmers in the Franklin county and from grain exchanges in the primary markets. |
