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THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN, SATURDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 4, 1920
THE ARIZONA REPUBLICAN
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portant truth truth which tends to
make, mankind wiser, and thus, hap-pienf-;
Horace Greeley.
Our Reasons
Whoever makes a statement or takes a position
should b-Teady to give a convincing reason for it.
3' Republican has tried to make clear the reasons
why iris aapportlng Hon, E. S. Clark for the repub
lican nomination for United States senator.
We. are for Mr. Clark:
Because of his long record in Arizona for good
citizenship.
Because of his proved ability as a man and his
high standing in the legal profession.
Because of his fearless support of legislation for
the welfare of Arizona as a territory, and later, as a
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state; especially of his early and continued advocacy
of prohibition and woman suffrage.
Because of his independence of special and pow
erful interests at a time when they could make or
break a citizen with aspirations.
Because of the fearlessness with which he en
tered ipon a campaign, later to be successful, by
which Jgreat corporations were compelled to pay a
more nearly just share of the taxes which had hither
to fallen chiefly upon those less able to pay.
For these reasons we believe that the claim of
Mr. Clrk upon the people of Arizona should over
shadoW all other considerations in the campaign.
But we are aware that the people are often for-,
getful Jf their obligations and we appreciate that Mr.
Clark'sJ campaign is conducted under handicaps, that
he is depending- almost solely on a personal appeal to
the people. ' His campaign is backed by no organi
zation and Is carried on with very limited funds.
Hi opponent, Mr. Cameron, has the most com
plete organization ever formed In the state In the
interest of an individual. It is amply financed and
in Marjcopa county is under the direction of Mr. Med
Creighton, one of the most adroit and resourceful
politicians In Arizona.
Th result will be determined next Tuesday,
larrelyj by Maricopa county in which nearly one-
third of the republican voters of the state are located.
The question then to be settled la whether the ad
mittedly great merits of Mr. Clark are to be over
shadowed by the organization of Mr. Cameron, di
rected by Mr. Creighton. -
In behalf of Mr. Clark there Is an appeal only to
the plain people, who, If they give expression they
must give It in favor of a fearless and able repre
sentative In the senate of the United States, such as
Mr. Clajrk would be.
If they attend the primary we feel confident that
they will overcome all of the obstacles of organiza
tion, great wealth and adroitness which have been
raised against Mr. Clark.
! Sportsmanship and Statesmanship
Sportsmanship and statesmanship were happily
mingle by Senator Harding on Thursday in a talk
to the Chicago Cubs from the famous front porch at
Marion, Ohio. It was a talk, appealing alike to base
ball fans and Americans; we mean "other Americans,"
for we must assume that all ardent followers of the
national game are Americans.
The value of team-work was emphasized by the
senator, the weakness of the reed on which the one
man team rests. The space between the lines is
broad enough to convey in 12-point type that the
senator had in mind the disorganized plight of the
democratic party whose "pinch hitter" is President
Wilsoc who himself of iate has gained a reputation
as a "fanner." But he is all there is of the team,
with Its weak outfield, its indifferent infield, its un
certain jbasemen and its wild pitcher, Governor Cox.
lately recruited from the "bushers."
ThQ one man team is not a good one and never
has been. Consider New York and Babe Ruth the
greatest batsman that ever lived with his record of
43 (or is it 44?) homeruns to date for me season, an
unprecedented record. Yet Xew York is in third
place . I
The senator's reference to the appearance of the
team or the "home grounds" is also easy of interpre
tation a his view of the part America should play.
There i$ the inspirating approbation of the partisan
instead of the maledictions of the hostile grandstand
and the; brutally unfriendly bleachers.
We-must say of the delivery of the senator that
it was superb lacking of course, curves, twists and
shoots. ? But it was straight, swift and over the
plate ai no-hit delivery, no walking, no scoring for
the opposition.
Team work and the home grounds for Americans
will bri;ig the pennant and put ua in the world's
series and the championship.
The Case of Mayor M'Swiney
There are two points from which to consider the
curious ase of Mayor M'Swiney or Cork. Throe
weeks ago his name was an unfamiliar one. Then
it was learned that he was in jail, having doomed
himself to death of starvation for a principle. lie
would partake of no food provided for him by the
oppressors of h!j country. He would have either
freedom ior death.
The jdetermination of Mayor M'Swiney was not
taken 'seriously by the British government or by the
world's pnlookers. The former felt, if it carol at a'!.
that it could not be heid responsible for the death of
tite mayor so long as it atrorrted him the means or
keeping elive.' The latter saw nothing noble in such
- death, imperially when neither the freedom nor the
tnrtner ; " ' rccm t Ion of the rr.p vor s.-cu:d have any
'v. : - n trie advocates
mayor has becqtnes a world figure, the outstanding
representative of the cause of Irish rrtcrom. whether
the cause be right or wrong. To release him would
he an acknowledgment on the part of the British
government that the cause is right. It is no longer
-merely the life of a man that ia at stake, but a prin
ciple of government.
We do not see. though, in what way the death of
the mayor would materially or permanently favor thd
cause; what effect it could have than further to in
cense the Irish who are demanidng absolute freedom.
Once the mayor is dead, the outside world would look
at the affair calmly and would reason that if the
British government is right it is blameless for the
death of the mayor; if wrong, it has only made a
mistake in holding him as a political prisoner, and
the world from the earliest times has been marked
by such mistakes.
The Only Sure Place
There are only three more day in which to work
before the primaries. We trust that as much of that
time as possible will be employed by citizens of this
county in talking it over among themselves and
"arranging with one another to attend the primary
and assist in making choices of the candidates whom
they desire to see selected, rather than to wait until
the general election ana then have to vote for can- ,
didates whom pnly a minority of the voters have
chosen.
This minority will be made up. as it usually is,
in considerable part, of voters who are not disin
terested or interested at all in good - government,
who vote for the nomination of candidates, not be
cause they believe them io be the best; but because
they have some selfish personal reason for voting
for them. And when voters are swayed by such rea
sons, we sometimes have bad candidates.
But if .all the people turn out and vote we are
more likely to have good candidates. If not, we will
, have, at least, the candidates wanted by a majority.
We would always rather trust a majority than a
minority, .
See your neighbor about the primary and see that
he will be there, and his wife and all his women con
nections of voting age, and possessed of other quali
fications. Then we will know what the people want, and
what they want they should have. They can be sure
of getting it only at the primary.
This is addressed to all voters regardless of their
party affiliation.
The Rental Situation
. The action 'of the Maricopa County Real Estate
Board in protesting against rent profiteering will be
approved not only by the victims of the profiteers
but by the public generally; and the righteousness
of the protest will be recognized by many landlords
who are really opposed to profiteering but have
yielded to, and been carried away by conditions which
have encouraged profiteering a shortage of houses
and an unprecedented demand for houses.
That rents should be much higher than they for
merly were, before the era of high prices, is indis
putable. Money is worth only about half as much
as it used to be when rents were lower. The owner
of a house may properly base the rental of it upon
the selling value of his property. He may take into
account that repairs and upkeep now cost him twice
as much. It is when he bases his rental upon the
needs of his prospective tenants and mulcts them for
all he can, that he enters the class of the profiteers.
Perhaps the Real Estate Board did not consider
the moral aspect of the case; did not deplore profi
teering because it is essentially wrong, but because it
is damaging to the city; because it is provocative of
a reaction from which all must suffer, the just with
the unjust.
Xo estimate Is possible of the damage which the
city suffered last winter from the operations of the
rent hogs. We have no doubt that scores of per
sons who were compelled to pay usurious rentals for
shacks on alleys will go somewhere else next winter
to see if they cannot find different conditions. They'
went away with a bad taste Jn their mouths and every
one of them will be a committee for a dissemination
of the "facts about Phoenix." The time has certainly
come to change conditions and assure new comers
of reasonable rentals. j
We understand that many owners of rent houses
and apartments have boosted their rents above even
those of last winter. There can be . no excuse for
that. Prices of building materials are not higher
than they were then. The selling value of property
has not increased.
A further riot of rents is in the nature of a
slaughter of the golden egg-laying goose. The Real
Estate Board is acting for the protection of the good
name of Phoenix; of the prosperity of the city; of the
shortsighted profiteers themselves from the conse
quences of their own acts.
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The oulja boards throw no satisfactory light upon
democratic primary results.
DON'T PITY YOURSELF
By Dr. James I. Vance
It is such an easy thing to pity yourself. It re
quires no argument to make out the case. It is not
necessary to summon witnesses or consult legal au
thorities. You know you have not had a square deal,
and it is useless for either judge or jury to try to
reverse your own verdict. . .
But of all moods that get things mixed, this
mood of self-pity is the worst. When a man starts
out to make a martyr of himself, let his friends stand
from under. Everything they do will be misinter
preted. Their motives will be put under suspicion,
their conduct will be misjudged, and theirintentions
indicted.
Self-pity is a disease of the mind. It has been
called mental phthisis. It is the white plague of the
soul. What tuberculosis is to the body, nelf-pity is
to personality. Under its wasting influence, the great
and noble in character become infirm. The imagina
tion is inflated with delusions until the mind borders
on insanity. Everything is out of its right relations.
Jealouscs and suspicions are engendered, and hap
piness Is made impossible.
The will breaks down before self-pity. It saps
resolution of its strength and determination of its
vigor. It slays cheerfulness and serenity, and in
vites every old witch of an accursed mood to come
in and sit with us. while we mope over "the slings
and arrows of outrageous fortune."
There is no heroism in self-elected martyrdom.
All its herocis are mock-heroics.
No man ever found happiness by nursing the
mood of silf-pity. Many have lost it.
Self-pity reverses life's machinery and sets it to
grinding on itself. It makes pigmies of people who
might have been giants, and morbid, moody, melan
choly misanthropes of those who might have been
joy hringers.
Shun self-pity as you would poison. When you
are disposed to cry over the way people have treated
you. kick yourself.
Hen is a recipe for life, left us by an old Eng
lish dean:
"Xobody is looking at you. Nobody is th iking
,,v,t -'.(.!. You ::re of r.' consequence whatever.
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FORTY YEARS AGO TODAY
From The Phoenix Herald, which was absorbed by The Arizona Re
publican in 1893, and for a time was published aa
an evening edition
Saturday, September 4, 1880
Omaha, Sept. 3 The presidential
party arrived from Chicago at 9 a. m.
They were joined here by Secretary
Ramsey, Colonel Burr his private sec
retary and Mr. Furness.
Santa Fe, Sept. 3 An El Pa?o epe
clal yfays that the merchants of Chi
huahua offered a reward of $3000 for
the scalp of Victorlo. the Apache chief
end $250 for the scalps of any of his
warriors,
Local
Mr. Morehouse has returned from a
visit to Globe City.
The Phoenix Democratize club held a
meeting last night.
We visited the Arcade brewery es
tablishment of Euke and Thalheimer
this morning and found another im
provement in their already well "regu
lated concern. The enterprise , dis
played by these gentlemen in their
short residence here with us commends
them to our liberal patronage for the
wholesome beverages thev manufac
ture. Today they are busy bottling
their beer to ship to the. various min
ing camps. (Probably there was some
of it after that visit that they did not
have to bottle.)
The Republican club of Phoenix held
their regular weekly business meeting
at thei'r headquarters last night, with
quite a number in attendance. Vm. O.
O'Neill was elected sergeant-'at-arms
and was ordered to provide seats for
tonight. The committee on room re
ported that they had 'hired a place
until November 10.
The chief article in this issue of the
Herald was an article on the Gila
Monster illustrated wv"h a wood cut.
"This specimen of thesurians was cap
tured near Phoenix, Arizona, by a chief
of the Mariconas with a lasso made of
picket rope. The animal has been liv
ing quiet in Oakland, t'al,. anil has
been examined by many interesting
persons" It is further iald of it, "It
is liable to become extinct Which en
hances the value of the rew remaining
specimens now in xistenp "
Views of E. S. Clark
As to Ex -Service Men
By E. S. Clark
Many of our soldiers who served so
brilliantly in the late World war have
returned to us suffering frOm the ef
fects of gas', shell shock, tuberculosis,
wounds and other incapacitating
causes, are having great difficulty in
procuring from the Bureau of War
Risk Insurance adequate compensa
tion, especially in cases where the dis
ability is practically total, although
possibly not no under the technical
letter of departmental regulation. It
seems that the boys afflicted with
tuberculosis, or suffering from the ef
fects of gas or shock, are having the
greatest difficulty. Great and dis
tressing delays have also been com
plained of delays that in many cases
are heart-breaking, when the helpless
condition of many of the applicants ia
considered. Certainly this is a situa
tion that the American people as a
whole strongly resent, as it is diametri
cally opposed to the assurances given
without stint by the American public
while the boys were in glorious fashion
winning the war. As it was then stat
ed, nothing was too good for them
nothing seems to be about what many
'of the most sorely stricken ones are
getting now, unless interminable bick
ering and baffling labyrinths of red
tape are to be accepted as fair equiva
lents of the sacrifices these boys have
made for us. . They freely gave their
health, thevr hopes and their fairest
prospects for the preservation of
American freedom and they gave it
instantly when the crisis impended.
The patriotic people of the Union hon
estly desire to meet their obligations
ta these boys, in so far as it may be
done by extending financial aid. and
to do it as quickly as the boys met
our appeal for their help. I join with
them in the demand that full and im
mediate compensation, to the same
extent as though their disabilities
were total under the rulings of the
department, be exte?ided these tuber
cular, gassed and shell-shocked boys,
as well as those whose wounds have
rendered them totally disabled tem
porarily at least, either as a private
citizen, or as a public official ehould I
be elected to- the senate. I sh-ill devote
myself to the - agreeable duty of se
curing for these boys full and com
plete compensation without delay and
in accordance with the dictates of jus
tice and humanity rather than through
the heartless mazes of 'official red
tape. In other words, I would get thi
small measure of what is due them
now-, while the- need is urgent and
while it will do them some real good,
insteail of waiting unt1 they ore eith
er dead, beyond relief, or sunken in
despair on account of torturing pro
crastination. E. S. CLARK.
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE SCHOOL LESSON
BY REV. E. D. RALEY
For September 5, 1920
BY E. D. RALEY
The text: First Kings 13 1-11.
"Then Solomon assembled the Elders
of Israel, and all the heads of the
tribes, the princes of the fathers'
houses of the children of Israel, unto
king Solomon in Jerusalem, to bring
up the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah
out of the city of David, which is Zion.
And all the men of Israel assembled
themselves unto king Solomon at the
feast in the month Ethanmi, which is
the seventh month. And all the Elders
of Israel came and the priests took up
the Ark. And they brought up the
Ark of Jehovah, the tent of meeting,
and all the holy vessels tha't were 'in
the tent; even these did the priests
and the Levites bring up. And King
Solomon and all the congregation of
Israel, that were assembled unto him,
were with him before the ark, sacrific
ing sheep and oxen, that could not be
counted nor numbered for multitude.
And the priests brought in the Ark of
the Covenant of Jehovah unto its place,
into the oracle of the house, to the
most holy place, even under the wings
of the cheruhinm. For the cherubim
spread forth their wings over the place
of the Ark. and the cherubim covered
the Ark and the staves thereof above.
And the staves were so long that the
ends of the staves were seen from the
holy place before the oracle; but they
were not seen without: and there they
are unto this day. There was nothing
in the Ark pave the tables of stones
winch Moses put tlieer at Horeh. when
Jehovah marie a covenant with th
thildren of Israel, w hen they came out
of the lard of Egypt. And it came to
v:az wl.e:-. the i'iests were come out
ot the holy place, that the cloud filled
the house of Jehovah, so that the
priests could not stand to minister by
reason of the cloud; for the glory of
Jehovah filled the house of Jehovah."
Three lessons in this cycle are given
to Solomon. The one last Sunday re
lating to his coronation anil wise
choice of wisdom, the one today and
one for September 12, relating to his
successful reign.
The one today Is entitled: "The
building of the temple." So far as the
text and the description in the lesson
goes it would seem to be incorrectly
named as there is no description of th"
temple in this lesson. It is rather a
description of the ark of the covenant
and its installation in the new temple.
If the teacher of this lesson follows
the text assigned he will not be able to
get much help out of various com
ments on the lesson as they follow the
suggestion of the subject and tell about
the temple. . . ...
As to the temple, very tittle can be
said in a few centences. So much has
been written on this subject that one
neerl have no trouble in finding plenty
of interesting things if he is bent on
describing this building. Hastings Dic
tionary has many pages of detailed de
scriptive matter and there are even
books on this specific subject.
For beauty. costliness. symetry.
grandeur, permanency, uniqueness and
dazzling glory, it must be the out
standing peer of all architeetura'
achiements. The Ruddist temple, Taz
mahal in India is the most be;:ntifu'
and wonderful hui'ding in the world at
the present time but v riters say that
the Solomon t-n-.pV wah nvieh mor
costly ati'l brnutifuh The unlieK
ciemolitio:: 'f .,:; and beautiful cathe
drals in Europe brought to our atten
ton some of the wonderful work .'n
these places of worship. We have a
few modern churches in this country
costing as much as a million and we
will no doubt build more elaborately
in the immediate future, but we have
nothing and Europe has nothing In
church buildings to compare with
Solomon's temple. It will be in a class
by itself for all time to come.
One writer says that all the other
glorious achievements of Solomon's
reign are eclipsed by this one of build
ing the temple. It is still a wonder of
history. It had "ample courts lofty
columns curiously wrought with lily
work and pomegrantes in brass, floor
of cyprus, walls of stone faced with
sandalwood and cedar, car' ed with
cherubim, palm trees and flowers, all
overlaid with gold.
David had make ample preparation
for the building of the temple but Je
hovah decided that a man of war and
a king with bloody hands must not
desecrate the temple. It was begun in
the fourth year of Solomon's reign and
required seven and one-half years to
build. It was dedicated in the seventh
month of the twelfth years of Solo
mon's reign, B. C. 1011 or Assyrian cal
endar B. C. P60. "
No better description of the temple
can be found than that in the chapters
of the Old Testament. Architects of
all ages have gone to these chapters
for information and inspiration.
Various amounts have been ascribed
as the cost of the temple in moJern
money but they may not be. very ac
curate especially when baspd upon the
constantly decreasing value of the
dollar,
We know that 'one hundred and
eighty three thousand and six hundred
men had toiled in the forests of Le
banon and in the subterranean quaries
to prepare the material that was to
go Aito this glittering pile of while
marble and burnished gold.
The. rugged stony top of Mount Mo
rvih was cut down to make a rock
foundation for this temple which would
have been standing today but for the
bitter determination of the enemies to
destroy every sector of the original
building.
The meager dimensions of the tem
ple proper may surprise one at first
thought. Ninety feet lng, 30 feet wide
and 43 feet high. It must be remem
bered that there were also rooms and
galcries addvd te temple proper and
it was net planed for large congrega
tions. It was open continuously and
it was for worship rather than for
formal religious services.
Within the temple were the brazen
altar, the brazen sea. the golden candle
stick, the table of shewhread, the altar
cf intens the cherubim and the elab
orate decorations described in the
chapters.
As the temple has never had an
equal so the detiicaJion ceremony was
on an elaborate scale
One part of the ceremony was the
bringing the ark cf the covenant of
the Lend out of the city of David and
into the temple, its permanent resting
place.
The following is the program on the
day of dedication: 1, Sentences pro
nounced by the king. 2. SolomorL.turns
and blesses the people. 3. Address by
Selcmol, 4. Dedicatory prayer by
Solomon. Psalm 132 by the choir
and orchestra. 6. Response by the
people. 7. Solomon's closing address.
The music for the occasion was the
best that could be found in the entire
nation. White robed singers anil mu
sicians: 120 trumpets all of s.lver,
harps, cymbals and psalteries.
Solomon put the best there was to
be had into the church.
He provided the best service pos
sible. The service was very religious and
spiritual.
The building was on the highest
ground where all could see it.
There seemed to be no cLffocuity in
getting plenty of money to pay the
bills without a special collection.
All helped build the temple and all
toek part in the dedication. .
The church should be the best build
ing in the community.
It should show forth the glory of
God.
The church must have a solid foun
dation JeMis Christ.
The church should minister to the
needs of all the people.
The church is a place for worship
and religious education.
"BABY VAMPS" LURE
UNPROTECTED SONS
LIMA An enidemie of "Puppy
Love'' threatens this city, a letter from
the mother of a l'l-yenr-old boy to the
police says. She urges that mothers
of young girls look after them more
carefully. The letter says that moth
ers of boys are required to watch them
alrr.cst constantly to keep them free
from the wiles of the "baby vamps."
Two gla- t ha 1 1 le cruisers are to be
' "; in th-- I'i i! i"r!ph'a navy yard at
' . .v :' ('!:. "0 each. The vessels
,1 f- ; , tn be larger, faster
and wili c.-i'tv rnor-.- deadly armaments
tiia i v cruise r now afloat.
Q, Where is alsike seed raised? A.
R. H.
A. Alsike is best grown in the
states which border on Canada, al
though parts of Kentucky, Tennessee
and , Missouri are adapted to this
clover. It furnishes a large amount
of pastures and the quality of the bay
is excellent. While ft makes a very
suitable hay for horses and cattle, it
is peculiarly adapted to sheep, uwing
to its fineness.
Q. Just what i3 an option on craif
or cotton? W, M.
A. An option is the purchased privi
lege either of delivering a specified
amount of something at a. specified
price within a specitiod time (a put)
or calling for and receiving such a
delivery (a call). Speculation or in
vestment in fututes (grain, cotto:i,
etc.) is often, though erroneously, re
ferred to as trad 1 1 4; In options. The
only "option" in dea'dng in futures ia
as to choice of the particular day in
the month on which to make delivery.
Q. Where is the "Old Spanish
Trail?" E. L. C.
A. This is the name given to a new
highway, connecting Florida with Cal
ifornia by way. of Alabama, Mississip
pi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico and
Arizona. The proposition is to rees
tablish the roads over which early
travel passed.
Q. When was it found that bread
could be made light? C. P. C.
A. It i'a impossible to state when
the use of leaven or yeast was discov
ered, but it was known very early in
the history of man, being mentioned
in the Bible, Exodus, 12:15.
Q. How much has the tonnage of
United States shipping increased since
the beginning of the war? R. E. D.
A. Since 1914, the gross tonnage of
American shipping has increased more
than.500 per cent. United States ton
nage now etanda second only to that
of Great Britain.
Q. Is it truo that eating pork makes
people susceptible to cancer? A. B.
A. The public health service says
I that there is no truth in the statement
that people who never eat pork do not
die of cancer. This point has been
studied repeatedly and there is no con
nection between the diet and the
growth of cancer.
Q. In case that a soldier dies after
being discharged from the service
without having received hie $60 bonus,
could this bonus bo applied on his in
surance which had lapsed? F. H. P.
A. The bureau of war risk insur
ance says that this arrangement may
be made. You should address that
Bureau, Washington, D. C.
O. Please give me the history of the
almanac? M. C. O.
A. The history of almanac has been
traced back to very early tfmes. It
has been ascertained that Alexandrian
Greeks had them, though It Is not ex
actly known when they appeared in
Europe. The oldest existing almanacs
In manuscript form date from the 13th
and 14th centuries, whereas, the ear
liest printed almanac was by the as
tronomer Purbach. and appeared be
tween the years 1450 and 1461.
Q. What do bees known as hornets
make their nets of? P. J. C.
A. The bureau of biological Purvey
says that hornets .make their nefti
from bits of wood fibre which they
obtain from old fences and tree barks,
chewing them up Into a paper-lik
substance.
C. Could you tell me How large a
modern parachute is, what mke it
open, .-d what material is used? L.
C. E.
A. A modern parachute has a sur
face cf 970 to 1.425 square feet. The
resistance of the air caused by th
weight of a person suddenly droppin ?
is sufficient to cause the parachute to
open. They may also be "opened by
mechanical means. Parachute aro
J usnai'v made of linen or silk gore. u
cut that when sewed together, they
form a portion of a hemiphere.
Q. What causes dew? S. H.
A. Three concurrent sources of dew
ire recognized: The condenpatlon of
the moisture of the atmosphere: the
condensation of wa'ery vapor arising
from the rirth: and the moisture ex
haled from plants. '
O. What is the differnc between
a metal and a mineral? Why is salt
mirera' and pure cold a metal? M. A.
A. The Geologic! survey siiys that
al! metals are mlrorals. but all mine
ral? are not metala. Minerals an- of
two kinds. m.cbU'ic and non-metal?'-.
Gold is a metallic mineral and s;alt is
a non-metallic mineral.
O. Do the weevils in cereals, flour
a -d oatmeal, devoloo into rroths which
destroy clothing? E. P. B.
A. The hnreou of hioloqica! survey
Fays that cereal weevl's do not devel
op into moths which destrcy clothing.
(Any reader can get the answer to
any question by writing The Republi
can Information Pureiti. Frederic J.
Haskin. Dire ..-for. Washington, I). C,
This offer applies strictly to informa
tion. The bureau cannot give advice
011 legal, medical, and financial mat
ters. !t ilos3 not attempt to settle
domestic troubles, nor to undertake
cNhausti ve research on any subje t.
Write your question plainly and brief
ly. Give full name and address and
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