Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1906-05-04
XuERlHNT ON
EARTHQUAKE
observation-disclosures, Throws Much
LtslshbspnTMAis Subject, Now OF
sSoMlSsehs. Interest.
1MtesshN FRRNucIsco DISASTER
NNq<kAsMnc eaeEsicaI Reason for As
sdqaiaAig atitNNith the Eruption
ofov Aasuvius.

NNewYXtNk Malay 3.-Ralph S. Tarr. |
npJpfesso b pD EAYahamic geology any phy-
sioal aes@YiA Atat Cornell University,
ITHACA ,NNewY aArk. in the New York
Z Time IS IS fsesss:
NNinstYfSNrpaser cent of all record
,ed ;eahANARAe sisbocks occur in two
=, marrow csQaes ofQ3lewing two great cir
neles, pfhAa aalih. One of these pass
eslthyNasghth6 eWWest Indies, Mediter-
Faaean C EacbQafsls.a and Himalaya reg
Z, IONS a M duMhtssb belt SO per cent of
a allraeSNiSaf de aHtthauakes have occur
rered.
"fEbeNt3eridMMhich California lies,
aenetleb sdb PRAei&c, following the An
idestlt1 esn@64tetzaips of western North
A+aariea thA eAHAstlhian Islands, Japan
a Aedtt4 eEEast Id4ties. Forty-one per
oQentpaHlkks@YRfshocks have occurred
min ftisi sb4lelt.
"tQfAerrea Don the earth have
s,syDDkif do Atltsix xpper cent of recorded
eeaftAaAR4ss "a IA dtuhese for the most
opartyYfgeopfsHEk intensity. Conse-
q aAsnyy a fees 50 6tk,side these belts are
i-insslKh I'd Saeseropf earthquakes. The
two a&Aes opfretesnt shaking are also
.,gegi0ns OPT voDaesnc eruptions and
.zgrowiR su;e8Hniains
"fThe ggysp ntaajority Of the active
gyplcaB0ss OPT thAee earth lie in these
beh,s IA aad ges4,egical evidence proves
eeanalutsisfsly thheti,n these zones the
tneHniaips a aEesatill rising. These two
5phfnOlffaa. ySL1eanoes and growing
ameHntaies asS&ehnt for the vast ma
,,jerity opf esH4thauake shocks. The
rlmoHfnstA sopfthhel lava and the pent-
" up s1&ans9 frs&sting and accompanying
volcanic eearbttiRns send out tremors
land lsheeks Through the earth, but the
most e eNtsnnjae aand violent shaking
eGRrsgNhRmhherr rocks break or move
along pfTeNi0as bbreaks, called faults.
Then "a succession OF jars passes
Through thhe ceGast, often doing great
damage. SSHRhrmovements result from
the saaias tdo which the rigid crust
3oftNheeseaNh ijsssubiecte in the pro
Gsssoofnn0uMa,n. growth.
"YTMsnaasybee illustrated by a spec
fifc ilinsaanee tthht the writer studied
lasts aumne ririnAAlaska, which lies il
thes salheb baltaas( California. In Sep
,aemberl 1899, YHAkutat Bay, which lie,
aattthe baase off Mount ST. Elias, was
visited bly, aa ssefies of earthquake
5shoeks beginning the third and end
ming 1.-THE tSWantitah being especially
yaibian tonnthh ct zenith and the fifteenth
bfthenmotith. AAtlthe same time ther
90hhaa y NdtdRht earthquake in thu
NMinr4tae thhhthhe front of Muir glaC
idnrwWasseoshhttan that for severa
yyAnss Thu touuaast steamer could no
ego too thhe gMeiaHr Fortunately fe,
peeplse liMsadinn thhe affected district
bbut fnsm pr0sppeMors we learn tina
tahe skhokks wenee cot great violence
pp0hAhlN yfaa m0peeV violent than that a
SEnn FFan0h4soO.
"Mysttdtsi&s obfl last summer prov
tltattthAss eskhokksywere the result O
shnpiuago 6fthh emnuuntain rocks alon
aannmhAHrobfaultlt lines due to an up
w~nfd rifsAsg obfthhe Mount st. Ella
Tansee. T1ta slpbffft bore up with it tn
beaahh&DbnthAeskho of the bay. AM
tthHynaBwst anddaht various elevation
ah&nsp faseah Heaa level In one par
o6ftitheb AHthA euppraised shore line il
447faeetahopeepp aesent high tide an,
tlllchhs 90 barnacles and marin
sshaH swhirkhinn1a 1899 were growing il
tfthessaas ,boutamaong which young a
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. growing.
Ittaao0oanMN1 to pronounce fins
oplniGnn upqDn thhe nature and caus
Outlines SAM maoeisco earthquake, b,
frf1nm waAtt hast said it will |
anhAhttitapl0hbable that this shoe
iastitheres,sltlto too 1lMovements along OF
oprnarH efaaltltlihnes in the course
than &titrahs pnwtthl of the coast range
whtljkhg selslesAa sh have long known
bee 9tllfnpl0Dfas&s throughout the c
titBe exsaRht obf California. That Il
c0Ds6 raAseRanG&Erowing is proved
nuuaaBlons eehidRoees. There are l
raiBas& d skhr6e litiees;. at various poin
tnaahA GedffDnisia coast, proving