The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-09-27

ters have been located These canals
or stTeaks are from 200 TO 5000 miles
In length and being the straight con-
ncction OF the centers have led some
10 think that as water is the crying
need OF a dying planet like Mars, these
canals are artificial But it seems that
rather than being canals they would
more probably be the broad fertile
valleys made yisable by the vegeta-
ton which springs up along the great
flowing streams We do know that
on the moon. now lifeless, there arc
cracks broad and straight which con-
meet centers. and that In the Hawaiian
islands there arc such straight depres-
siOnS in lava stretches and that the
stream escaping through them turns
10 water and dew and there these lava
cracks are lined with vegetation while
all about is dry and hard. MAY we
not thus have an Interpretation not
only of the cracks but oil the colorlng
as we'll Strange to say the centers
To which these canals run glow with
peculiar whtcnees for about two
weeks in each year. Prof. Pickering
of Harvard thinks this is due TO these
centers being great marshes and the
vegetation Towering with white bios
som at this time Just now there is
wondroUs red tinge to Mars. Is it
dying vegetation? At times Of the
year II is a wondrous green. Is 1T
the glow OF rich verdure
Now planet must not only have
climate and water. IT also needs at,
mosphere TO support life Mars from
its size has only one-third the force
OF gravity OF our earth Now. as our
air is composed of very active gas
(oXygen being most unstable) II seems
that the force of gravity on Mars is
not strong enough to hold atmosphere
like our own. for gravity there Is so
weak that three tons of our coal here
would only weigh a ton there. More
over the absence OF any clouds save at
the poles shows that the air there Ia
very rare. We know, however, that
all life here readily adapts Itself to
heavy and rare atmosphere, AT Cerro
de Pasco, Peru. the richest silver
mines In the world are located. The
elevation is 1925 feet and only the
Indians, who. for ages, have lived on
the submits. can work them and the
Smelter which stands at that eleva-
tion We know. too. that some animal
life can only live In the denseness of
the bottom of the deepest sea. where
under the pressure of two miles or
even more OF water they have lived
so long that 10 come TO the lighter
water of the surface is death. There
fore We cannot say that the rare air
of Mars is a barrier TO life. So with
water climate and rare air 1t is very
probable that the color changes and
lines on Mars are due to vegetation
Supposltion is strengthened by the
fact that the day on Mars is almost
like our own. Mars having "A and
one-fourth hours TO a day. The year
there, as We said, has 6S7 days. Mars
also has two small moons that re-
Volve very close TO the planet
Now pray tell me. hearer, what Is
an Ordinary planet or star, You
who pass the heavens by as nothing.
turning from these great beauties to
read trashy novels or View cheap pic.
lures, tell me. | pray you. can you
derive one-tenth the real Joy or good
from your form of amusement as the
one who loves and studies nature?
And you who do not believe In God
and regard not His -loral law. tell me
how YOU explain His heavens and the
wondrous precision Of His natural
law. The wise men said. eve have
seen His star In the East and are
come to worship Him" Learn of them
and so and do thou likewise