The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-04-08
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SWALLOW ZION
This Is the Dire Prediction
Made by Prof. Marcus
Z. Jones.
ONLY A LITTLE WAIT OF
EIGHT THOUSAND YEARS
Excellent Programme Is Rem
dered by Utah Academy
of Science.

That the present site OF Salt Lake was
once renGed by an earthquake many
times greater than the one at san fran
4 cisco. was the statement made 10y Prof.
Marcus T.. Jones. speaking before the
\ Utah Academy OF Science In the Science
building OF the high school last night,
I Professor Jones said the great quake
was about 2250 years ago and that the
ground on which Zion now stands sank
at least twenty feet during the tTemen-
dous convulsion OF nature,
Professor Jones also said that near
the mouth of Little Cottonwood canyon
caused a strip of ground mile and 3
half long and several hundred yards vice
TO drop fifty feet lower than ii had been,
These auakes were approximately 2Z'o
years ago.
geological records" said Professor
Jones, show couclusively that these Two
records also show no other evidences oi
earthquakes during the last 10000 years.
am speaking OF great quaEes and no, no.
mere trembling of the earth. which would
leave no record in prehistoric tunes.
Dire Prediction.
Professor Jones said that undoubtedly
Salt Lake would be destroyed by quake.
but geological indications are. he says
that the disaster viii not take place I"r
something Ike 5000 years yet. Professor
Jones believes that every city in the lana
is in more immediate danger OF destruc-
ton from various causes than Salt Lake
is i'm danger from nualieS, although ultl-
mately that is 10 be Iion.s ending
Professor Jones ; paper was mace
doubly interesting by being illustrated
with stereopticon slides made from photo
graphs showing earth movements along
The great fault plane east OF salt Lake
Members of the association gave Inc
closest possible attention TO the speaker
The first paper of The session was by
DR.. l.. n. Ball. president of the Utah
Agricultural college. whose theme ,%as %aS
nothing in the world is more important
than producing strong. healthy human
animals He told how one degenerate
or physically weak individual unintcn.
iionalIy mcnaced the well being OF al!
his neighbors. Professor Bal made
strong plea for producing a higher type
of men and women. He cited the prog
rcss that had been made with lower ami
mails and predicted that human animals
would show much higher results when
intelligent eugenicS become the every
day creed OF civilized races.
Fact Emphasized.
The speaker emphasized the fact that
IL is not only desirable 10 produce
healthier individuals. but the laws oil
self preservation absolutely require that
fewer weaklngS and degenerateS be
brought into the world. The harm that
one person, who is defective physically
or mentally. is capable of causing Is
tremendously greater than the good that
the highest type of human perfection is
able 10 accomplish. Professor Ball cited
copously from medical and other sci
cntific authorities. showing that cugenics
is practicable when people are educated
up to the point of demanding that the
science be put into practice Not even
Luther Burbanks wonderful accomplish
ments with roses and fruits. he said,
would rival the results that can be at
tained by wise supervision OF the HUI
man race.
Professor Balls thesis was, of great
interest 10 the members OF the society
and many OF them took notes While ne
was speaking. Afterward theyF bonn
barded him with questions concerning a
pra ctical plan for working out his
theories and a lively discussion followed
Today's Programme.
Last nights meeting was the first Of
the annual convention. The SOCIETY VIII
convene again this morning at 10 O'Clock
when DR.. P. f. Homer of Pleasant Grove
will read a paper on killing Tempera,,
lures fer Fruit Buds, Prof. T. g. ltolt
-'Alkali Injury to Leaves" lie will be
followed by Prof c. NJ. Turpin. who. will
discuss Breeding Tor Egg Production.
will talk on "Rcforcstrauon." Mr. Hod-
son Is attached to the federal forestry
office at Ogden and his paper will be
devoted largely to forestry problems IN
The afternoon session will convene at
o'clock today. Dr., W; c. Ebaugh Of
on on The Centenary OF Avogrado's Hy-
po;hesis'' Dr. A. a. Knowlton will lee
lure on "Heisler Alloys" and Or. Robert
Stewart will speak on the Movement
OF Nitrogen Under Irrigation.
The night session starts at S:15 o'clock,
II will be largely attended. because many
scientists are anxious To hear Prof. VIII
liam Petersons thesis on The Planetary
hypothesis or New Theory OF World
Formation" This will be the first pa
per on tonights programme. A.. II.
Thiessen United States weather OBJ
server for Utah. will deliver the closing
lecture, which will be on ''Meteorology."