The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-28
PASSING OF the ANCIENT MYTHS
MODERN DISCOVERY Il DISPELLENG THE WEIRD DELI SONS
ABOUT THE WORLD.

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SIDE Information.
E1pio.st!on. seem 70 have resulted
IN the shsttsriag % pretty Gye4 ms
eTsr s:nce exploring tssza-sad that
vas ever IN the void began For
the explorers VINO cane - America
shattered their n Tisiors ss wei!
ss ihose % she Eaybesrds. They
mad exported 10 snC Z land where
gc-c Z: loose On the ground sao d:a-
b".e tizrzs g!ew nn re res. ia.1y
~.scoVe:ey we're responsible fer some
q: s7ess fantastic hopes. n persons
"ho stayed ~ hone c0dseled their
.rref!asticns. which gave birth 20 a
lot ~!,f ideas. The press sgen,
~oEs :nat ~ss done for ;he new
world in ,he A.st years 6. is boom
was enough ~ have wrecked torere.
n but Z youne ana hopeful com.
.nun:ty.
GeogEsrhica! IDEAS continued vague.
ho~sfer. ieng after ;he discover. o.
America and different people held of.
.e!ent theories spcu. the earth and
ire length n h-eaG;n and pecuiisri-
ii@s Of il. Err EEK discovery famed
s~"rnepoo%'s tsTo.!,e nopty, nv. there
were pi@nt: Of persons aho persisted
IT riding theEe z TIC hobbies even aft.
- the Te-a iama in all four fee,.
20! instance. there are people who
oeiieve implicit: .oday ,hat the earth
!s fat and take pleasure in the be-
!!et- one Of these persons urote. in
1902. a storT hi.ad win long and
transforming lords for the earth.
sc;s1.Hc. He o.o"ed, 10 his oon sat
:: action al less', and by resoluteiy
shutting his exc 70 .hings demon.tYat-
Cd ~ scientists FIR the last few hun
drHo rears. Mat -ne earth is fat.
VII" said rh;s pefron. with the
s;- 81 ~ MID is explaining a seif-ev..
cent truth, any sf.np must know tina.
Il Eou GO up in : balloon the earth
looks fat. and ii :. we're round there
would be 4 difference in elevation Of a
mile OF go between the tTo ends OF
the Suez Canal. which doesn't exist.
and besides. il I, were round the
Chinese. who are IN the under side.
would fall of. which they are not do
ing az ali. but rather increasing IN
Toer So. % curse. the earth Is
:ia' and il you reed further demon
s'!a'!on @hE you're hope!essly ignor-
ant. and there's no 1875 for us scientific
fetnea ds 70 argue with you."
II ras in 1900 that a Young man
named VIM. McMahon. who lived in
Carthage, Mo, according ~ the Chi
ago Tribune. came forward with the
suggestion that il anybody wished TO
explore the interior construction Of
the earth il Vas only necessary 10 use
an H-raE' machine and all the won
ders of the deep could be made plain.
jug, like that. In order 70 get the
proper perspective William suggested
might take .he X-ray machine UP
never followed " though il had all
sorts of interesting possibilities. For
instance, q perEon possessed Of a suf-
fciently powerful machine could take
2 squint at the earfh. find out Just
where all h hidden veins Of gold lay.
huT UP the land at a tenth Of the
market value from the widows and
orphans and Old soldiers who owned
it. and make his everlasting fortune.
Similarly the Puhlic Utilities com-
mission Of Kansas City could have
hoped into its X-ray balloon. hutter.
ed out into Kansas. looked beneath
the surface of the ground and seen at
4 glance whether there really was z
shortage in the supply Of natural gas
or whether the company was Just
bluf1ng.
Theolosists could have determined
the ancient question Of whether there
really is a Hades: at least, whether It
is| located inside the earth, and wheth-
er volcanic eruptions are caused BY
some particularly recslcitrant sinner
being raked over the Goals. Nobody
paid any attention TO Mr.. Mcmahon,
however. and here's another Grand
theory gone to Join the dragons and
the dodo birds and the fanciful stories
about the north pole.
AZ for h south pole. nobody ever
paid much attention to 1t until the
north m was discovered. Then Cap.
tain Amundsen and Captain Scott har.
nessed up their faithful dogs. loaded
up With sumdropa. cracked the whips
and the rae was on. Captain Scott
took q large number Of scientists
along. and they stopped to make OBJ
servations along the way.
Captain Amundsen was short on
scientists. but long on dogs. and he
wasted no time gathering edelweiss on
the way. SO Captain Amundsen
reached the pole. turned around and
came home at a dog trot. while Cap.
tain Scott. as far az the world knows.
10 still setting down scientific facts In
his Journal IN . hno Italian hand. II