Arizona republican., 1920-08-11
The aau-searino Earthquake


 Some weeks ago when Angeles began to perience earth tremors in a moment when we felt facetious, surmsed that that city, which turns everything which it's way to profitable count, would capitalize it's earthquakes and offer them it's literature added feature of Los Angeles. We intended that. though, jocular sug- gestion-
 But it be joke. Whether or not act ing that suggestion. Los Angeles is actually ceeding to capitalize the earthquakes and has gone far to issue prospectus.
 The statement been by the Chamber of Commerce and is given and editorial support by the newspapers, that it has been scientifically certained that the earthquakes in that vicinity harmless because of the peculiar underlying forna- tion of that region. which renders it immune those disastrous slips which overwhelm other earthquake regions with
 Los Angeles and vicinity. informed, formation being derived. suppose. from local ge oogsts who were born the ground and ought to know. has peculiar underlying stratum of huge, boulders It is peculiarity which s the earth it is only place where the Almighty made this experiment.. and so successful has it been shown to be that wonder why it not adopted policy, and such stratum made underlie everywhere an antidote slips"
 The Los Angeles geological theory-indeed, it is than theory-promulgated by the Chamber of Commerce and the newspapers as fact-that
 
 of the Los Angeles formation borne these boulders glide along easily and harmlessy, with that smoothness motion and facility which always communicated from ball. bearing surfaces sockets. The motion is abrupt titing-always horizontal and gliding. Thus persons who would be shaken by earthquakes San Francisco are given only pleasant ride in Los Angeles.
 So far the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce has not suggested charging visitors for pleasant excursions the earth's gliding surface That will probably be later development though to date, the Chamber of Commerce invites the world experience the joys of ball-bearing earthquakes without money and without price.
 We do think the Chamber Of commerce's de- scription of the bearing arrangement complete But perhaps that is the geologists. who are not familiar with machinery and do that bearings then must be fabrication the best results.
 what's the with ,he proximity o the ball. bearings earthquakes to La Brea the oil fields? Why not speak also of the sef-oing systems? this included future pros pectuses the Los Angeles Ball Bearing Earthquake Association.
 The s2o reward paid by New Yorker to the man who returned to him s25,ooo worth of diamonds he lost regarded by him only a supplement virtue.
 The inventive genius who was work nfil- HDie corkscreW mas energy Tn direction of -refillable pop bottle
 Harding thinks that Cox is trying Jimmy his way into the White House. Cox the other hand is warrening the voters against Harding.
 Since the railroad workers what they go after, why cannot the postal clerks make any headway?
 If the Republican candidates for nomination are not named the party have any repre- sentation at the Red Lake barbecue.
 A whole lot of railroad travel ought be crowded into the period before August 26.
 We 0 believe the various "class" carriages which distinguish European railroads would ever get a foothold this country. The average independent American if he cannot ride in Pullman prefers the rods the blind baggage