The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1920-04-02

rays of light which could much more easily be
controlled
Are there inhabitants on Mars? That's a cues.
ton on which scientists differ
Among scientists who have won the right to
speak with authority the foremost was the late
Professor Lowell director of the observatory at
fl"gSan Ariz. Not only was Professor Lowell
convinced TINT Mars was inhabited but he be-
'ieNeh the people mad much higher degree OF
indulgence Than those on earth. He dwelt par
ticulnrly ON their inventive genius
IN lol4 he found II new opportunity for strength
eilhg his pet belief by announcing that instead OF
tossing any of their canals the Mnrtlans had built
two new ones which could he seen plainly In, ourh
the telescope
We have actually seen them formed under our
eyes Professor Lowell said ut the time ard The
importance OF II can hardly he ovcrcstilnated The
phenomenon trnnscends any natural law and is
only explicahle far rs can be- seen by the pres
ence our yonder of animate wilt"
Professor Lowell had little To say about the
appearance of the beings on Mars. Edmond Per-
rier' director OF the museum of the Jar,lin des
Ilantes. In Paris. constructed the first picture of
the Martian> as he conceived them. He said in
part:
THE men Mars are tail because the force
Of gravity Is slight. They blond because the
daylight Is less Intense They have less powerful
hmhs. lheir large blue eyes, their strong noses
their large ears constitute type of beauty which
we doubtless would not appreciate except ms sur-
costing superhnman Intelligence"
On the other hand. DR. &. G. Abbott holds tbot
II wireless messages are being received it is NOT
Mars sending the signals hui most nrob,hv
Venus. Abbott is director of the Smithsonian
aStf"lfAs,taI observatory and assistant secretary
OF the smithsonian institution. He says Mars
Is eliminated as a possibility because known con
ditions ON that panet would not permit the OK
istence of any form of living creature II Is 100
herr, Is
in lis atmosphere.
Assuming that Mars or some other nlana, 10
signaling us what do In the circrm
stances Apparently We can io much
ir. James Harris Rogers of Hyattsville Md
WI" has devoted his life To the study OF electric
waves an" invented the underground and under.
se''s wireless used during the war declares h. il
gong 10 undertake tu teach the Inhabitants ,f
Mars the ru,mrnts Of intelligence of this n,,n,,
Within year wireless communication will h. .~
mhliShed with Mars Dr. Rogers believes
L. j. i.esh = New York rsdio engineer suggests
mat one "t the methods of constructing gigantic
station would be to erect huge antennae susn,nd
ed by balloons like the British lni.hl. R3I Ia
asserts however, that still better WAY N,n,d
he I" mr." huge and brilliant shafts af Iiyh, a.
ahtehhae for the system. lie thinks thnt nro
j"t"r> could he grouped around On. spot whar,,
Il great amount ef electricity could he g.n.r,,.l
lie suggests Niagara Falls mr. ~nlnr oth.r ~,
With an enormous amount af water pow.r
Elmer A Sperry has >earch,iyht eanab. ..
producing beam havin. tb. illumi,,tf, =,
tcn>ity 81 l2>ooo1s candle power ue ,,.,,,,
form group Of lao To 2oo af his seur,bIieb, .,,,
direct their eomhinesl beams in thu, ,llr,ar,i,, -
Mars. An aggregation of thar >ort Womb ,,...,.s
the luminous equivalent of a star of the sevsu,h
""-''''u'' sm'h v our Telescopes are able Ia pick
M readily, Therefore assuming tbat ~, ,,...tt'
had glasses of equal power they sh,,,j h 's
trouble IN catching thar dot If liyhr frc,n . M,
lance "f 3a,so"a To 4oonhea miles
IL would be possible, doubt IN onaro,, =, -
sights ;" that they could give slow signals With
""a'd M y" the requirements of II system of
this character aud the ne,.ft, .,,... ae"'> -
toa'd Gust \ pretty sum. t''"t
The outlay might be warranted some d,r h.,
certainly not until it is CERTAIN th,, ~. ny out
called oy Que OF our neiy',h.,rs out =, ,ns., e'S