Evening star., 1920-01-17
BAY FOUND LEADING
TO 10000 SMOKES
Named Geographic Harbor,
Prof. Griggs Says, in
Lecture to Society.

discoveries Of new, bay. which will
make the Valley of Ten Thousand
smokes accessible to steamers and
hasten a day when this Alaskan
was announced to members of the
National Geographic Society by Prof.
robert f. Griggs in an address at the
New Masonic Temple yesterday. after
noon and last evening.
Prof. Griggs said this haven had
been named Geographic harhor, in
honor of the National Geographic So
clety. which had sent the expedition
TO Mount katma. following the erup-
tion of that largest volcano, and sub
sequent expeditions which had dis
covered. in the vicinity. the valley Of
Ten Thousand Smokes.
Three Times Hotter Than Steam.
First motion pictures yet taken of
the valleys vaporous, supergeyser
fumaroles, or vents. from which pour
fluid substances three times as hot
as steam. were shown for the first
time in this country Yesterday after
noon. Previous reports of the Geo
graphic Society expeditions prompted
the setting aside of the Mount Katmai
region, by presidential proclamation.
as national monument. The lectures
yesterday We're attended by Franklin
* Lane, Secretary of the Interior;
stephen T. Mather. director of the
national parks service; jules J. Jus
serand, the amba ssador from France
members of the board of managers of
the National Geographic Society, and
many other prominent officials and
citizens.
Motion pictures disclosed some of
, the unique and freakish phenomena
of this region. which resembles a
1naenlfed panorama of the COX e
ovens about Pittsburgh. and suggest,
as the lecturer noted, chromatic
study of hell with the lid off,"
Water Vanishes Like Magic.
Some of the vents are so hot that
eater. poured over them, disappeared
in vapors as if by magic before it
>%ached the ground level Rain
bubbles and boils in mud holes, until
it quickly is evaporated. After ev-
cry rainfall rivulets creep down the
steep side of Katmai, pushing the
volcanic gravel ahead of it. to form
dams, and then the dams break as
the water volume grows. This proc
ess is repeated again and again. as
channel is formed
Food was cooked over some of the
vents, on the fringe of the valley
but farther in the combined heat and
gases were potent enough to destroy
the utensils, not to mention the food
and cooking food there. the Sneaker
said. was like trying to fry an egg
over a forest fire" In this region of
cold. snow was used for ice tea to
quench the thirst of the men working
amid the parching heat of the seeth-
ing vents.
Color Pictures Show MarveIs,
Color pictures, taken by a special
process, attested the marvellous COL
oring which forms the Joseph Urban
setting, as result of the action of
the heat and the gases that pour
from the earth. Hunting for the hid
den beds is done with pointed sticks,
much a s. CLAIMS are sought for on the
sandy beach, only spouting steam, in
stead of water, is the response re-
ceived from poking stick in the
earth
A river on which particles of mat
ter. like block ice, floated, really was
covered with pieces of the pumice
stone from the volcanoes, the speak
er explained. This pumice was made
lighter than water by the gaseous
matter contained in it.
One of the major miracles of this
unique area is Failing mountain,
whose activities, the speaker said.
could better be recorded with a
phonograph than with motion pic
lures.