The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1920-06-18
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the world for twelve
months In nutshell.
That Is a reportorial
- problem Of dimensions
What OF value TO human prog
ress have the workers In science
20 offer7
Would that the equation was -
simpje as this. and yet in the final
analysis the persistence OF science
viii depend on It's relatively to the
6opmmon denonninator.
Ties. I've been attending the
fourth annual meeting of the Pa.
esfic division Of the American A.
epeiation for the Advancement of
Ecfcnce. Anybody could tell that
from the way make sentences.
when the chemist gets a great.
bir. unwieldy body. and warts TO
discover It's common denominat-
or he takes slice Of the big body
and puts II on a glass. and covers
II with another bit OF glass. and
sli,s IL under a high-power micro
scope. and. from the rnaEnlfied
characteristics of the tiny bit. he
deduces the characteristics OF the
whole.
And that 10 the only way know
By which the current session OF the
Academy Of Science can be trans
lated TO the public.
A cross ction Of the session:
Taking the meeting of the zoolog-
ical section yesterday morning.
Under the eye OF the critical public.
what does this clip. chopped from
the scientific thought Of the nation.
show7
Well. the mole Of the Pacific
! slope II bigger than any other
mole, and he IL worth. in his
prime" some four-bits per pelt.
and there was $4,000 worth Of
him caught last year. and that $50
900 worth was made into coats
that sold for $3.50 900: and a mole
~ "prime" about this time OF the
year. and the more We catch OF
him. the better for the orchards.
and lawns and fields Of the region.
Theo. II. Scheffer. OF Puyaiiup.
Is authority for the above.
How about the Gila-cail II
Heeia--monster7
Is the bite fatal or not7
Our California cousins have de-
bated long and earnestly regard
ing this delicate point. because our
California cousins have ella mon
sfers. and they are divided as to
whether these warty brutes are
tourtsts' attractions or natural
sAandicaps.
Taking the testimony Of Tracy 7.
Storer, Of Berkeley. the ella mon
ster is a fine natural Hun. There
was a professor in the Smithsonian
institute wto was bitten by "A ella
and who ~ rvived. and who ever
thereafter regarded the ella as a
parlor pet.
But IL appears that the professor
was bitten on the thumb by the in
consequential teeth in the futile
upper Jaw Of the ella.
And IL appears that the poison
Of the ella is in the lower jaw. and
that a Los Angeles animal shark,
one Of those l.. A. sidewalk muse
uffi ~ " Jttk W FHAi-' ~
crowd to the show just inside the
big tent" tickled the ella under
the ear, and the ella bit him, and
1fhe estimable spieler died within
(b9 minutes.
The ella bit him with both sets
of teeth. and the poison from the
glands Of the lower jaw had "A
chance to work-hearse. muffled
drumsi
Anyhow, tho ella Is bad medi.
cine, and Arizona. California. and
tourist way points can take due no.
tice.
The next as to the racial differ.
enc~s In salmon.
Wills r. Rich. Of the United
states bureau Of fisheries. handed
out.
Did you know that the salmon
comes back after a tour Of the
Ugh seas to the place where II was
born TO do its spawning7
Probably you did. but did you
know that the salmon carry a rec
ord OF their youthful excesses on
the scales Of their back2
! bet you didn't know that
Now. Yakima river salmon ls a