The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-11-22

? Moon Than on Mars, He Declares
may on Moon Equal to About Twe
AAIrnks Of Our Time.
Gltg EUwarranted assumption that
the nsau Is dead and that nothing
-Caa live on Its surface has caused as
HreDoneCs to fail to study II, accord
&ng 20 Prof. William II. Pickering Of
Harvsasvi, one Of the greatest living
72stFnlaplers, who In report on two
wears observation of the moon asserts
tiRr tlae existence of life is more eas-
1ly uaceable on the moon than on
Mars
Crops grow on some parts Of the
Epanr ST she rate of two a day, the day
S0 tpe moon being as long as two Of
sSNr weeks. They are believed to
sEaOw only in the craters, with which
rSe tNoe of the moon Is extensively
Kpitted and which are believed to con-
rxan water and possibly a supply of
eseUt. Professor Pickering has discov.
~sfuos steam Issuing from some of the
supposedly dead craters. The assump-
tSsa has been that, because the moon
had no atmosphere and because its
senperature was presumably hundreds
sG degrees below zero, no life could
Nexkst there.
Doctor Pickering Is now In Europe.
His colleague, Prof. 8. I. Bailey of
Harvard, said:
Professor Pickering has not as yet
'Deen able to convince many astron.
'omers that he is right In his discov-
'sry of life on the moon. He has made
N prolonged study Of the subject with
a telescope at jamaica and is con-
WINGED that the markings which he
finds on the moon are caused by yege-
tatlon, but some others think the mark
ings are shadows. My own attitude
as one OF doubt.
May Be Life In Low Form.
mo scientific man has advanced the
Theory that there is intelligent life ON
the moon. If there Ia life, 1t is be-
fieved to be a low form. OF course,
mo one can say positively that intel.
ugent life does not exist there"
In his report on this phase Of his
study OF the moon, which has Just
been published In Popular Astronomy.
q scientific publication issued at North
Geld, MIMI. Professor Pickering criti-
-eaxes astronomers In severe terms for
neglecting the study Of the moon, Do.
cause Of an improved hypothesis that q
was lifeless. He emphasized the fact
that Mars Is 200 times further away
1rom the earth than the moon Is. 90
that, other things being equal, 200 times
ms much detail can be seen on tho
Ixne0n as on Mars. Professor Picker
ing Is one Of the chief living authori-
xies on Mars, where he also believes
that life exists.
When the moon energies from its
two weeks OF darkness and degree
OF cold probably unknown on earth,
ghe suns light quickly warns up the
Aeids In the great moon craters, some
ct which are many miles across, and
starts a mushroom-llke growth OF life
there. according to the Pickering the
ory. This fourShes during the long
moon day. None Of It lasts overnight
that Is, over the moon night Of two
weeks.
Professor Pickering found canals"
or runs" OF vegetation on the moon,
as on Mars, and was able, because of
the nearness Of the moon, to trace the
antrlcate patterns Of growing fields, as
he regarded them.
He did this with an inferior tele-
scope at the Harvard observatory at
Vaudeville, Jamaica, which location ls
of special advantage In examining the
moon. His instrument. small one
as moro than fifty years old. His re-
searches are expected to result in
bringing powerful telescopes to bear
on the moon for the special study OF
living things alleged to be found In
Ihe craters.
'Of the nearly 1000 known bodies,
not counting comets and meteor
swarms, comprising our solar system"
Professor Pickering said In his report,
"there are only three with whose solid
surfaces we are at all familiar. There
are, Of course, the earth, our twin the
moon ana the planet Mars
son each OF these three vegetable
life exists, but strangely enough while
Its existence is now probably generally
conceded on Mars, It is quite safe to
say that the vast majority Of astrono-
mers would definitely deny It in the
case OF the moon. This at first seems
odd, because the surface changes, By
which II can only be recognized, arO
much more readily seen on the moon
than they are on Mars
1.-The explanation is probably two
Told. As far as our terrestrial expo-
rience goes, vegetation requires sew
eral days to develop, after the seed Ia
sewn, or the ground is first warmed
by the spring SUM-"
This occurs on the moon, according
no Doctor Pickering, but has been over.
Rocked because 1t takes place at a
considerable distance from the ter
uninator," or the boundary line betweep