The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-02-16
HOW OLD is MOTHER EARTH?

OF course Mother Earth knows her age but you may
be very that she isn't going give the secret 1t
generally known that she longer spring chicken but being
sensitive girls about such matters after they
point she naturally figures that her is her own bus
However the fact that she is ose-mouhed about
hasn't kept curiousnnded scientists from ng to ferret it out
Guessing the age Of planet isn't game by any
For ages and scientists have been seeking the answer
the question and they still hard at The classic estimate
of Archbishop Usher which the margin the com
monty version of the Bible and which made the
enth century put the birth of thewod 1904 B. C. about
1922 years ago This be noted would make Mother Earth
just sy young thing but the scientists became skepca
about the accuracy OF and began guessing contest on ther own
hook Lord Kevns estimate the next to command wide
spread attention and acceptance His estimate that the globe
which live somewhere between twenty and ioy million
years oda variation of twenty million could make little der-
anyway Lord Kelvin got the dope the old lady by the
study of temperatures tidal effects and the shape OF the earth
theory that the earth molten he calculated
how long would take for the surface to cool to the present tenn
peraue Furthermore the effect OF the tides IS to constantly
check the speed which the sphere rotating aud this gave the
Harvard mathematician after devotg more than loo hours 70
the study of tidal effects the eahs notion announced that
the the slowing down due to this going on would
take thousand years to add one second to the period q rotation
and then figured out that Kevns figures were too low
Enter into the Dr. Henry Norris Russell the great
who took line inquiry and reached the
cusion that the earth slightly older than had previously been
estimated While committing himself definite figures his
old Mother Earths might kept safely if she
hadn't left lot Of eltale uranium radum and other radioactive
elements scattered around to These radioactive
things the scientists undergo changes at fixed rate 1t is
part Of their daily business lead radoead to form
certain rocks and by png around the rocks the geooest
able get the dope which furnishes the basis for Dr. Ruse
calculation It's all just simple twotimes two when you
understand it, To be the OF the dear old girl may
years eight billions but why qubbe about it!
AS matter Of fact makes serious difference except to the
Scientific SiandArgue club and far personally
cened perfectly willing let EN- fight it out Let the
guessing contest proceed
Pat Harrison, Of Mississippi doesn't approve Of the
of President Harding setting aside the civil law
order make personal appointment the pomastersp in
Marion Ohio and there probably others who ake the
Of Finding fault with the president for his action
in this may like making mountain out Of
moeh but really rises above the trivial when the chief exec
the nation sdestep the law order favor personal
though he has authority make special order
such The Marion incident and the modification of rules
relations governing ppstoffice appointments by The
present may well the friends Of civil service
reform take notice.