The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-07-08
SANTA BARBARA
NOW SAFE CITY
ITALIAN LAKES
BIOLOGISTS UNCOVER SECREi
OF RECENT UPHEAvEL AT
SANTA BARBARA
City Is Now One of Safest Cities IN
United States insofar as Earth
cuakes are Concerned; Now
Rests on Rocks

Il San Francisco.-Two of California
II outstanding authorities on earti
/ quakes believe Santa Barbara IS on
of the safest places in the Unite'
III States. as far as immunity from earth
Il quakes is concerned.
Il DR.. Bailey Willis, Stanford univer
| sity geologist. who predicted the TEN
| bIor at Santa Barbara and journey
ed from Palo Alto 10 a suburb OF the
quake-strickeu city in time to witness
the shake, and Captain T. ]. j. See,
scientist and government astronomer
at Mare Island. arrived at the same
conclusions il independent state
ments-
Dr.. See said:
There is 10 occasion for further
anxiety at Santa Barbara The sea
coast places recently disturbed are
for tine the safest The main thing
is to build safe houses on good foun-
/ cations and not 70 worrE-
Supplementary conclusions made
public from PzIo Alto from Dr. Bail
ey details his reason for assurance
Of 10 added earthquakes II the same
region He said:
The earthquake fault on which the f.
center was located runs along the
base OF the Santa Inez mountains
parallel with the sea There was no
visible displacement on the fault and
the center OF the movement was prob
ably situated az depth Of some miles
se1earh the surface The fault pass
e. through the site Of the Sheffield !
reservoir which failed through ia
floating OUT OF the dam without an
CT the alignment Of ths
top OF the dan along the remaining
remnants
The CITY OF Santa Barbara IS bc<
n valley surrounded bv hills and
n Two kinds CT ground Il We dis
them b. their reaction 10 an :
The hills consist OF solid :
eek CT CT wsu-cousoIGarsc masses G
4 gravel ard bcuIGers- Tie earth
i1ase vibrations II THIS material are
cry rapid bur snort and harmless a :
silver
The FausE III Is less firmly coz n
olicarssL tie vibrations are longer =.
ID though slower. ara mere dan II
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