The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-01-31
Research Work
Written In Everyday Language
BY
DR.. j. c. E. SlEGFRIEDT

The Research column will eonsis
: OF research news of the day in geolo
. gy, paleontology, agriculture, chem
: istry. medicine and the various sub
; lects which scientists are studying II
the research laboratories as well as
the field Of exploration. Weekly
items will be given in everyday
language of the latest deductions
that are new and promising.
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Fort Union layers are the LAYERS
fronting the Rocky Mountains from
Canada to lower Utah. From Utah
through New Mexico into old Mexico
these layers are termed Basal Eoc-
enc. This formation contains the
coal seams of the Red Lodge coal
field in Carbon county. The name
Fort Union was applied to these lay
ers by Meek and Hayden in the early
days while making geologic explor-
ations for the government. The ex-
petition eamped at Fort Union which
was located at the mouth of the Vel
lewstone river.
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Heretofore the Rocky Mountain
range was supposed to be one of the
youngest, or most recent ranges de-
veloped on the earth. At the last
Geological Society meeting held in
New York last December. paper was
read that gave proof that the Rockies
are the Oldest range on the continent.
Two distinct reiuyenations of this
range took place, caused by the up
lifting of the surface and thus trap
ping the lakes in the canyons and
giving the evidence of young for
nation.
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Astronomy deals with vast distance
while geology deals with long peri
DDS of time.
Question: Did mammals exist be-
fore the Age of Mammals?
Answer: Yes, the primitive MAN.
mails existed during the Age of Rep
tiles.
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Public records and books printed on
paper made of wood pulp are the
cause of quite some concern to keep
ers of records because investigator 5
have found that deterioration is de-
stroying the paper. Paper made Of
rags and linen does not show this
destruction. 1t has been found that
cotton fabrics exposed to the fumes
of ozone for 80 minutes increase the
tensile strength of the fabric. This
may be the solution for preserving
wood pulp paper. Cotton is cellul5sa
and 50 is wood pulp.
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The outstanding discovery of the
year in medicine is the "liver treat
ment" for pernicious anemia. It is
to be hoped that it will be lasting |
cure without prolonged treatment. |
Time only viii tell.
The United States Public Health
Service has recently announced the
results of Investigations dealing with
the effect of communicable diseases
as relate to goiter. These reveal the
following:
A communicable disease census Of
1877 boys and 8,441 girls showed
little difference in percentage Incl
dence among the thyroid normal and
thyroid enlarged children who had
the same maladies.
There is some evidence to show
that one of the immediate effects of
diseases among girls of
elementary school age is simple en-
largement Of the thyroid gland. How
ever, this thyroid enlargement ap-
pears to be temporary in character.
a comparatively short time, the
length of which is yet undetermined,
after a child RECEIVERS from a COM
disease, he is no more
prone to changes in thyroid size than
child who has not had a communi-
cable disease.
In SO Tar as elementary school chill
dren are concerned, there appears to
be no ground for assuming that the
ordinary communicable diseases are
responsible for simple goiter. The
causes of this malady
must be sought for in other direc-
tons.