The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-02-14

/ plants, animals, bones and teeth pre-
served in the rocks. They convey TO
Us a wonderful story. They show
when the mountain ranges were up
lifted; when the Age of Shell Life
started and closed; when the Age Of
Fish, Amphibians and Reptiles OPEN
ed and closed; when the Mammals
came into their own; where they lived
and what they lived on; how they mi
grated from America to Europe and
Asia and when they died. Thus in
dicating the life history Of the Earth.
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Dr.. Bailey Willis, professor of Geo
logy at Stanford University main
tains that earthquakes, volcanoes and
mountain building are closely asso-
ciated. Some 5000 quakes and rum
bles are being recorded every year
on the instruments. Quake zones are
located in areas that are near mount
ain ranges which are being gradual
ly uplifted. His theory is that the
force necessary for the uplifting is
caused by the recrystallization of the
molten rocks deep under the surface
and during the cooling period gener-
ate the force and push toward the
direction of least resistance. Thus
folding and faulting the stratified lay
ers that lie adjacent to the base of
the mountain mass.
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Marine fossils, those deposited by
ocean waters, have been discovered
on Mount Everest, $1,000 feet above
sea level.
Since the discovery of Magyar civil
lization in Yucatan several years ago.
has brought to light the advanced
stage of development of these ancient
people, preparations are now under
way for sending expeditions into Cen
trail America. Explorations will be
made in the Central American 1ungles
for the purpose of obtaining new evil
dences of the past and vanished civil
lization which existed on the western
continent.
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Experiments with ten-ton buss
steam automobile on the streets of
New York City have shown a great
saving in motor transportation. 1t is
proven most ideal in heavy city traf-
fic and the comeback OF the steam
car is predicted.
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Spinach contains a large quantity
Of Vitamin A and B. An ounce Of
spinach contains more of Vitamin A
than an ounce of butter The con-
tent of Vitamin B, which is used to
prevent scurvey, spinach shows the
same amount as milk.
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Eight billion pounds of sugar are
being imported into the United States
every year. We produce only one
fifth of the sugar consumed, and sta
stistics show that the consumption
of sugar is increasing. Chemists of
the Bureau of Standards in Washing
ton, D. G. have perfected a method
crystallizing a fruit sugar which is
called Fructose. Heretofore it was
only obtainable in the form of syrup.
Fructose is twice as sweet as our
present sugar. Experiments have
shown that only half the quantity is
necessary to produce the same amount
Of sweetness in cooking and baking.
A vast new industry will be under
way in few years producing this
new sugar. 1t occurs widely in the
plant world especially in fruit,
honey, mollasses and sorghum. The
Jerusalem Artichokes and Dahlia
bulbs are now being cultivated and
developed to increase production, be-
cause it was found that these two
plants produced large quantities Of
Fructose.
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A camera has been perfected with
a combination or compound lens
which will take pictures in natural
colors. The pictures are projected
in natural colors on a screen through
a similar lens while no colors are Wis
ible in the films.
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The Agricultural Department TO-
bacco statistics shows that the pro-
duction of snuff, in the last SO years
has grown from 100000 pounds per
year to 100000 pounds. This in
crease is partly attributed to users
working in industries where smoking
is prohibited
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A most fascinating story is Mans
rise from savagery.
Interesting bits of history are be-
ing unravelled from time to time
which show that in the Southwestern
part of America including the states
OF Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Arizona,
New Mexico and Old Mexico an early
civilization existed. These people
roamed the mesas and canyons, hunt
ing and fishing, building only tenn