The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-06-20

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Carbon is the central element of the
organic kingdom.
All life owes its existence to the
suns rays and the carbon dioxide in
the atmosphere.
Plants absorb carbon dioxide and
exhale oxygen, while animals do just
the reyerse-inhale oxygen and exhale
carbon dioxide.
Coal contained in the coal beds of
tihe world, came from carbon dioxide
Of the air. Just as plants are today
building up their structures out of
the carbon gas. Swamps and forests
grow luxuriantly and crowding will
cause many to perish. Fermentation
and decomposition eliminate such
gases as marsh gas and carbon diox-
ide; thus the carbon content of the
residue is increased. Finally rivers
rose, land sunk, clays and sand de-
posted compaeted the residue to form
coal. ;.
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Barro Colorado Island, Canal Zone,
is LOCATED in Gatun Lake. The lake
was formed when the Chagres river
was damned during the construction
of the Panama Canal. The island
covers some 16 square miles. 1t is
the top of small mountain. The
gradual rising of the water. caused
the animal and reptilian life in. the
region to gather upon this island in
unusual concentration. The island has
been assigned for scientific purposes
IN tropical research. Only by permit
may anyone enter the island for re-
search work. Many new species of
insects and mammals have been found
here. Bird life in this new jungle
setting is flourishing. with new vari-
cites of herons, egrets and eomorants.
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Laboratory experiments have shown
that fats, oils and grains radiated
with ultraviolet rays, receive and
hold curative properties used in the
treatment Of ricketts,.
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Man brides himself upon the de-
velopment of heat, light and electri-
city with the lamp, furnace and dyna-
mo. Let US not forget living cratures
have long possessed methods of pro-
duoing heat light and electricity.
Heat is produced by mammals and
birds. Several species of fish are able
to administer an electric shock ITO
their enemies. Some 40 different or
ders of animals produce light. Two
groups of plants-fungi and bacteria
are able to produce luminescence.
Many deep sea fish carry their own
headlight while in search of food on
the dark ocean bottoms. There is no
reason why man should not some day
learn the secret of producing a prac-
teal cold light.
An earth trerllble, which was felt
In North America in 1925, is account
ed as being caused by the gradual up
lifting which is now going on of an
area in the northeastern part of the
continent. The direction of the tilt
is from the northeast. to the south
west in the region north of the Great
Lakes. Further proof Of the uplift is
found on the south shores of Lake
Superior. Trees that grew on the
shore line are now standing in foot
of water. Likewise Lake Fries shore
lire to the north rising one foot every
fifty. years.
Dr.. II. N. Russell, professor Of As
tronomy at Princeton University, in
his "Tidal Theory" as to- the origin
of the earth and planets of the solar
system, claims that our sun, some
time in the past, while travelling
more massive than itself, which caus--
ed enormous tidal waves on the sur
face. Tides reached colossal heights
so that the tops of the waves lost con-
tact with the main body of the sun
and started on independent paths of
their own as planets.