The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1929-06-13
Research Work
Written In Everyday Language
BY
DR.. J. C. F. SlEGFRiEDT

The giant plants of the earth are
Eucalyptus and Sequoia trees. The
Sequoia trees of California measure
800 feet high and 35 feet in diameter
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Mount Vesuvius is again active
again proving the cycle in mountain
building. First in the cycle is the
land movement, second, the readjust-
ment of the crust due to gravity,
causing rumbling or earthquakes,
and finally, the volcanic eruption of
lava. Italy has recently been one of
the active centers of earthquakes.
The Field Museum of Chicago has
sent out an expedition to the Bahia
ma Islands to seek out and photo
graph the marine life of the tropical
waters. Many primitive forms of
life are still found in shallow waters
in active stages of evolution while
organisms found at great depths are
sluggish, due to the cold temperature
and extreme pressure of the water,
showing a tendency towards retro
grading. Developments of marine
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branches necessary for the progress
of the creature in obtaining food.
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4 submerged mountain range is
located in the mid-Atlantic ocean.
The ridge is 5000 feet above the sur
rounding sea floor, and is $4,000 feet
below the surface of the water. This
land ridge extends 5000 miles from
north to south. This submerged
range may be the cause of the old
theory that the continent of Atlantis
sank beneath the waves and separat-
ed America from Europe.
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Again scientific research has PROV
en- benefit to American producers.
The cheese industry has become in
dependent Of Europe The product
made in this country is far superior
to that made in the old country. The
scientific method used in America
was bound to produce results. The
bacteria and yeast organisms neces-
sary to make cheese were all separat-
ed and treated with wholesome milk
and the products proved to be of high
er quality. Also the various Euro
pean brand of cheese can be made in
the United States by simply using
the proper bacteria for the respec-
tive cheese wanted. Roquefort cheese
of Europe was made of sleeps milk
The ingredients were placed in a
cave that was infested with a blue
mold and thus made a cheese known
as Roquefort. A Roquefort cheese
is now made here that has been pas
teurized and has high food values.
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+ The asphalt fossil pit in Califor-
MIA, known as the Rancho La Brea,
covers an area of 80 acres. 1t has
shown what the complete fauna con-
sisted of during the Pleistocene per-
iod. This is also the period that ear
ly man lived in America. The ami
mails found in the pit are those that
were contemporaneous with man and
give an idea as to what kind of play
mates man had to deal with. The
outstanding species were the Sabre
tooth Tiger, Giant Wolf and Coyote,
Mastodon, Ground Sloth and Bison.
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The Aleutian Islands stretch 1000
miles from Alaska to Siberia. At
one time the inhabitants numbered
10000 natives. The last census
shows they now number only 1920.
The natives! lived on fish and sea
mammals Russian invaders exter
minated most of the animals, such as
sitter, sea cows, seals and walrus and
deprived the natives of their food.
The United States Government has
established protection for these ami
mails and is again building up fur
and meat supply ON several islands
and is paying the natives for assist
ing in the work of herding the young
seals and capturing the adults that
are ready for the market.