The Coolidge examiner., 1935-08-23

oyIparla." But the Suns readers we're waiting
eagerly 10 know II there vas human life on the
distant planet and on August = that curiosity
was satisfied The astronomers were looking
upon the cliffs and craEs of a new part Of the
satellite: But whilst gazing upon them we're
thrilled with establishment 10 perceive four sue.
cesSve aocks of birds descend with SLOW. even
motion from the ellis on the western side and
nllghi upon the plain. About half % the first
party had passed from canvas, but 81 all
the others bad perfectly distinct snd de-
liberate view They averaged four feet In
height. were covered. except on the face. with
short and glossy copper -colorej hair. and had
wings composed OF n thin membrane. without
hair lying snuEly upon their backs from the
top of the shoulders 10 the calves of the legs
The face. which vas OF a yeIiowsh nesh.
color. a slight Improvement upon that of
the orang.utan. being more open and Intelligent
In Us expression and having n much greater ex-
panse of forehead. The mouth. however. was
very prominent though somewhat relieved by
thick beard upon the lower jaw. and by lips
far more human than those Of any species of the
Simia genus These creatures were evidently
engaged In conversation: their gesticulatlon
more particularly the varied action OF the hands
and arms appeared mpassIoned and emphatic
We hence Inferred thar they were rational be
lngs and although not SO high an order as 9th
ers which We discovered the next month on the
shores OF the Bay OF Ranbows. that they were
capable OF producing works OF art and con
trivance We scientifically denomlnnied them
the yespertIliohomo. or man-bat: and they are
doubtless innocent and happy creatures.-
The Suns circulation sky-rocke,ed to 1900
10 1900. 10 lS,Ooo-on up TO 1890 the largest
OF any daily in the world" It's press had 10
run 10 hours day to turn out enough papers
TO meet the demand.
The next installment comprising IL 600 words
vas printed on the three succeeding days. In II
was revealed the discovery OF the great Temple
Of the Moon. built OF polished sapphire. with
roof OF some yellow metal. supported by columns
20 feet high and six feet In diameter In the
valley Of the temple a set OF man-bats was
discovered Then one night, when the astron-
omers finished work they neglectfully left the
telescope facing the eastern horizon. The rising
sun burned a hole Is feet in circumference
through the rejecting chamber, and ruined part
OF the observatory When the damage was re-
paired the moon was invisible. and the narrative
came 10 an end
Although the story had ended, echoes Of II
were being heard far outside the suns clrcula
ton territory. In Paris the sun articles were
translated into French and issued illustrated
pamphlets. The same thing was being done In
London, Glasgow-and even In Edinburgh the
home OF the fictitious supplement to the Edin-
burgh Journal OF Science"l
Ard then came revelation that the whole thing
was gigantic hoax! reporter on the New
York Journal OF Commerce named Finn met
reporter on the Sun named Richard Adams
Locke Finn told Locke that his editor had in
structed him to get extra copies OF the Sun con-
tanning the moon story because the Journal Of
Commerce was going TO reprint II the next day.
Don't print II right away" said Locke. "You
know wrote that story myself"
Instead OF being grateful for being saved from
printing the fake, the Journal OF Commerce i'm
medlately denounced the story as a hoax. Other
newspapers took up the cry.
But the Sun did not Immediately confess how
/: had fooled not only its own readers but al
most the whole scientific world Finally on
September 10 II printed a long editorial discuss
Ing the moon stories and mentioning the wide
spread interest they had aroused. 1t said ::
Some persons of little faith but great good ma
ture, who consider the moon story as II is vul-
carly called. an adroit fiction OF our own are