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Monday, January 29, 1923
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Carnegie Institute Believes
. That Plans May Be Per
;' fected to Safely Escape
; Had Effects.
(By The Annotated Press)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 29. Whit
man can never hope to harness tho
forces of nuture to the extent of prc
vntlnKt or oven fore-to'linK1, earth
quakes, it In notWiupossihlc, says the
t'arnctfe Institution of x Washington,
Unit scientists may be able to devise
mcUiods of fore-stalling their dlsas
truiiH effects by the. detection of safer
locations for cities and by appropriate
methods of construction.
Karthtiiukes Have occurred ever
since the crust of the globe begun to i
form. indeed, the condition of tin
Htnhtlity is the earth's normal one und
limn long has suffered in consequence.
To Hay then that what mankind lias
characterized us n phenomenon, which
Ih as sure and ns Inevitable as all
eclipse of the sun, might be eludeu
finally, seems almost an Impossibility.
Yet such thorough studies of the na-
Uire of quakes and their occurrence
have 'been uuule-In roci'nt yearn that
fn future years, construction of great
buildings, dams, and even cities, may
be af reeled by cent discoveries in
K ology.
Karl Injun lies are a natural occur
rence In certain regions where the
mountains are alive, Carnegie officials
declare. There are districts, like the
Atlantic Coast, where the mountains
are dead, bui uround the Pacific ami
rk-. -great belt which- rcitches- across
.Aula- and 'the Mediterranean, the
mountains are still growing. In their
Craw th large masses comprising many
thousands of cubic miles or rock are
pressed n gainst each other, but are
held by friction until the strain be-f
comes too great. Then they slip and gl Foundation,
what Is called an earthquake occurs. Hailey Willis,
This is the modern theory of earth
quakes. It has been developed
through prolonged studies and demon
strated by observation! of many min
or quakes and of the lines along which
they occur. i
The earthquake plane is often spok
en of. as n fracture but it is really not
a break, a recent statement of tin in
stitution declares. It Is the surface be
tween great masses which never have
been united, hutwhich -for ages have
been slipping past each other; and
where this plane comes to the "miry
firce of the earth there Is d line etilUtt
un earthquake lift. The greatest of
these rifls In the United States, so far
as known, extends along' ttfre: coast
ranges of California for a distance of
a'.x hundred miles.! It passes Just'wcst
of Hun' Ianicimjoj . to IhWjeast of 1-os
Angeles, and dlsuppenrs ' in the Gnli
of California, Along the flan Andreas
rift, as It is called, earth shocks have
occurred at different"' times In ' differ
ent sections. ;
South !of that stretch for some 310
miles there has been' no movement'
since 18f)7 when a severe shock oc
curred, fhc mark of which may still
Another new lot of Beautiful Spring Blouses are now here.
more attractive than ever. Canton Crepe and Embroid
ered Crepe de Chine, in Tan, American Beauty, " Mole
Brown, Henna and Orange.
Daintyniaid
Velour-Powder
Puff, 10c
ftainsborough
Hair Nets
3 for 25c .
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of New Yoi 1.
seismologist of Stanford
I'niversity. was sent by the Institu
tion to Chile lo' study the effects of
the recent earthquake there and sur
vey, the aim being to arrive at the
probable causes.
It might be asked what value to
A. A. White Files On
Flathead Water Rights
thnv oflen run I Ii i-mi rrh viiln.va
. vuV.u "w" r PMeh orks are" suggested by the con.
un irrigation . iliteu I -Still
south there have bfeh- several
t hocks, but none of great violence, al
though then- is evidence of consiiiw
abt actlvit; In the section east and
west of J. or Angeles.
'or pome years now, the (ir.iejrie
I:itUu;ion nut. been deep in tiie study
of cartiiouakes. and only ucen V or
ganized the advisory committee in se
ismology, calling on the co-operation
of many other scientists to aid in the
research. Its activities have resulted
in the discovery of many facts of prac
tical Importance to mankind in this
connection. The co-operation of tie?
I nited States i"nvy was onlaim d (n
making a de, . i-:.e i- a. .m-iv;v ev
er a large a.; a falj:icnt to U-i Cali
fornia coast, in I w hile sur ; vas
made to find th. trend rl!3.iucke
rifUt. It resulted in important dutu for
Marines an.l map maker, 'Ihiough
the financial asv-'i iie of tl.e cri.e-
COLUMBIA FALLS;, Mont. Jan.
2f. Kilitipr on wnter tighlu on the
Flathead river in Had Rock anyofci
near here, has been mnde in ih.-
mankind will result from the expendl- county recorder's offie,, at Kalispeb'
tare of great sums for the study of a by A. A. White, land owner of Mon-
tmiurai .occurrence which, il is ad
mitted, can never be prevented and
which may continue to exact, its toll or
human liven' ahd property. In view
or the fftot thatt : scientists can now lo
catii thoic'ertuin (lines along which the
quakes. nave ocourrea and seem sure
to Occur again In fuihre; they are able
1q, speak;, of ! Hy.e. 'earthquake ; rfts as
they speak of live volcanoes. It is
known by Ule forni.or the volcano or
lyr Uiu .occurrence! of eruptions with
in historical tlitm' that It is potentially
or actually active, and much the same
may be s:cid .of the 'earthquake' rifts.
They are. .lines of special danger on
which no sehoolhonse, skyscraper- or
dam should bo built. They should be
avoided, as far as possible, by mil road
lines, bridges, aqueducts and other
public works., and yet it happens that
"illt ions."
builders
rks i
jf i
the i, ground. vs long as
main ignorant their posi
tion they run the risk of inviting de
struction, it was added: but it is not
difficult by proper study to locale the
lines of danger on a map and to make
the information public for the benefit
of engineers and others. Indeed.
there is now being published an earth
quake rift map of the state of Cali
fornia, showing the lines of active rifts
and also of faults that are supposed
to be Inactive, as a result of the work
carried on in co-opralton with the in-J
stitutlon'n advisory committee. '!
That Is how the engineers who laid J
out the new water supply line for Kan i
Kranoisco were aide to remove It from'f
the former lino which followed an ac
tive rift for miles, and locate it along
a mountain range, where, if U moves
at all will move as a block and not
become dislocated or destroyed.
tana and Drcgon.
Preliminary surveys of the site
have, beon started, the notice of
appropriation of water rigiiis calls
for 10,000 cubic feet a second, which
is full 'capacity at low water stago; f
Mr. White announced here that as
soon as the survey has been com
pleted and necessary information
concern Miff the project is availably,
he will submit to Henry Ford tit, De
troit a proposition to tnko over the
site for furnishing power for an au
tomobile factory. If the offer -is ac
cepted, he declared, ht is prepared
to assign it to the manufacturer for
one dollar. -
work h is been placed for the lift span
uf the new bridge and the steel is be
ing assembled.
CO-KIS AUK llKriClKNT.
WALLA WALLA, Wash., Jan. 29.
Almost hall of the girls enrolled In j
the Walla Walla hlith school claim j
exemption from physical training on
the ground of physical disability. (c. j
eoidH show tlmt of the Kofi girls on- jU
:oueu in ine scnooi. zrw nave men !
statements from physicians nskini; j
Hint they 'bo rb'levd of tho physical
tiilnhig ;requit;ed by; state -law.
Kf forts are; being ipado to work out
a plan whereby the1 number of exetnp
llnns can be lessened.'1 i 1
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KELSO, iWah., Jan. 29. Kclso'a
temporary bridgo was opened to trav
el yesterday. It is a subsUntlal struc
ture, cunnecting the past approach oi
tlif old bridge with the new- bridge.
Vehicular trufi'ic over the structure is
limited to one direction at a time.
Koot passengers must keep on tin
upstream side of the bridge and ve
hides on the downstream idde.. Kilse-
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