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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1959-06-18, Page 3Big Search On Try Mointain Dwarfed by �a mountain, are members of a geological surface party - the vanguard of every ell search. They are the 'shock troops of oil exploration, gath- ering rock samples, measuring geological formation, mapping the faces of mountains. Often they pitch their camps in the. loneliest corners of Canada, for there is much to be learned in such places. Here, for example, near Rock Lalce in the Jasper seetion of the Rockies, the geological story of the west -•- and of petroleum -- is laid bare, Millions of years ago these mountains were thrust up from the earth, exposing lay- ers of sedimentary reek, The sadie kind of rock, bearing ell in some regions, lies in a great triangular basin thousands of feet beneath most ,of Alberta, part of the Northwest Territor- ies, much of Saskatchewan and a corner of Manitoba By studying the mountains. geologists are gradually helping solve the mysteries of the en- tire oil basin, and so are help. ing find oil. The search brought Imperial Oil surface party No. 29 here in 1958, A helicopter - the modern geologist's pack- horse - carried them from peak to peak, But in the end, it al- ways became the old fundamen- tal search' men again mountain, .clambering over shale and lime- stone with instruments and paoksack, striving to uncover the prehistoric secrets of the rock. Your day .begins at dawn. The scent of balsam mingles with the tantalizing aroma of bacon and eggs cooked in the open. Nearby, in a clearing, the heli- copter squats ready, motor tick- ing over, pilot waiting. Perhaps, as part of the mapping party, you will spend most of this clay in the 'copter, circling, hovering, landing, piecing together a geo- logical picture of the rock for- mations. Or perhaps you step out on some distant slope with your hammer, ,pack, compass BOUND FOR WATER - This teen-ager in East Java, Indo- nesia, hasn't been bound to a stake. She's carrying a long 'bamboo water pail to a well. and a ems eying instrument called an alidade. This is a strangely silent scareh. Other hrartches of the oil industry's exploral Lon team explode small charges of One. trite' or drive chattering core drills into -the earth. But here there is only the dry clatter of falling shale and the dull chunk of hammer against rock. For hours you work in an emp- tiness of, sky and mountain measuring eagles, elevation and distances, collecting rock sam- ples with their tell-tale bits of embedded fossil. 011 is found in such rock. Perhaps the sam- ples you gather today will he p thedrillers strike a well in Manitoba or Saskatchewan ur the Terri tories: At noon you hunch down on top of the world with a sand- wich, idly watching a ribbon of river cur a few thousand feet below. Then it's late aftertroon, . the aerial bus takes you back to camp and the job goes on by lantern light. Rock samples must be sorted, labelled and crated. Reports must be written. With the aid of thestereoscope, which provides a three-dimen- sional view, today's geological measurements are correlated with an aerial map. From this will come a geological map. To- morrow's working area is stud- ied, also ander the stereoscope. Tourists save up 50 weeks of money and dreams for holidays in places like this, but to you the scenery is just a spectacular backdrop for a busy day's work. The clang of Aime Goudreau's dinner gong marks the welcome interval between outdoor work and paper work. When the last of the work is out of the way, you spend the rest of the even- ing with gin rummy or poker and the inevitable "bull session" with your companions of last night, last week and last month. When a few men are thrown to- gether in the wilderness from May to September, as these men are, each comes to . know him- self and his fellows a little bet- ter. For the impatient ones, boredom and minor irritations sometimes become overwhelm- ing. For the others, this is a welcome escape from city life, a place of quiet thought and last- ing friendships. For young geologists, in par- ticular, a summer in the field to worth a year of book learning. or office duty. Whatever your attitude to' this job, you learn to "make do." The heligopter's infrequent trips to town and regular radio checks with base camp are the only links with the outside world. So you learn that life goes on quite satisfactorily without telephones, TV, movies and daily mail delivery. You discover that a washtub is also an adequate bathtub. You. spin out the hours with cards or tunes from a battered accordion. You re -discover books. You scribble letters home by the glow of the ever-present lant- ern. And there is still plenty of time for sleep. Tomorrow - on to some other obscure mountain top. Next summer? Perhaps an assign- ment in the Territories or the Peace River country or north- ern Saskatchewan. Wherever you go, you can be sure of this much: the site will be remote and the jab will be important. And, depending on your point of view,. it's the best - or the loneliest - job in the world. -From the Imperial Oil Review. "So you really think your memory is improving under treatment. You remember things now?" "Well, not exactly, but I have progressed so far that I can fre- quently remember that 1 have forgotten something." CROSS RP PUZZLE 30. Sattaiy9.Ardonobles 37. Moslem 1.1 English rivet 39. Staring ACROSS 67. on the briny 11 Conjuring openmouthed 19 Extend 41. Moon r•rii,. 1 • • 1. Call at bridge deep 22. Ever (coot. 1 Orem,' 6, Transaction DOWN 34. Sale an- 42. l .keV 8. Remainder 1, So. American nouncent,•at, 13. War god 22. Open court rodent 25.Siamese cuti,s i.`, Indomitnhie 13. Measure of 6. Break to s .. 30. Anger verse 32. Bishopric 7. Make edging 8•f. One (Scotch( 8. Fiber plant • • 03rn r4, winge. 16, Ringlet 15 Compute 18. Chnllce 13. Rumanian coin 20 (Troupe of baseball piny ere 21.11111 05 an anchor 23, 'Palk extravega n t l 25, 130130 27. Stir 28, Snow runnel At. 'Material objects 33, Water strider 35. Dry 30. Chinese shrub 38, Silly 29. Exclamation to attract attention 40. Openwork time 41, Sioux Indian 44.an fruit CoUnly in (own 49 Outsider 61, wild bog 52. Ooze K3. Son of Gad 54, IL'tlieed tt16 55, Church 01 recess S5. Superlative ertdi 10 2. Cuekoopint . 20. Rider spirit 3. Aneglic fraggurd 47. Appnlni ,&,l ist 4. Sodluln heroine 40. Surface chloride 22,.Oeltols 60. Teamster's 6 On the 39. Menial command ehelt eked side- nereepl Inn 41 Show r+ Fry 1 2 3 4 i2" 16 13 16 6 7 y'Y,U8 9 10 { 17 14 18 21 19 22 23 24 20 2s 31 36 26 27 32 36 33 7• A. 2A 30 :29 34 37 38 39' 40 41 42 43 44 46 47 46 49 50 51 52 53 54 40 57 4 -2 Answer elsewhree on this page PRiCE OF A STADIUM - Mrs. Victoria Angustlan struggles With police after she and her family were evioted from Chavez Ravine in Los Angeles, Calif., to make way for o planned Dodgers baseball stadium. A woman deputy holds Mrs. Angus- tian's crying, 9 -month-old daughter, Ira, while another daugh- ter, Rachel, 10, also in tears, looks on. TIIHARMFRONT J06 • Canada's first national survey on farm safety will be conducted in May and Tune of 1950. Playing a key role will be 73,- 000 enrolled members of 4-H Clubs across the country, who will report accidents on their home farms. The .survey is being carried out by the Canadian Council on 4-H Clubs, the provincial depart- ments of agriculture, the Cana- dian Chamber of Commerce, the Canada Department, of Agricul- ture, and the Canadian Federa- tion of Agriculture. tr v . * There are no adequate nation- al statistics • on farm accidents and it is "felt that up-to-date in- formation on the kind, cause and incidence of accidents will facili- tate development of better farm safety programs. Farm parents and local 4-H Club leaders are being urged to get behind the survey. Question- naires, to be filled out, cover the period January 1 to December 31 last year: It is hoped to have results tabulated by mid- summer. * * >s More than 120,000 head of live- stock on the prairies are fami- liarizing themselves with what will be their "home away from home" this summer. They are being assigned to 62 community pastures, operated by the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration. At their disposal are about 1,800,000 acres 01 well - fenced grazing. To their owners - roughly 6,000 grain growing farmers - they represent financial secur- ity in the event of crop failure. The stock . is driven from the home harm to the pastures in the spring and collected after the fall -round -up. More applications for the ad- mission of livestock are received each year than con be accepted in accordance with good pasture practices, with the result that _the number of livestock per pa - ii -on is limited. 4 M * About 90 per cent of the com- munity pasture is in Saskatche- wan and the balance is in Mani- toba. A nominal fee is charged for grazing and' various veterinary services. A breeding service is also provided, with the Canada Department of Agriculture sup- plying bulls of a superior type and quality. About 1,000 bulls are used each year in this pro- gram. * * * Since 1937 when drifting soil sounded the death knell for 'many prairie herds, more than $5,000,000 has been spent turn- ing 'non-productive land into community pastures. Over 4,300 miles of fence has been built, water places developed, corrals and buildings constructed, Most of the land taken over for this, purpose was badly drifted and either abandoned or non-profitable. In many cases settlers were moved by PFRA to irrigated areaS. . 4 e 9' Coaxed by reseeding and con- trol grazing practices, some sec- tions that were considered ttse- less have become highly produc- tive Twenty years ago 58.7 acres of this type of land were re- quired to sustain one unit of livestock. Today less than 15 acres is needed and the grazing capacity is being improved con- stantly. This is the timeof year that each community pasture man- ager has his hands full, as the livestock are admitted, counted, branded, vaccinated, sprayed and turned out into their summer homes. In the four districts of On- tario's northwest - Patricia, Kenora, Rainy River and Thun- der Bay - the population aver- ages one person per square mile. fl1JNMY SC11001 ,LE,,SSON. 13y ltev. lt. Barclay Wtirren 13.A., 13,0, ilii$nh, God's Warrior 1 1Ciitgs 19:8-18 Memory Selection: The Lord Is '9»' light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall 1 be afraid? Psalm 21:1, Elijah is one of the most col- ourful characters of the Old Testament. lois was an exciting life. Ahab, king of Israel, had married Jezebel, a daughter of the Zidonlans and joined her in the worship of Baal. Elijah' re- proved him and as a warning to all Israel against following their rulers into idolatry, prayed a drought upon the land for three and a half years. Then, at a gathering on Mount Carmel, Eli- jah prayed the fire of God upon his sacrifice and the people ex- claimed, "The LORD, he is the God." The prophets of Baal, whose God did not answer by fire, were slain. Then Elijah prayed for rain and ran to Jez- reel before Ring Ahab before the storm brake. Jezebel, learning of the turn of events, sent a message to Elijah vowing to have his life within twenty-four hours. And now we see Elijah in his weakest hour. He fled for his life. Leaving his servant at Beersheba, he went out into the wilderness and sat under a juniper tree and re- quested of God that he might die, Why was he so discouraged? No doubt, physical and nervous exhaustion played a part. We should never weary of God's work, but we may become very weary in God's work. The bodies of God's servants are made of dust, too. Also, Elijah was alone. He had left his servant behind. The fruit of the victory on Mount Carmel was not immediately evident.'He became despondent. Then, too, it seemed as though his work was done. There was no challenge before him. Two good sleeps and two supernaturally prepared meals helped to revive his spirit. Then God spoke'. to him, not through the earthquake or the fire, but in a still. small voice. He assured him that he was not alone in his' stand for righteousness. Seven thousand others in Israel had not bowed tl'n kis e h t3'iii, Then God glyc hila an zigsi .n- ment, Fie niu t an3int tvit..1.kiegs, and a praphtt P,lisha, to be i31s own successor Elijah arose, en- couraged, to undertake the work God had given hinr. There are many lonely elder- ly people. They have been laid off work because of age, The fu- ture isn't bright. But they can, if they will, find avenues of serv- ice, too. One man, who did so, used to say when on in eighties, "I'm going to stay.alive as long as I am living," He did, too. And he cheered many others on their way. Churl, Bandits Beaten By •Bell In Asurville, a village near Antibes, on the French Riviera, people are amazed about their mild -looking priest who tackled two Bulking church robbers and got the better of them. After a series of church thefts, the Abbe Coeuret installed an alarm system behind offertory boxes and waited for the be'1 to ring. One evening two Yugoslav re- fugees crept into the church and forced open the boxes. The priest then emerged from hid- ing and sprang at the thugs. For fifteen minutes the three of them fought and then the Abbe brought one man crashing to the Boor with an arm lock. The other thief raced away but was soon recaptured. The thieves were shocked to learn later that the Abbe Wes a former all -in wrestling cham- pion. Obey the traffic signs they are placed there for I' 0 U 11 SAFETY Upsidedown to P y3;y 15 3J.N tLI event Peeking 3 5d_V d 3 3 5 a y 0 B a 3 fa]© V .1 5 V 3 0 N 3 V S 0 5 3 3 1 5 N N V 3 V Od N3 A i 3 3 N :' 11 3 1 I S 5 3 ;,:?A "1 3 M 5 1 Sy IN V n3 (1 Affl V 1tzt 3 1 5 3 V; `d 3 '1 ''+1' V b 5 3 5 ISSUIE 22 - 1959 Should We Try to Change the Climate? By RAX CROMLEY� NEA Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON - No telling what's going to happen to maxi when we start changing the cli- mate. That thought has scientists worried. Some of them have been discussing the problem in- formally in and out of meetings of the National Academy of Sciences. They note that man is deli- cately adjusted to the weather: That men - husbands and bachelors both - get more emo- tional at certain periods of the month and in different seasons of the year. That reports from Europe in- dicate periods of warm and dry southerly winds are always as- sociated with increases in death rates, in automobile accidents, in mental disorders. That climatic changes "have probably been influential" in determining the growth and de- cay of civilizations al] over the world. That many physicians are con- vinced that "certain types of weather disturbances are asso- ciated with particular illnesses," Diseases - even diabetes - ebb and flow with the seasons. So do outbreaks al crime. Scientists note that a n y changes from the narrow range: of environment man is used to - are likely to cause serious disturbances. Some scientists are appar- ently as concerned about the effects of air conditioning on man - as they are about spaoe travel or about tampering with the weather itself. What happens to a man, ques- tions Rene J. Dubos, of the Rockefeller Institute in New York, who makes "sudden and repeated shifts from the hot, humid atmosphere of the street to the cool and dry environ- ment indoors? Comfort of the moment may have to be paid in the future in the form of new respiratory and' circulatory disorders." Worse yet, the scientists wor- ry, air conditioning "may inter- fere with" some of man's "sea- sonal cycles." What that might eventually do .to his emotions makes some scientists click their tongues. Of course, for all the scientists know it could change man for the better. There were several things be- sides weather that worried the scientists looking into man's fra- gility. There was new research information on animals which suggested that men might pos- sibly be more easily killed by atomic radiation than women. There were reports that large. atomic or hydrogen bombs ex- ploded at the right heights hun- dreds of miles in the atmos'- phere would kill by radiation (nen living in satellites longdis- tances away. The scientists looked to ani- mals to determine more new ideas on what climate changes; might do to man. They noted that animals Liv- ing in colder climates are usu- ally larger than those living is warmer climates. They quote reports that the higher the temperature, the faster ants move. They referred to findings that whole new strains of some viruses develop when living un- der slight differences in tem- perature. And, reported one researcher referring to crickets: "It is said that counting the number of chirps in 14 seconds and adding 40 will give the temperature within a couple of degrees." .>. But they didn't go so faram to say that upping the tempera- ture of the world would make men smaller, make him work faster - or make him sing witis a quicker rhythm. THE ADDITION OF DATA from weather satellites to chat already collected by other methods will give man a more comprehensive picture of weo.:;er and help in discovering how climate affects man': physical and mental condition.