Zurich Herald, 1923-11-22, Page 3RADIUM HOT SPRINGS
NEAR SINCLAIR PASS
By ;f. B. Harkin, Cominissiouei' of
Puke, Ottawa, Ont.
The Radium, or Sinolair, Hot
Spriegs, near the Golden -Windermere
Roan and close to . the west end of
Sinclair Pass in British Columbia,
were known to the Kootenay Indians
and trappers in the early years of
last century, and probably before
then, but it was not until Sir George
Simpson, Governor of the Hudson's
Bay Company, oxi his journey around
the 'world, visited tbe • Springs that
they became more widely known
While Sir George Simpson and hie
party- were camping at the west end
.of ,Snclaix Pass after journeying
through .tlie Rocky Mountains by the
pass called after him, then down the
Keeton:y Valley and through Sinclair
Pass, Berland, the guide,; induced the
party to visit, the Hot Springs, which
were onlya short distance away from
the camp, and Sir George describes
the waters of the three. Springs thus:
"Tice waters of the Hot Springs
tasted slightly of'aluni,ane appeared
to - contain ' a little magnesia. • We
estimated the temperature'respective-
ly to. be about ninety, a' hundred, and
a hundred and twenty degrees."
Though the Sinilair Hot Springs
have not been exploited_ much for the
general public, they have been Targe-
ly used by settlers and others: suffer -
Ing .from rheumatism and other ail-
ments, who have found their medicinal
properties effectual. The Springs are
near ledges of rich mineral deposits,
oxide of iron, copper, and galena, ex-
tending along the Sinclair Range and
w
showing red and yellostains on the
exposed parts of the mountains.
The flow of water at the Springs is
ccntinuous, and is approximately 86,-
000 gallons per day. These Springs
are now in thee Kootenay National
Park. The Springs are situated: in
succi a location as to be within an
easy one -day motor trip from Banff,
and because of the fact that the great
highway over which this trip can now
be 'made is one connecting Calgary,
Banff, Windermere and the large
cities across the ,American border,.
they are centred. on a place conveni-
ently reached from all quarters of the
country.
The .analysis made of the water
shows :a. high: content of mineral salts,
and also the presence of radium, which
is the' distinctive' feature of the
Springs. The analysis, made . shows
that as far as is known the radium
content is possibly oite of the highest
it the word;: the radium emanation
being greater `than: that of: the cele-
brated Mineral Springs at Bath, Eng-
land..
The following is the result of the
analysis tirade at The Lancet ,office:
Grains per gallon
A C
., B
Calcium Sulphate -36.17 34.26 33.11
Magnesium Sul.. , ..11.20 10.90 9.80.
Aluminium Sul. 7.04
Sodium Chloride 5.00 2.70 1.16
Silica ... ...... , .. 2.66 2.59 1.82
Strontium Sulphate. 1.71 3:36 3.40
Calcium Carbonate. 1.12 6,55 5.85
64.90 60,36. 55.14
On the advice of The Lancet,
samples of the water were submitted
to McGill University, Montreal, to be
tested for radio -activity, and the fonTowing is the report:
"The 'actual amount of radium as
measured by the radium emanation
grown for four days, turns out to be
equivalent to 0.27X10-9 grams per
litre of, water. As closely as we can
determine from the .somewhat inde-
finite date `of bottling the sample the
water appears to have had emanation
in equilibrium with 4X10-9 grants of
radium. per litre. Apparently the
water contains radium 0.27X10-9
radium emanation—Radium 4;0X10-9
grams radium. per litre. , This deter-
mination is probably quite exact as
far as the actual amount of radium:
is concerned; but the.estimation of
the emanation may show a large error,
'You will note that this Spring con
talus more radium and radium emana-
tion than are at present in the Bath
waters.'"
The second Lancet report says
"It is believed that rich radium
bearing earths occur in the neighbor-
hood, a belief which we hope is well
founded, since the world's supply so
far: is all too short for wide and effec-
tive medical treatment. We learn
that deposits of pitchblende (uranium
ore). have been found)- and the belief
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yty:l,1.
how The Sun=Spots Affect The Human Race
How are you feeling to -day? Bright
and full of "pep"? If so, the sun has
a good deal to do with it.
Perhaps you are feeling out of sorts
and not up to your usual mark in
physicalvigor and spirits, A bit de-
pressed somehow. ,:Blame it :on the
A new scientific tlieory.is that there
is a direct relation between the eun
and the human nervous system, All
of us feel the effect of 'any solar per-
turbation. A big sun -spot may uplift
our vital energies and augment our
cheerfulness,
This idea is advanced by no fess an
authority than the famous Prof.
Berthelot. It is indorsed by Dr. Sar•
dou, of Nice, whose observations have
shown that the'symptoms of sufferers
from throne: diseases vary with the
i number and size of "sun -spots.
The Abbe Moreaux, an eminent as-
tronoreer, calls attention to the fact
m that periodsof great solar activity
have usually coincidedwith war
epochs. At regular Intervale of ele-
ven years there Is an outburst of sun-
spots. Then they become fewer and
smaller until hardly any can be seen
with the telescope. Sun -spots just
now are almost at a minimum, They
reached a maximum at the time when
the World War hail attained its most
ferocious climax.
The sun es a giant . dynamo. Its
atmosphere of burning gases, many
thousands of miles thick, is highly
electrified. A sun -spot is a whirling
storm of electrically charged gases in
that atmosphere ---a solar eruption of
super -volcanic character in which
mases of flaming gas are thrown up
and revolved in a cyclonic vortex of
such immensity that the earth, if
dropped into, would be consumed and
disappear in a moment.
The earth is electrically controll'e'd
by the sun. What we call nerve-
energy, which furnishes the power to
is that these will show a valuable
return of radium."
In the Same Boat,
Mrs, Well -to -Do. I was so annoyed.
lily httsband brought a guest home to
dinner on the day our cook left us.
?vIrs. Della K. Tessen: 1 know. My
husband brought a friend in to dine
with us just as 1 had broken my ,cFan
opener.
Shockingly Late.
'lbe guest: "Really, Mrs. Smythe,
I'm almost ashamed to come, it's so
shockingly Yate."
The hostess: "Not at all, .1V1iss
Browne, you could never come foo
1nte."•
Silent Evening.
Pees "The trouble about Clarence
is that eery tine he comes to see pie
he tells nie everything be knows,"
Test' "And then whet clo you do
the goer, of the evening?"
drive our body machines, Is now respond to that influence. Cheerfei-
positively linOwll to be eleCtriClty., 1 e$e ant inodd'iness ar'e nervous con-
Thus it will be understood how there ditiotis,
Tho human body le an electrical
plant, Food is the fuel which, chemi-
cally burned, furnishes the energy.
The dynamo -'which converts the ere
ergy into electricity is the brain and
aeebclated structures, The brain,
with Its associated structures, Is also
tbe;.cetrel power station; the spinal
cord is the main transmission line;
the nerves, extending to all parts of
the body, are the subsidiary wires.
The motors are the muscles. One,„of
the motors driven by the current is
the big muscle called the 'heart.
When you feel tired, it meaps not
that your muscles or motors are out of
whack, but that the storage batteries
of'your nervous system are approach-
ing exhaustion. You go to bed, and`
while you rest and' sleep they are
slowly recharged, eo that, on getting
:up, in the morning, you are vigorous
again and in condition to undertake
Rin 4 y's work.
Finding yourself awake and ready
to get out of bed, you are 'not . sur-
prised to discover that it is broad
daylight. But what is daylight? If
you ask a physicist, he will tell you
that it is .an, electrical phenomenon,
Solar Energy.
may be a relation between the solar.
luminary and the human nervous
system
Great displaya of "northern lights,"
In the aurora, seem to coincide with
the appearance oe 'big spots, or many
of them, on the sun. They are caused,
It is now believed, by electrified par.
titles of matter which, ; discharged
crone the sun, innp nge upon ,the at
inosphers of the earth.
Such discharges from tile whirling
vortex of a sun -spot cause 'hat we
call "magnetio storms" on the earth.
A very remarkable storm of that kind
occurred in 1882, when, on November
17, the observatory at Greenwich sent
out notification of the appearance of
an enormous sun -spot. For three
hours on that day nota telegraph wire
could be used; not even the stock
market quotations could, be distribut-
ed. That night there was a brilliant
auroral display, and ail telegraph ser:
vice was again interrupted. The
cables to Europe were unworkable.
But ° some messages weresent over-
land
verland as far as 700 miles .by cutting
off.the batteries and utilizing atmos-
pheric electricity.
Full of Meaning,
How often Havewe heard it said
that a person is feeling "under the..
weather"! The expression probably.
has much more real significance than
is commonly supposed.
All of our :weather is absolutely
controlled by the sun, which is one
reason eerily science has "recently given
so much attention to the study of the
orb of day—studying the storms that'
agitate its gaseous envelope, the vari-
ations in its brightness and in the
amount of heat energy it gives out.
The sun controls our planet as am
electrical field. Its 'influence' is all
embracing. Surely it would be strange
if the electrical systems of oar 'own
bodies, our nervous systems, did not
,7• rom whatever angleyou may hen -
pee to consider the sun, you find your-
self confronted by electrical phe
nomena. Evert the electricity we use
in . our houses and to run street cars
and elevators is 'converted solar d
ergy. • It is derived from coal, which
represents solar energy stored in
:plants that grew ages ago; or it is
Obtained` from falling water that has
been `raised by sun -power out of the
oiean
-After all, the sun is not so very far
away from us: Picture to your mind's
eye a long trough in which balls, each
one of them exactly the size of the
earth, were laid in a row and in con-
tact with one another, like balls in
the trough of a bowling; alley. Fewer where the. kite is :soaring; and, be-
than 12,000 of them would be required cause•the.poteu.tial increases with the
to span the distance from our planet elevation, the observer can eels Mere,'
to the great central luminary. ly by wateeleIA the needle; whether
KK
I In an attempt to ci'ors the continent the kite Is rising or falling'.
between daylight and nightfall, the If the earth were represented by' a
other day, Lieutenant Maughan, army mustard seed, the sun, on Ito seise
aviator, traveled at an average speed ;scale, might be represented by a
of 155 Whiles an hour, Were 11 pee- cocoanut, That will give a fairly
Bible to fly to the sun, the time re- good notion of the insigniftdanoe of
quired for the journey; at that rate, our planet as compared with the solar
going night and day without stop, orb. No wonder, then, that, depend -
would be sixty-eight and a half years, ing as we do upon the sun for light
That znay seen .a-iaug while, but as- and warmth. and life, out' moods and
th'onomically speakieg it is a trifle. even our health should •respond sem-
Light travels 180,000 miles a ,second. pathetically to the ever-chang in no -
It It takes eight secends for a light -ray "tivities of that mighty electric fur -
to traverse the distance from the sun nate in the sky!
to the earth; Electricity travels at
exactly the same speed—a fact which
The sun revolves on its axis 'once
first suggested the idea (since proved i
correct) that daylight was an electri n twenty-seven of lop}, With the
cal phenomenon. help of a good telescope, it aan ac-
,
From
Wally be seen to revolve, the spots
a Clear Sky, traveling slowly across its brilliant
Of the fact that our atmosphere 10 disk. Indeed, our knowledge that it
charged with electricity we get eve does revolve is due solely to observa-
deuce whenever there its a thunder- tion of the spots.
storm. But the United States 'Weather At regular intervals of eleven,
Bureau has proved that the "juice" years they occur in conspicuous num-
may be obtained in big sparks from bers. Why? Nobody can say. Then
a clear sky, when not a cloud is in they slowly diminish until, for a year
Sight. Now and thee this happens or two; hardly any are seen. There
when a big box kite, raised for ob- after they increase, as the time of
servation purposes, is ;;igh in the air, "maximum" approaches: Usually
the electricity coning down the they occur in groups. Their average
"string" of piano wire, which is un- "life" Is two •or threemonths; some
wound from a reel. last only a few hours. The longest-
The higher the elevation the greater livedsun-spot on record was observed
the quantity of electricity in the at- , through a period of eighteen months.
mosphere, or as the experts would Eventually they are extinguished by
prefer more correctly to put it, the the surrounding brightness, which
higher the electric potential. It is a throws bridges across them; crowds
very interesting subject of inquiry, in and covers them up.
and, in studying it, the observer, sit- Presumably, a few centuries hence,"
ting at a table in a room, watches the astronomers will know a whole lot
movements of an alunhinum needle more about sun -spots than is known
which is connected to the wire to -day, They may use them to fere-
"string" of a box kite sent up out of tell the weather, and quite possibly
doors, perhaps to a height of a mile observation of these and other solar
and a half or two miles. The needle activities will be made to yield infer --
automatically records the electricme- 'nation substantially helpful to the
tential in , the ' atmospheric 'layer health and welfare of mankind.
Watch Sun Revolve.
ssagar
Some Cruelties and Mysteries of the
Sea.
]3y Bonnycastle..Dale. •
so you can imagine soneeeteeg of the
fury of the gale. Now while these
great riveted walls of steel, that weigh
many thousands of tons, ' find it hard
to live in this tumult (•a wave swept
the lounge, and threw the _piano, up
against the ceiling, all the passengers
were locked in, and the Doctor who
had to sew .up' a cut face had to be,
(held up by "three men while opens?
ing), one would net. think -tha`
bird could exist.
Our cod fishing fleet is out on "the
banks" this wild weather,` when the
gales blow (a full gale is 56 miles),
and while they are bucking seas under
a storm jib, or straining at an anchor
that threatens to snap Iike a fiddle
string and take away a thousand fath-
oms of high-priced cable with it, the
sailors will say„ "Look at them 'sea',
That most extravagant matron,
"Mother' Nature,", seems wasteful 3n
the extreme. We have, stood on river
banks where the piles of dead salmon
rendered the air almost unfit .for
breathing. These fish lay about four
thousand, eggs that one male and one
female out of the lot may reach, ma-
turity, All Pacific Salmon die atfour-
year-old maturity,:•
t- ' But look at the e picture of the , Sea
Perch, a most beautiful silvery thing,
all shot with irridescent purple sheen,
We wore standing on tho edge of a
charteredsteamer which was thread-
ing
hreading the elnside. Passage," British Co-
luntbia. The water was literally alive
with the gloriously colored fish, • I
proposed that we stop and net some.
We had no difficulty in taking in a
lair haul, and after the ohe minute
tatoo of their tails on the deck boards
we knew that they were dead, so we
examined them. The pouch of each
female 'was full of young fish, so I cut
one open, took out a youngster, and
photographed it, so that we all night
know of another fish that produces
the young alive.
These waters were none too safe
at that date for even a boat as big
as ours, for once, when were thread-
ing a narrow,tortuous passage, a
sharp nosed naval. vessel hailed us,
and as we did not stop at once she
sent a shot pinging across our bows.
It seems they mistook me and my
boat for the notorious "Sea Wolf" who
was shipping Chinese into the United
States from Canada (and if too closely
persued he shipped the poor Chinks
overboard to Kingdom Come with bal-
last on their feet.) This and a few
bad characters prowling along in
Fraser River fishing boats made our
natural history work in these waters
a bit exciting,
On the Face of the Waters.
But it is when the storms blow and
the mighty waves roll and • the wide
Atlantic is in the grip of the Storm
King, that our hearts are saddened
as to just how the myriad little birds
scattered over the face of the waters
will pass• the night.
Look at the rare sea fowl in the
hands of my assistant, Laddie. This
beautiful grey and red and white )iird
is no longer than a catbird—not quite
as big as a robin and much slimmer,
Its dainty legs are as slim as knitting
needles, and the fluffy flight plumes
of ,its wings as fine as those of a lark,
and yet it lives often in big flocks at
tines singly, on the surface of the
sea, out of sight of land, It is called
the "Sea Goose" or "Sea Geese," but
its right name is Red Phalarope.
When the most tremendous storms
and winds blow there are tithes when
Sortie of the injured or dying ones do
come ashore before the giant seas,'
and we pick then). up and care for
them. This odours very rarely, as
few living men ever handle this Most!
rate shorebird and sea fowl,
Fury of the Chea
It has been reported by u great
White Star liner that the seas -.in the
last tertific blow ran ninety feet high.
I would not publish this figure, a,s we
have all written of sixty feet as the
height of great Atlantic waves, but
the Captain jest then got a call for
Velli from a freighter with rudder
gone, and be dere not. turn. Ile lost
150 ittlles wh;ie Steaniing dead ahead,'
•
geese,' you'd think it was a pond,"
and these delicate, beautiful birds
salt' and scurry by with their long
necks stretched out, no doubt won
dering what this big, black bird is
with one wing flapping there.
•
Feed in Fierce. Currents.
Not only do they live in the dread
-
tut hollows of the :troughs, and sweep
over the crests in the boiling "wind
chop," but they actually feed where:
the fiercest currents run, and the tiny
marine insects and fishes, they feed
o11' are to be found.
Then there is a bigger bird to be
t -
r -'the' rail o ' 011T liner. • fie
e '` 'far-famed "Mother Cary's"
Chicken." A little black chap, the size
of a robin, with soft, close plumage
and roils • of fat on its short, chunky
body'—and SMELL! :' Ye Gods, how
they do smell! After,you handle one
of them, after you dissect :one, you
find that its oilcup is not only filled
with oil, but with:perfumed oil of the
rankest musky odor, A blind man can
tell on the outer islands just where
it nests, -as it permeates all the soil
with a must: so rich that you can
actually taste it off the air.
You will see these birds further out
than you do the "sea geese," and they
just seem to flirt with death as they
glide down the glassy side of a mighty
sea, 'flipping one wing the better to
guide' them . to the tiny bit of food
they spied in that awful turmoil.. Yet
the..sailors say you never see a dead
oneon the sea or .a live one aboard,
for they soon perish if put in a. coop
aboard ship
Southward Over Pathless Sea.
Then, when • the season gets: late
41.1a -Void '.tai even these nift- s;"they'
lift off the sea and steer •a fair course
for the Gulf of Mexico, and neighbor-
ing waters, as eo the "sea geese."
What is that wonderful sense that
Nature gives these wanderers? How,
can they steer a course for these
southern waters, when there is not
even the shores to follow that many
land migrants see? What is this
sense to be called? Day after day
CANADA'S CREAT BUFFALO HERD
Rapid Growth in I .:rd at Wainwright, Alberta, . Necessitates Disposal of Two Thousand
Animals.
migration to the winter quarters this
fall the animals which are to be killed
will be kept in the main enclosure
and not allowed to enter the reserved
areas with the main body of the herd.
Riders will herd: the selected animals
and drive them near the buildings
where the dressing is to be done. The
buffalo will then be quickly despatch-
ed by expert marksmen using power-
ful rifles, this being the most humane
method of dealing with animals of
such size and strength.
The autumn has been selected for
the killingsince atmospheric condi-
tions at _this, season are more favor-
able for the handling and preserva-
tion of the meat, and also because at
this time the buffalo is in prime con-
dition,
ondition, that is in good flesh and with
an excellent coatready to resist the
severities of winter. These points
are important since the nteat obtained
So successful have been Canada's
efforts to save the buffalo from ex-
tinction that it has been found neces-
sary, in order not to overcrowd the
ranges in the great park at Wain-
wright, Alberta, to dispose of about
2,000" animals. - Sixteen years ago it
was the general opinion of naturalists
and ethers that the buffalo was doom-
edto follow the passenger pigeon and
the great auk into oblivion, . How-
ever, the Dominion Government,
through , the Department of the In-
terior, grasped the opportunity to se-
cure a heard of 716 animals, and had
them placed in Buffalo Park at Wain-
wright. To -day the greatest tribute to
the Government's foresight is the im-
mense herd of 8,300 animals in .the.
reserve; and the increase of these;
animals when protected and allowed
to roam freely over a part of their'
old habitat has set at rest the fears
as to their possible extinction and in-
dicates a possible line of industrial
development.
Notwithstanding, the number taken
from the herd from year to year to
supply specimens to other varies in
Canada, the United States, Great
Britain and other pgrts of the ?empire,
it was found that some other dispos:i-,
tion must,be tnade of a largo number
in order that the park 'night not be
wine overcrowded: Hence the clecis-.
sion, indicated above, to kill two
thousand animals, surplus to the re
gttiremente of the herd.
All arrangements have been eom-
plated for the killing which will be
conducted by experienced men 'ruder
the supervision of Government offi-
cials and carried out 'With expedition
and the employment of humane meth-
ods which will also ensure the best:
econatnie results. 'Elxperintents have
been matte in every phase of the work
and the plans incorporate the most
modern methods in connection there-
with. -
Method of Operations.
In Buffalo Park corbel!' ranges are
retained as winter (ratters, where
grazing is not permitted in the sum -
mat' months, in order that ample for-
age ,ntay be provided .for the cold
season. When the time costes for the
will be offered on the world's markets.
Preliminary inquiries indicate that
there will be a good demandfor all
available products. The flesh of the
buffalo affords excellent eating with,
in the opinion of ' experts, nutritive
qualities superior to those of domestic
beef and pork. Oldtimers in particu-
lar emphasize the wonderful sustain-
ing qualities of buffalo meat.
The contract for the slaughter calls
for the preservation of the hides and
heads, which will be prepared for
market as they can best be utilized.
Robes, garments, and novelties can be
manufactured from the hides while
the mounted heads provide an orna-
ment much in demand. The sum thus
secured 'will be used to help to meet
the cost of maintaining the herd and
it is hoped that it is but the begin-
ning of a revenue of considerable pro-
portions from this source.
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14 -Loses
Sman PNAD
AS ��t�+1��Kp
5Aty "(Oy cgoctLESS
-
we stand on the point of sand which
projects furthest south into the sea
and watch the great flocks of land
birds, song birds, sea fowl and divers,
wild ducks and geese, jacksnipe and
woodcock, and the wee hummingbirds,
strike straight cut to sea, usually with
a fair or quartering wind (at times
they are blown out by a nor' wester
and undoubtedly perish), what is the
sense in these tiny brains and wee
searching eyes which. directs theta
over the pathless sea?
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Now True. .
When first I met her by the sea,
I told her that I loved her;
She swore that she loved only me—
Swore by the stars above her.
And since we're married she has.
grown
Nearer, and more nearer;
And when I pay her monthly bills,
She grows DEARER• -and more
dearer!
Love Finds a Way,
Young I-Iusband--Did you snake
those biscuits, my dear?
His Wife—Yes, darling.
Her Husband -Well, I'd rather you
would not make any more, sweetheart.
His Wife -Why not, my love?
Her husband -Because, angel mine,
you are too light for such heavy work,
True When You Think of It.
Teacher—To what. circumstances
was Columbia indebted for his fame?
Smart Boy—To the circumstances
that America was not already dis-
covered.
A Familiar Sight,
Young City Man: Doii't you think
it wonderful the way they salt produce
these slow motion pictures? -
Old Talltimber: Not so very. 1 got
a hired man out Houle that works just
that way.
Apereclated the Cinch,
The Poet: Nowhere In nature cart
such coloring :as adorns thy elteek be
found.
The Girl: And I'm not tellies+ any-
body of the only' store inti torn Chat
`ceps it in stock, either,