Show How Far Fars Far's Is It From Ephrain Ephraim To The Tie South Pole Region I With all of the Christmas concentration toward Santa Claus and the North Pole It is Interesting to learn that big things are going on at the other end of the earth In Fridays Friday's Tribune an article appeared from Combined Wire Services telling of scientific discoveries labeled as one of the truly great fossil finds of all time In a postcard 30 to Mr and Mrs Vertis Nielsen Nielsen Nielsen Niel Niel- sen Dr Jim Collinson who has been In Ephraim the past three years as an associate of Dr Edmund Spieker of Ohio State University mentioned the Im Important Important important Im- Im fossil bone discoveries Dr Collinson lives In Cleveland Cleveland Cleveland Cleve Cleve- land Ohio and had told the that he hoped to be with this expedition to the South Pole His card from Beardmore Camp in was re received received re- re eel ved Friday the same date as the publication of the discovery dis- dis discovery discovery dis dis- covery in the Salt Lake paper The news release from the Salt Lake Tribune is as follows WASHINGTON Scientists reported Friday that they had unearthed In one of the truly great fossils of all time time- They said it proved conclusively conclusively conclusively that the icy south polar land was once part of a super- super continent which broke up into drifting fragments hundreds of millions of years ago The discovery was announced by the National Science Foundation Foundation Foundation tion after receipt of a telephone call from at 9 pm p.m. Thursday from Dr Laurence M M. M Gould University of Arizona Arizona Arizona Ari Ari- zona geologist and veteran of Antarctic research The fossil which triggered waves of excitement among scientists scientists all around the globe consisted of parts of oC a reptile reptile reptile rep rep- tile skull belonging to a two to four foot creature creature creature crea crea- ture which flourished more than million years ago and was an ancestor of the giant dinosaurs dinosaurs dinosaurs dino dino- saurs which once dominated life on earth The fossil many others was found in a sandstone sandstone sandstone sand sand- stone bed about miles from the South Pole Its presence the foundation said Is very strong evidence of the probability probability probability proba proba- of continental drift because be because because be- be cause such creatures would not have migrated between continental continental continental conti conti- areas across oceanic barriers Since similar fossils have been found In other parts of the present world the conclusion conclusIon conclusion sion has to be that Antarctica once Joined to other land masses now widely separated Dr Gould said the Is the key index fossil of Lower Triassic in the major southern land masses and es establishes establishes establishes es- es beyond further question question question ques ques- tion the former existence of the great southern continent of The theory Is that Gon land once spanned the g S Atlantic and Indian oce ocean ocean included most of Africa America and India in a s shuge huge huge land mass t I 1 Concerning this theor science foundation quoted f I f port from the Antarctic si s1 that The present water fresh amphibians land land-II living land ving reptiles In Anta Anta ca some million years year is very strong evidence r probability of con tin ee e drift jj From a Christmas gIng ging g ging ing received from Mrs linson Vertis and LaRu LaRue J told the expedition wot home In time for Chris Dr Collinson was e eq x home homo about December 21 2111 c |