SIDE GLANCES By George Clark I thought maybe you might have some errands or something I could do. And maybe an old, broken tree that nobody wants. James Home (1758 to 1842) Succeeded his father in the chair of materia medica at Edinburgh in 1798. He is said to have been so popular as a lecturer that the classroom was crowded even in the dark winter morning sessions at eight oclock. Salt Lake City, Utah, Tuesday Morning, December 10, 1935. Advertising an Earthquake CALIFORNIA enterprise is something that, like the peace of God, passeth all understanding. It enabled San Francisco to rise from tangled ruins to greater charm, popularity and importance. It rebuilt the bay district and made it more beautiful than ever, after the disasterous fires of a few years back. It began immediate reconstruction of Santa Barbara and Long Beach after untold damages had resulted from the alarming earthquakes. It lost no time in restoring homes and wharves which floods from cloudbursts in the mountains and tidal waves had washed away. That was the characteristic spirit of a great community, made manifest in the pluck and perseverance of an unconquerable people. But who, in all the wide world outside of such an enterprising state, would even dream of proclaiming visitations of this kind as special attractions, or advertise them as entertainments well worth the price of admission to the only arena in which the performances are to be witnessed? Most people and places try to conceal destructive irregularities. Once it was charged the Californian did, but nothing seems further from the truth, in the light of recent developments. Apparently envious of the publicity the Montana capital has recently received, Eldoradans are again calling for the spotlight. From Berkeley an announcement has just been made to all the world that an earthquake of major proportions can be expected on the California coast almost any time. It is an invitation to people who have never known the peculiar thrill of being shaken up by an unseen and irresistible force, one that rocks buildings and shakes fruit out of the trees, to repair to the Golden state before the big show begins The prediction upon which the advertisement is based calls attention to what is known to geologists as the San Andreas rift, a complex fault beginning in the vicinity of Half Moon bay, running southward to Santa Barbara, out under the Pacific several miles and back to the point of beginning containing some scores of quakes, more or less. Those whose seismological education has been neglected if looking for first hand information or desirous of attending an illustrated lecture on motion with emotion, should not fail to take advantage of this carefully prepared program. The exact date is not announced, so it may be necessary for the audience to remain in California all winter.