The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1907-04-21
PLAN OF THE STARS MADE 500 900
YEARS AGO.
OLDEST RECORD ON EARTH
Its Discovery Proves That Intelligent
Human Beings Inhabited the
Earth in That Remote Per
iod--Chsled on Granite.

The oldest record Of human oxist-
ence on the earth, immeasurably the
oldest. was found on the farm of ia
cinth Mekkler in West Burton Town.
ship in this county. last week.
This farm is at the lower end Of an
immense chasm which has been worn
by Crumple Creek. in the course Of
the ages. down through the different
strata of rock, and it has long been
fayorite resort of scientific geological
investigators from the peculiar facili.
ties which it offers for investigations
along this line,
Lately 1t was decided by the author.
tiles of the township to widen the pub.
lie highway along the side of the
creek, and in order TO do so cut had
to be made into the side of the rocky
banks to the distance of some 81 feet,
and while the work was in progress
class of students from the university,
in charge of Prof. Climpe and Gran
don, have been on the ground to study
the formation of rock.
Thursday afternoon here was dis
covered deep down in the stratlned
rock. large granite bowldCr. and i'm
mediately the learned professors be-
came veIy much excited. for in all
their experience of geological investi-
cation they had never met with such
n phenomenon before.
The stratified formation where the
bowlder was found is of very great an
tiquity, at least 100000 years. away
and to find what might be called a
foreign substance in such strata was
very surprising, but all this vanished
in the wonder of the discovery when
1t was wholly dug out and rolled to a
place whore IL could be examined, for
then 1t was seen that space about
two feet square on one side had been
somewhat leveled of and smoothed
and that there was carefully chisled
theron a plan of the northern heav-
ems, showing the North Star in the
center with the polar consultations
grouped about 1t in a circle, for a con-
siderable number of degrees.
There could not for moment, be
any doubt but that the ancient dweller
on the earth who chise'ed this large
number of excellently executed five
pointed stars on the bowlder meant
thereby to depict the plan of the polar
heavens as il appeared to him In the
nights of those long-vanished years,
years that passed over the earth count
less centuries ago, for the plan of the
stars. although Enthusiastically that OF
the circumpolar regions, is different
from what the consultations there as
they are seen nowadays are, exactly
as they would have been had they
been seen somewhere between 100000
and 100000 years ago.
The stars although to the unaiied
eye and during an ordinary lifetime
armament. are yet known by astrono-
mers to be in motion, and long ana ac
curate observation. coupled with the
keeping Of careful records. has reveal
ed to students Of the heavens in Just
what direction and at what apparent
rate most of the stars are moving at
hut ar
our solar system, and 1t would not be
task OF any especial difficulty Tor
an astronomer to now draw plan oil
the stars and consultations In any
part OF the heavens, either as they ap'
peared 100000 years ago, or as they
will appear 100000 years hence, and
therefore, allowing for the necessary
crudcness OF the draft on TIE ancient
bowlder, no astronomer would doubt
for moment but that II ~ picture
of the polar stars and constellation as
they actually appeared something over
100000 years ago.
This discovery proves conclusiyely
that at that inconceivable remote pc
riod of the past there lived upon this
earth men of sufficient intelligence
and power OF observation to have TAX
en- note of the apparent motion OF Tho
other stars around the North Star for
surrounding the circular plan OF this
portion of the heavens as 1t then ap
peared is a circle of figures unques
tionably intended to represent comets
with the nucleus in front and tn,
wide-spreading tail behind, flylnl
around the drawing in the direction
in which the stars appear to circl'
about Polaris. 1t is certainly a mar
yelous discovery and dwarfs al othe