The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-10-16

~ ending OF fossil remains be
ro the quateFnary period.
-t;-b rroves that man existed In an
49, times in this part OF the world'
80 nv side with the animals cnarac-
ristic 81 that age, ought not 10 Dc
considered as it sometimes IS. a. some
rSfrg very extraordinary.
-r-,a enough. discoveries or this KIND
s1,srica have been comparatively
mn they have been rare chiefly
t--ausa as compared with Europe, tne
.--ornt OF territory 70 be covered Is
ever so much larger ana the huhlDef
~ investigators engaged IA the Work
- hean much smaller. And again.
.Is.ers- i'm most cases when II would
80 baen possible TO secure an abun-
Esnca OF valuable data nobody hap
rsns5 10 be on the ground capable or
realizing their Importance or value.
7or rhe reason mentioned. the amount
Of Information that IL has been pos
sIt1s no gather on this subject - some
80 limited. vet there can be no doubt
tter man existed on this continent in
49, asrIv stages OF the QuaIernary per-
"a Anv new set of data, so Tar as
trs solution Of this question, In gen
f~s1 v-av. is concerned, could do hardly
more than confirm an already well es-
tablished fact
Information Needed.
This does not mean that additional
Attenuation would not be very desir0-
M in the matter. on the contrary, ID
NAV easily be inferred that much Is
needed 10 clear up the details or SO
dark and complex problem. However
o. ragr discovery would be OF real Ntlae
onIv II. besides confirming the general
result obtained so far IL should helI
no bring 70 light certain circumstance
and relations so far unknown or doubt
fll 10 US.
IL for Instance. together with the re-
mains OF some animal OF animals be-
longing % the fore part Of the quater-
nary human remains should be found
not OF the prOtOmCrphOus q pc, indl-
eating that the race OF man 10 WhlcL
they belonged was plainly prehistoric
but instead Of the metamOrphous type
showing that race 20 have belonged q
much more recent times. and in al
DrOba biIity, TO have been the bearer
OF certain civilization so Tar unknown
then d most valuable addition 20 TIT
knowledge eXtant would have beel
made A find OF this description wOul'
tend = prove that particular animal
and it's companions. lived together Wit
man not only In days geologicaly Yer.
remote, but from there on down 10 com
paratively very recent and even histori
cal times.
Bones OF Penon.
OF this kind and meaning IL the Pc
non find OF bones made a few week
ago by two OF my friends and myself
IL does not prove 50 much the great ~
Of man on this continent as ii does IN
fact that the elephant was mans com
paEion on this hemisphere in days no
SO very remote. and that. whatever IN
age If the human race in America ma
be-, the persistence in America OF III
animal referred 10 was much create
than IS generally supposed.
Thus. looked al from this stand
point. an entirely new situation has de
vel0ped. while az the same time ther
has been brought 10 light fact OF az
most Importance TO the student or an
cienI American history. This Is IN
more remarkable as a certain chain q
data Is only waiting for this. the las
missing link. TO complete It and max
II available. Not very often do all cir
cumstances work so happily tosethe
as they 60 here That chain OF 0aI
referred 20 runs as follows;
The Missing Link.
When the Spaniards first came {
America they were told among othe
things Of q race OF giants that at on
time was said 20 have peOpled IN
N0rth American continent. Tradition
relating TO these people are recorde
IN the works OF all authors who in day