The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-07-07

ros; staLes was of the SAME contour
; .aat Ct an ordinary catt.e. and coa-
,uod core and a thin shell similar ,
J that OF a OK.
These relies were sounl in a strata
{ earth which bears evidence OF he
lg the ancient channel of the Kla-
aath or some other river from which
he klamath was evolved The SPOT
) fully 200 feet from the present he'd
f the river, but runs about parallel
. the present channel.
The genei al formation of tne earth
ives every indication of having been
aassed ages and ages ago, and from
he trees and the partly petrified
runks of trees which were found at
jedrock twelve feet under where the
elics were unearthed, there is every
eaton 10 believe that the teeth have
aid imbedded where they were found
lpward of 10000 years.
That the teeth and horn could not
ave travelled far from the very spot
yhere the animal met its death is the
relief of Frost. He bases this on the
act that the gravel would grind to a
owder anything that was caught in 1t
il slowly moved along as a mighty
nass in the process OF creating some
ew geologic formation. This he
tates is partly proven by the quick
.isintegration of the horn once 1t was
ouched by the hand of man.
The country abounds in quicksands
articularly along the banks of the
liver and adjacent to them. 1t is pos
ible to assume therefore that the
monster was probably caught in one
f these quicksauds, it's huge bulk and
eight only increasing the rapidity
WITH which the sand parted and buried
K to remain until gold hunting men
should come to tear 1t from its an
,ient grave, or was there to fight and
he stone ak, being indigestible, is all
hat is left of the man? -.
How long ago that grave was form.
I'd may be gathered from the fact that
On the surface of the earth over the
spot where the teeth were found are
growing oak trees five TO six feet in
diameter, and under the spot on bed
rockk, some twelve feet below, are
trunks of trees that have turned to
coal. The ground is strongly impreg-
mated with arsenic, or else it is prob
able that petrification would have set
in long ago, in which case the horn
might have been preserved.
That the teeth are those of herbiv-
orous animal belonging to one Of the
great lizard or mastolonic species
SENS certain. If the horn belonged
TO the same creature as the teeth,
this would dispel the dinosaur or H.
ard theory. Plant remains, leaves,
fruits and wood found with the fos-
ailized bones of prehistoric creatures
in this country show that the climate
Of the United States as far north as
Canad was from temperate to sub
tropical. According to scientists, Cali
fornia would, therefore, at the close
Of the period in which this creature
lived, be sub-tropical coun-
try.
Inhabiting the sub-tropical earth Of
that period was a creature which COM
bined some of the characteristics of
the mammoth and the modern ele-
phant. The teeth msght have belong
I'd to such an animal These ancient
treasures reached height of from
seventeen to thirty feet Their mon
strous bodies enabled item to over
tower the jungles and morasses, in
which they sought their food.
The enamel on the teeth is in a
splendid state of preservation, and Is
sroca In color. On the tip OF several
d. TIN clIspids. are cavities such MS
..Iils:.t be found in the teeth of an or
i'nary animal. Savants at the Uni
yersity of California are to be asked
70 try and fix the identity of the Great
ire that possessed the teeth. The
teeth themselves will De presented to
he university by Frost. @
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