Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1916-01-07
A SOUL-SATISFYING DISCOVERY

Peace hath her victories no less renowned than war;"
or words to that effect and is indeed pleasing to
of these victories recorded under display head lines on the
first pages of the big dalies That may be due to our
tender heartedness inherent and bubbmg desire to
share in the oyousness that to the patient and per-
ssent seacher after great truths even though they be
not living ones in the hour of his success.
A dispatch from Ann Arbor, Michigan, recently
brought the glad tdngs that Doctor E. L. Treve assist
ant curator of the museum of the University of Michigan
has Just returned from the bad lands of the Dakotas
where he discovered perfect mountable skeleton OF
mesohippus three toed horse which roamed the bad
lands aforesaid before those lands got their present rep
taton Ateast so supposed for the threeoed cayuse
it stated by the DOCTOR the standard breed In that
section 100000 years ago, and II the lands had oaa
name then they should have been able to have lived 1t
down by this time hence it is fair to presume the bad
lands acquired their reputation in recent years.
The doctor does not give any information as to the
color of the mustang its habits but as ne pronounceS
the skeleton mountable it is fair to presume the animal
that once used it at least broken to ride Neither does
he say anything about brands or ear marks from Wmc
we Judge the will probably never be discovered
and the doctor will be able to keep his find under the
estray laws after legally posting notices. IT..
The doctor also found partial skeleton OF plohlp
pus probably neal descendant of old Meso, though the
latter had three toes while his remote offspring had but
one on each foot The plohppus roamed the now bad
lands Just 100000 years after mesohppus was gatheIeo
to his ancestors what ever nlppuS CLey Wele' III Vo
one million years apsing between their appearance on
the stage the equine hppus horse family had lost two
toes from each foot and having but three to the loot as
starter simple sum in arithmetic slmple to any not
victims of recent school fads will demonstrate that there
could be but one left and the pio had that
The good doctor is simply radiatlng Joy from every
pore "Why" he sad ut is the biggest fossil hnd IN
wears It's discovery will be extremely valuable to science
for it will clear up long disputed question as TO Whether
the piohppus had three toes on each hnd 1oot
Just think of that realize the enormous ettect Oh IL
and then YOU will know how our heart goes out IN reJo
mo with the doctor who is able to delight the world Oh
scientists and others who compose and bring TO the
that sweet peace that follows having the troublesome ana
bewdering question of one toe or three nay ana oe
nitely settled ei+
took the three oed horse 100000 years to lose TWO toes
out of three will who now has i've toes normally o
each foot also become the years go by IN sequence
four three two and finally one toed parsonage! W ~
take 100000 years to eliminate one toe ana zoVoooo
wears to arrive at the one toed stage!
Then if man now has five toes on each 1901 qua MS
ancestors boast of more than that number! IL 50 now
many? Were coms discovered and IN common use Wnen
toes were more numerous? Ii six toed human skeleton
was found would prove the race existed oVoOov years
ago? How long will it take for the cenpeoe TO pecoie
a ouardruped and how many toes VIII ne nave Ior d
starter? Are oysters and clans older Ihan the MORSE
family? They have eliminated not only all theW IeeC anu
legs as WELL How long did it take them TO accomplish
this? .. 4,,o4 orcroSt
There are numerous other questions that Suggest
themselves but you ask them yoursei1 ana answer
them to suit your questloneF