The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-30

pm was reading a story In magazine
not long ago. The writer OF 1t asked
the question: '.Is Dali DeWeese
dead" That he had not heard an ac-
count of my hunting trips for years,
thanks 10 his kind thoughts OF me.
Hence this story Of mine. True, 1
have not had time to write up my an
nual hunting trips for years. although
l have made several; some to New
Foundland. Lower California, old
Mexico and in other foreign lands. I
am not as yet quite as much OF fos-
sill as some OF the dead ones" l am
now digging up.
In the pursuit OF present day game
1t has been my good fortune to have
sought IL in every state OF the Union.
as well as the maratime provinces in
Canada. New Foundland. Alaska and
at few big game localities OF Japan.
Korea. Manchuria. China. Java. Strait
! Settlements and India. as well as
passing glance at Africa, not having
had the time. however. to experience
the thrilling adventures with his lord
,,ship. the elephant, lion and buffalo of
the latter continent And as their
.qnest seems now SO far removed from
this enjoyment by reason OF that aw-
full war stricken country. which also
renders the pursuit of some business
propositions in my line impossible.
decided in August. 1914. to look for
u lbigrer game on this continent than I
had yet taken and to secure such II
would lie necessary for me to seek
them far beneath the surface.
took cylinder record labeled
"Paieontoiogy" from n shelf In lit
stle closet OF my mental anatomy and
placed II In a position where IL would
unwind and give vent to one OF my
rentup hobbies. which embodied "A
fascination for the research and ex-
ploration OF the monstrous reptiles and
animals OF antedeiuvian times that
eonce inhabited and roamed this ter
rcstriai terra hrna millions OF years
ago and their petrined bones that are
now buried in early formations. many
places hundreds OF feet below the re-
seent period and are classified accord
ing to learned geologists as the Gre
tacious. jurassic and trinssic periods
or epochs.
During these periods OF sediment
. ary formation. caused by the flows Of
righty glacial rivers which were OF.
len retarded or held in check where
their confluence met with the ebb and
fiow OF the reccding oceans. or these
eto great depressions or basins where
the sediment collected Giacieral ac.
tion VAS no doubt great factor in
forming these mofasses. for II is ap-
Parent that an arm OF the ocean ex-
tended from the Gulf OF Mexico along
the eastern slope OF the Rockies north
Nvard to Canada. and perhaps still
farther north to the Arctic ocean. pos
slbiy through the Mckenzie river
dHta. In a great portion of this ter
ritcry monsirous reptiiian animals
end amphiblan mammals lived and
died. their remains were drifted to
these basins and lake beds or they
died In the mire or became extermin.l
sted br n terrible earthly catastro.
phc TO such an extent that the very
earth was DETECTED from its axis.
which changed climatic conditions SO
seriously as to exterminate part OF the
animal life. especially the ponderous
specie. and might also be responsible
for the close of that epoch.
have seen evidences OF this In
Alaska. where the remains OF great
Mammoth THAT once lived in that
country are now being exposed from
under the great ice cap. and afterward
the land became arid. the bones then
petrified during the long ages aud the
arid mire became solidihrd to ciays.
a harris and sandstone. Volcanic erup-
tlon has disturbed. broken mp and
upheavcd these once horizontal strait
fed formations and in it's tilt and
Nfolds has brought many OF these clay
ard mari and sandstone beds to the
surface; recent erosion by weather.
frost and rain have exposed part OF
Che petriied fossil remains of these
monstrous reptiles and animals, with
ar exceedingly varied classification as
TO their specie and genera.
Some localities have produced fos.