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

.tdTes ol the nome. only day or TWO
passes thus until glance passes be-
tween us which says. Lets go, to
the hills tomorrow and We do. and
take up our research work where we
ba dleft of. You ask: DO we go
alone?" Yes. for there are few of our
friends who call this work sport, and
know what Emmaline can do and
loves to do. | have tried out her
will and ability, and have not only
enjoyed her sweet companionshsp sp
through the rough mountains OF Colo
RADIO. but over hundreds of miles Of
snow fields and along the banks OF
fosming glacial streams in Alaska. as
ven as under tropical suns and skies
she's a good Indian"-this little
woman.
Some eighteen months of this siren
uous prospecting over territory
where several other fossil hunters
mospected and worked thirty odd
years ago. one of whom was the emf
nent Prof. S. W. williston of the
Chicago university. Much collecting
work was also done under the direc-
ton of Professors Marsh and Cope.
add later DIR. w. d. Matthew of the
American University of Natural His
t9ry- Most of their field work in this
l4ealIty was carried out by my old
ftiends. the late W. p. Peach. and o.
v. Lueus. the original discoverers
q these monstous fossils in this To-
ctlity, and my ln.ere-t in fossil hunt
i1g was greatly stimulated and quick
eked by watching their work in the
Diaries here thirty years ago.
u was looking for new field. where
the pick of no other had yet touched.
Our efforts in this desire were re-
warded.
We finally determined that there
were three virgin places in this va
ried locality in which excavation
would bring results. although we had
found retrified bone and other fossils
in thirty-nve TO forty different locali.
ties The reason for such a scattered
distribution believe TO be caused not
only by foods and erosion. but from
the fact that many specie OF Dinosau-
rus were carnigerous and scattered
bones of carrion promiscuousiy as do
carnsverous animals OF today.
AT these three prospects the natural
erosion bad seemingly not been sufi-
cient TO expose and disiodge much of
the buried skeleton. In the prose
cntion of our work with two men at
what we have called Prospect No. L.
which We made last May. has within
the last few weeks developed into a
real FIND. as we now have exposed
one large femur hone between four
to fiye feet in length. two supposed
shoulder blades. four or five different
ri bsections. FIVE or six large vertebra,
not yet Identified. now appearing in
the work
The identity OF this skeleton has
not vet been determined. Present in
dications would justify the opinion
that it no doubt belongs to one of the
Dinosaurs groups. would be jutsi-
hed in the hope that II turned out to
he either the Ailosaurus. Eeploiocus
OF the Trachodon Dinosaurs or the
Stegosaurus Dinosauri. The latter
specie preferred. as II possessed
the armor plates and pointed spines
and would be coincident with the idea
of the present day unrest sweeping
over all our land.
4 II is apparent that nature In every
process OF evolutionary construction
believed in preparedness and has pro-
vided most OF her creatures with
means OF defense This not only ap-
plies to creatures OF today Tin modi.
fed form) but is evident with prehis-
toric animals away hack millious OF
years ago. as pa OF the early ances-
which | am now digging up. show
great armor plate tbattleship pian) of
such proportions that the attack OF
their jealous nelghhors were almost
fatile. Others were provided not only
with armor. but possessed great from
tai horns iguns OF fortsl when turned
facing an enemy. the enemy no doubt
hesitated in it's attack. Yes. | say
that natures evolution plan says:
Preparedness generally prevents at
tack.
This process seems 10 extend to
man. he having advanced from the
armored state by dropping the armor.
scales. claws and possibly his tail Jas
Darwin says) and rising to degree