The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-03-30
The Dery Biggest Of -AA Big Game
BY Dali DE WEEJE

nave spent many, maEy uays lrdmplnS
lover these broken hills of sandstone,
green and brown mari in research of
, these fossils.
/ In fact. we have devoted about one
half Of our time to this work since
August, 1914. Early morning. with
our auto, We have worked our way in
and beyond where roads are built to a
SPOT as nearly possible to where we
intended to put in the day; then I
placed the ruck sack on my back.
hich contained small coffee pot, fry
pan. canteen of water and chuck: then
with our light prospect picks in hand
we we're on--tramping slowly. mile
after mile. over the breaks and along
TIE steep hillsides. following just he-
meath the stratum of green or brown
mari and sadnstone Lodges. which con-
tain the fossils and other specimens
of our quest. agate. gastroliths. etc.
All this is tiresome yet fascinating
work. Your eyes ever ON the ground
at your feet. scanning closely for a
fragment of petrifed hone or gas
trolith. At the sight of either your
heart viii bound with a thrill OF ex-
citement. The pack is then lowered
TO the ground and a search Is made
for the Fixed location of the fossil. BY
following this ''fote' up to a higher
level where you hore to find evidence
OF the skeleton in place. Many times
YOU are doomed TO disappointment
for in some Instances a landslide or
heavy wash has covered deeply what
you hoped TO End or much OF the sur
face hiss been carried away by ero-
sion. After careful prospecting and a
study OF the surroundings you decide
there is nothing at this SPOT worth
while: shoulder the packsack and
move on. Finally IL is noon. With n
glance We select a resting place over
looking the grand SURROUNDINGS Here
we build FIRE. make coffee and fry
Juicy steak. have pickles and stitch"
After enjoying the lunch to the full
on one occasion we leaned against the
sunny side of a massive rock and !
gave my field glasses to my wife and
asked that she look through them with
the large end to the eye and gaze
long and steadily through the small
aperture away back seven. maybe ten.
or possibly thirty million years. when
this vast low hand nj our feet WAS an
A..re - ffs.n <.f
a large lake and that this delta was
the nornine OF mighty river flowing
from under the ice cap far to the north
and from the eastern side OF the tow
ering sangre de Christie mountain
range. This torrent OF water thEast.
ed. whiried and roated through the
ages and ases and finally made the
Grand Canon and Royal Gorge. some
six miles TO our right. thence into this
lake. which emptied in turn into an
arm OF the sea. extended inland from
the Gulf Of Mexico.
The shore line OF this lake was near
us and ! said. II ook at that herd Of
Amphibians Piesisaurs craning their
shapely necks ten and twenty feet out
of water. They must he pursued by
a school Of Mesosaurans or Ichithy-
sosaurus. Look at that flock OF Ptero-l
dactyIs with winrs spread twenty feet.
I wish we had their polished CASTRO
liths or gizzard stones. See over
there to our left. on the edge OF the
mud fiai. where forty to fifty foot
Brontcsaurus Is attacking an armored
Stegosaurus. listen to the sound OF his
teeth scraring OF from the heavy
spines and scales: hear the clash of
the monsters tail against the armor-
ed sides.
Look. their combat has attracted
the attention of the sixty-foot carniver-
GUS Tyrannosaurus coming around
the slope. See, They are making
on: and iooki the Tyrannosaurus Is
standing up on his hind legs and tail
looking for pray. My. he must be
thirty feet high. He sees that duck.
billed Dinosaurs here on our right.
He charges the almost defenseless
monster. Hear the crash. groans and
deafening. whistiing roar" And an
elbow has dug into my side and with
a jerk hear a voice say. Dali. wake
up You have been asleep fifteen
minutes. and don't want you to ever
say In company again that you don't
snore. But would like to know what
made you jerk so when you awoke."
said. 81 was dreaming that a nine.
ty-foot Brontosaurus Diplodoeus thun-
dered past us and as he stepped over