The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1921-05-27
Gigantic Beast and May Have
Lived 1000, 900 Years AGO,
Says Biologist
SKELETON is DISCOVERED
Fact That Tesks Are More Than q
Feet Long, Indicates the Great
Size of the Paebyderm-
Probably kiilsa By Tiger.

SAM Leon, TeXas--pesitiye proc
that ei'soilanis OF gigaesie size, wi /
bodies PscbahIy covere9 with Ion.
hair, ones roamed the cssstal plain,
OF Texas has been obtui,ss4 By III.
unearthings here of tire sis-letons. oi
one of Theses prehistoric aninssis. TIE
period of its life dates back anywhere
from 100000 to 100000 yeats ac
.ording to IL. &. Chandler, assiss ana
professor of biology in Rice Ifstiruae
81 Ii custom, who Assisted in renewing
the "emaiis from tile hard be-si OF
sand and gravel.
IL VIII take some time to recon-
siruct the bones and form the skete-
ton as II originally exis ed, ..and until
this is done measurements cannot 3.
accurately taken. The fact, .howeyes Y,
that the tusks are eaea morerthan IL
ieet long indicates th,e grearl size %
The pachytlerm.
/ Scientists Spesrxiaticn.G.
1 he skeleton was discovered by II
I. Roy of Houston, WHO called MIR.
Chandler TO his assistance in upearth-
'hg It,. In speaking of the discovery
Mr.. Chandler said
Hefore Noah collected SsSs. sssasass.,.
In the ark. and before AdGTn and I've
ate the. disastrous apple in the Garden
of Eden this beast, perhaps attacked
by u mustlerous saber tootked tiger,
"a huge beast which also. roamed
through Nesth America at that time,
laid his great carcass down on the
sands of the beach and died The
seabirds 1t that ancient time, no
doubt. dinsd suaptuously fer many
weeks on his. great. body. ahd what
was left ny them was. picked by the
microscopes aninals Sof /. the bay,
The. waves Of the ancient bay rip
pied over the bones of the fallen mon
arch, carrying sand and gravel until
finally the entire. skeleton swas. buried
deep under "A mass Of >debgis.
Centuries passed and the land
slowly, raised to, its present level,
some ten feet above the water level.
Year bys year the waves apped con-
tinuously against the. bank. eating it
away. until finally q !. tooth was
brought ito view, probably some 5OO,-
600 years after it had been dropped
from the jaws of the great beast.
A Hunting Ground.
There, are many who, while admit
ting the evidence Of their eyes that
an elephant did live aud die ION stbe
shores of Texas will ques ion, state
ments of scientists ms to the great ex.
panse Of time, since the animal ex-
isted..
NO very accurate estimate can be
made, tits true, but that itssexceedss
100000 years and may approach Il,
900 GOO years there lis no doubt In the
mind iof any person, who. has made
study, OF. the, past life, on the earth
SYch, estimates are based on the time
required to. deposit sedimentary rock.
to erode valleys andn to- wear away
rocks. No. lone could judge the aye
of this particular specimen alone. but,
its age. Is estimated, on. the known
occurrence Of the animal, In company
With other animals lin, rocks or ,depes-,
Its where the age can, ,ber-roughiy i s- i.
timafedss and. its absence in.. deposits
which are of more,recent. date.
"flad there, been. game. hun ,ars In,
the. pleistocene. period. Narth Amer,-,