Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1931-04-30

secret police agent, the captain was
awarded the Mexican presidential dec
Grafton by Provisional-president Emilio
Portes Gil.
Tells of Mexican Findings
Speaking of the results of his re-
cent trip to Mexico, the captain states
as follows:
After visiting friends of mine in the
City of Mexico, | proceeded to the city
of San Juan de Teotihuacan, which
is % miles northeast of Mexico City
I arrived at the scene of a civilization
which existed in the dim remote past
AT San Juan are located the twin
pyramids of the Sun and the Moon,
the last remains of once great race
which inhabited the valley of Mexico,
thousands of years before the Con-
quest Of Cortez The Pyramid of the
Sun rises 256 feet in the air, and the
Pyramid of the Moon Isl feet Both |
of these colossal monuments give evil
dence of a superior civilization exist
ing at one time on the North American
continent The true characters of these
twin pyramids was not known until
| 1905, as they were completely covered
with earth and reseniAled small hills
! in appearance In 1917 the Mexican
federal government placed thousand
men at work uncovering the Pyramid
of the Sun. This work required II
months to complete, and when COM
pleted the pyramid was declared by
historians and scientists to be marvel
| of pyramidial construction, These
pyramids differ from those in Egypt,
but are never the less just as much in
teresting and remarkable. While those
in Egypt are constructed of huge blocks
of stone and granite, those OF Mexico
are constructed of adobe blocks, rein
forced with masonry and plaster. One
of the most peculiar things about the
plaster is that it has been determined
that its lasting quality has been dis
covered as having been due to the
mixing of the whites of eggs with the
plaster
5000 Years Old
The age of the pyramids has been
! determined as being approximately
5000 years. This has been determined
from the following: If line We're
drawn from the apex OF one to the
! other it would point directly to the
North Star 1t is known that the posi-
ton OF the North Star changes one
degree every 500 years The line is off
. about ten degrees, this giving the
: estimate OF the 5000 year ago period in
, which the construction of the pyramids
! was begun. Who built the pyramids
. no one knows The tribe who built
! them disappeared as silently and as
/ mysteriously as they had come, leav-
. ing nothing but the twin pyramids and
t some interior relics as evidence OF
+ their having lived in the valley OF
Mexico. or the relics taken from the
] tombs Of the pyramids, there have
! heea about 900 stone heads. which are
{ believed TO be the effigies of buried
priests. No two of these heads have
J been found to be alike in features
Some have the characteristics OF the
ancient Egyptians in appearance, some
: the Mongolia and still others ar
Negroid in appearance. Some hlstor-
{ ians have advanced the belief that thu
? SO called Lost Tribe might have once
lived on the North American continent
and built these twin pyramids
Has Friends in Montana.
Captain Cotton has many TRENDS H
$ the state of Montana, in Butte, kaiis-
Y pell, Helena, Missoula Billings arc
I other points. In 1924 he was in charge
q Of the r. S marine corps recruiting
Y station in Butte, and made many friends
2 there. He is a good friend Of Mr.
Lloyd Horribly; the supervisor Of IN.
h Flathead national forest at kalispell
The Captain speaks well Of the state
d Of Montana, and especially Of the city
j Of Libby. He states that Libby is z
k model community and one OF which
|, the citizens should be proud
Travels Via Hitch Hike Route.
Captain Cotton travels via the hitcf
hike route accepting rides from mot
oris.s who desire his company. By thu:
mode Of transportation he estimates
that he has covered three hundred
thousand miles in United States, Can
ada and Mexico in the past five years
II He carries autographed letters iron
most Of the governors OF the unitee
States
n Z. W. Oylear and Jos. Sheffield were
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