Show J S f C Another Big Mystery I. I i o 4 MYSTERIOUS object object apparently the apparently petri- petri f fi lied le d sole anc an and heel ne l of a snoe shoe has has as been bee dl s si i covered in solid rock far under the surface e of the earth eath The dis discovery overy was made by Albert v Knapp pp mining prospector in blue limestone le o of the the Humboldt mountain range rang Nevada The Tr Triassic rock in which which this peculiar object was I 1 entombed was formed between and 7 O years yeaTs ago So says Dr William fR D. D Matthew paleontologist of the the American Americ n muS mus mu- mu S seum s m of natural history to whom the fossil was tt i Crushed rushed S J j 4 l r John T. T Reid mining engineer thinks that ti Knapp's Knapps apps find is a clue to an extinct civilization J that existed millions of years ago If so mere mereL youngsters f in time are the L skull and andS J S j Java ava ape man which scientists say date back hundreds of thousands of years years' The fossil ossil I r i p nd by Knapp is a perfectly y shaped shape s soe soe le and 1 heel for a shoe worn by a t modern year old t- t boy Q It lt h has s bevel beveled d edges as smooth as could I t t V be made thade e by a shoemakers shoemaker's k knife ife Inside Inside the these e I I edges g s are re tw two rows of neat perforations such s as as' as I If f f ld Id be m made de in stitching g t the e sol sole to o th the shoes shoe's o s upper tIpper S jr tt F Furthermore ur th 1 it t Sis Sis' is th the e same colors co color as le leather ther J t due to to iron ron su sulphide which howe however r was not present in m the surrounding rock Veteran cobblers f who have ex examined mined t the e object it 5 S 1 Jj is unquestionably the work wort of a master I shoe- shoe J t ker Dr Matth Matthew V says that hat Knapps Knapp find is I an accidental a cd l. l creation ea tion of of the th p period before or min man r first f. t appeared on on earth It is IS the most perfect 1 j 1 if imeri of its its sort ever v r. r found better efter even t thin than h recently discovered stone that looks looks' a amazy arnaz- arnaz az- az i t- t y 1 like i a petrified human n eye f S r have ay noticed s such ch frea freaks S s of n nature tur tr gourds or or potatoes 5 that mature m ture into striking 7 I of human or r animal faces minutely accurate cuate c r te copies q ies Chinese Chinese scientists s who vho believe at civilization a tr travels vels up up and 1 down forever I e- e ean an endless chain cham of hills hills and valleys would pronounce un e Knapps Knapp's Knapps find the real real thing 4 i. jf It It is IS important whether you believe in m in It it pr or w 1 for or it jt calls cills attention 10 to how little man man 1 4 K knows 9 of if the the earths earth's past WilliamS William Jennings Bryan who is fighting the followers of Darwin's r t of gf evolution might igl J stir stirrup t p nest i hornets hornets' ts s i that the e Putdown sk skull ll and similar r t r s l Ti 44 5 fF 1 1 i I r Th r trop trophies ie which s scientists ec recognize as as remnants lp ts I of prehistoric man malt also are accidental creations like Knapps Knapp's Knapps petrified sho-e. sho shoe |