News Advocate | 1923-07-12 | Page 3 | Relics of Times Long Past

RELICS OF TIMES LONG PAST made in texa texas will excite the interest Intire it of archeologists everywhere while digging in an old gravel pit near onalaska On alaska teal ter at a depth of 15 feet a graven rock image or idol wa was found by F U burke nearby wai was unearthed the skeleton eleton ck of a ma mastodon ef of greater size man than any heretofore brought to light in texas according to scientists the prehistoric animal roamed the earth between and OX an ars ago abe he sculptured image may hare have belonged to a civilization that was bontem with the existence et of the th mastodon mai todon the discovery has aroused the deepest lest interest on the part of members of 0 the faculty of the state agricultural and mechanical collect collete who are in the bones and other relic relics found in the gravel pit PIL besides the other satt battered ered bones of extraordinary size ara a being found as the excavation ases A lawor leg bone as found to be five and tine rne halt balf feet long A jaw boni bone with tle teeth intact weigh about 70 pounds exchange