Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 248, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 October 1918 — MADE BY SUN WORSHIPERS [ARTICLE]

MADE BY SUN WORSHIPERS

Theory Adyanced Concerning Apertures in -Walls of the Casa Grande Ruin in Arizona. - According to a National Park newa-> paper bulletin issued by the department of the interior, there is much speculation and concern on the part of tourists and archeologists over twopairs of holes in the walls of the Casa Grande ruin In Arizona. The hole* are about an Inch and a half in diameter, and are bored through walls four feet thick. They occur in pairs, each pair oh opposite sides of a great central room. The holes In each pair are In line with each other, so that one standing in a dark first-floor room behind the center room may look through the Innermost holes at the sky. One pair points due east, the other pair points north at a declining angle. One can only assume that the tribes which built this most ancient of pueblos were deeply religious people and worshipers of the sun. An interesting theory was recently advanced to explain the holes. It is said that these holes form what might be called a seasonal clock. Twice a year, once as the sun works north and once as it works south along the eastern horizon, it rises in line with the eastward pointing holes and on one morning, possibly for three throws a bar of light Into the dark inner rooms. From this the ceremonial calendar could be dated and certain festivals would fall on the same day year after year. One Is reminded of Stonehenge, in England, where the sun at its summer solstice shone down a long alley of stone monuments upon an altar placed in the center of a series of circles of stones.