Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-11-30

was made Is one or the romances or
science, A few years ago Director
Hornaday, of the New York zoologi-
cal pG:& returning from hunting
trip in the wilds OF Montana, brought
the curator fossilized horn which
he had picked up on his trip.
lis Il of any value asked the
sportsman of the scientist.
"Or no real value In ITSELF, re.
piled the CURATOR but of exceeding
value rs 4 clue, We have had many
stray bones Of this animal, but this
find may lead us to place where
there will be parts OF this beast
which We have not yet found"
How He Was Found
The animal 10 which the horn be.
lonEcd was the Trtceratops, The
summer following the return of Pro.
fcssor Hornaday from Montana,
therefore, the museum dispatched an
expedition TO that same section Of
Montana 10 soc Il they could nud any
mo,o' remains Of trieeratops, Bar.
mum Brown, an experienced fossil
hunter was put in charge of the par.
~ He was rewarded With the finding
Of exceedingly valuable remains OF
the triceratops, hut he was still moro
rewarded by the hndiug of few
bones of what appeared to be an AMI.
NAL of an entirely different kind
Tho tricoratops was horhivoruuS
boast But the new bones showed
clearly that they had belonged 10
hoshoating dinosaur, These remains
were embedded In extremely hard
sandstone, and were extracted only
with the greatest difficulty,
AS the bones OF the new carnlvorous
beast represented different parts Of
his body Professor Osborn calculated
that further excavation would reveal
additional portions Of the same skele.
ton. Accordingly u new expedition
was sem out last summer under Mr.
Brown and most careful preparations
were made for further exploration,
Tho clitf under which the previous
specimens had been found was
thoroughly cleared, and blasting OF
most careful and dolicato character
was undertaken from the top down,
ward.
As n result of this work additional
remains of tho wonderful tyrauuosau
rus rex came to life as the summer
wore ON, SO that Il Is now announced
that representative portions of the en-
tire body have been secured, Scient
ists will look forward to u study OF
the character Of this newly found mon.
stcr with the greatest curiosity. How
he lived, and what his general char.
actenstios were viii be subjects OF
tho most minute investigation,
Doubtless pnloontologIsts viii he
able to tell tho world how much flesh
this beast consumed In day, what
tho size of his brain was, how long he
lived, and ut what period in the close
Of the great age Of reptiles he fought
his battles for existence FOR Just as
astronomy. by nm analysis of tho solar
spectrum. Is able to reason out the
physical characteristics Of u distant
star, 40 Is palcntology able, by eSami.
nation Of stray bones, to describe the
habits of animals who lived In the
western states Of North America
when the Rocky mountains were still
young and the now bare and arid
western plains were n land Of lakes,
rivers and luXurlNnt vegetation,
These Same western regions are be.
lievod by paleontologlsts TO be still
full of buried skeletons OF hygone
days, Many IL tho hunter roaming
through forests or along some I'm,
Chnrtod chasm in the Rockies who
secs curious bones projecting from
stones. These may be Of priceless
value to science He should leave
them alone and send word immedl
ately to the American Museum of
Natural History In Now York, or to
one OF the other great museums Of
the country. Great may be his re-
ward, and greater still the reward OF
science