The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-07-23
Two Iowa City University scsensists
Find Insisrutshie Prorf tiss the
Animals Once Roan-d
thss state
DUG Up MANY SKULLS
They Fcans Nest q Brn.s Of the
Animals Whia- on Prospecting
Trip 10 msnSnz
County

That tire American h3s1Z C1ce LTeG 4
IL Iowa and moreover. that i wzs
present Il large numbers. has been
finally pr0Ted through discoveries Of
Professor Samuel Casran and PRIZES
sor Bohaznzg Shlmsk L N11nz
coznsr.
Tie 1Hso Ecwa scientists returned
from saes- t-ig Of investigation za6
following them NJ freight ere thrae
large boxes aI1ad wssa TIE remains Of
she hssaa. representing fraction nzas
@ the skeletons found
The Discovers was made IN : creek
bed nssr TErEa- M0noHa rranty. and
The remains cgue fer the mos pat
from tire farm If C. F. S-aase-
The ren-lns Ess 50 eaundans.
said Professor SsmeE. -s1hzr there Is
no 6oabz 81 the presence Of the bison
q lzrgs n1less Real o. the III
SOC hzTs been sCu1d n I0ws before.
br- only n isolated instances assTing
room for the bsssst that 1aey EzF hare
been straggas-s pnlE But Il this creek
bed IRE found -EezTs perfect sEzIis.
and there were many broken skulls
which EeTe left shsra hare 10 means
Of estimating the number of remains
On the Suzaae tzrZ- Most OF the re-
mains are taose Ct sui hzsons. posi-
bly 5scs use Their nzrHd more ezsiIs
or account Ct the weight Of the fore
pzv- o. their bed Some of them
we're very large sniMaas. far Ee foznd
vsrtsDrss with hump projections
twelve inches long or more
Asked Is 50 the age OF the animals
whose remains were found. Professor
ShsDsk stated that he thought they
were alive less shan 100 years ago
The remains Eere found IN recent
alsurzi deposit fifteen feet beirE the
surface of tie snrruun1in counfry, :
sad Professor Shimek Nj S-ruble
tnld us that this ditch has been en-
f1reiy cat CT u The past thirty years
Wien lie came 10 Mon0nz county
fhere was onlF slight depression il
the ground Il Is lzkszs that The creek
as often happens had filed up ats hs5
in aboat -hs sane tine. sdla tc ths
presence OF N o1s5ctson z--hsl
down stream This obstruction Ezs
removed th..sy ygw ago. o. Fl Ii
tine ice creek begin oace mere 4
sco- oEt The surzaz DEPOSITS
LII getting II TIE h5soz rsza5lsr Pro
fessors Calvin ard SEimak t0und 3,
old beaver dan. tihro1gh Which TIE.
sorsa5 The traces q hsaFer oecu
pzesc1 we're very alaa even 10 Ii
marks Of the teeth u1 the ends OF II
logs Iris dau had baaa covered Il
sesn feat deep With creak washs an
subsequently uncorersd
Il HE aessa5e-aocsd Of lzzs dsz
EE-e also f1naa tae remains q II
dea- ana elk zishozgA ao- nearly :
abuBdz1s Is the aza9l ra-az-s
Tie Naz1sTn paEz 81 Eo1s * bass-
n.as 70 r1Tal -ha richas- z9ssilEs-s1sal,
ing rerTsta-zez Z The wg-sa SID Pr
fesso- ShIzek. IN sE,saEtng os KS Fl
The aceat lposz gEzrizls deposits Il
extremely 1sea- zl-1ga the -cs- /
tcFstzng anss are -5a IL ~ Air.
in gravets- O. zIlzTzsz deposits .
down Il TIE fatsrTal Estwea -ae Pr
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and tie egEzz q Ha -e -sssnas
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making #sEt=rn E3Ez fs L Z
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existed n EsFz t1ras Ez1s = :
plants Tie co SEbs-z- z
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Eoth There SIS zlsa 20 1899
tls uyIoio1. 3 KIND q sEa<a $500
nine feat aszk zz5 Tz-Ezs ps-sr !
ssnct mammals LscETs-s r (
fossil rsnzizs ege ae-zg z1 q
ttnaally, and most q IL Eesls
covered Lave eaE5e1=l - e'
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