Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-28

mis-. DR.. Hewett asks; Would you
mind nutting on paper a tentative
statement of what Los Angeles mlsh'
offer as an inducement to locate our
School of American Archaeology there
IN reply to DR.. Hewett's request
Mr. Lummis dWelt at length on au-
vantages to the proposed school thdl
would result from its location IN Los
Angeles. AS part of those advantages
he states: The most perfect archaeo-
logical collections in the west as q
hasis for study A curator recognized
as the leading expert in this southwest
field as a permanent lecturer;
IT am the man who made those col
lectlons. I am also the curator re-
ferred to. r. M a Ai14i i4A''
Lumnis States Case
Tn spea<ing of DIR. Palmer's charges
last night Mr.. Lummis said:
"It is lucky there is one point Oh
which DR.. Palmer and scientists anu
I can agree-namely their either ne Is
crazy or ] am. .,,,ilod
chiIdren-even spoiled ones. Almost
anyone can get polite letters by nsnlils
fo,, them. The letters Dr. Palmer
quoted were asked for. His hnal
argument is to quote me in proof OIL MS
sanity. ~ +ho
IF every citizen were to ask IN the
neWspapers to print all the conpn-
,oantarv letters ever received they
would have their hands full. You VIII
notice that in spite of the bid for m m
dorsement none of these letters go pe-
yond what l say and stand by
"Dr Palmer was a first class zen
tist and is an admirable collector ne
isn't an archaeologist or explorer Hls
ideas of business are best set fortn py
himself. You may notice that Prof
putnam 'believes DR.. Palmer TO pc d
reliable gatherer of archaeological op-
iects, That's a little different from
an archaelogist. Send Prof. Putnam
this correspondence and ask him.
Saws Letter Was Not Quoted
"Dr. Palmer also quotes Prof. Kelsey
of Ann Arbor, now president OF thG
Archaeological Institute of America.
notice he doesn't quote DR.. Kelsey ;
frank answer to the fishing letter lie
tells me that he Is going TO send leC-
fer to every member of the A. l. A.,
about 25OO in number, make serious
oberees AGAINST their president because
he answered this letter by the state
mant 'Dr. Palmer labors under the
disadvantage of never having peeh
trained bv any American or European
archaeologist' or words to that erIeGt.
Dr Palmer can doubtless produce the
original letter. A., 1o++or
of scientists, showing their opinion OF
DIR Palmer. Briefly, 1t is that ne coulu
do some good if he would attempt that
which he is competent to do. II ne
will get any scientists of standing
anyone he quotes, anyone Whoh you
can find in Who's Who or any ehcy-
cIonedia. or any other textbook, to IN
dorse his present action as per ms let-
ters. I'll agree to give him the tight
of way. ST.. o,,, ,,a,n-
hers unfortunately made necessary py
bis incredible procedure covers the case
fairly we'll for a busy person
"As for the charges I presume
General Chaffee and Mr.. Koepnl are
able to deal with the case thus dell
catelv nut up to them. BY the way,
Won might notice how they do deal
with it. 4..,o5 co..
nearly six years to keep Dr. Palmer, S
acute vanity from wrecking him. lie
can't wreck this society nor this mu-
scum They depend on the puphc
snirit and common sense of this com
munity in consultation with the sell
entific world. No scientist nor sclen-
tific body nor government department
will support DR. Palmer's contention as
nrinted in his letter and his newspaper
articles.
"Dr Palmer wasted the time of busy
and sane people for several meetings
with complaint that ! had suppressed
Ms renort of the second Arizona expe-
dition. A copy of his report (such