The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1911-02-03
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to the museums collection. Finally got a shot
and down went the monster turned with
shout Of rejoicing to Heller. who was near mo
Heller went over and examined the elephant and
then turned to me with a grave face and said
Colonel this elephant died Of apopexy You
missed him q mile Heller keeps on telling that
story and ! am willing. for he gets lots OF fun
ont Of H. All | have to say Is II the elephant
dropped dead OF apoplcXy at the instant / fred
Il was the most CON .dcrnte elephant that ever
ruaWod Africa"
In the African Fields there are thirty or forty
species Of antoopes. one. the giant Gland rs big.
ger than an OK, aud u iuhubits 10 fever stricken
territory In which only few hunters and those
OF the hardest Kind Will venture Tho colonel ls
exceedingly proud of the giant Glands which ho
secured and which are now n possession of the
museum ana In perfect condition Tor eventual
mounting Tor show purposes.
one of the nulclopos which the expedition sc-
cured has remarkable hide Colonel Roosevelt
spent long time examining aud adWitiug this
specimen The skin rs iridoscont and as you
turn II az different angles TO the Hight II sent
forth coors ~ blue green red and purple II
las a WatCrcd silk on,Ct but perhaps no Waturod
silk that wom., ever wore held such a marvel.
Gus combination NJ huos
nr G Hart Merriam. who Ia now, as has been
said the head ~ the Hartman Geological Foun.
dalton. was the first man TO suggest To Theodore
Roosevelt that after he retired from the prcs
dcncy he ought to 20 to Africa TO collect Rpcci.
mems for the National Museum Credit for the
suggestion was given nr Merriam boy Mr. Rooso
Welt In his lecture before the National Geographic
Society. II Is probable that pr Merriam is the
foremost authority In the United States on soy
crnl branches ot natural science. lie ls particu.
larry Interested IN bears and 10 was by him that
comparisons were made of bear skulls by which
recently q separation ~ species was made where
Il was not known definitely that q difference
existed
n must have been fully century ago that an
Enrlsh scientist hunter Vlo bad secured "a fpori.
men ot thr cane brake holr declared that f. WINS
u species distinct from the ordinary black bear
of the eastern United States. nm, bear known tn
every dWrlcr 10 the eastern region remote from
the pouulnus Ccutvrs
There was q dispute among scientists ahort
tho matter and 10 never definitely WAS settled
tro general opuon remaining that tho cauc
brake bear WAS simply the ordinary black boar
ot the Alorhouios tho Ndruudacas and the
woods of Michigan Wisconsin and Maine When
Colonel Roosevelt ul hls specimens OF the
cane brake bear he examined thorn and came 90
the conclusion that tho EuE'IsHmnu who had
separated 10 as species Nus rght The colonel
10 Pat the matter to the test scut the skulls of
the bears he had killed 70 pr Merriam who p1t
IN lof NJ uainst1.'ur study comparing them
with t' s'H''f of iHo ordinary hnuh bear and
II was found the Eugshmau who had commended
for separate h"r Its 800. right lf 10 hld moi
zen tu- 'hr Roosevelt f.ts ruU h.a determine,
tCu fa .n.a' rhu rlr,r 'o th, in.t sa...ro
probably would nm to holding To the belief thlt
the eastern United States have only ono species
NJ mo hrulu tribe
In the bear room Of the museum Mr. Rooso
Welt saw the skulls Of the species which ho wns
instrumental IN giving separate place 20 and
he saw the skulls Of every bear known 10 Che
world. To the laymcn present these skulls wcr,
nothing but skulls and originally they might have
formed the head bones OF any kind OF am animal
but scientists can pick mp a bone Of any kind and
not only tell what Il came FROM hut from Il can
construct tho entire nalmal
In the room set aside for the present as ,
storage place for the collection Of African bird