The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1923-12-26
BIG DEMAND FOR
D|NOSAUR EGGS
Fossils Found in Mongolia Placed
in New York Museum; Mon
etary Value Unknown.

New York.-The dinosaur eggs a,
| the American Museum of Natural His
tory are being prepared for public ex
! hibition. Most Of the twenty-five eggi
| will remain at the museum, but some
will 60 to scientific institutions in diff.
ferent parts of the world.
One will 90 to Picking, where the
Chinese government, In cooperation
with the American Museum Of NATURAL
History, is planning to found a Chi
nese national museum. The American
institution has promised the Chinese
government duplicate set Of the fos-
sils taken from Mongolia by the Ash
attic expedition. An egg may 90 to the
Smithsonian Institution in Washing
ton. One will go to one of the British
institutions. Others, according to Roy
Chapman Andrews, leader of the Ash
attic expedition, will go to France, Bel
GUM and elsewhere.
These are the only dinosaur eggs
ever found. Their discovery is as i'm
portant to natural science as the find
of the original manuscript of "Ham-
LETT would be to literary collectors.
The demand for the eggs is enormous.
Offers from private individuals are be-
lieved to he contained In $50 letters
to Mr.. Andrews. He has not had time
to open them. He refused to set
monetary value on the eggs. Ten
thousand dollars apiece was suggested
as a reasonable figure, but the scientist
shook his head.
Unable to Pawn Eggs.
ut is absolutely impossible to fix
any money valuation on Them" he said
1t was learned that the eggs already
had had one unsuccessful financial ex-
perience. The expedition had over
drawn its account with the American
company at Picking. The bank
asked for more security.
I'll let you have two dinosaur eggs"
said the explorer
How old are they?" asked the
banker.
Ten million years." replied the ex-
Dlorer. The banker considered It, but |
declined to accept the aged collateral
This is said to have been the first time
hat an attempt was made to pawn
prehistoric eggs.
Money was raised at Picking by SELL
ng the American automobiles, which
lad travelled 5000 miles over camel
rails and open country In an almost
Unknown region. All five automobiles
three motorcars and two one-ton mo-
gone through two sea-
ons of terrific usage in an almost I'M
Explored region and had come out in
UGH good condition that they were
old for half their original price
The fact that DR.. Charles P. Berkey,
rofessor Of geology at Columbia uni
ersity, was nearly torn to pieces by
avage Mongolian dogs was told by
Ir. Andrews. who gave more details
the expedition by permission Of the
sia Magazine, which has contracted
Or his stories.
Dogs Eat All Dead Persons.
"The Monaghan dog is the most saw
ge animal on EARTH" said Mr.. An
rews, land 10 the only beast that
now Of, except the wild boar, that
Ill attack human beings without be-
x attacked first They live largely
n human flesh because of the grwe-
'me burial practice of the MongoIs.
hey believe that when person dies
: is about to die an evil spirit enters
$ body. They want to get 1t out of
cir yurta or felt-covered hut as fast
they can. They load it on an OK
rt and drive it at high speed over
ugh ground. At some point the body
lis of. The driver must not look
ound to see where it falls. II so. he =
tracts the evil spirit to himself. The
dies exposed on the bare ground Inn :,
adjately are devoured by the CREST
aggy dogs which resemble the r.
tan mastiff My wife and I saw a
dy thrown out once any it took the
gs Just twelve minutes to spread ii ;,
t over the desert. =.
They are menace to human life h
arywhere. Professor Berkey had a |,
rrOw escape from them. He was at
'ked by three dogs when lie was APP
,aching a hut. He shot one down
hin few feet Of him. then shot the q
ond. The third one let him alone"
Drove of Fourteen Dogs.
n 1919 when they were making a -
iminary exploration in Mongolia, :,
and Mrs. Andrews had u narrow =
ape. They were on the ground IN ~
,ping bags. Mrs. Andrews suddenly
)ke, screaming. A pack of IA dogs
9 closing in on them probably sup -
ing they were bodies exposed by
MongoIs. Mr.. Andrews had two E
IS beside him, high-pOwer rifle and
,2-caliber weapon. Half asleep, he q,
Sed up the small GIN, but by luck
Iaged to kill the leader OF the pack -
he first shot. THIS divex1Bd the line
dogs and they passed q few feet -,
y from him. He wounded two more ,o
, the %. The wounded dogs were
antly torn to pieces by the others. ~.
n the following night, his nerves
E little taut, Mr.. Andrews drew a