Show PREHISTORIC REMAINS IN UTAH Formed the subject of an address delivered by Prof M Montgomery gomery before the members members mem- mem bers beis of the University Club of Salt Lake City at a meeting held the i th of De December December December cember in their elegant club rooms in the McCornick building The address was copiously illustrated by specimens of earthenware arrow points basket work j jand and other articles taken from the cliff buildings as well as the ruins that occur in inthe inthe the valleys almost everywhere throughout Utah Numerous photographs and drawings drawings drawings draw draw- ings of the cliff and peak structures and of the ruins found in the valleys and plains together with curious hieroglyphics hieroglyphics hieroglyphics were also exhibited During the past two years about forty cliff housse and many other ruined structures of the ancient inhabitants of f Utah have been explored by Prof Montgomery who has had a lengthened experience in the exploration exploration exploration ration of remains of of- the mound-builders mound of the Missouri and Mississippi river region region region re re- gion and of the aborigines of New York state and Canada In May and June of last year Argyle Canon Nine-Mile Nine Canon and several others of the peak cliff-and-peak- bounded canons of eastern Utah were vere visited by him and large collections obtained obtained obtained ob ob- for the University These latter will be placed in the museum at an early day The professor has been the first to connect the dwellers cliff-dwellers with the dwellers dwellers dwellers lers of the valleys pointing out that both were agriculturists and makers of pottery of the same kind and in many other respects respects re re- respects they possessed close resemblances jn it fact that they were one and the same people The earthenware was harder and better than that made by any other race or tribe on the continent and it is believed to be more ancient than all others yet found in North America Evidence of different kinds was brought forward to prove that they were not dwarfs or pigmies as commonly asserted but that they were a people of good size and probably above the average in physical physical physical phys phys- ical strength and stature Some thirty beautiful photographic views of Missouri valley mounds and mound products were shown for the purpose of comparison with those of the Utah aborigines The geological conditions were touched upon and new and finds mentioned all of which are still under investigation in in- investigation tion and are now b being ing carefully studied by microscopic and other methods That this whole subject constitutes a part of geology and that it is at the present time more than ever before engaging the attention of the best geologists of America and Europe was likewise emphasized The columns of several of the leading scientific magazines of the United States States- have been thrown open to Prof Montgomery Montgomery Montgomery Mont Mont- gomery for articles fro from his pen upon this branch of knowledge Some time ago he read a paper upon it before the the- American Association for the Advancement Advancement Advancement Advance Advance- ment of Science of which the professor is a member and he has recently been in invited invited in- in by that association to again address them on these studies at their next annual meeting when scientists are expected to be present |