| Show Gavel Constructed of Wood Oddly Preserved A gavel made from what Is be be- believed lIe ed to be the oldest living fled Oed fled wood on ou the time American continent has been sent to Dr Walter Waller Wil Wil- Williams Williams liams president of ot the University ot of Missouri The history or of o the gavel gael goes back to a time some thousands of oC years no ago when a l volcano hurst forth at a n place about miles east cast ot of Eugene Ore and In the time high Cas Cas- Cas- Cas Cascades Cascades cades A lava stream gradually built boUt up a data darn at nt one end of oC a n deer deep canyon canon In the bottom of oC which grew tait tall Douglas Doulas firs As the canyon filled with the cold mountain water a lake was formed formed and time the trees were sur- sur surrounded sur sor surrounded rounded and covered ered by this water of unchanging temperature When the wood was cut from one of ot the trees for the gavel vel It was found t is contain contain all Its Us natural juIce hall had hartlie time the pungent odor of ot freshly cut ber- ber ber Montreal Herald 4 |
