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Show OSSIFIED OYSTER GIVEN TO MUSEUM An ossified oyster Is the latest contribution con-tribution to tho Deseret museum. Tho stony bivalve, resembling his cousins of the deep in nil but substance, was found on the Nevada desert near Escalente and was presented to the museum by John B. Booth. Judge of the Fourth district court at Provo. Curator Sterling Talmage Ig busy delving delv-ing into tho antecedents and family history his-tory of the new arrival with a view of determining by what right It had to be found on a Nevada desert, whereas all self-respecting oysters confine themselves to habitations reasonably intimate with the sea. |