Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-09-24 | Page 4 | Freaks and Oddities in Science News

Freaks and Oddi Oddities In Science N News News' Several brown and white braided sashes and andU H J U head bands that adorned Indian maid and warnor warrior war- war nor lor who lived in Arizona 1500 years ago are arc being exhibited in Santa Fe as the first specimens of at such uch well-preserved well fabrics of their type that have been jeen found The fabrics arc are spotlessly clean and perfectly perfectly per- per preserved They are made of an unidentified wool which some of the scientists think may be that of the mountain sheep with a possible inclusion of dog hair lair They were found in a cave in the Navajo country country coun- coun try ry in northeastern Arizona miles from Santa Fe re Fine Pine specimens of unfired crudely made pottery pottery pot- pot tery ery sandals boiled corn com on the cob beans and stone knives were found at the same time They are tentatively ten ten- assigned to a a. period approximately from to A. A D. D C C C 0 Though an eclipse of the sun one of this years year's U three occurred September 11 no astronomers were expected to watch it and probably even where it was visible the natives did not notice any anything unusual Alaska Bering Strait and East Cape the northeastern northeastern- northeastern northeastern-I most tip of Asia were the tho regions in which it could I have lave been seen It was only a partial eclipse in which the umbra the dark inner portion of the moons moon's shadow did not touch the earth at all Only the outer part of the shadow the penumbra grazed the regions i S mentioned t o I