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Show V r'iu.us i.iiizcr.iii: SZLLS iC2 $20,CC3 d) PORTLAND, Or.. Feb. 21. The . () famous Willamette meteorite has been sold to a New Yorlt scientist. W.who will present It to the Amerl- can Museum of Natural History In New York City. The price paid was 8 0 X),600, which Is said to be the high- 0 est price ever Riven for a meteorite. () The huge muss of ore Is one of (rt .the best specimens of meteorite ever discovered, weighing about . fifteen tons. It was found near the ( y-J banks of , the Tualatin river, in Clackamas county, Oregon. After or Its -discovery it was the object of. ' much litigation between those who (i) claimed -to have found it. g |