Deseret Evening News | 1907-12-05 | Page 1 | A Gigantic Mastodon

A GIGANTIC MASTODON Thetis awl and aHI lole of Ir One 01 Near tar IH Ihla Helena Mont Dec D 5 While at work on the ti Milwaukee roadbed near ner Helena yesterday workmen workman an un unearthed the Ih teeth teUt and nd bones bone of a gi gigantic gigantic gantic mastodon maloon The Th largest large lar tooth t weighs weigh more mo than four pounds pound Dr Churl Charles Charla N who has h made ma many ny explorations In the wilds wIMs wll of ot South Sooth America and who has b a large le collection of ot relics esti estimates u mates mitel that tha the th animal has hu ben been dead for tor more m r than Ihan 2000 years yer The Te toe foe to Mil hue 11 were found fond In Jawbone canyon cnn and the theory of Dr Is I that these tle n monstrous flourished In tn these the at a prehistoric period pel d when wh n the th tilting of the earth erh wita reference to the sun Bun had mad made this a tropic region