Show J 1 I n iJ I I Dc 1 I J 1 I J ifa i I I ANSe f r m t f t l te I I L I 0 1 0 eal te d on I S1 ou t h T emp I e OJ 0 04 t J j GREAT public Lake nit air shall bl A scientific Jot fiot til t gratifying ing of de deI I 1 curiosity l IJ Is Ison I Ion on th c I IfIll fIll Tho museum m W 1111 lit not bo wholly a anew I 1 new venture but will tie lie n 11 bUn nce was HS a In Institution UI fatI 1 of oC L UJ time LIme I of oC its ils asit again I ail jho the Im f of C js re r Old residents r will wll the little i I o s l le t aton e p CI 1 pile tl e soh of oC the if was WIS the old canoe Hint hat pioneers found mL the of Creat ro Salt Lake u the las flays oC ll earlier visit Also I Q there were of url tho country Mora j and It of or coins c ln and l and o specimens from ic the Great Basin Anti And In charge of 01 i cm for the I u Buffering as a aplon plon r Interest Itel st in selene havo In a new nl 1 Prof J L Barfoot pro prot t fc sor by y e of oC Ills his many lIany I admirers The little adobe a obe gone sone Tho collection n that ho started d ItoW and grown Jr n beyond b Ond the tho of at Its i horizon stood Where hero once o e stood the thc I W building facing Cl the tI c i J Ji JI JI JI Ji i I I I i 1 t tj j 7 3 R J o E f Temple gates ga tes is Boon to 10 stand a n mag mas magnificent new nCI structure striking tile the tone of oC Hie cosmopolitan Salt Sail Lake tho now nelv structure st is If to be F hocused housed again J tile tho collection that if was tho admiration of thousands of tourists rind students of the state the f Bt Into i of the Salt Sail lake Lit Literary eral and Scientific society the collection fJ tion Uon has I G played an important part In Inthe I the tho educational history of at Utah and am this romance ro li of oC its development will find l perpetuation in the per I manent home that soon is t to bo pro provided provided vided WOULD W ULD FAMED FAI D I Tames E Talmage as HS the associations s nd museums curator was I able a lc for f l to make a 11 dis dla distinctive impression lon upon tho scientific t world and k to ln d c to o It news of Iho largest geode and ll of oC the i most selenito e crystals r During its life lICe through ef cf efforts forts rOl tH In h Its chu I f the collection after I I x It ItI f I I I d I 1 f ft fi I I I i I I t i VERMONT BUILDING Tho rho Future Homo Home of Snit Halt Museum IU I u u V pasil from tho old South Temple adobe home turned up next In the tho Templeton li building Then It blossomed out afO the owner of a home of Its own on Forst N across the street south fouth of the ol old University square and amI one olle block bloc t cast Overtaken here by b the tho purchase of oC building for fOl the University of Utah the lIw collection fell upon ovll ovil days The Salt Lake Literary and Scientific soci soel society ety ct lacked finances and the collection 7 went Into storage in III 1900 Merely to box the goods and to re Ie remove move moo them to storage cost costoe over oe Sleeping somewhere son here in Salt Lake are arc th mummified d remains of or a group of oC San Juan county cliff clift dwellers that comprise the second finest collee collection tion In the world of oC prehistoric Ameri American can remains With them are the tho remarkable crys crystals that mado the museum famous Awaiting the day Clay of or tho tilO museums possible reestablishment t Dr Talmage I has continued to secure collections and to prepare for a 1 reopening that would be on a n scale appropriate for Cor tho new Salt Lake f NEW EW HOME H ME FOR FOlt MUSEUM MUSEU The fhe opportunity came with tho an announcement that thal the Church Chur h was about to build on the Richards street comer stood lood the tho collections original home A whole floor of this now new build building buildIng ing arranged especially to accommodate date tho museum was aO asked for and an anthe the request granted grante The plans plan now call for fOl this museum floor and before the tho building emerges from tho foundation foundation tion state the entire plan will have been decided decIde upon An interesting incident Is that which brought tl o museum distinction dt In the world t to It has to do with the bring bringing bringIng ing of or the scientific to tn gen fral scientific notice Everyone familiar with minerals knows a as a concentric con creation with crystals lining the tho inner surface of ot these shown In col collections collections may bo be lifted with one hand han imd average about the size of a base baseball ball Something of a n poser among them would be a monstrous formation of oC this kind making a It natural cave and incasing crystals totalling oyer HO 00 tons tOllS in weight Yet that was precise precisely ly Iy the kind of a natural wonder onder that tho receding quaternary lake lalO waters water In the deserts of Wayno ano county STORY TOUY OF Ol SCIENTIFIC Its original discoverers were sheep sheepherders sheepherders herders Its scientific discoverer was James E Talmage through whose ef efforts efforts forts the crystals cr became museum properly not only in Utah but through throughout out the world Tho I heard of tho crystals said Dr DI Talmage when asked to detail the thc ot hc ver J was WIlS when whon calt called at with samples of or what thoy t lOY said buld as In glais HIl s They i te were w m really samples of ufer er l gypsum p um cat cattle cattle tle and hall Imd called with Il l their 1 I wont went to III Wayno a e county In Q There tho crystals were round found in n gigantic sizo lining the interior oT 1 n i miHl lul which stood Ito out like a I mound In the There were of u tl shameful shame CuI vandalism for every passing cowboy had Fe It his duty to carve his in the tho crystals and to break breal ore oft chunks to lo carry arry away with him It was because of this vandalism that a It determination was made muo to remove the th crystals cr to SnIt Salt Lake Fifty ions tons of oC them thus como came Into Inlo the museums museum possession It still has hils hasa hilsa a considerable Samples were sent to the tho museums at London ElIn borough boroush Glasgow Glaso Dublin Paris Co Copenhagen Stockholm Berlin Vienna Moscow and St Petersburg besides the principal c pal museums In the United States Dr himself carried the specimens lo to these museums and installed thorn tham While they wore pro pre presented with the tho compliments of oC th j Utah museum material was sent back In return which has more than com compensated the Utah Institution for Cor all the time and means consumed and has materially extended the scope of or orthe the tho Utah collection Sixteen years ago Jh so Utah crystals cr had the tho whole acl scientific entitle press agog ago with discussion and description At that time tho Utah museum styled tho Museum secured membership In the Museum Association of tho world with head headquarters headquarters quarters In Great Britain Later Latel when the American museum association was wa formed Dr Talmage attended the meeting at which tho organization was perfected and aul took an active part In III getting It Jt under wn The Tho Utah mu museum scum seum is now a member of or both or Ol organizations PREHISTORIC REMAINS Tho collection of most note outside of the tho crystals Is that of tho San Juan i J if f 1 1 i I 1 f 1 1 I II I I c 1 1 1 I II I V I 1 i 1 i A f fV V V 1 1 1 1 I 1 t 1 t i f V y y V 1 1 A A A A A i 1 I 1 J I 1 I 1 j 1 I r rI I i i X b t tA ty A y X IV IVy y A AY Y A AY Y A Ay y A 1 1 1 I I I 1 t 1 1 j 1 y A 1 1 1 1 I AJo I GROUP OF MUMMIFIED BODIES o ou oI From I tho Collection by tho D Cl Cret Museum n u d county of prehistoric remains Only Ony tho Smithsonian Institute has a collee collection LIon tion that Is I moro mora complete one In Utah was as obtained through a It trip to the tho San Juan country In which Dr Talmage round found after arter arrival that tho most expeditious way to proceed was to employ men already In the tho country Accordingly he secured the services of I Charles Lang and D Lynian Lyman tIll tho actual collectors of ot the which were secured at a cost of over 2000 The museum movement originally was WIlS intended to Include a LL menagerie as aff well as ns a museum for fOI tho presena preservation tion of tf Wasatch fauna TIlls This feature dwindled however except as to tho so curing of stuffed specimens specimen A num number ber bel of oC these the o have now been loaned the tho State Fall Fair association and are arc In Its Third South street headquarters await awaItIng Ing the tho day of ot the museums entering ent Its new homo home COLLECTION OF COINS It Is now eight years yearn tho thi mu museum museum seum wont went into storage f Its coin col collection collection lection at that time wan w placed in III a safety deposit box after an Inventory had been made malle showing It to havo a u n n j of or its Il J other belongings were stored In various localities Re no Recently A 1 t thero was ali purchased ell a valuable Ii collection of or materials illustrative of j the lire life of or the Pacific Islanders With In tho month an extensive private col eol collection lection of minerals has J been added j 1 through donation 1 Besides Beside these materials from tho j scientific Held lIell there thero are many relics of o f extremo value to the tho Church recalling 1 t Important moments in Its history i j These relics with with the others are beIng I carefully care Cully preserved and will be mad mado i ia jj a part of tho new Dew museum when it Is 1 opened upon the completion of the tho now Dew i South Sou tit Templo business block |