| Show o 0 Visits With Former Resident R ident of Millard Last Saturday Mr Beckwith visited visited visit visit- ed Mr 0 Cr 0 0 O. O W. W Pierson at Sandy who was cashier of the State Bank of Oasis for tor or ten years During that Mr Pierson collected many valuable valuable val val- and curious Indian relics The most Important sp was a perfect perfect per per- per per-i bowl of ot dark pottery slightly glazed well formed This Is the thel l largest perfect bowl tho writer has hass s seen en The neck orifice Is 8 84 inches in diameter and the diameter at greatest bulge about 13 IS Inches In height It Is about a foot The bottom bottom bottom bot bot- tom comes to a rounded conical point Mr PIerson has a bow of ot two kinds of wood Joined and wrapped with shrunk rawhide a fine fino specimen specimen specimen men topaz from Drum a beautiful as white as marble a stuffed wildcat killed by Earl Huff Hutt since de deceased eased a fragment of ot another an an- other ancIent bowl ot of pure Indented Indent ed ware that Is while still soft sort the workman took a sharp piece of bone an and Indented marks regularly all about the bowl beautifully decoratIng decorating decorating ing It This kind of pattern is found in Cliff Curf Dwellings and Is made the subject of special mention by research research re re- re- re search investigators Mr Pierson has two large metates Indian corn grinding mills Some petrified wood a 1 Millard county owl and many very very fine arrow heads and some ome spear points In all Mr Pierson Pier- Pier Pierson Pierson son son has a collection of of- which he may maybe maybe maybe be justly proud Older residents of this vicinity will willbe willbe willbe be interested to know that Mr Pierson Pierson Pier- Pier son son has five acres of orchard planted plant plant- ed with with Jonathan apple trees Big Dig and Little Cottonwood canyons are rig right t at his back door so to speak for both are visible from his home He has a very pretty place nicely situated and gr greatly ed by Mrs Pierson who has a penchant penchant penchant pen pen- chant for she has a grape arbor several trellis pieces peonies dahlias gladiolas roses evergreens p petunias and many other kinds of beautiful flowers The cht children dren have a portion of the lot to themselves for their which J place la e Is called Little Kanosh Kanosh Ka- Ka a- a nosh for tor everything there Is Just Justas justa justas' justas a as as' as topsy as in an Indian vil vil- vil- vil lage Another remarkable relic Mr Pierson has which must receive receives s special mention His law in Erick went on a mission to Sweden In lp 1894 and 1895 during those tw two years Mr Gillen made a collection of every kind of flower grass or herb he could gather and put them Into a large largo volume neatly neatly neatly neat neat- ly labeled Now after thirty-one thirty years It is a real treat to go through this book It Is a record of patience and love for plant life lIfo Mr Beckwith thoroughly enjoyed the visit with Mr Pierson and brings back wishes well-wishes from Mr Pierson to his many Millard county friends |
