Show mastodon for the fair seattle the alaska yukon pacific exposition of 1909 will alave lave as an attraction of more than usual interest an almost perfect specimen of the mastodon which roamed the northland a few centuries before columbus discovered america skeletons of the mastodon which was it a beast considerably larger than an ail elephant have been reconstructed from scatter ed bones and exhibited at varl earl ier fairs but no exposition lias had the big boast as lie he looked whon when alive the ma mastodon was found on deary cleary creek above nome by W E D thomas the remains of his bis royalty were eui bedded in ii the ice lie he probably ib tin iw im fill esic example f lie powers of cold tonice ephin nt for lie he first got caught on 1 e fore people knew eveia e ven ha li w to keep ice luring during die lie su summer months so well was the beust preb ed that not ciany in any years ago go when it a mild winter permit teo the ice to melt from about liim a little it a sta st arving irving alli animal mill ill a some of lie ilic flesh Mn steak served ed while you wait how ci strike you it evidently struck tile hauty I 1 i in boast beast velry very wll for lie ante e a big bi chunk out of the in list otlo na buck back aside from the lie liole hole in his buck ba c k the great animal appears to he be iu in excellent shape jand and lie will be dug out and thawed out and taken to seattle it itis is probable that it will be necessary to skin and stuff win liim und mid th the e job will be it a big one mie for s some |