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Show MAMMOTH SKELETON, FOUND IN SEATTLE Seattle, Wash Nov. 14 The skele ton of a mammoth was uncovered yesterday yes-terday by workmen sluicing out tho excavation for the municipal stadium at West Seattle. Tho boneB were found 160 feet below the top of the hill Imbedded in a clay bank. One tooth measured twelve Inches long, eight Inches wide at the base, six inches in-ches wide at the top and three Inches thick. "There have been several skeletons Of mammoths uncovered lu this re gion." said Prof J H Bretz of the University ol Washington "The bones found yesterday show the an! mal to have been full grown The joint sections are immense, and the tusk and tooth are of a mammoth there can be no mistake in that." |