Ogden Daily Standard | 1906-07-02 | Page 1 | Fossil Collection Purchased

FOSSIL COLLECT collection ION PUR PURCHASED I 1 chicago july 2 john D rockiefel Roc kefel lor loi has purchased for the university of 0 chicago the most extensive collection of fossils and minerals probably in ex exi i istance in tho the c country ou this with tho the numerous other groups now in the possession 0 of tho the university gives tho the institution I 1 sUt ution what la Is believed to be tho the i most valuable aggregation oti paleozoic i fossils in tho the united states state I 1 I 1 tho the sum paid for the collect collection lon which was gathered together by tho the aito professor james hall who for more than fifty years was state geologist of new york and the foremost I 1 american paleontologist of his tinie time la not stated exactly the no collect collection lon was wag valued by professor hall at it was wag stated in the announcement of 0 the gift made by acting president ir P judson last night that this price proved too high for the resources of any of the many universities aa anxious to secure it but that the sum agreed upon is considerably below thit that f dign I 1 r 1