THE OREGON NATURALIST. 



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RARE POINTS. 



Noting in last month's Naturalist a short 

 article chronicling a find near Stockton, Cal., 

 of several L shaped obsidian ''knives" 

 (queried), I send heiewilh outlines of two such 

 which lately came into my possession, and 

 which I prize ve'y highly. 



The largest is of clear, grayish flint, having 

 an opalized appearance and is 2 inc lies across 

 the lower barbs. Its shniie is well re[)resented 

 by the letter V inverted (^\). One of the 

 barbs extends slightly below the other and 

 measure I in. x l ^ in. respectively. 



ACTUAL SIZE. 



The other specimen is exceedingly small 

 measuring only slightly over ^ an inch across 

 the barbs. They were found near Sellwood, 

 Oregon, on the bank of the Willamette river. 

 I do not class them as knives, as the foregoing 

 part of this article would indicate, but as a 

 rare shape of spear and arrow points. I have 

 never seen any but these two, and write this 

 for the benefit of your readers interested in 

 archaeology. 



Ed a. Schloth. 



Portland, Oregon. 



NOTES. 



Last week the university of Washington 

 received from Alaska a fine specimen of jade, 

 dark green in color, and showing signs of 

 having been used by man first as a sort of 

 quariy from which he slowly and laboriously 

 cut stone knives and spear points. Later one 

 end was ground down to an edge to permit 

 the stone to be used as an ax. Along the 

 sides of the stone are deeply cut grooves, at 

 the bottom of which are shattered edges, show- 

 ing where a knife or spear j^oint had been cut 

 out. It is said that natives cut these, grooves 

 with a stick and sand. The wood holds the 

 particles of sand and grinds away the jade, 

 though the latter is one of the toughest stones 

 known. Tliis Sfiecimen was found on the 

 east side of Kotzebue sound, north of Behring 

 strait, in Northern Alaska, at about 66 degrees 

 30 minutes north latitude.- It was ^.presented 

 to the university hy the Artie Trading Com- 

 |iany, of wiiich C. L. Webb, of Seattle, is 

 president, and Miner W. Bruce, of Alaskan 

 fame, is a prominent member. — Oregonian. 



A string of elk teeth containing over loO were 

 sent to D. M. Averill, the past week. These 

 teeth had been saved for a long period by an 

 Indian of the Grande Ronde. It appears that 

 it is only a question of a short period of time 

 when the elk will be extinct. 



A Mr. Reeves, who has been placer mining 

 on the Chetco river, cleaned up nearly three 

 ounces iridium; said to be pure and not in 

 combination with platinum or rhodium. 



Eugene, reports two, and Salem, two snowy 

 owls 



Query Column. 



Is Chlorate of Potash, a good remedy for 

 cankered mouth, which is so prevalent among 

 serpents? — R. C. Paine, 1416 R. I. Ave., 

 N. W. Washington, D. C. 



