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All of the work of laying the pipes ami building the septic tanks, etc., 

 was done by the boys of the Reformatory, and thus the expense of the 

 whole system was very much smaller than it would ordinarily be. The 

 trenches for the pipes vary in depth from two to seventeen feet, and at 

 many points considerable difficulty was encountered l)y running across 

 springs or currents of underground water, which interfered very mate- 

 rially with the progress of the work. At the time of writing the paper, 

 the sewer and septic tanks were all ready for reception of the material. 

 The pluml)ing, however, has not yet been completed, but as soon as this 

 is done the sewage can i)e tin*ned into the pipes and the result of the 

 method of disposal inslalKd will lie watched with nuicli interest. It is 

 practically the tirst experiment of this kind attempted by any institution 

 in this State; and if successful, and there is no ri>asun why it should not 

 be, it should serve as a type or an t>xainple for many of the State institu- 

 tions, and even for many of the smaller towns of the State. 



Some Recent Mouxd Ixvestigations in Jefferson County, 



Indiana. 



Glexx Culbertsox. 



During the summer of liurj, through the interest, and under the direc- 

 tion, of Miss I). I>. Cravens, of Madison. Indiana, several mounds located 

 in Ji^fferson County were examined, and two were explored. The writer 

 was asked to assist in the investigation. 



The purpose of this pai)er is, in part, to give a record of the contents 

 of the mounds opened, and in part to call attention to the fact that, in 

 many parts of our State, and especially along the Ohio River anil its 

 larger tributaries, there are mounds and other evidences of the existence 

 of a prehistoric people of which no record has been made, and which 

 should be of great interest to science. Many of the mounds have been 

 opened by curiosity or treasure seekers, or destroyed by cultivation, and 

 the contents scattered or lost, and no record has been, or can be made. 



As an example of the ruthless destruction of valuable anthropological 

 material, a case may be cited of a Jefferson County farmer, who, in gi-ad- 

 ing a plot of ground for building purposes, ploughed up at least twenty 

 skeletons, many of which w-ere said to be in a fair state of preservation. 



