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SCIENCE. 



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be retained, probably should be approximately 

 one hundred feet. Below this level at Moscow, 

 Carnestown, Foster and elsewhere, rocks ap- 

 pear which contain Gallopora muUitabulata, a 

 characteristic Lexington fossil, identified by 

 Bassler. 



With the modifications suggested in the pre- 

 ceding lines, the Ordovician sections in Ohio 

 and Indiana, and in the adjacent parts of 

 Kentucky, may be classified as on p. 151. 



Aug. r. FoERSTE. 



Dayton, Ohio. 



RECENT WORK OF THE WISCONSIN 

 ARCHEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



The recent work of the Wisconsin Archeo- 

 logical Society shows that it is steadily in- 

 creasing in strength. It has succeeded in 

 having passed by the state legislature bill No. 

 195 A, which was introduced early in Feb- 

 ruary of this year and approved June 10. 



The passage of this bill -is notable, since 

 it is the first archeological measure of the 

 state government, being the only one to re- 

 ceive the unanimous support of the legisla- 

 ture. Many such bills have been introduced 

 during the past twenty-five years, but most 

 of them never left the committee in which 

 they were introduced. Every member of the 

 society has given this legislation his hearty 

 support. The officers profited by the fate of 

 the several archeological bills " introduced in 

 the legislature of their sister state, Michigan, 

 and sought advice from those interested in 

 archeological work in that state. Profiting 

 from the plans for work in Michigan, they 

 have not only developed the plans, but have 

 actually put many of them in force. They 

 have also adopted some entirely new methods 

 of securing information and of popularizing 

 and disseminating it. 



The officers of the society are confident that 

 the bill is only a beginning with the popular 

 government. By this state aid their work 

 will be facilitated, for under the provisions of 

 the bill all the bulletins of the society will be 

 printed by the state. Its results, being thus 

 brought before the citizens, will no doubt 

 prove the right of the society to further aid 

 from the state in the near future. 



The bill, which is an amendment to section 

 341, of the statutes of 1898, provides that 

 " There shall be printed by the state printer 

 bimonthly, in pamphlet form, 1,500 copies of 

 the transactions of the Wisconsin Archeolog- 

 ical Society, on good quality book paper, uni- 

 form in style with the volumes heretofore 

 published by said society, including necessary 

 illustrations, not to exceed 25 pages for each 

 copy. . . . This act shall take effect and be in 

 force from and after its passage and publica- 

 tion." One hundred and thirty-three free 

 copies of each issue are to be presented to the 

 Wisconsin Free Library Commission for dis- 

 tribution among its traveling libraries. 



One of the first publications to be printed 

 under the provisions of the state printing 

 grant will be a monograph on ' The Aboriginal 

 Pipes of Wisconsin,' by the president of the 

 society, Mr. George A. West. Mr. West has 

 devoted time and money for years in securing 

 the material upon which this monograph is 

 based. 



The society also contemplates the publica- 

 tion of catalogues of all the archeological 

 specimens found in Wisconsin, including es- 

 pecially those now kept in institutions outside 

 the state, in order that students of the arche- 

 ology of Wisconsin may know what material 

 is available and where it is. 



The standing committee on landmarks of 

 the Wisconsin Federation of Women's Clubs 

 is cooperating with the Wisconsin Archeolog- 

 ical Society. Miss Julia A. Lapham, daughter 

 of the late Dr, Lapham, one of the greatest 

 authorities on the archeology of Wisconsin, 

 is chairman of this committee, which has sent 

 circulars to the Women's Clubs of the state. 

 These circulars ask for a report on the work 

 done by each club in response to a general 

 order urging the study of local history and 

 archeology and that local action be taken to 

 preserve ancient landmarks, including Indian 

 mounds, and also that a Landmarks Day be 

 arranged in each year's program. Records 

 are sought of Indian trails, old military and 

 territorial roads, trading posts, first buildings 

 and their purposes, portages, ferries, ancient 

 village sites, mounds, ancient ' garden-beds ' 



