Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 January 1901 — Another Big Tooth Fonnd. [ARTICLE]

Another Big Tooth Fonnd.

Another big tooth the vestige of some great extinct animal, has lately been found in Jasper county. It was found by Grover Rouse, son of Benj. Rouse, on Jan. 10th on the bank of Big Slough ditoh in the northwest part of Gillam tp. A large jaw-bone was also found but it was so rotten that it orumbled to pieces, when thawed out. The tooth is 8$ inohes long 8$ inches high and 3£ inches wide and weighs 6£ pounds. The friend who sends us the deeoription of the tooth Jthinks it belonged to a carnivorous animal, but from the description we are much more inclined to believe it to be a mastodon’s carnivorous animal with teeth oQthose dimensions would be a critter that even Teddy Roosevelt, might not be very anxious to run up against.