Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 40, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1908 — Horn Long Imbedded in Tree. [ARTICLE]

Horn Long Imbedded in Tree.

A ram’s horn that was imbedded In a tree 183 years ago is a curiosity that Janson Elder, a forester ranger living at Paisley, Ore., has discovered. While rambing In the woods in 1888 Elder came across a yellow pine tree in the base of which was imbedded the horn of a mountain sheep. He did not then have time to make a thorough Investigation, hut since he became a forest ranger he had occasion to go to cut down the tree. He took- a section of the trunk containing the horn to Lakeview. The horn was a little to one side the center of the tree. It was not curled as are the horns of mquntain sheep nowadays, but was almost straight. Counting the rings et the tree was shown to be 213 years old. Outside of the horn were 183 rings, indicating the number of years that had elapsed since the mountain sheep was caught and held fast by the yellow pine. The horn was soaked with pitch. It is ten inches in diameter at the base and 30 inches long.