Ohio History Journal

TWENTY-FIRST ANNUAL MEETING OF THE OHIO

STATE ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND HIS-

TORICAL SOCIETY.

(June 9, 1906.)

The Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the Ohio State Archae-

ological and Historical Society was held in the lecture room of

the V. M. C. A. Building, Columbus, at  1:30 P. M., June 9,

1906.  The following members were present:

Rev. J. W. Atwood, Columbus; Judge J. H. Anderson, Co-

lumbus; Prof. M. R. Andrews, Marietta; Mr. E. H. Archer,

Columbus; Mr. George F. Bareis, Canal Winchester; Gen. R.

Brinkerhoff, Mansfield; Prof. F. T. Cole, Columbus; Mr. S. D.

Cone, Hamilton; Mr. A. B. Coover, Columbus; Dr. D. H. Gard,

Columbus; Col. J. W. Harper, Cincinnati; Mr. W. H. Hunter,

Chillicothe; Rev. I. F. King, Columbus; Prof. J. D. H. McKin-

ley, Columbus; Prof. C. L. Martzolff, New Lexington; Prof.

W. C. Mills, Columbus; Prof. B. F. Prince, Springfield; Prof.

E. O. Randall, Columbus; Mr. J. S. Roof, Ashville; Rev. H. A.

Thompson, Dayton; Mr. E. F. Wood, Columbus; Prof. G. F.

Wright, Oberlin.

Messages of regret for inability to attend the meeting were

received from: Bishop B. W. Arnett, Wilberforce; Mr. W. E.

Connelley, Topeka, Kans.; Hon. Albert Douglas, Chillicothe;

Mr. N. W. Evans, Portsmouth; Hon. M. B. Follett, Marietta; Mr.

Philip Hinkle, Cincinnati: Gen. J. Warren Keifer, Springfield;

Rev. N. B. C. Love, Toledo; Hon. R. R. Sloane, Sandusky;

Hon. F. W. Treadway, Cleveland; and Gen. A. J. Warner,

Marietta.

The meeting was called to order by the President, General

R. Brinkerhoff. The Secretary, Mr. Randall, was called upon for

the minutes of the previous meeting, held June 2, 1905. In

order to save time, he referred to the minutes of that meeting

as published in Volume 14, pages 330 and 353, inclusive. He

stated that the minutes of that meeting were taken verbatim

(354)

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and were incorporated in his bound volume of the proceedings

of the Society, but were entirely too lengthy for reading here.

The members had, in their printed volume (14) a condensation

of the minutes as taken in full, and it would not even be neces-

sary to read them, as it would take the best part of an hour.

This reading was dispensed with, and the minutes as printed

(volume 14) were adopted as the correct minutes of the meeting:

The President then delivered the following address:

ADDRESS OF PRESIDENT BRINKERHOFF.

Another year, the twenty-first, has rolled around and we are together

again as the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society. During

the past year there has been only one vacancy, which was caused by

the death of Mr. S. S. Rickly, our old friend, who has been with us since

the origin of the Society. Mr. Randall prepared an obituary, which was

published in the Quarterly, and it will not be necessary to refer to it

at this meeting. Nothing unusual has occurred to us during the past

year, except the acquisition of Big Bottom Park. Our Society has been

prosperous and has done its work faithfully during the past year, of

which you will have a full report by the Secretary and Curator.

Last year, as you will remember, I presented reasons for a building

for the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, that our collec-

tions had grown enormously and they were continuing to grow and we

have not a place to put them. Then again, the State Library has out-

grown its accommodations and it was thought desirable to combine these

institutions, the State Library and the Ohio State Archaeological and

Historical Society, and during the winter a bill was prepared by our

committee and presented in the Senate. This bill Mr. Randall will

explain; it was bill No. 195 in the Senate. It was a bill to appoint a

proper commission to locate a site and erect a building. It seeks to

appropriate a sum of $400,000 for the erection of such a building. That

bill was reported favorably by the Library Committee and is on the cal-

endar of the Senate and will come up for action early in the adjourned

session of the legislature which will meet in two years; and we feel it is

very important in the interval that the members of our Society urge upon

the minds of the legislators the importance of the legislation desired.

We feel quite confident that when the legislature meets again provi-

sion will be made for some sort of a building.

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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY.

(For the year June 2, 1905, to June 9, 1906.)

PUBLICATIONS.

Since the last Annual Meeting of the Society, the Quarterly has been

issued regularly as follows:

July, 1905, (No. 3, Vol. 14); October, 1905, (No. 4 Vol. 14); these

two numbers complete Volume 14, of which several hundred copies were

put in bound form; January, 1906, (No. 1, Vol. 15); and April, 1906,

(No. 2, Vol. 15).   Eighteen hundred of these Quarterlies are now

printed; copies are sent to the members of the Society; to about three

hundred and fifty of the chief newspapers; to many libraries of the

State and exchange libraries in other states, and to about one hundred

and fifty historical and literary societies throughout the country. Copies

not immediately disposed of are held in reserve for exchange and in-

cidental demands. The character of these regular publications of the

Society can be judged from   the contents as they appear.  They are

more and more in demand by societies, libraries, teachers and historical

students in every state and abroad.

The Editor receives many times the amount of material requisite

for the contents of the Quarterly. Manuscripts are received from all

parts of the state from voluntary contributors who are desirous of ap-

pearing in the Quarterly and the editor has no little difficulty in exer-

cising discrimination as to which of these articles deserve recognition

and publication. The policy pursued is to confine the articles selected to

subjects exclusively pertinent to the history, biography and archeology

of Ohio, and such articles only as are presented by writers of accuracy

and authority. The main purpose of the society publications is to gather,

publish and disseminate information suitable for the general reader of

Ohio history, biography and archaeology. The publications of no state

historical society reach so many readers as do those of the Ohio State

Archaeological and Historical Society. Our work is especially recognized

by the schools and colleges of the state.

In November, 1905, the Society issued a volume of one hundred and

eighty pages upon the "Ohio Canals."   A complete and concise state-

ment of this subject has never before appeared and has long been de-

manded both by the state officials and others interested therein. The

little volume issued comprises not only an accurate and thorough ac-

count of the origin, construction and abandonment of the canals but also

a detailed official statement of their cost, method of raising the funds by

the state for the completion and maintenance of the canals, their effect

upon the financial and industrial interests of the commonwealth. The

material for this volume was prepared by Messrs C. C. Huntington and

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C. P. McClelland, two competent post-graduates of the Ohio State Uni-

versity, under the personal direction of Professor J. E. Hagerty, Depart-

ment of Political Science and Economics. This book has widely attracted

the notice of students and professors and is a most valuable contribution

to Ohio economic literature. One thousand copies were issued, two hun-

dred in cloth binding and eight hundred in paper. Copies were sent not

only to members of the Society, but also to each member of the newly

elected Seventy-seventh General Assembly.

The Society also published in November, 1905, a little volume of one

hundred and twenty-five pages, prepared by Secretary Randall at the

request of the Society Trustees upon the "Serpent Mound, Its History and

Mystery." This monograph also deals at some length with the serpent

worship among primitive races, and its relation to the religion of the

Mound Builders. It is particularly fitted to be a guide book and com-

pendium of information for those who visit Serpent Mound and wish

to learn all that may be known concerning that wonderful work of a van-

ished race. It has received flattering notice from some of the leading

publications of the country. One thousand copies of this book were

issued, six hundred copies of which were bound in cloth and four hundred

in paper. It was sent not only to the members of the Society, but also

to the members of the Seventy-seventh General Assembly.

The exhaustive and scholarly report by Professor W. C. Mills of

his archaeological explorations in the summer of 1904, which report

appeared in the January, 1906, QUARTERLY, has also been printed in

separate pamphlet form for distribution to those who are especially in-

terested in the archaeological work of the Society.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS.

Since the Annual Meeting of the Society, June 2, 1905, the Executive

Committee has held meetings as follows

June 19, 1905, in the rooms of the Columbus Public Library, at which

meeting the salaries were determined of the various officers who receive

compensation for their services. Mr. A. B. Coover was employed as

assistant to Prof. W. C. Mills in the Museum and Library. Standing

Committees for the year were selected as follows:

Finance- Messrs. Rickly, Ryan arid Bareis.

Fort Ancient-Messrs. Prince, Harper and Bareis.

Serpent Mound-Messrs. Martzolff, Hunter and Randall.

Museum and Library-Messrs. Wright, Martzolff and Brinkerhoff.

Publications - Messrs. Ryan, Keifer and Randall.

Executive Committee meetings were held in the Columbus Public

Library, August 28, 1905: October 25, 1905; and November 24, 1905.

Hon. S. S. Rickly, Trustee and Treasurer, died November 22d. An

extended sketch of Mr. Rickly and his services to the Society appeared

in the Quarterly of the Society for January, 1906. The funeral of Mr.

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Rickly occurred on the afternoon of November 24, at the Reform Church,

Columbus and was attended by Messrs. Bareis, Hunter, Martzolff,

Prince, Randall, Thompson, Wood and Mills. The meeting of the

Executive Committee was held after the funeral. Immediate action was

required as to the election of the successor to Mr. Rickly. Mr. E. F. Wood

was elected Trustee to succeed Mr. Rickly. This election by the Execu-

tive Committee could only obtain until the next annual meeting of the

Society. Mr. Wood was also elected to succeed Mr. Rickly as Treasurer.

No election of Assistant Treasurer was held. Mr. Wood subsequently

gave bond of $5,000 as Treasurer and took charge of the office.

The Executive Committee also met in the Directors' Room of the

Ohio State Savings & Loan Association, Outlook Building, January 25,

1906; March 24, 1906, and May 9, 1906, at which meetings merely routine

business was transacted.

ITINERARY OF THE OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY.

On June 7th, 1905, the Secretary attended the annual meeting of

the Richland County Historical Society, held in the G. A. R. Rooms,

Memorial Building, Mansfield, Ohio, on which occasion he delivered an

address on "Some Phases of Early Ohio History."

On July 5th, 1905, the Secretary participated in the exercises of the

Centennial Celebration of Champaign County, held at Urbana, Ohio, deliv-

ering an address in the afternoon of Pioneer and Home-coming Day, his

subject being "The Builders of the Buckeye State." (See pages 470-472,

Volume 14.)

On August 3d, 1905, the Secretary accompanied President Brinker-

hoff and Messrs. A. J. Baughman and M. B. Bushnell, Life Members of

the Society, and Mr. Peter Bisman and Mr. M. D. Frazier, Editor of the

Mansfield Herald, upon a visit to the far-famed watershed barn, situated

on the Craig farm, near Five Corners, in Springfield township, some seven

miles from Mansfield.

On August 17th, 1905, the Secretary in company with Trustee C. L.

Martzolff, and Mr. C. L. Bozman, visited Stockport, Morgan county, for

the purpose of conferring with Mr. Obadiah Brokaw concerning the

transfer by the latter of the Big Bottom Park to the Society.

On August 18th, 1905, the Secretary paid a trip to Chillicothe and

thence to the Harness Mounds for the purpose of viewing the excava-

tions being made at that point by Prof. W. C. Mills, the Curator of the

Society. This was one of the most successful and valuable explorations

by Mr. Mills and will be in due time reported in full by him.

On August 25th, 1905, the Secretary made a trip to Sidney, whence

in company with Judge E. L. Hoskins, Mr. H. R. McVey, Superintendent

of Schools, and Mr. A. J. Hess, President of the Board of Education, a

visit was made to the former residence of John Johnson, for many years

the government agent for the Ohio Indians; the site of the old stockade

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Fort Pickiwilliny, and the site of the last battle of the French and Indian

War, and thence to the location of old Fort Laramie, on the banks of the

Loramie Creek. The party was met at Fort Laramie site, which is on

the farm of Mr. F. C. Arkenberg, by Mr. F. G. Uhrich. Superintendent of

Schools at Loramie, who gave the party much valuable information con-

cerning the history of the fort.

On August 29th, 1905, Trustee Martzolff and Secretary Randall visited

Serpent Mound, where they made an extended and thorough examination

of the park, both as to the bottom lands of Brush Creek and the improve-

ments in all sections of the property which had been made under the

direction of Mr. Wallace. Mr. Wallace has been most faithful in his

duties and the park was never in more excellent condition than now.

There is a project on foot by an incorporated company to build an

electric line from Hillsboro to Peebles, which line will pass by the gate

of the Serpent Mound Park. At the request of the electric line company,

Secretary Randall prepared an article on Serpent Mound to be inserted in

the prospectus of the company.

After visiting Serpent Mound, Messrs. Martzolff and Randall drove to

Butler's Hotel, some two or three miles from Fort Hill, where they

remained over night, and early next morning (August 31) ascended

Fort Hill, and spent several hours in inspecting the remains of that

stone fort, one of the most extensive and best preserved stone enclosures

of the Mound Builders in the state of Ohio. The hill and fort are now

the property of the son of Mr. J. E. Easton, who lives at the base of the

hill. Messrs. Martzolff and Randall journeyed by way of Peebles to Ports-

mouth, thence to Piketon, Pike county, where they inspected the famous

"Graded Way," with the purpose of making observations as to whether

or not it were an artificial or natural structure. Both were inclined to

think it was a work of nature, mostly if not entirely. This view was par-

ticularly shared by Professor Martzolff, who has given much study to the

subject of geology and natural surface formations.

On September 7th, 1905, the Secretary, upon special invitation of

President Hunt of Denison University, formed one of the party con-

sisting of Governor Herrick, Mr. Wade Ellis, Attorney General, Mr. Tod

B. Galloway, Secretary to the Governor, and Colonel B. L. Bargar,

in a visit to Granville, Licking county, to attend the exercises of that day

pertinent to the one hundredth anniversary of the settlement of Granville.

On September 10th, 1905, Professor B. F. Prince visited Fort Ancient

on business connected with the care of the same by Custodian Cowen.

On September 17th, 1905, the Secretary visited Fort Ancient, where

he remained for some two days inspecting the fort and consulting with Mr.

Warren Cowen, the custodian, as to the condition of the fort and pro-

posed improvements to be made by the Society.

On September 30th, 1905, the Secretary with President Brinkerhoff,

Trustees W. H. Hunter, M. R. Andrews, D. J. Ryan, C. L. Martzolff,

participated in the exercises accompanying the donation of the park by

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Mr. Obadiah Brokaw to the Society and the commemoration of the event

which the monument erected thereon perpetuates. A full account by

Prof. Martzolff of this celebration is published in the Society's Quarterly

for January, 1906.

The deed, dated September 5th, 1905, of Obadiah Brokaw and Lidia

Brokaw, his wife, recites that in consideration of the sum of one dollar

and other valuable considerations hereinafter set forth, the property con-

sisting of about two acres (properly described) is granted, remised, re-

leased and forever warranted to the Society, on the condition that the

Society elect the grantor, Obadiah Brokaw, a Life Member, and upon the

further consideration that the Society "shall keep the lands herein con-

veyed properly inclosed and protected from destruction and injury by the

public, to maintain the same as a free public park" and that the Society

"shall erect no buildings of any description whatsoever upon said prem-

ises; and that it shall not sell, lease or rent said property or any part

thereof for any purpose whatsoever."

On November 4th, 1905, the Secretary accompanied by Trustee

Prince, again visited Fort Ancient to confer with Mr. Cowen concerning

the proposed addition to the custodian's house.

On November 22d, 1905, Trustee Martzolff made a trip to Stockport

on business concerning Big Bottom Park, and then proceeded to Lebanon,

where he secured some valuable donations to the Society.

On November 29th and 30th, 1905, Professor W. C. Mills, as the repre-

sentative of the Society, attended the annual meeting of the Ohio Academy

of Science, the sessions of which were held in the University of Cin-

cinnati, Cincinnati, and at which upwards of sixty papers on scientific

subjects were read and discussed. Professor Mills, on behalf of the So-

ciety, presented four papers upon different subject pertaining to the archae-

ology of Ohio.

The Secretary, who had been appointed by the Executive Committee

to represent the Society at the annual meeting of the American Historical

Association, to be held at Baltimore and Washington on December 26th to

29th, inclusive, was unable to go, and in accordance with the previous

request of the Executive Committee, Professor B. F. Prince went as the

representative of the Society. Of this meeting Professor Prince made a

report to the Executive Committee at its meeting on January 25th, 1906.

On April 29th, 1906, Curator Mills, as the representative of the

Society, addressed the Men's Club of Toledo, in the Episcopal Church,

his subject being "The Ohio Explorations."

On April 30th, 1906, in company with Professor Prince and Colonel

Harper, the Secretary again visited Fort Ancient to inspect the comple-

tion of the addition to the house made by Custodian Cowen.

On May 15th, 1906, Curator Mills, as the representative of the So-

ciety, attended the meeting of the National Museum Association, held in

New York City.

On May 29th, 1906, Curator Mills delivered an address upon "The

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Mound Builders and the Ohio Explorations," at the Third Street Pres-

byterian Church at Dayton.

APPROPRIATIONS.

On December 1st, 1905, after consultation with members of the Finance

Committee of the Executive Committee, the Secretary made out a budget

of the Society for the Auditor of State, containing the following items

for 1906: $2,700 for current expenses, $2,500 for museum and field work,

and $2,800 for publications; for 1907, $2,700 for current expenses, $2,500

for museum and field work, and $2,800 for publications. The Finance

Committee of the House (Hon. D. W. Baldwin, Chairman), allowed in the

partial appropriation bill, $750 for current expenses, $750 for publications

and nothing for museum and field work. In the general appropriation bill

for 1906. the Finance Committee of the House granted $1,950 for current

expenses, thus making a total for 1906 of $2,700 (the amount asked for),

for current expenses. The Finance Committee allowed $2,800 for pub-

lications (the amount asked for), but it allowed only $2,000 for museum

and field work, the amount which had been asked and received two years

ago. The other items, for publication and current expenses, respectively,

being the same that was allowed and asked for two years ago. The

policy of the Finance Committee of the House was to grant no increase

in any department unless absolutely necessary and very many departments

were seriously trimmed. The first appropriation bill passed the House and

Senate without opposition, either in the committee or on the floor, to the

items for the Society.

In the second appropriation bill (for 1907) the Finance Committee of

Senate and House allowed the same amounts as in the first, viz, those

asked for by the Society except that only $2,000 was granted for museum

and field work where $2,500 had been requested.

At the request of many members of the House and Senate it was

agreed that a special item of $9,600 should be inserted in the second appro-

priation bill (for 1907) for the reprinting of the fifteen annual volumes,

ten complete sets to go to each member of the Seventy-seventh General

Assembly, the sets to be boxed and delivered by the Society without ex-

pense to the members. After this second bill had been introduced in the

House, with the approval of Chairman Baldwin, it was amended by Repre-

sentative Wertz so as to include an additional special appropriation of

$4,000 for the reprinting of the volume of the Centennial Celebration pro-

ceedings of 1903; fifty copies to go to each member of the legislature.

The bill as thus amended passed the House without opposition and later

passed the Senate with no opposing vote.

The Secretary desires to report that in all his dealings with the

legislators during the past session he met with invariable courtesy and

consideration, especially by the members of the Finance Committee of the

House and Senate.

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THE BUILDING PROJECT.

Perhaps the most interesting and important subject concerning which

the Secretary has to speak is the time-honored and perennial one known

as the Building Project. The securing of a building for a home and

headquarters of this Society has ever been the dream of both members

and officers. There is a saying that the dream of one age is the realiza-

tion of the next. It begins to look as though that saying might prove

true in our case. Certainly the initiative has been taken and the practical

consideration of the subject commenced. It will be recalled that this sub-

ject was discussed at the last annual meeting of the Society, but no definite

action was taken, it being tacitly referred to the Executive Committee for

consideration. At the meeting of the Executive Committee, January

26, 1906, the Secretary brought the matter before the committee, stating

that the State Librarian, Mr. C. B. Galbreath, and the Library Commis-

sion had practically come to the conclusion that it would be feasible

for them  to co-operate with the Ohio State Archaeological and His-

torical Society in the erection of a building, said building to be prefer-

ably located in the center of the city if it could be there located, if not,

upon the Ohio State University Campus, suitable quarters for both insti-

tutions in any event to be provided in the same building. After the regu-

lar appropriation for the Society had been substantially secured, the mat-

ter of a building was taken up by Messrs. Galbreath and Randall. Hon.

D. W. Crist, Chairman of the Senate Library Committee and formerly a

member of the House from Columbiana county, stated that he thought the

time was opportune for the introduction of a bill for the joint purpose

proposed if the Library and the Society were sufficiently united in the

movement. The Library must have in the immediate future larger

quarters. It was not to be expected that the legislature would provide

two separate buildings, one for the State Library and one for the State

Historical Society. Under the direction of the State Librarian and the

Secretary of the Society, a bill was drawn up providing for an appropria-

tion of $400,000 for the securing of a site and the erection of a building

for the combined purpose of the two institutions. This bill, known as

Senate Bill No. 195, was introduced by Senator Crist on March 5, 1906,

and read for the first time. The second reading occurred on March 6,

when the bill was referred to the Library Committee, consisting of Sena-

tors Gayman, Denman, Meck, Atwell and Crist. It was duly considered

by the Library Committee and reported back by the committee on March

27, with the approval of the committee and the request that it be placed

upon the calendar and action upon it be postponed until the adjourned

session in 1908. This action was taken with the informal consent of the

Senate Finance Committee, to which in the regular order of proceedings

the bill should have first been referred, as it called for an appropriation.

The bill thus inaugurated and promoted becomes what is known as a

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"live bill" and will be taken up in the adjourned session and acted upon,

As the session in 1908 will be composed of the same members as the

present one, the bill will be taken from the calendar with more or less

support at the outset and it is confidently expected that by that time a

majority of the members of the legislature will become favorable to the

bill or to some modification of the same. The bill is as follows:

MR. CRIST,                                            S. B. No. 195.

A BILL

To provide for acquiring by gift or purchase, a suitable site upon which to

erect a state building for the use of the state library and the state

archaeological and historical society.

WHEREAS, The quarters now occupied by the state library are entirely

inadequate to its needs, present and prospective; and

WHEREAS, The museum and library of the state archaeological and

historical society occupy temporarily rooms in buildings of the Ohio state

university that are unsuited for these collections, and much needed for

other purposes; and

WHEREAS, The rooms now occupied by the state library are needed

for the senate and state officers. Therefore,

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio;

SECTION 1. That there is hereby constituted a board to be known

as the state building commission, to be composed of the governor and

attorney general, ex-officio, and three citizens of the state, one to be chosen

by the board of library commissioners and to be one of said commissioners

or the state librarian, one to be chosen by the state archaeological and his-

torical society from its membership, and one to be appointed by the gov-

ernor, within thirty days after the passage of this act. Said state building

commission shall have authority to select and acquire a site suitable for

the erection of a state building which shall be of sufficient dimensions to

furnish accommodations for the state library and the museum and library

of the state archaeological and historical society.

SECTION 2. Said commission is hereby vested with full authority to

select a site for such building and to acquire title thereto, by gift or pur-

chase, in the name of the state of Ohio; provided, however, that if such

commission should be unable to acquire a suitable site by gift or at a

price deemed by it reasonable and proper, it is hereby vested with power

and authority to erect the building, hereinafter provided for, upon the

state house grounds, at the corner of Broad and Third streets, or at the

corner of State and Third streets, or upon the grounds of the Ohio state

university, at some place mutually agreed upon by said commission and

the trustees of the Ohio state university.

SECTION 3. Forthwith upon the acquisition of the title to such site

or the location of said building upon the state house grounds or the

grounds of the Ohio state university, said comission shall publicly

request the presentation, within a reasonable time thereafter, to be desig-

nated in such request, of competitive plans and specifications with accom-

panying estimates for such building or alternate designs as said commis-

sion may determine upon. And said commission shall thereupon select

from the plans presented the one by them deemed the most suitable and

appropriate, and which shall comply with the terms of this act, and shall

employ either the architect whose plan is selected, or some other competent

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architect to furnish specifications and complete working plans for said

building. And said commission may, in requesting the presentation of such

plans, offer a prize or prizes, not to exceed five in number, for the most

suitable plans presented, to be by said commission awarded, and said

commission is authorized to expend not more than one thousand dollars

($1,000) for such purpose.

SECTION 4. Upon the completion of such specifications and working

plans said commission shall have general charge and control of the con-

tracting, construction and erection of said building, but they shall be

governed and controlled by chapter 1, title 6, of the Revised Statutes of

Ohio, relating to public buildings, so far as applicable. Said commission

shall exercise general control and supervision of the erection of said build-

ing, and shall have power to employ a competent superintendent of con-

struction to superintend the same and employ such other assistants as

may be necessary. And said commission shall, as far as practicable in

the construction of such building, employ Ohio labor and use material

native to this state. Such building shall be completed within two years

from the time suitable land is acquired or from the time that said com-

mission finds itself unable to acquire suitable land and decides to locate

said building on the state house grounds or the Ohio state university

grounds.

SECTION 5. Said commission shall elect one of their own number as

chairman, and shall have power to employ a clerk, who, in addition to

such other duties as may be assigned to him by said commission, shall

keep full and accurate minutes of all proceedings of said commission, in-

cluding copies of all contracts, plans and specifications, which shall at

all times be open to public inspection. Said commission is also fully

empowered to fix the compensation of said clerk, and of said superinten-

dent of construction and other assistants, and to determine the sums to

be paid to architects who submit plans for said building. The member

of said commission appointed by the governor shall receive compensa-

tion for his services under this act for a period of not to exceed two and

one-half years from the passage of this act, of one thousand dollars

($1,000) per annum, and shall receive no other compensation, but all the

expenses of the commission for books, stationery and other supplies shall

be paid out of the treasury of the state on the warrant of the auditor

of the state, to be issued upon a requisition of said commission.

SECTION 6. The majority of said members shall be competent to

exercise any authority which this act vests in said commission, including

the making of any and all contracts.

SECTION 7. If any officer above designated shall retire from office

before the completion of said building, his successor in office shall be

his successor as a member of said commission, or if the member appointed,

or any member elected, shall retire from the commission, the authority

by which he was appointed or elected shall name his successor in the

manner provided in section 1 of this act.

SECTION 8. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this

act, the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is hereby ap-

propriated out of any money in the state treasury to the credit of the

general revenue fund, not otherwise appropriated. And the further sum

of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) is hereby appropriated out

of any money in the state treasury to the credit of the general revenue

fund, not otherwise appropriated, subject to draft on and after February

15, 1907. Said appropriations shall be paid out on warrants issued by

the auditor of the state, upon requisitions and estimates signed by the

authority of the state building commission; provided, that said commis-

sion shall not accept any plan or enter into any contract or contracts that

Twenty-first Annual Meeting, Etc.                365

will contemplate or provide for a total expenditure of an amount in ex-

cess of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000) for the purposes cov-

ered by this act. And further provided, that said building, when fully

completed, equipped and ready for occupancy, shall not cost an amount

in excess of said sum of four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000).

SECTION 9. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after

its passage.

LIFE MEMBERS.

Since the last annual meeting (June 2, 1905), there have been received

into Life Membership of the Society the following: Mr. Obadiah Brokaw,

Stockport; Mr. Charles L. Bozman, McConnelsville; Hon. B. G. Dawes,

Marietta; Hon. George H. Ketcham, Toledo; Hon. Francis W. Tread-

way, Cleveland; Mr. John Seip, Chillicothe; Mr. Almer Hegler, Wash-

ington C. H.; Mr. J. S. Roof, Ashville; Mr. C. Earl Dougan, McCon-

nelsville; Dr. Daniel D. Berolzheimer, New York, N. Y.; and Hon. John

H. Patterson, Dayton.

REPORT OF THE CURATOR.

In my last report I stated that every available space granted us in Page

Hall had been utilized for exhibition purposes, but during the year I was

compelled to remodel the display room to make space enough for eight

more cases which were used at the Universal Exposition, St. Louis. All

of these cases were used to display the specimens received during our

recent explorations. This relieved the situation for a short time, but at

present we have many hundred specimens with no available room    for

their exhibition, and our only hope lies in securing the passage of the bill

introduced at the last session of the Legislature to provide an adequate

building to meet our present and future needs. During the past year many

private collections have been received. A collection of 450 pieces was

received by prepaid freight from an unknown donor. Mr. Thomas J.

Brown, Waynesville, sent to the museum his entire collection of 246 archae-

ological specimens. Capt. I. N. Hook, Stockport, a collection of 178

archaeological specimens, together with a few valuable historical speci-

mens, such as first millstones used at Fort Harmer, first salt kettle used

in Ohio, officers' chest war of 1812, grandfather's clock, etc. Mr. David

R. Safford, Columbus, presented a small collection of archaeological

specimens consisting of 11 copper pieces and an amulet of polished stone

taken from a mound in Gallia county. Mr. H. C. McNeil, Columbus, pre-

sented a fine copper bracelet taken from a mound. Mr. Almer Hegler,

Washington C. H., presented the remainder of his archaeological collec-

tion consisting of 227 specimens. Mr. H. L. Fishback, Columbus, pre-

sented a sheet of 20 bills, uncut, denomination of 25 sols each, such as

were used in paying the soldiers of Napoleon's army; also one cap-lock

single barreled pistol. Mr. John Seip, Chillicothe, presented his entire col-

lection of archaeological specimens numbering 2,201 pieces, all collected

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in the Paint Creek Valley and vicinity. Mr. Seip also presented 31 his-

torical papers concerning the early days of Chillicothe.

During the year the field explorations were conducted in Jackson and

Ross counties. In Jackson county the greater part of the time was taken

up in examining a number of Rock Shelters in the vicinity of the City

of Jackson. This examination showed that the Rock Shelter was not a

permanent abode of aboriginal man and was only occupied by him during

the hunting season or while securing salt from the many salt springs in

the neighborhood. We also exposed and photographed a number of pic-

tured rocks in the northern part of the county. The latter part of the sea-

son was spent in finishing the explorations of the Harness Mound, Ross

county, which was begun two years ago. This mound proved to be the most

interesting and valuable of all the mounds so far examined by the Society,

although the mound had been previously examined by explorers during

half a century past and the artifacts taken therefrom scattered throughout

the United States, and some taken by Squier and Davis are in the Black-

more Museum, England. We removed the entire mound, unearthing 133

burials, all of which had been cremated except five. From the graves were

taken 12,209 speciments, which are now catalogued and placed on exhibition

in the museum. The specimens consist of more than 100 pieces of copper,

pipes, beads, knives, bone awls and needles, cut ocean shells, obsidian,

woven fabric, human jaws perforated and worn for ornament, mica cut

into designs and many objects made of flint, bone and shell.

The library has also kept pace with former years and we now have

2,802 volumes recorded in the accession book with many volumes now

ready to be recorded, two very liberal contributions having been recently

made, but not yet entered. The first of the latter donations was received

through Prof. Martzolff and embracing 89 volumes from the library of

Gov. Thomas Corwin. Most of these volumes are Government Statistics.

The second donation comes from the estate of the late Alfred Kelly,

formerly resident of Columbus, and consists of 86 volumes, many per-

taining to early Ohio history.

During the year I completed my report upon the "Baum Village Site"

and it was published in the January (1906) QUARTERLY. I am now en-

gaged upon my report of the Harness Mound and hope to have it ready

for the January QUARTERLY, 1907.

All of the curator's spare time has been used in working upon the

card catalogue and we now have recorded upon our accession book, and a

card catalogue made of, 20,177 specimens, all secured from the explora-

tions of the Baum Village Site, Gartner Mound and Village Site and the

Harness Mound.

I have planned for the present season to examine a portion of the

Seip Group of Mounds, situated along Paint Creek, about two miles from

Bainbridge. These mounds have never been examined by any explorer

and we look for splendid results.

Twenty-first Annual Meeting, Etc.               367

I wish to thank the officers and members of the Executive Committee

who have aided me in many ways to make my work pleasant and agreeable.

W. C. MILLS, Curator.

Supplemental to his formal report Professor Mills brought

before the Society the matter of the Jamestown Centennial Cele-

bration, which will be held at Jamestown, Virginia, from May

to November, 1907, commemorative of the establishment of the

Jamestown settlement in 1607.      The commission appointed by

Governor Pattison to have charge of the Ohio exhibit for this

centennial consists of Mr. Clive C. Handy, Wauseon, Mr. Ernest

Root, Medina, Mr. John P. Given, Circleville, Mr. B. W. Camp-

bell, Cincinnati and Professor George W. Knight, Columbus, the

latter being the acting secretary. The legislature placed at the

disposal of this commission $75,000 for the Ohio exhibit. The

Ohio Commission desires to have an exhibit in the proposed Ohio

Building, of historical relics and archaeological specimens by the

Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Society, and have inti-

mated to the Curator and Secretary of the Society that they will

probably place at the disposal of the Society for such exhibit the

sum of $2,500. The members of the Society by formal motion

expressed their approval of the idea of the Society making such

an exhibit, subject to proper arrangements which might be made

by the Executive Committee of the Society and the Ohio Com-

mission for the Jamestown Celebration.

Following the report of the Curator, the Treasurer, Mr.

Wood, submitted the following annual report:

REPORT OF THE TREASURER.

RECEIPTS.

Balance on hand February 1, 1905 ..........................  $1,222 29

Active    Membership           Dues       .................................                                                                           114   00

Life          Membership           Dues       ....................................                                                                        50      00

Interest on Permanent Fund................................                                         106 75

Subscriptions  ...................... ........................                                                12   00

Books sold ................................................                                                   65 07

From Treasurer of State:

Appropriation for current expenses ..................                             2,588 14

Appropriation for Field Work, etc..................                               2,515 91

Appropriation for Publications ......................                                2,735 52

Appropriation for Reprinting Publications ..........                       7,500 00

Total ............................................. $16,909 68

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DISBURSEMENTS.

Field   W ork  ............................................ .                                                                                                 $980  51

Care of Fort Ancient ..................                                                                                                                       620 50

Care of Serpent Mound ...................................                                                                                                 354 20

Care  of  Big           Bottom   Park ..................................                                                                                 109  63

Publications          ...............................................                                                                                         2,729     87

Reprinting Publications ....................................                                                                                      7,500 00

Expenses of Trustees ............................... ......                                                                                                  301 05

Salaries (3) ..............................................                                                                                                     2,200 00

Express and Drayage ......................................                                                                                                 75 97

Postage  ...................................................                                                                                                            85     87

Museum and Library ......................................                                                                                                  852 47

Job  Printing  .............................................                                                                                                         35     25

Annual Meeting, 1905 .....................................                                                                                               56 00

Ohio  News  Clipping  Bureau ................................                                                                                      26     80

Premium on Treasurer's Bond..............................                                                                                           15 00

To  Permanent  Fund  * ......................................                                                                                              259  00

Sundry Expenses ..........................................                                                                                                    19 21

Balance on hand February 1, 1906 ..........................                                                                                    688 35

Total  ..............................................                                                                                           $16,909  68

* Total amount of Permanent Fund    .................                                                              $4,459 00

E. F. WOOD, Treasurer.

Following the report of the Treasurer, the Secretary sub-

mitted brief reports from     the Chairmen of the Committees on

Fort Ancient, Serpent Mound and Big Bottom Park, as follows:

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON FORT ANCIENT.

The committee has made a number of trips to the Fort during the year.

It can report the grounds and walls to be in fine order and improving

each year. Trees have been planted in places where old ones have dis-

appeared. A part of the Fort where the grass has given out has been

under cultivation in order to get it back to a better sod. Your committee

authorized the building of a large porch at the house and the erection of

a woodshed. Other minor improvements have been made for the better-

ment of things around the Fort.

B. F. PRINCE, Chairman.

REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON BIG BOTTOM PARK.

Big Bottom Park was formally received by the officers of the Ohio

Archaeological and Historical Society, on the occasion of the dedication of

the monument which had been erected by Mr. Obadiah Brokaw and which

together with two acres of ground surrounding the site of the pioneer

blockhouse had been generously presented to the Society for care and

preservation.

Twenty-first Annual Meeting, Etc.              369

The preliminary negotiations between Mr. Brokaw and the Society

began on August 17, 1905, when at the request of Mr. Brokaw, through

Trustee Martzolff, Secretary Randall visited him at his home near Stock-

port. Mr. Brokaw offered to transfer to the Society the monument mark-

ing the site of the Indian massacre and the two acres surrounding it pro-

vided that the Society would obligate itself to the preservation and main-

tainance of the same as a free public park. These negotiations were ap-

proved and accepted by the Executive Committee of the Society on August

28, 1905, and the proper survey and deed were immediately made and the

Society at once through its committee entered upon its part of the contract.

The dedicatory exercises were held on Saturday, Sept. 30, in the presence

of about four thousand people.

The project of the proper enclosure of the park was then entered

upon and the committee was fortunate in having offered them by Mr. J.

S. Roof, of Ashville, representative of the American Steel & Wire Com-

pany, through the courtesy of Mr. A. W. Sprague, sufficient wire for, and

the erection of a durable fence, free of charge. The offer was promptly

accepted. The Committee then secured locust posts and had them set in

accordance with the direction of Mr. Roof. The end and corner posts

are of extra size and have been anchored in cement. All of them have

been painted white and everything is in readiness for placing the fence,

which will be done without delay under the supervision of Mr. Roof.

The Committee has also planted quite a number of native rapid-grow-

ing sugars which will add materially to the appearance of the park. The

ground is covered with a thick growth of alfalfa which has been already

cut this season.

The Committee suggests the placing of an arched gateway at the en-

trance of the park with the name of the park and its ownership upon it.

This would be along the public road and plainly visible to passing boats on

the river.

The action of the Society in assuming the control of Big Bottom Park

is highly appreciated by the people of Morgan County. They have taken

great interest in the work of our Society and it has gained many friends

and strong supporters in that section of the state.

C. L. MARTZOLFF, Chairman.

The Secretary reported that at the last annual meeting a

committee consisting of Professor G. Frederick Wright, Hon.

D. J. Ryan and Mr. E. O. Randall were appointed to revise the

constitution of this Society and report said revision at this annual

meeting. This committee, after careful consideration, begs leave

to make the following report - the changes between the consti-

tution reported and the previous one were pointed out by the

Secretary as the different sections were read.

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CONSTITUTION

As Amended June 9, 1906

ARTICLE I. -NAME AND LOCATION.

SECTION 1. This Society shall be known as The Ohio State Archae-

ological and Historical Society. Its office shall be located and its principal

business be transacted at Columbus, Ohio.

ARTICLE II. - MEMBERSHIP.

SECTION 1. The membership of this Society shall be divided into four

classes, designated as follows; Life Members, Active Members, Cor-

responding Members and Honorary Members. Application for member-

ship shall be made to the Secretary of the Society and by him referred to

the Executive Committee. Upon the approval of the Executive Committee

and the payment of the annual fee, such applicants shall be declared

members.

SECTION 2. The payment at any one time of twenty-five dollars

($25.00) to the Society shall constitute the person so paying a life mem-

ber.* Life members shall be exempt from all further dues, and shall be

entitled to all the privileges of active membership.

Any person who shall make a donation to the Society, the value of

which shall be determined by the trustees to be not less than twenty-five

dollars ($25.00) shall be entited to life membership. Said life membership

payments shall constitute a permanent fund to be invested at the discretion

of the Executive Committee. The income only of this fund to be used by

the Society as the Executive Committee may direct.

SECTION 3. Active members shall be residents of Ohio, and shall pay

in advance an annual fee of three dollars. They shall be entitled to vote

and hold office. They shall receive free all publications of the Society and

have free access to the museum and library.

SECTION 4. Corresponding members may be residents of any locality,

and shall be persons who take an interest in the Society and its objects,

and are willing to aid it by representing its interests and securing dona-

tions for its museum and library. Secretaries of historical or kindred

societies whose publications are furnished to this society may be con-

stituted corresponding members.

SECTION 5. Honorary members shall be persons distinguished for

scientific and literary attainment, particularly in the departments of archae-

ology and history.

*The Society since its organization has received over two hundred and

thirty-five life members.

Twenty-first Annual Meeting, Etc.                371

ARTICLE III. - GOVERNMENT.

SECTION 1. The government of this Society shall be vested in a board

of twenty-one (21) trustees, fifteen (15) of whom shall be elected by bal-

lot by the Society at its annual meetings. The other six trustees neces-

sary to complete the number of twenty-one (21) shall be appointed by the

Governor of Ohio, as provided by the legislative enactment of April 16,

1891, two to be appointed each year to serve for the period of three

years, or until their successors are appointed and qualified. The fifteen

(15) elected by the Society shall be divided into three classes, five only

being elected each year, to serve for three years each from the time of their

election, or until their successors are elected and qualified. In case a va-

cancy occurs among the trustees thus elected by the Society during their

term of service, the remaining trustees shall fill such vacancy until the

next annual meeting of the Society, when the vacancy shall be filled by

the Society.

SECTION 2. The Board of Trustees shall elect a President, two Vice-

Presidents, a Treasurer, a Secretary, a Curator, who may, if so required,

act as Librarian, and such other officers as the proper management of

the Society may require.

SECTION 3. There shall be an Executive Committee, which shall con-

sist of the elected officers of the Society and five other members whom

the trustees shall select from their own number. The Executive Com-

mittee shall have full power in the interim to conduct and administer

the affairs of the Society. Five members of said committee shall con-

stitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

SECTION 4. The trustees may appoint such other committees as may

from time to time be required.

SECTION 5. The trustees may fix the tenure of office and compensation

of all officers and agents, and may remove the same whenever the interests

of the Society demand.

SECTION 6. The trustees may adopt a code of By-Laws for the gov-

ernment of the Society, not inconsistent with the Articles of Incorpora-

tion and this Constitution.

ARTICLE IV. - OFFICERS.

SECTION 7. President- The President of the Board of Trustees shall

be President of the Society. He shall preside at all meetings of the

Society, shall have a casting vote, shall appoint all committees not other-

wise provided for, shall sign all orders drawn on the Treasurer, and per-

form such other duties as usually pertain to the office.

SECTION 2. Vice-President -In the absence of the President, the

Senior Vice-President shall perform the duties usually incumbent upon

the office of President, and in the absence of both of these officers, the

duties shall be performed by the Second Vice-Prsident.

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SECTION 3. Treasurer--The Treasurer shall receive all payments of

money to the Society and receipt for the same. He shall disburse the

funds of the Society only upon orders signed by the President and Secre-

tary. He shall give bond to the Board of Trustees in such amount as

they may require. He shall keep account of all receipts and disbursements,

and shall render an annual statement to the Society, and statements to

the trustees whenever they shall so require.

SECTION 4. Secretary--The Secretary shall keep the minutes and

records of the Society; edit all the publications of the Society; give due

notice of all meetings; furnish certificates to members; supervise all cor-

respondence of the Society; attend all meetings of the various standing

committees of the Board of Trustees, and shall perform such other duties

as the trustees may direct. He shall make a written report to the Society

at the annual meetings, and may perform the duties of Librarian.

SECTION 5. Curator- The Curator shall have charge of the museum

and archaeological collections of the Society. He shall keep all articles

that come under his charge in proper order, prepare and keep a catalogue

or card list of the same and carefully label them. He shall have charge of

the archaeological explorations of the Society throughout the state.

SECTION 6. Librarian - The Librarian shall have charge of the li-

brary, the care and arrangement of books, manuscripts, papers, maps,

paintings, and all other property belonging to the same. He shall properly

preserve, arrange and keep them in order, and shall prepare and keep a

catalogue of the same. He shall keep a book in which shall be recorded all

donations to the Society, of whatever nature, with the name of the donor

and date of receipt by the Society; and shall also carefully label said

donations with the name of this Society and the name of the donor. He

shall not permit anything belonging to the Society to be removed from its

rooms, except as provided for in the regulations of the library and museum.

He shall report at each regular meeting the donations received since the

preceding meeting, and at the annual meetings shall make a full report of

the condition of the library.

ARTICLE V.- MEETINGS.

SECTION 1. The fiscal year of the Society shall end February 1, and

the annual meeting shall be held at Columbus within thirty days there-

after as the Executive Committee may determine. Due notice of the

meeting shall be mailed by the Secretary to all members of the Society at

least ten days before such annual meeting is held.

SECTION 2. Special meetings may be held at any time at the call of the

President and Secretary.

SECTION 3. Ten members shall constitute a quorum for the trans-

action of business at any meeting of the Society.

Twenty-first Annual Meeting, Etc.            373

ARTICLE VI. - LIABILITIES.

SECTION 1. No debts shall be contracted by the Society, nor by any of

its trustees, officers or agents, in its behalf, except by a vote of a majority

of the Board of Trustees, or by direction of the Executive Committee.

ARTICLE VII. - AMENDMENTS.

SECTION 1. This constitution may be amended by a majority vote at

any meeting of the Society. All amendments shall be proposed in writing,

and shall, if required by a majority of those present, lie over for action

until the next meeting.

After considerable discussion concerning the changes pro-

posed, the revised constitution as reported by the committee

was adopted without a dissenting vote.

ELECTION OF TRUSTEES.

The meeting proceeded with the election of Trustees. Those

whose terms expire at this meeting were as follows: Messrs.

Keifer, Arnett, Bareis and Sloane, and Mr. Wood, who had been,

by the Executive Committee, temporarily selected to fill the

vacancy caused by the decease of Mr. Rickly. After several

nominations and suggestions, the Trustees elected to serve until

the annual meetinng of 1909 were as follows: General J. Warren

Keifer, Springfield; Mr. George F. Bareis, Canal Winchester;

Hon. Rush R. Sloane, Sandusky; Mr. E. F. Wood, Columbus;

and Rev. I. F. King, Columbus. The secretary reported that the

Trustees appointed by the Governor whose terms expired on Feb-

ruary 18, 1906, were Rev. N. B. C. Love, Toledo, and Colonel

J. W. Harper, Cincinnati. Governor Pattison* has not appointed

their successors and they are therefore still serving subject to

the appointment at any time of those whom the Governor may

select.

The Board of Trustees, therefore, as now constituted and

for the ensuing year will be as follows:

* Governor Pattison died at his home in Milford, on Monday,

June 18.

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TERMS EXPIRE IN 1907.

General R. Brinkerhoff.                      .......................................Mansfield

Hon. M. D. Follett       ........................ ............Marietta

Hon.  D.  J.  Ryan  ............... ..................... ...... Columbus

Rev. H. A. Thompson .     ......................................... Dayton

Mr. W. H. Hunter* ..          ......................... ....Chillicothe

TERMS EXPIRE IN 1908.

Prof. G. Frederick Wright ..............................                                                                                          Oberlin

Col. James Kilbourne ...................................                                                                                            Columbus

Hon. R. E. Hills.                                   .     ...................................Delaware

Ptof. C. L. Martzolff...                          ................................ New   Lexington

Judge J. H. Anderson...................      ....................Columbus

TERMS EXPIRE IN 1909.

General  J.  W arren  Keifer ...................................Springfield

Rev. I. F. King .............................................Columbus

Mr. E. F. Wood .........      ............................     Columbus

Mr. G. F. Bareis.................................     Canal Winchester

Judge  Rush  R.  Sloane........................................Sandusky

APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR.

TERMS EXPIRE AS INDICATED.

Rev. N. B. C. Love, Toledo ............................      ..... 1906

Col. J. W. Harper, Cincinnati .................................. 1906

Hon. M. S. Greenough, Cleveland............................... 1907

Prof. M. R. Andrews, Marietta .................................. 1907

Prof. B. F. Prince, Springfield................................... 1907

Mr. E. O. Randall, Columbus................................... 1908

ANNUAL MEETING OF TRUSTEES.

Immediately following the Annual Meeting of the Society

came the Annual Meeting of the Board of Trustees, of whom

there were present the following: Judge J. H. Anderson, Prof.

M. R. Andrews, Mr. George F. Bareis, General R. Brinkerhoff,

*Mr. Hunter died at Chillicothe, June 20; on June 30, the Execu-

tive Committee selected Hon. J. H. Beal, Scio, to fill the vacancy until

the next annual meeting of the Society.