Rejected Manuscripts

Small fossils

An arm of the Pacific Ocean extended into Millard County, Utah.

SMALL O0SSILLS MILLARD COONTY By Frank Beckwith If the news should break rm of Pacific Ocean has extended so far into Uteh that all but the tips of the higher hills in the House nange are submerged and Trilobites may be seen by the thousands t---It would be HEADLINES 1f later news cmme ngephalopds destroying Trilobites stmilar fo war of seagulls on Normon Crickets That t00 would be repeated in all the Utan press But both statements are true given the proper time setting 4n ern of the Paoific Ooean oane up possibly fram mear the Qulf of californis and extended northeastwardly until the stte where the CCC Camp is now located at ntelope Springs 1n the House Renge Nillard County Uteh was deeply under water intthe quiet 1ittle coves burrowing groveling nosing around in the sea weeds doins scavenger service on the slimy 002y botton were literally thousands upon thousands of those eanoient differentiated marine bugs some with absolutely 10 eyes am others with merelyridge slowly evoling intosensitive spot on the heud afterwsrd to develops in countless years into compound eyes These salt watcr bugs breathed with very peoullar apparatus for they were rovided with two sets of logs to speak one on which they walked swam nd performed losomotion Digital image 2004 Beckwith Family Al rights reserved