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Show III ALMOST COMESJO TOWN !j Biiormous Beast of flic Moun-I Moun-I tains Caught iii Trap Near J CAPTURE IS AFFECTED J NEAR CANYON CREST George O'Neil 'Makes the Cap-j Cap-j lure for R. Steuzel; Hope S to Get Mate. A bear story sufficiently thrilling to find a prominent place among the fables aud history of the wholo bear family now is proudly being related by H. Stenzel, the fur Tiinn on State street, fl Contrary to the established custom, Tr. Bruin pot much the worst, of the deal. According to accounts, ho was first seen about a month ago sojourning iu a. quiet place with his mato and two fl oubs in Nut canyon, about seven miles north of Ensign" peak and bni; a short distance from Canyon Crest. He was seen by a rancher named George 0JNoil and war was immediately deelnrcd. l-Jruin and his family took the affair quietly and after disappearing into the brush" forgot, the matter, but O'Neil, being Irish, wanted trouble at once. Tie had a gun. but after somo consid-eratian consid-eratian concluded that; shooting was not t ho proper thing. lie telephone Mr. Sienzel in Salt Ijako from Bonn I if nl and the two concluded to attempt, to get (ho bear family alivo and thus do something that no one in this part of the country over has doDe betore. Mr. Stenzel has a ranch in Mill Creek M, canyon, a few miles south of Nut can- yon. and O'Ncil was informed that i traps could be found there. At this the catching of Bruin and his family was left in the hands, of O'Ncil, Mr. Stenzel feeling that it could uot be done. Trap Constructed. About two weeks ago daybreak found Mj the trapper earnestly at work construct ion ing a box trap at a watering place in the can3'on. "When completed the device 1 was two and a half feel wide, four and a half feet long and four feet high, and was fixed so that th" least pull on the bait would drop a door and whatever was on the inside, would he at the mercy of O'Ncil. Each morning D and evening O'Neil was at the scone, H but not until last "Wednesday were there aDy results. To O'Neil 's utter surprise. lie had Bruin in the cage. The big box was .iust large enough to hold him. As O'Neil approached, Bruin kicked up an awful fuss. He showed his teeth and thrust his heavy paws against the sides of the lmx with ter-vine ter-vine force. O'Neil was at a loss to know what to do. The bear stood three froi, four inches in height, and weighed tioft pounds. It was almost impossible to get near the cage. Not for a minute did O'Neil leave the neighborhood, but he had his part-nor part-nor go to Bountiful and call ou Mr. Stenzel for aid. A huge sleel wire cage was immediately dispatched to the scene and the work' of getting Bruin into it began. It was a long task and a dangerous one. but the monster finally was placed in the cage and loaded ou Hj wagon. Hj Queer Procession. It was a queer procession that went, down Nut; canyon to the Steuzel ranch. The cage nnd'bonr were landed safely at the ranch after a strenuous trip. Hj The huge animal nearly tipped the wagon over several times. And still O'Neil was not satisfied. After assur-ing assur-ing himself and the others that his captive was safe he wended his way "back up the canyon with fresh meat bait and reset the cage with an int.cn-lion int.cn-lion of catching the female. He claims it would be a very easy matter to shoot the female and her two cubs, but they are worth several hundred dollars alive. Several times he has seen them since the capture of the male, and according to Mr. Stenzel will show them to oth-ers oth-ers who desire to see them. Thev arq. prowling around the place where leather Bruin was caught and Mr. O'Neil lives in anticipation of the day when he will see Mrs. Bear safely behind the steel bars. He expects to get. her this week somo time. The cubs are of tender years as yet and will be easy to catch "with the old ones out of the way. The work will uot be given up until the whole family is safely on exhibit in Salt Lake. After the capture all will be put in one large cage and kept at t ho Steuzel ranch uutil Iheyare fairly well tamed. Then they will be re-moved re-moved to Salt Lake. An Enormous Animal. Hj The feat of catching the monster bear is proclaimed by Mr. Steuzel the niost wonderful in his days. During his twenty-eight years of experience as hunter and furrier in Utah. Idaho, Wyoming, Montana and Colorado he has never heard of a full-grown bear bc-ing bc-ing caught without being injured. The "bear caught by O'Neil is a very large specimen of the brown bear family, when reared on his haunches he stands six feet, six inches. He weighs over GoO pounds. His mate is fully as large, Both are about three years old. The male is exceptionally wild. At the ap-pronch ap-pronch of a person or an animal he nt once rears up and strikes at the cage end the greatest rage shows in his j little brown eyes. When he and his male nre well tamed they will be worth ibout $300 and the cubs about $J00. Mr. Stenzel is jubilant, over the af-fr.ir af-fr.ir and has the grcatest'of confidenco n O 'Neil's ability to catch the. rest f the famil3". Por the past five daya IjNeil has not been farthor than a in do from the trap and each time as ho looks nt it. he expects to Hee the big bear iu-:ide. iu-:ide. The trap is in a thicket of alder-ijerry alder-ijerry bushes. |