| Show NOT ILL RL S tl TUO 10 ON ahil CITI temu of tilt cub alears aid 1 1 ing altah tact to witch their dt ot 11 liv mr ilat of if leet r N t t george mcnell mcneil and 1 11 II ellla ellis ot of bountiful started on P a journey to new lork from salt lake city last friday arising two cub beara bears hitched to a specially ally built wagon magon the bears mere ere caught last winter minter in the wasatch mountains eist east ot of bountiful and have haie boen been trained to jog along at a good gait the official start was mas made nt tit 11 clock in the morning and mcnell and ellla elin expect to arrive in new york about december 1 ull lill on the trip the men nill 1 distribute literature on the resources resource a and opportunities tuni ties in utah mayor Il ransford gave the men a letter of introduction to mayor ganor of new bork ork the men will mill c rry their broyl provisions along with them in the wagon which consist consists of a strongly made bo box balanced on the rear axles ot of heavy iron wheels the top of tiie tile wagon box is 1 heavily screened and it Is used as a cage tor for the u bearb at night achile traveling the box Is 1 used to carry the camping outfit and other equipment the shafts ire are attuned to the bottom of the box and extend to tho the axles of the front wheels which arc are small completing the running ge deiora bors of the wagon the bears are hitched between the shafts and are led by the men the bears are kept muzzled d while hile traveling to keep them fighting the beara bears are each about eighteen months old one Is black and the other cinnamon mcnell caught the black bear in his milk house in east bountiful canyon last winter minter the cub had evidently loat lost its mother and in searching for or com something comet bing ething to eat got into the milk hous when mcnell found him he be had pulled off the lid of a five gallon can and was lapping up milk the other was mas caught early this spring mcnell begin began training them and soon had them so go they would draw the wagon the men expect to make about thirty miles a da on their trip |
