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Show Brings Suit For Ownership oi Bear Arz.i Ithode.i of American Folk, this t.iek commenced suit ngaliikl J. J. Joins, a taxidermist of I'rowi, for a cub beat, whk It Jones purchased from a ttnppoi named Win. Dennis. The case Is an unusual one and has a peculiar history It appear!) that last June Dennis wan trapping bear In Timber canyon on the I'lntali Res- nation. Arza IthodeH and Seward .Jensen were also herding aheap In the same locality for Carl Anderson. Tho bo) b found a black mother bear caught In the trap and knowing that Dennis would not be back for aevcral days, they shot It and took off Its hide. Two cuba were treed close by, one of these they allot and skinned and tli- other they captured and tied up to their sheep wagon. Ton days later Dennis appeared ou tho scene and the boya gave him the two hides, which were valuable also for boutit) purposes. The boys claimed the live cub by right of capture, but when Dennis made threats the boys gave up tho baby bear also. The ho)H lecently in lived from the uheep camp and having located their pet cub they have commenced suit to replevy It Sheriff I'm s I Is now custodian of tho bear, and la reported looking for a hand organ so that he can wako It earn Its board. |