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Show ELfcARRIVE FM THE NORTH A half carload of oik bound for southern Utah, arrived In Ogden this morning and tho arrivals were on exhibition ex-hibition In tho railroad yards. The elk were captured in Jackson's Hole and from there hauled on .'sleds abput 70 miles to St. Anthony, Idaho. The difficulty attending the transportation trans-portation over tho steop mountain roads, at this time of "--oar was considerable. con-siderable. J C. Smith, the district game warden war-den from Salt Lake, who will travel with tho elk to Salina, tho end of their? railroad Journoy, oxplainod the method used in capturing the animals. A rack, not unlike a largo hay rack, is built, and placod on the ground with a' 'bundlo of hay in ono end. A trap door is then arranged at the other ond so that when the elk walks In the trap falls, maldng him a prisoner. Were it not for the fact that tho elk during the winter months are usually in a starring condition, and driven by hunger to forget their natural timidity, tim-idity, no such method could Tjo employed em-ployed for under ordinary conditions they could never bo Induced to enter en-ter any such man-made contrivance While perhaps not naturally aB timid as deer, the elk aro far Iobs curious and where deer might possfbly be Induced to- enter a trap through curiosity, cur-iosity, elk seem to have moro reasoning reas-oning powers and would fight shy. It was expected that a full carload car-load would be obtained for tho Sevier Se-vier forest but It was found that tho difficulty of getting them in to the railroad was so great that only the ton in this consignment, which consists con-sists of eight females and two males, could be handled at thia tlmo. It is hoped that later on the State will bo nolo to get quite a number more. It Is plaaned to tako tho elk to a largo rancn near rangnltcn and there turn thom into a pasture where they will bo fed until some time In May, when they will be turned loose to shift for thomselvQS It has been suggested, by men familiar 7?Ith their habits, that the elk will not Gtay in the new7 country but will straightway start back for the Jackson's Hole country, while others express the opinion that the- will r,oon become reconciled to their new surroundings, especially after being fed there this winter. These elk will be protected 'by a very strict game law for the noxt four yoars at least and any ono killing kill-ing or hunting them will bo subject to a fine of a hundred dollars and six mon'hs In Jail and it Is tho Intention of the State game authorities to make is impossible for any offender to escape prosecution. |