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Show I BUCKU SORELY 1 . BE SURPRISED TO L.;v HEAR ABOUT THIS f When W. H. (Buck) Anderson f. the head of Lost Creek a week ago 1- 1 to trap beaver in order that ho I might build up a beaver colony in P. another section, he accomplished , his purpose. The game warden brought back with him a large an-i an-i ' 1 ' imal which had been trapped in ; . such a manner thaht It was not In- ,J Jured In the, least when made cap-stands cap-stands wild animal life soon made lj j friends with the fur-bearer and K brought it to Ogden, where he ; placed It in an unused bathtub in i) the basement of his home. The j captive exhibited such sings of j i gentleness that Anderson even 4 . was able to stroke the anlmals's J soft fur and the beaver, apparent- i J ly onjoyed the petting and fondl- ja , ing. The man and the animal be- K I came great pals. H "But "Buck," busy with tho rush Ira j of spring activities, was called y" away to the hills two days ago T . r and was compelled to leave his ft; friend alone in its home In tho M $ basement. All that day the beav- il or was quiet and evidently ex- fl tremely pleased with his new i ' abode and its surroundings. ti ) Night came and all was quiet t, within , tho house, but after mld- j ( night, a great commotion In tho jy V basement caused Mrs. Anderson j .J to awake. Weird animal calls and r tho sounds of splashing,, threshing j I and rattling resounded through J I the home. Mrs. Anderson, torri- ' fied with the though that some ' I harm had befallen the beaver, , j rushed to tho telephone and called 1 1 A- T. Hestmark, urging him to : ; ) rush to the scene of trouble. ' ; Mr. Hestmark, out of breath from running, arrived a few I minutes later. He stepper cau- I tlously down the basement stairs and held his light close to the an- imals cage. Mrs. Beaver was proudly smooth- ; 1 ing tho silken coats of four baby , i beavers. |