The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1919-06-06
CALDWELL BEAR
ENTERTA|kS POLICE
Two Officers Have Fine Time Coax
ing Him Off Rarn-Pet Misses
His Master.

A year or so ago Fred Lilly and
Ike Westcott went a-bear hunting.
They returned with the frazzled,
moth eaten hide of an old mother
bear that had been a famous pet for
years and a frolicsome cub that has
since distinguished himself. The cub
was a member of Mr.. LAly's family
for few months and became we'll
known figure about the city. Later
he was shipped to Flint, Wis, where
his career has gone on with ever-in-
creasing distinction.
Naturally. the people of Caldwell
are interested in the career of the cub
and will read the following from the
Flint Daily News, which also con-
tains the legend written in pencil,
"The bear is missing his master,
which may or may not have refer
ence to former Mayor Lilly.
Tanning Bears Police Stunt.
"At $50 p. m. went to o27 Church
street. where a pet bear had broken
loose. Caught him and chained him
up"
cat lO:15 went back to o27 Church
street. where the bear broke loose
again and chained him Up again"
These are the bare facts. so to
speak, regarding the adventures OF
Patrol Driver Hager of the Flint po-
lice department in capturing bear
which escaped at the home of ]. Brush
Fenton, o27 Church street, Monday
night
While Officer Hager tells his ex-
perience in two brief paragraphs
(brevity being one of the features Of
most police reports) he might have
written enough to fill whole col
umn in the newspaper.
Finds Bear Atop Barn.
When the report came to police
headquarters that bear was loose al
o:30 D. m. Officers Hager and Al Vro.
man were sent to investigate They
found the pear perched contentedly
atop the Fenton barn, licking his paws
and grinning.
"Come down off of there. you bis
brute" yelled Vroman. and righ
then and there the bear and Officer
Vroman severed diplomatic relations
The bear didn't like Vroman one
bit and he made his dislike of the Of
ficer known bv d'~oing his claws into
the shingles of the barn and throwing
| down a quantity of them. Vroman
who was close enough to the beal
then to feel uncomfortable, recedee
and Officer Hager took uo the tasl
of getting the bear down. HI
climbed ladder and grabbed the enc
of the chain and coaxed the bear t.
follow him down the ladder. The of
ficer weighs only little more thar
the bear, which weighs $50 pounds
but he made bruin come down. keep
| ing a safe distance away at the ent
of the chain.
Trip No. had hardly been repoit
ed to the police station when the,
got a second call that the bear wa
out again.
This time the bear was moi
frisky than ever. He was again ol
the peak of the barn. He grabbc
off a few more shingles and threy
them as the officers and for severs
minutes kept them busy in a confer
ence about how to get the a1iins
down. Officers Vroman and Hage
were reinforced this time by tn
presence of Officer Myers, but onl
Hager could do anything with i
Bv his winning ways the officer sue
ceeded in gettino the bear off the pea
of the barn a second time. This sec
| ond time he was chained down s
tight that at last reports he had bee
unable to break away from his mooI
ings.