The Elephant-Sized Trap of Shelton

Asimus has on exhibition a monster bear trap, which is interesting on account of its proportions and is an old-timer. Billy Clark and his father, who were then blacksmithing at Olympia, constructed it about twenty-five years ago for an Indian named Mowitch Man, who was unable to pay the cost contracted for. Clark afterward loaned it to a hunter named Tucker, who lived at the head of the bay, and there it has remained until recently, when Asimus learned of it and had it brought to Shelton. The trap is enlarged on the scale of the common steel trap but is nearly five feet long and is all one man can carry. Every part is made of heavy iron and the springs of the best steel. The pedal is big enough for an elephant's foot, and the trap strong enough to be used in trapping elephants.