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Show THE CITIZEN IS bab forest, not an unusual sight at any time of the year. In the lower right hand comer is D. H. Madsen, state fish and game commissioner, who was on a lion hunt in southern Utah a couple of years ago. Dave followed the tracks of a lion to the trees behind him and then John Mills, Homer Thompson, $0 catt- leman of Antimona, Garfield county, and Geo. T. Holman, with big lion in foreground killed by them. who have not seen the Springville game farm and hatchery should not miss this opportunity. They will see things there they did Those Deer Feeding in Kaibab. the tracks disappeared. The lion must have climbed one of the trees and then jumped to some distant ravine to shelter and away from the hunter. THE OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST has become quite a of our local sportsmen, and the people hope that the present interest will not lag because much good is being accomplished. Lions kill more deer than do hunters, and they kill in and out of season. George E. Holman of the Biological Survey, in charge of this district, says that Utah has few lions now, but there are some in the Arizona strip where the hunters have made many kills during the present winter. Holman and his men have waged a relentless war on lions in Utah, and a notable increase in deer have resulted in this protection. Lions live nearly exclusively upon deer and will not molest anything else when there are any deer to be had. The lion is a roving animal and may travel many miles in a day, making its temporary home wherever it happens to stop for rest, food and water. In the first picture shown herewith is a large lion which was run down to its lair by a pack of fox hounds. The lion got under a ledge where it was fully protected from the hunters. The dogs were lowered down to the ledge level but the lion would not come out. Finally the hunters rolled down large boulders and the the trip. o SCENES WHICH THRILL Lion hunting boys will make application, big buses will be hired to take all those who have no automobiles to take them on fT fad among some CAT FISHING. Q Remains of Deer killed by Garfield county. lion in eating. The mild weather will .soon melt the ice on the lake, and then it will Sr your freight via Bingham and Garfield Railway. Fast daily merchandise cars from Salt Lake City in connection with the Union Pacific System. 6 With Safety I Ship USE COPPER Brass piping for $4500 cottage only costs $48.87 more than galvanized iron piping and will LAST FOREVER. T. H. PERLEYWITS, Asst. Gen. Freight & Pass. Agt. Salt Lake Utah. City, u lion came out and tried to get away. Dave Madsen, Utah fish and game Holman put two. shots into it and be possible for the boys to fish from Commissioner. killed it. The hunters shown in the any part of the shore line. not dream existed in the state, and picture are John Mills, a government it is a credit to the fish and game SPORTSMENS TRIP hunter, Homer Thompson, a cattleman of Antimona, Garfield county, The Salt Lake County Fish and and George T. Holman, son of George Prof. Irving Fisher predicts that by Game association has set aside the E. Holman, government man in charge 1999 the average span of human life first Sunday in April for a picnic trip of this district. will be eighty years. Not if the presThe publicity committo In the picture underneath are shown teeSpringville. ent increase in traffic continues. announces that if enough of the the remains of a lion kill of a big buck iiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiniiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiia deer, cheating some hunter out of a magnificent trophy. To the right is shown some deer feeding in the Kai- - BINGHAH & GARFIELD RAILWAY CO. . Several good catches of cats were made in the bay at Saraoga last Sunday. Because of some warm water, this part of Utah lake was the first to thaw out of the thick ice covering the entire lake the present winter. The boys woh were fishing were very enthusiastic because of their big catch and they believe that cat fishing will be better this year than it has been for the past four years. Catfish are excellently flavored at this time of the year, and are fine H. L. DAVIDSON, Agent. Bingham, Utah. I Investigate our plan of saving. You may start with as little as fifty cents and pay as much as you can whenever you wish. You may withdraw any part of your savings at anytime with Start today 6 per cent interest compounded on the road to an independent income. semi-annuall- ; j y. Home Building & Loan Company 17 Exchange Place, Boston Building, Salt Lake City, Utah Member of the Utah League of Building &Loan Associations. and United States League of Local Building & Loan Assns. SlIlllllllinillllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllUIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIMIIIIIIIIIIIIinilli? f |