| Show I PS Mountain o 0 Lion ion L Lurks ks N Near dear ar C City t r 0 o- o 0 if Creek Canyon F Farmers anners Alarmed o o- o. o o o. o e m titer tens in iii Fr Fruitless ess S Search ch f for r Beast Beas imBy By Gordon Winch Lurking within a a. few lew miles of IBY take e Is a a. huge mountain lion Hon times mes his nightly visits ha hare e e him only a short distance m the farmhouses In the mouth M 1 Mill III II Creek canyon Ho IIo has been n and heard by a few tew and deed clod cl d by many Phe 1 activities of ot tho the big bis fellow aid to have extended over a aled led od of many years Each year seems seems to become bolder m mak- mak k- k his haunts and killings nearer each season Lately his have havo seemed to center in Ii III Creek canyon canon about elto el o mlles miles from Salt Lake In the of ot tho Boy Scouts' Scouts and tho the upper power ot tho Utah Power and Light Only recently the tho carcasses of ot 1 le 1 0 o head of ot cattle havo have been found he mountain side It is said farmers amers from various arlous parts of that ii who havo have cattle grazing In ine p e mountains and In the canyons lepor that each year ear they find a as s y iSsing I FAIL J I tho past paRt It Is said parties of ot liners rs from both the tho Big Dig Cotton- Cotton Boil d and Mill Creek canyon sec- sec ons have been organized to trail nil Ir the tho beast but without sees While making an Inspection of pe e e- power pipeline which fur- fur s water to run the lower power Jant ant In Mill 1 Creek canyon E E. lIol- lIol ng worth an of ot the company stepped within only tew yards of ot the beast as ho hoa a lurking In the shadows of ot Umber timber After letting Jetting out a roar the tho lion continued on tsway The tracks were found nIthe snow by Mr Hollingsworth v it is said claimed the animal I 11 1 have been a large one as the S s were nearly as big as the i ed fist of a a. a grown man i earch A search was as made by Mr Hol- Hol ng orth but the animal was 1 x ur r seen by him again Many imes since then theIl however the tho fresh racks of ot the tho beast have been seen snow Enow is reported 1 t t that the I lion ion o has passed only a short distance from the tho Boy Scouts' Scouts Wigwam as tracks have been found on several occa occa- A hunt for tho the animal has been staged at several times only recently by i i. I-i. C. C Davis caretaker of ot tho the Wigwam According to C. C R. R Jones operator opera opera- tor the tho upper power pl plant nt the tho ho beast was seen recently by a a. man manfro fro front from In Salt Lake who spent several several sev sov- eral days day In that section tracking It The animal however was out of ot his range when ho he According According According Ac Ac- cording to the story told by the hunter the animal was the largest he had ever seen and he ho stated that it no doubt measured close to six or seven feet teet from tip of ot nose I to tail tall end FARMERS ALARMED Tho The Mount Olympus ranch just south of Mill Im Creek canyon Is said to to have been visited by tho the lion Hon No r-o killings Millings of ot cattle were made here however but It is said that the visit caused much alarm among tho the people of that section Many of those who have heard of the recent visits of the tho beast In the neighborhood of the mouths of the two canyons have been very much alarmed especially the tho women and children Some children who have heard the reports of ot the lions lion's vis visits visits vis- vis its dare not venture from the house after atter dark darl it is reported In reporting his experience at atthe atthe atthe the time the lion Uon let Jet out such a wild howl when he was only a short distance from It to a friend Mr Is re reported to have stated that ho he was walking along the pipeline anti had just passed out of a tunnel through which the pipeline passed when the tho animal let let loose Joose f fLast d I Last sparing the animal Is said to have havo been tracked throughout the tho space between both tile the can- can ions ons Four head of deer were ob observed observed ob- ob served feeding In that section After a few days search the trail was lost and the fate of the deer was never learned HUNT PLANNED Some Somo of the farmers in the the mouths of the two canyons stated state that there were more reP reports r of r the beasts beast's visits in that neighborhood neighbor neighbor- hood It is said that an extensive hunt will be staged and continued until the beast Is either either trapped or killed I The Tho real name for a mountain lion Uon Is puma or cougar It Is' Is Isa a large animal of the American cat species It lives In low lying plains or on mountain slopes Its natural prey Is animals such as deer It is especially to sheep A single beast when It gains access to a fold told has been known to kill many head In one night seeming seeming- seemingly I ly in a blind revel of killing A mountain lion rarely attacks man unprovoked and has the reputation reputation reputation tation especially In the open regions regions' regions regions reg reg- ions ions' of being absolutely coward coward- I ly Usually mountain lions are by hy dogs and when followed flee If overtaken the tho beast will climb Into a tree where it will re remaIn remain remain re- re main snarling at tho the dogs until the hunter comes up and dispatches it It |
