Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-08-06 | Page 7 | Auto Horn Gets Quick Results

PTO HORN GETS : QU1CKRESULTS Puts Lions to Flight and Soothes Runaway Oxen - NAIROBI, Kny Colon tr. Eaat Afrie. Auf. l.Th toot of a slncl motot horn has been found ufflcUnu In Africa, Af-rica, to quiet stampeded oxen and causa a trio of fleah hunting Uon to alink away Into the butbea. Tw6 native drlTera war raoanttjr conduct con-duct In wan-on drawn by sixteen oxen to th railroad eainp In ths wilds near Nikum, the slta of ths new Uaaln Glshu rsllroad. when the spana were attacked by threa lions. The drivers fled to nearby tree, Ths oxen became panic stricken and dashed down lha rough road, drajraing- along the body of one ox killed by the Hons, with lha swaying sway-ing waron behind them. Ths lions followed fol-lowed their pray. This waa tha mad procession which greeted a lone motorist at a curva of the road. Ha had no rifle and It was almost an unconscious movement which took his hand to tha horn button. At tbs first sound tha Hons seemed nonplused. non-plused. Tha motorist than blew loud1 and long-- As tha uncanny and sustained sus-tained shriek rose above tha clamor of , the frightened animals, tha Hons alunk away among ths rock a. headed for the shelter of ths bush, and tha oxen swung clear of tha dust covered automobile ana cams te a atop at tha aide of tha road.