Show BEN y LILLY MOST mo ST FAMO FAMOUS USra HUNTER 1 U T N tra tr y T A 6 at sixty five he leads all uncle sams professional trappers SAVES STOCKMEN HUGE SUM tn in the last six years old ben has killed mountain lions and 65 bears including several grizzlies grizzlier Grizz lies wit washington tOn D a undo uncle sam employs empi chipi pi approximately three hundred bundled professional hunters rind and trappers to exterminate predatory anlin als in the r I 1 inge country among amona these tile alie champion lion hunter Is old alan ben lilly who at sixty alve years of ngo age estl lends leads nil all the rest ile ho remains remain fictive as daring end and us its certain in 11 11 benil belld ns no tiny liny of ills associates clil tes some settle of whom tire young enough to be ills grandchildren lilly Is it giant for work lie ile Is able dully daily to tiro tire out two or ir three sets of logs dogs in rounding minding up lip come range according to the bureau of biological survey urvey fe undo which tills extermination work Is done old man lilly in the lie lost last six years tills has killed mountain lions and 05 hears bears including several griz alies the ofil cial account just issued concludes mr air lilly Is ig unassuming and dis inclined to talk about its his experiences rien ces and on that account no accurate record la in available concerning hla big total number of scalps but it Is very ery large leads temperate life mr lilly attributes tits his physical prowess find and activity to ills his outdoor life arid and to the fact that lie ho never neer used tobacco or intoxicants of any kind ile ho furthermore tills has followed a fixed rulo rule of never hunting on sunday this rule lias hall given ninny many wild animals being pursued a new lease of life through being able to make their getaway get away anay on oil the sabbath on oil one ocen occasion slon however lie tracked a huge mountain lion for weeks through three states find finally cornered him ills hounds were beaten oft off and the beast attacked lilly ills rifle was knocked from ills liand armed only with a 4 inch pocket knife he battled for some time until one desperate plunge of tills weapon sit at tile the animals heart reached it just its as the minter became so exhausted that lie he fell beside the dead lion tho the records assert that mr air lilly knows the range country so BO well and Is so familiar with the routes babits and bf 6 tha lions that occius lon olly dlly lie kills three linof rin on hour lie ile knows just where to set traps tn in the canyons and coves while lie Is able to pick out the most advantageous spots to llo lie in ambush awaiting the approach ir of prowling beasts horn born of a good family enjoying prosperity lilly in tits his teens responded jAded to tile the call of 0 the he wild and became a freel freelance fre elance tince hunter loaded with w etli a GO 00 pound pack lie he broke hit his way through tho the louisiana cano enne brakes lit in search of garne game from hears bears to wildcats As a rule every time line lit ills rifle tracked racked some animal dropped and its ills fame as ft a sure sine shot lins has cpr nd throughout louisiana texas arizona new mexico mid northern mexico lie ile was one of the gullies guides selected to accompany the late colonel roosevelt lit in ills hunt lit in louisiana which made lie he teddy hear bear famous fi linous 1113 circle of friends among western ne terii rtin chers Is extensive and appreciative saves stockmen Stoc kmen huge sum on tile the accepted badts that a wolf kills hills 1000 worth of stock it year scar it bear and 11 id mount lion ench and that a coyote anti bobene each do 50 worth of da damage inage lilly lias has saved tile the western stockmen stoc kmen kinen a substantial amount altogether Plen pleatory torY hunters lieve lave killed such beasts in fit ilia iho last three years the direct hereby Is estimated tit at nearly rd n year to tile stock men of the irocky Mount mountain aln section the total kill consisted of coy bjes cs bobcats bob cats wolves mountain lions and bears the pelts of these animals sold for approximately linn tely which was used by lie government to carry on oil the work 11 in addition to animals antilia ls killed by trapping ling and si shooting looting millions folls of rodents dogs rabbits foxes anti vow clucks have been destroyed by tile carefully organized poisoning campaign conducted conducts I 1 by the biological survey |