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Show jj Eastern Couple Spend Holidays I Hunting In Pine Valley Mountain Area i y jfew Yorkers Bag Lions ft Near New Harmony In Pine Valley Mountains il , Hunting big game in dangerous H places is the favorite pastime for '$ Stir, and Mrs. Grancel Fitz, adver-!ff adver-!ff Jisj'ng artists of New York, who '3 counted themselves mighty lucky $ in bagging three mountain lions, ijf ("cougars" to us,) in the vicinity S of New Harmony during their '2 December vacation. They are fi taking their pelts home with them to be made into rugs as their S 1944 addition to their big collec-'5 collec-'5 tion of hunting trophies. ?J Arriving in New Harmony Dec. 15, they secured the services of i Ve'rle Kelsey as guide. They had K corresponded with him previously v regarding the prospects of hunt-; hunt-; ing in that area. Getting three fine specimens was better than -3- they expected and they returned her home Dec. 26, entirely satisfied with their sucess. Mr. and Mrs. Kelsey operate a small hunting cottage in the Pine " Valley Mountains above New Harmony Har-mony and the two couples spent ten days there. Mr. Kelsey has a trio of fine hunting dogs which helped greatly on the hunt. The first lion treed by the dogs was plenty scared and took his chance on a jump, made it, and dashed into a nearby cave. The two men followed, Mr. Fitz landing land-ing his shot while Mr. Kelsey held the flashlight. The dogs then dragged the lion out. Mrs. Fitz bagged the second lion, proving herself to be as good a shot as her husband, who is a veteran hunter of the jungles. The third fell to the luck of Mr. Fitz. Trained in taxidermy himself, Mr. Fitz preparer!' the pelts thoroughly before they left. "1 Both he and Mrs. Fitz were intrigued in-trigued with the scenery in this area and visited Zion Park before taking the train at Cedar City for their return trip. |
