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Show UlVUiG OUR WORLD THE Once Sport Of Hunters The expansive term, hunting covers a wide range of activity. There is the English fox hunt, for one example, in which a group of lords and ladies, clad in outlandish out-landish gar'b, go cantering across a small pasture, singing A Hunting We Will Go, in pursuit of a poor confused, foredoomed little fox, which has been released from his cage just in time to be slaughtered, slaughter-ed, the affair usually being carried out with such dispatch that the nobility need not be late for break fast on their return to the hunting lodge., This is probably the lowest form of hunting. Closer to home, we have such pastimes as goose hunting, in which grown men will crawl on their bellies a quarter mile or more along muddy ditches, in order or-der to surprise and shoot down unoffending un-offending waterfowl which they don't want after they get them. Closely allied to this is duck huff-ting, huff-ting, which not infrequently results re-sults in the hunter wading out in icy water up to his just above the top of his hip boots or even getting completely submerged, while retrieving a dead Mallard. More sensible, though not much, is our annual pheasant hunt, for which up-staters make room reservations reser-vations from one year to the next, descend upon Delta like a cloud of locusts for three days each November, Nov-ember, spend their nights brawling, braw-ling, and their days shooting their scatter guns at random, and go home feeling hurt if some farmer tells them they ought to know the difference between a Holstein and a Ringneck. Further up the scale of hunting respectability is the deer hunt, which, in spite of the idospncracies of the California tourists who head south in their station wagons at the first sign of a snowflake, for fear they'll be delayed a few minutes min-utes by a drift in the Cajon Pass, Is a pretty genuine kind of hunting. hun-ting. It not only requires a good amount of skill and hardihood, but also brings in a supply of steaks, chops, and roasts of a choice meat. At its best, however, deer hunting must be done away from the crowds, and out of season, sea-son, and this requirement rules out everybody except a hundred thousand thou-sand or so Utah natives. Put down deer hunting, licensed or otherwise, other-wise, as a true sport. Beyond that, however, is hunting for predators; that is hunting for wild creatures which are legally regarded as a menace, for which hunters may collect a bounty. Coyotes Coy-otes are among these, and hunting and trapping them, either as a sport, or for the bounty, is a form of hunting which is limited almost entirely to natives. Licenses are not required, and there is no closed clo-sed season, though experienced hunters know at which seasons their efforts are most likely to be rewarded. Professional hunters can make their living from bounty payments. ' , And that brings us to what is probably the top sport of them all, lion hunting. Horse racing is known kno-wn as the sport of kings, but hunting the king of beasts, the Order rur fertiliser fertili-ser NOW for Spring. See the new UNICO Electric Zone Heat Brooders. Brood-ers. Special on Baler Twine. For ALL your farm of home needs. S A V E ot Feel Younger DRINK MILK! Over By Dick Morrison lion, deserves to be called the sport of hunters, of hunters who are hunters, in the real sense. It's no job for pikers, for English noblemen and their ladies, for mud-smeared goose-shooters, for ice-water dunked duck-retrievers, for brawling pheasant hunters, nor yet for dilettantes who buy deer licenses and wind up shooting pretty little fawns. It is, as stated just above, the sport of hunters. Now lion hunting goes on every winter, right under our noses, you might say, here in Millard County, yet almost unnoticed by the general gen-eral public. Yet a certain lore of lion hunting has grown up, and some exploits have become legend ary, such as that of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Rowley and Mrs. Vera Dear-den, Dear-den, of Garrison, who brought In two 125 lb. female lions in October, Oct-ober, 1953, as reported in the Chronicle at the time. This was the more remarkable because the trio were out hunting not lions, but deer, and the cats were taken without the aid of dogs. Dogs are usually considered essential for treeing lions. The sport is not without danger, either from the big cats themselves, them-selves, or the vicissitudes of nature in the mountains In winter time. Lions are tremendously strong and supple, swift and silent of movement, move-ment, murderous In attack. They may kill a large creature with a single blow of their powerful forelegs, fore-legs, or jerk its head backward with a claw, thus breaking the neck while biting Into the throat. Austin Johnson, government trap per, is reported to have seen evi dence that a lion killed a deer, then, apparently, threw the deer over its back and carried it up a rocky slope too steep for a horse to climb. The type found in Utah is com monly called the Mountain Lion, though sometimes known as the Puma, Cougar, or Panther. The short mane distinguishes it from the bushy-maned African lion, which Is larger. Mountain Lions grow to be four or five feet long, plus a tail of about two foot length. They give a weird scream when shot. An Oak City boy who knows something of the danger of lion hunting is Leon Alldredge. Leon found himself very much out on a limb one day, when hunting with his father, Mervin Alldredge, and his uncle, Cliff. Leon, seeing a lion cub on the end of a tree limb, went out to get -it, alive. He was well out toward the cub when the mother, which had been higher up in the tree, unnoticed by the hunters, hun-ters, came down and started out the same limb to rescue her cub. At this point Leon's uncle. Cliff Alldredge, did a perfect William Tell act and shot the lioness dead. Successful lion hunters necessarily necess-arily make use of a knowledge of the habits of the creatures. They know, for instance, that a lion will remain near the place where It has made a kill for several days. Then, with hunger overtaking it again, it may travel perhaps fifty miles a day. When they see the tracks in the snow, they know they may have several days to follow them. Dogs are trained to track the lions, which climb trees instinctively as they over take them. Three Hons have been brought in to Delta recently, from the vicin ity of Fool Creek Peak, east of here. A party made up of Austin (the Cat) Johnson, Ward Johnson, Peck Kelly, and Bob Oppenheimer, bagged a female Saturday, Jan. 29, on a high ridge NE of Fool Creek, after tracking her forty miles through snow "breast deep to a horse". This was the highlight of four day's hunting. They first saw tracks Thursday, followed them three days, and then, after bringing bring-ing in the lion Saturday, went back Sunday to find Bob's dogs, which had become lost following two more lions. Ken Cahoon had been with the party the first day, and Jay Bennett went out Sunday, but neither Ken or Jay was along the day the first lion was shot. In cidentally. Bob Opp had the misfortune mis-fortune not only of losing his dogs just before the party came upon the treed lion, but of discovering at that moment he had left his gun in the truck. It would seem from that that even the elite among hunters, the lion hunters, can pull dilberts. The party went out the following follow-ing week end, however, and not only got track of Bob's dogs, but . . . - V. p I Sappy Sloim; Improver's Club We met at the home of Susan Hales, Thursday, February 10. We elected new officers as follows: fol-lows: Susan Hales, President; Lor-rain Lor-rain Ogden, Vice President; Pamela Pam-ela Robison, Sec. and Treas.; Nona Skidmore, Reporter. Refreshments were served. Nacla Bishop, Phyllis Sanford, Evelyn Eve-lyn Johnson and Nona Skidmore were all present. Nona Skidmore, reporter. A Correction In reporting the March of Dimes Ball, and the extra fine floor show, we failed to mention that the Delta Lady Lions were in charge of the program that night, and made the arrangements with Miss Loabelle Black to direct the floor show. Lt. A. J. Cottle and wife, Julene Cottle, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lamond Bunker, of Delta, are now making their home in San Angelo, Texas. They were at Columbus, Miss., where Lt. Cottle was stationed sta-tioned at Columbus AFB. brought in the other two lions as well. Bob estimates that the group tracked these two thirty five miles through the snow, making a total of seventy five miles of following lion tracks in order to bring back the three big cats. With the bounty bou-nty at $20.00 per head, this would hardly make lt a paying proposition proposi-tion in consideration of the number num-ber of man-hours and man-miles involved, not to mention horse-hours horse-hours and dog-hours; but money never was the main object. To a hunter who is a hunter, the thrill of getting a lion surpasses all other considerations. More Weather Unfortunately, my long range weather forecast of; milder temperatures tem-peratures and moderate precipitation precipita-tion for the first half of February, made two weeks ago, didn't turn out quite right. However, I think almost anybody can see that this wasn't my fault. The forecast was OK, but it was the weather that was wrong. The persistant "high" which had hovered over NE Nevada the latter half of January moved eastward, only to be replaced a couple of days later by an even more persistant per-sistant "high" which moved right over Utah and stayed. High pressure pres-sure has prevailed over most of the U. S. so far this month, with resulting clear, cold air. As of Sunday night, a "low" was forming four or five hundred miles off the California coast, west of Santa Barbara. Whether this will deepen, and bring rain to California Califor-nia and perhaps on in to Utah, time will tell. We should know by the end of the week. 'Hin t's a great new thrill awaiting oa now on Union Pacific's "Challenger" and the "City of Portland" Astra-Dome Coaches! They're America's finest Dome Cars brand new, magnificently appointed, ultra-modern. From atop an Astra-Dome Coach you'll enjoy the beauty of the scenic Union Pacific West as never before. Treat yourself to the travel thrill of your life. Take a trip in a Domcliner yours t enjoy now, on the Union Pacific! 40 YEARS AGO . . . FROM TIME FILES . . . Hinckley The family of Frank Webb has been increased by the arrival of a fine baby boy. Mother and child are getting along nicely. Oak City The biggest snowfall of the season sea-son fell here last Friday night. The Stork visited our city on February 11th, leaving a fine-little girl at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. Finlinhson. All concerned are reported as doing nicely. A number of Delta teams are now at work on the new canal west of town and it looks now as though the canal will be comple ted as far as Holden in time to irrigate the tributary lands by early spring. Delta The County Commissioners have appropriated $1200 for the building of a direct road between Oak City and Delta. Hooray!! Now for the canyon in a buzz wagon in 30 minutes min-utes flat, mountain time. The U. S. Weather Bureau issued for January gives the snowfall in West Millard County during January Jan-uary as 14 inches, while at Fillmore Fill-more a trifle less than7 inches was reported. Oak City averaged slightly over 15 inches and Scipio a fraction over 16 inches. The precipitation pre-cipitation during the same month is given as 1 to 2 inches, varying considerable in the different localities lo-calities in the county Woodrow Jas, -A. Kelly, our genial mall carrier, says he is bargaining for an aeroplane, as the only solution to his present difficulties. The farmers are jubilant "over the prospect of sixty bushels of wheat to the acre at $1.50 per bushel for this year's harvest. South Tract My! My! but our roads do need fixing. If the county could only spare enough money to fill in the low places so the water couldn't collect in such places it would be a wonderful help, even though we didn't do any grading for awhile. On the Hinckley, Oak City road, near Christensen's, the water is four or five feet deep, making it absolutely impassable and other roads have water in them for eighty rods at a stretch, In some places belly deep to a horse. These conditions are a menace to business bus-iness and should be looked after. 10 Years Ago Sugar stamp 34 expires February Febru-ary 28, Stamp 35 expires June 2. John N. Gardner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Gardner, is again a civilian, after four years service with the U. S. Navy. He was released re-leased at Kingsville, Texas, and after a visit at home plans to enter the BYU. COACHES! lUWDome OBSERVATION CARS and AtfMDome, DINING CARS ! t fwtfc 4eit. rtfnctito. m fa ) rth Navy Recruiter To Visit Delta The Navy Recruiting Station in Provo announced that a Navy Recruiter Re-cruiter will be in Delta, at the public library on Wednesday of each week from 2:10 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and in Lynndyl at the Post Office from 4 p.m. to 4:50 p.m. to interview young men between the ages of 17 and 31 who may be interested in the U. S. Navy. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Wind, from Wendover, Utah, were Delta visitors visi-tors over the weekend, and reported repor-ted much more snow and cold at Delta than they had had at Wendover. Wend-over. Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Thomas and little son from Magna, were week end visitors at the home of their parents. Mr. and Mrs. Eert Sanford. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Scott from Poealello and Mike Roberts from Blackfoot, Idaho, were in Delta last week visiting the J. R. Skinners. Skin-ners. They are the new owners of the Flying U Rodeo Co. formerly owned by "Doc" Sorenson. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Allred, from Salt Lake City, and daughter, Mrs. Romania Gillgam, were Delta visitors visi-tors Saturday, and attended the funeral services in Oak City for George E. Finlinson. ThB eitra years enricb its great Bourbon llavor Si. 0L0 yv trmvl mm Tr- l. ; ij lie view Service lly Red Cross Did you know? That during 1953-54, Red Cross Chapter Home Service gave assistance as-sistance to an average of three families every minute. That your local Red Cross Chapter Chap-ter Home Service Chairman has i helped an average of seven service i men or their families each month j during 1953-54. That to make available the blood you donated for fellow A-mericans A-mericans and for National Defense last year cost the Red Cross $30 per minute. That the two local Doctors have been using Red Cross Blood for the past eighteen months. That the Red Cross sent or received re-ceived an overseas message on behalf be-half of a serviceman or his family every three minutes last year. That the Red Cross awarded an averaee of four certificates per minute last year to persons completing com-pleting courses in Home-Nursing and First Aid. In order to maintain these humanitarian hu-manitarian services the Red Cross needs your support and your contributions. con-tributions. LoVonne Morrison West Millard Chapter Chairman. Mrs. Stanley Black and young daughter, Sandra Lee, from Fillmore, Fill-more, visited in Delta Sunday with Mrs. Deona Black and family. served m ifie best circles . . . HICKORY DISTILLING CORPORATION PHILADELPHIA, PA. Here's the greatest travel news in years! Union Pacific will feature exclusive new Astra-Dome Dining Can yours to enjoy on Domeliners the "City of Los Angeles" and the '"Gty of Portland." You'll experience the thrill of your life as you dine in luxury nhile enjoying the scenic view afforded from a Domcliner Dining Car. Lite sitting on top of the world! Remember m'y Union Pacific will have Astra-Dome Dining Can! Plan your trip now be one of the first to dine in the Astra-Domes! MILLARD COUNTY CHRONICLE Delta, Utah. Thurs. Feb. 17, 1955. Edsel Crafts, with the Air Force in Korea for the past year, telephoned tele-phoned his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Crafts, of Hinckley, last week, from San Francisco to tell them he was home again. He will have 30 days to visit his family and friends here, and then goes to Andrews AFB, Washington, D. C, where his brother, AilC John H. Crafts, is stationed at this time. Mrs. Lucile Kimber spent the past week in Long Beach, Cal., where she visited her mother, Mrs. Clarissa Keast. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Skidmore, long residents of Martinez, Cal., write this week that their new address is at Walnut Creek, Cal. . Third Annual . 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