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Show LION ON THE CANYON LINE The conductor and motorman of one of the cunyon cars say that :i few days ago they met a huge mountain lion on the track only a short distance below the Hermitage. The animal had evidontly been to the creek to get a drink and on Its return came face to face with the car. lie looked every Inch the monarch of the forest aud as he stood erect on the track In front of the car, a picture of defiance. de-fiance. "I thought he was going to dispute our right of way," said the conductor, "and we came so close to him before ho ran through tho brush tbnt I could have thrown a stone to him. He was a large fellow and as beautiful as any 1 ever saw. He looked at the approaching ap-proaching car a moment and then rushed up the mountain side to tho canyon north of the Hermltngc hotel." ho-tel." Last winter a bunch of deer made thelr feeding ground along the car track immediately east of the Lewis place and were so close to the track every day that they could be easily seen. One day one of them-became frightened and Jumped Into the river near the car line, breaking Its leg. It was captured and brought to the cltv |