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Show LION ON THE CANYON UNE The conductor and motorman of ono of the canon cars say thnt a fow days ago they met a huge mountain lion on the track only a short distance below the Hermitage. Tho animal had evidently been to the creek o get a drink and on its return came face to face with tho cnr. lie looked overy inch the monarch of the forest and 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 camo ao closo to him before ho ran through tho brush that I could havo thrown a stone to him. Ho was a large follow and as beautiful as any J over saw. He looked at tho approaching ap-proaching car a moment and then rushed up the mountain sido to the canyon north of the Hcrmltngc hotel:" ho-tel:" Last winter a hunch of deer mado their feeding ground along the car track immediately east of the Lewis place and were so close to tho track every day that they could bo easily seen Ono day one of them became frightened and jumped Into the river near the car lino, breaking Its leg ft was captured and brought to tho cit |