Show MATTHES TAKES BIG LION IN DRY CANYON AREA with the aid of his dogs steve matthes local lion hunter capter ed and killed one of the biggest lions taken here for some time last friday it was taken in the dry canyon area after a day of strenuous trailing which took him and his dogs over some of the roughest country in that canyon he reports it was late that afternoon when he caught up with the cat and several shots were needed to bring it down he brought it to town where it was weighed the next morning at pounds and when skinned its hide measured 9 feet 2 inches from tip to tip which is quite a sizeable cat in any country |