Show BEN LILLY MOST FAMOUS HUNTER at sixty five he leads all uncle sams professional trappers SAVES STOCKMEN HUGE SUM in the last l ast six years old ben has killed mountain lions and 65 bears including several grizzlies grizzlier Grizz lies washington D C uncle sam employs approximately three bundled professional hunters and trappers to ex exterminate t crin binate predatory animals in n the range country among these the cham champion plon lion hunter Is old man 1 I an ben lilly who at sixty five ears of age still leads all the ret rest he remains active as during daring and as certain in drawing a bead as any of his associates some som of whom hoin N are young enough to be ho hir grandchildren lilly Is a giant far work ile he is able daily to ta tire out two or three sets of dogs in rounding up some collie range varmint according to the bureau of biological survey andor which this extermination work Is done old oid man inn lilly in the last six years has killed mountain lions and 65 bears including several griz the official account just issued concludes conclude mr lilly is unassuming and dis inclined to talk about t ills his experiences rien ces and on that account no accurate record Is available concerning his hi total number ot of scalps but it Is very large leads temperate life mr lilly attributes his physical prowess and activity to his outdoor life and to the fact that he never used tobacco or intoxicants of tiny any kind ile he furthermore has follo followed Aed a used fixed rule of never hunting on sunday this rule has given many wild animals being pursued a new lease of life through being able to make their getaway get away on the sabbath Sabbat li on one occasion however lie tracked a huge mountain lion for weeks through three states and finally cornered him ills his hounds were beaten off and the beast attacked lilly ills his rifle was knocked from his hand armed only etli a 4 inch pocket knife he battled for some time until one desperate plunge of this weapon bt at the animals heart reached it just as the hunter become became so exhausted that he fell beside the dead lion the records assert that mr lilly knows the range country so well and ia I a so familiar with the routes habits and haunts of the lions that occasionally he kills three within halt half an hour ile he knows just where to set traps in the canyons and coves while lie he Is able to pick out oat the most advantageous spots to lie in ambush awaiting the approach of prowling beasts born of a good fai family tilly enjoying proP prosperity erity lilly in ills teens rp responded to the call of the wild and became a freelance fre elance hunter loaded with a 60 pound pock pack lie he broke his way through the louisiana in search of game from bears to wildcats As a rule every time his rifle cracked some animal dropped and his tunie faille as a sure shot has ad throughout louisiana texas arizona new mexico ant and northern mexico he was one of the guides selected to accompany the late colonel roosevelt in his hunt in louisiana which made the teddy bear famous ili ilia 4 circle of friends among western estern ranchers Is extensive und and appreciative saves stockmen Stoc kmen huge sum on the accepted basis that it wolf kills 1000 worth morth of stock block a year a bear and mountain lion 00 each and that eliat a coyote and bobcat each do 50 worth of damage lilly lias has saved the western stockmen stoc kmen a substantial amount altogether these predatory animal hunters li have killed such beasts in the last three years the direct saving thereby is estimated at nearly a year to the stock men of the rocky mountain section tile the total kill consisted of coyotes bobcats bob cats wolves mountain lions and bears the pelts of these animals sold for which was used by the alic government to carry on the work lit in adal addition 1 on to animals killed by trapping aal am shooting millions of rodents 1 bairle dogs rabbits foxes and wood clucks have been destroyed by the carefully organized poisoning campaign conducted by the biological survey |