Show men have exciting adventure with mountain lion bring in lion six feet nine inches long weighing pounds an adventure with a mountain lion is a real thrill said alfred ellifritz of roosevelt as he proudly townspeople a huge animal which was stretched from one end of a pickup pick up truck to the other the lion was shot about five miles east of tabiona fabiona saturday after an exciting trip it measured six feet nine inches and weighed pounds in the party with mr ellifritz were clarence white and alvin maxwell of tabiona fabiona and a couple of men from vernal six dogs found the trail of the beast about one mile outsize out siJe of tabiona fabiona and were not on it for over five hours until the lion was finally treed on the approach of the men and horses the lion sprang from ti the e tree and sought safety in a rock cave clarence white of tabiona fabiona who was eager to shoot it boldly walked into the cave with with a six shooter in his hand ellifritz and the others with the exception of maxwell stood in the cave opening holding back the dogs maxwell sat on a ledge back sl veral several feet from the entrance A shot was fire firc J within the cave and before the blink of an eye white with the lion on his heels emerged then another shot from the ledge and the vicious animal just making ready to leap at the men dropped dead when the men collected their wits they put the story together white had gone into the cave shot the lion in the ear missing a vital spot turned and began to run the lion followed him out and on reaching the open was shot by a timely bullet from the gun of maxwell which broke its back another narrow escape EI lifritz reported another narrow escape all on the same trip while trailing the lion over the steep and rocky ledges the horse he was riding which belonged to nephi moon of hanna slipped fell seventy feet over a ledge and was killed instantly ellifritz was able to jump off just in time |