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Show HUNTER LOST ON DESERT. i I Considerable excitement wai caus- i 1 ed by the failure of John Cutler to j return to camp Sunday after hunting rabbits at Pelican Point with some ! thirty others from Bingham and vl-I vl-I ciiu'y. The crowd scattered In every dirt-clion from the camp and seareh- ' il over a widt. stretch of country in I a l'"Me effort to locale the boy. Con-j Con-j tini.)',., e in.iii iwr about 3 hours and until it became dark, the men ; called at the top of their voices, fired , volleys with gun3 and built a big bonfire bon-fire but Cutler was too far away to be attracted by them and they were compelled to abandon Hie search for the night. Early Monday morning police officers Timothy and Garrett sot out for tke place where Cutler was last seen, they were followed by a big posse of volunteers from Bingham. Bing-ham. The officers found Cutler near the shore of Utah Lake and returned him to his home. According to his story Cutler wandered wan-dered a little too far away from the othera and became exhausted, the ground had thawed two or three Inches Inch-es on top and the alkali mud made the going very tiresome. He said he returned to the camp after the other hunters had left and when he failed to find them he started out In search of shelter. By and by he came to a cabin where he spent the night. Fortunately he had matches and built a fire, otherwise he might have frozen froz-en to death. It was rumored around town, the Firemen gave the hunting party, the boys from the Fire department wish to correct thl.j however and state the department did not sponsor the hunt although some of the fire laddies were in the crowd that went out. I |