The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1919-07-25
At Sixty-flse He Leads All Uncle
Sans Professional
T.rapperS ANS
SAVES sTockMEN HUGE SUM
In ths last SID Years "Oia Hsn" t<ss
Killed 1877 Mountain Llems ara G5
Bears. including Ssseral
Gstxxliee.

! Washingten ID. C.-~CnrEs Sam esss-
ploys approximately Ihree hundred
! professional hulssEa aaA ssaef,%s~ sa
Nerserr,3as:s predatory animals tn the
range cpuutFy, Among th*sa. the
| chaau!oa iiaa hunter Ia ''0sd Man kea
LAZY" nho at sixty ase years II age
st,ii Leads all the rvs,. lie remains
I active, as daring sBd as certain In
drawing bead" d. any Of bis as~o-
oates, some Of wham are yoGag enough
20 be- his grandchildren Lil!y Ia
giant for work lie ~ able daily to
tire out tive w three sets VI dogs In
rounding up sauis range "sarinint"
According tn the bureau u biological
survey. undeeIwhle thls determination
work Is done. Old Man Lilly In the last
sir years has killed l5T moua;ain lioas
ead ~ BEARS 1a4luasps seyeral Srix
siirs. The official account. just issued.
concludes Mr. Lilly Is anassamiuS
ana dlsiGciined TO talk about hls sxpr.
rtenees. and on that account Be as~
curatc record In available coneernins
ht~ total number OF scaips, but II 10
very large"
Leads Temperate liza.
Mr.. Lilly attributes his physical
prowess aud activity 10 his outdoor
life and 10 the fact that ha never assd
totacco or intoylcants oe any KIDD He
furthermore has followed fxvd rule
Of never huuting on sunday This ral.
has given many wild animals being
pursued new lease of llfc through
being ahie To- MAKE their getaway"
30 ihn Sabbath. ON Que occaSion.
however. he tracked b hinge mountain
lion Tor weeks through three states
sud finally eurnercd hlm. Ills hounds
were beaten or and the beast attacked
illty His rifle wcs knocked frora hs
hand. ARMED only with q inch pas'k.
t-skfriiT. ffr rrasTf, At s6Sssr *r,nt' tsrtfi
one desperate plunge ~ this wcaEon
Vt the aniunls heart reached Il Just
rs the hHatrr became "a exhausted
that he fell beside the draA Hon
The records assert that Mr Lilly
kaows thr rnGre country sn veil and
Ia so familiar with the routes. habits
ard haunts ~ the lions tina, nccnssau.
ally h. tilN- three within half an hour
~ kHn~s lfigt wHrrr tc scS traps IN
the rnnyeus and tuves Whlr ha H. able
10 pick nut the mas, advantageous
slsatS To he IN ambush awaiting the
nI preach az proNliBs beasts Horn ~
good family enjoying prosperity Lily
In hts fecns responded To the call ~
thn Wild and became freelpns~ huut.
or Loaded with a ca paund pack. he
broke hIa way through the Louisiana
canehrpkes In sserch Of game, from
bears IN Wildcats As a rute. every
tiale hts rifle cracked some animal
dropped. and hts fame as a sare shot
has xfrr~aa thrsaehgfi;s iisMisi@ga TeS-
~, Arizona New MeNjcu and northern
Mexico, He was enc u the guides
selected o. accompany tho late colanel
Roosevelt IN HIS hunt In Louisiana
which mAis the Teddy Bear famous,
III. circle " friends amoas western
rauyhey~ ls4nyt~uSlyr gna apgreclatEvc.
Saves stccA'rrn huge saN.
IN She accepted basis that wolf
Kills 81 wa NoriA Il stock yeav
hear AaI mountain Hon 500 each, ana
that . coyetr aod tabea, caah da So
Narsh ~ damase Lily has sawed the
western ~tacSGhn % substantial
ntsisun;. Altogether these Predatory
an.uai hgats~s have &lbe1 7e7lG earh
beasts IN the lsst thrive yyeeS, to-
dlrott cwyus II rahy Is A> mated q,
ntazly S5,ssiks} q scar TO ''n stocS
n,en ~ the Rocky Mount "a sec'iou
The tetal klll consisted a. Ia t;2 coy.
nses. s,Wa hehcats. lSsi vaistS. &Vl
moentaln uaas aud III hears The
reltS If these anlHtats sot' sor auprnx
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