FIGHT
WITH SNAKES - Idaho County Man Has A Combat With Rattlers
Last
week A.E. Randall while on the trail between the Dewey mine and the
Chinese gardens escaped a rattlesnake, which he shot with his revolver.No sooner had he fired than a dozen or more snakes sprang up from
all directions and Al kept blazing away as long as his ammunition
lasted.While trying to get
a snake from a crevice where it had fallen after being shot another one
lying concealed bit his thumb.Hastily
sucking the poison out as best he could he hastened to camp, where, by
using such remedies as were to be had, succeeded in curing the wound
without it causing him much inconvenience.The battle resulted in the death of 12 of the noxious reptiles.