LOCOMOTIVE AGAINST POISON Speed of an Engine Pitted Against That of Rattlesnake Venom Bromley Ca1A race for life from Imperial Junction to Brnwley with the speed of a switch engine pitted against that of a tnttlesnnkos deadly poison as It circulated through tho blood of M N McCloud was nn exciting excit-ing feature hero the other night I Today McCloud lies In tho treatment treat-ment rooms of Dr J Lebert Cooke with goo1 prospects for recovery McCloud has been an employe at the Imperial Junction hotel for several months having come from Los Angeles Ange-les to tho desert The other afternoon about five oclock ho was soiling out brick for the base of a kitchen range when he heard the familiar whirr ota ot-a rattlesnake and the fangs of tho rep tile sank Into McClouds third finger of the right band The snake was 2V feet long and was half raised In tho air before It tell from the mans hand McCloud t made a dash for the hotel where the wound was freely cut and a ligature applied but tho poison began imme dlately to take effect He was placed on n switch engine and rushed tQ Brawloy where Dr Cooke gave treatment treat-ment all ot that night McCloud But fared agonies but next day although the band and arm were blask and swollen swoll-en to an immense size the prospecU wore good for recovery Rattlesnakes both of tho diamond back and side wlndon Kind havo been showing themselves them-selves freely for the past two weeka Several of Immense size havo beef captured hero recently McCloud 1a I the first victim of snake bite this season