Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-06-15 | Page 13 | Novel Collection of Weapons Used in South American Countries Shown in Capitol Exhibit

I BOW US USED p TO KILL JAGUARS 1 I 5 L fl J ft I 4 tAM 4 L- L v S I Y i i 4 teA S S. S k 4 5 Mabel Welling Velling n go at the capitol l trying trying out t a bow and arrow owned y C. C O. O Pickel state sanitary engineer The weapon was amon among several sc Interesting exhibits brought from tram South America by Mrs Pickel Miss Bliss Welling Wellin never nc took a a. lesson Novel Collection of Weapons Used in South American Countries Shown Sho in Capitol Exhibit Weapons which have seen service in personal feuds in the wilds of or South America were displayed at the capitol Wednesday by C. C O. O Pickel state te sanitary engineer and for many years a resident of the Latin Latin American American coun coun- tries The weapons have been in Mr Pickel's possession for a number of years but were brought to Salt Lake City Tuesday by Mrs Pickel who has been making her home in the Argentine Argentine Argen ArJen tine since Mr Pickel came back to North America One of the interesting exhibits Is the bolero bolera or the gauchos gaucho's lasso This implement is made of or three strands of rope each about four feet long lone tied at a common point On the end endot ol ot each strand is a a six six- six ounce weight wrapped in snakeskin The gaucho lassoes cattle by grasping his bolera by one weight twirling it around his head and then hurling it at the feet of of the animal wanted When the rope hits the feet feel or legs the weights continue continue con con- to whirl wrapping the ropes around the animal tripping it and holding it itIn I In the collection are sever several ll curves curvos or knives with hooked blades The curvo curio is the favorite weapon of or the roto or common person the engineer explains It is used to best advantage e after the wielder has thrown sand into the eyes of his victim The bow is one carried by the untamed untamed un un- un tamed tribes in the Chaco region or orl that part of or Argentine nearest to Paraguay and Bolivia Different arrows arrows arrows ar ar- ar- ar rows are available for different tasks For the jaguar or a personal enemy an arrow arro with bJ QC d for birds an arrow with a blunt end end nd has been found most effective for fish a shaft with a long tapered point works best I