| Show SOME SENSIBLE BOYS thoy thay know now how to treat a snakebite successfully A camping out party part of boys who have been spending ending ii a weeks outing up tile the sun river returned to this city yesterday esterday says the great falls leader and gave an account of their adventure with a rattlesnake which shows that although 2 th they cy were only lads they were n not ot lack iny byirt in courage presence of mind ind and knowledge tile the party consisted of bf ed pontet carroll pontet reed bywater a son of superintendent burrill of sand boulch and a boy named mclain malnin a stepson of IT II G klenze and their acs a ages cs ranged between 9 and 15 years they had 9 gone one out for a weeks fishing and camping 1 trip during tho the vacation ind and had a good time as boys will one evening zal when playing near their camp burrill picked up what he thought ta was a piece of rope lying in ii the grass but which proved to be a rattlesnake before the lad discovered his mistake tile the venomous reptile bit him on the fin finger pr under these alarming cir circumstances c urn stances the boys held a council and quickly decided on the proper thing to do A string was aird tightly around the bitten finger both above md and below the spot chero the fangs of the snake had entered and the mclain boy volunteered to suck the poison out of the wound this lie did so thoroughly and effectually that on serious effects have since been experienced from the bite |
