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Show Woman Battles Snakes Ft. Lupton, Colo. Mrs. H. H. Slaut-erback, Slaut-erback, wife of a rancher near here, killed 140 rattlesnakes with a club in a two-hour battle for her life and that of her 3-year old child. Mrs. Slauter-back Slauter-back said she was riding on horseback horse-back through a pasture on her husband's hus-band's ranch, and was carrying her child. Dismounting to open a gate she heard the warning rattle and located lo-cated a snake nearby. She picked up a stick and killed it. Immediately a second snake appeared, then. a third; then they came by twos, threes, fours, and finally by the dozen, she said. In a few minutes she was hemmed in by scores of angry serpents, while her oaby clung to the horse nearby. Frantically Fran-tically welding the club, she disposed of the snakes as they came within reach. The horse was not surrounded surround-ed and it. stood calmly through the battle. Mrs. Slauterbacg was not bitten. bit-ten. Two ranchers went to the scene and verified Mrs. Slauterback's story. Photographs also have been taken as evidence of the adventure. |