Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-24

erous IN she vicinity % klamath coun.
", vresun. This ls a town OF 1900 pe1-
PIE. ana makes some pretcnAi0n 60 be-
itE METROPOLITAN. Yet thrra are snakes
tNnhlnG Wild 10 The streets all summer
Elrly 10 the srrlnr The rn,hss come
from Che bottom 10 me fivar. ana dur.
ltF ihe nrHt warm days spend t1sir
| Aa i1e season wears along the snakes
u'caN. Hnfe and more humorous. until
Vine -l.a.ug themselves nu fas iors.
| we l2ss wa no long0r hold them. and
Nlsi ihay 1re r1taer i.mid hcl stur.y
. ~ lni1 ih water a.. the approach OF a
human bllnn but ln shHr. UH.
STOW iu learn that no harm wifi come
Co. MON. When this stage o. Intimacy
I Win the Job tbitluie of klamath FAILS
\. teaeh,9 me s1akss can b. watched
] rom a snort diat1ulc, ana they viii
not pay the least attention. u n even
possible to walk among thnm, but MT
many people care 20 do this.
AHhuugh the people up In klamath
FAILS know thc snakes are no more
harmful than pigeon. nobody ever
g'ss H. swimming during the SNAKE
To fee the snakes amusing them.
selves on ihs river bank during the
long hours % warm day IL n aiaht
never 90 hf forgotten. Thoy arc quite
playful ana exhibit goat deal more
/ llvclln"gs than would be expected u
them. hut u ls sight tina; Flvcs most
/ people the 'crccps.' In fact many PEG.
I pie nt kiamlh, Falls cannot be Induced
] 20 40 near The river for fear of seeing
horrible sights.
What starts the snakes seems to BE-
I romcwhat OF a mvH,cry 4 buncn OF
several thpuntud will be- stretched out
on the rocks motionlcaa No u dead. sud
I denly one moves, then another and
another Instantly the whole mass be-.
sins TO wrlggle. Here ans there the
SNAKES glide over one another u,tcriuR
curdlinE.
1hon the FUN hosns. rhs snakes are
I from iivc 90 ak foot IN length and thick
/ lu proportion. rhsir bodies are cfere-
HponiiuEly. but they move about with
The rrrat0rt ease. AZ through tho
wr.mFling mass big fellows ian b. seen
riHlng ihgmHolvcg hlsh In the air and
swapping hicir jaws. iuft ~ II they were
hnHry ana would attack tho nrst rrfa-
I tuto that came near them. nut.it ls all
/ fun, ana when they got tired ihcy draw
out 90 one Side ana rive some of the
Others a chance.
Z Ia q few minutes IN, wrlrrllnE mass
somehow gets a movlag in circle.
Round and round they 80. one trying 10
catch the other. but never succeeding
The air u now full D; slucaif ut shc
blood curdllng kind.
/ Afcr the snakes have been "cxsrcls-
Ing few minutes a peculiar. In
deacrlhahle ud0r can ba noticed. At
nrat u u not very unpleasant. but after
a while a SIMILARITY 20 skunk can be
detected. what tho smell eventually
becomes is not known. for at this stage
OF the game an spectators move back
az lar aa n necessary.
why don't you people get rii OF
htoac HnakcEf" I asked one % the IN
hahltanu who had been watching ihe
performance one Jay last week
Don't want to- he replied They
are useful az well As ornainf uinl."
"iiut how nrg ihfy useful ! asked.
principally In tho orchards. Dent
know how we'd cot along n u WASH
for them snakes. Al We do IL let thcm
I alone, and they simply 70 IN and Just
I help themselves 90 al sorts OF bugs
ants, Eophers and small animals that
play the mischief with fruit irerf Ana
the snakes don't stay on the ground
either. Not muth. II there's any
animal Up tree they want, they 80 up
and got him AMI these snakes viii
tackle any other hai u snakes mat
thsy meet. Rattlsff are their favnritca,
ana u don't take them Iona TO do en-
We were standing on the Sidewalk In
D fr1uf II sherrlng'a SALOON, ana l was
I listening eagerly 90 an the Old resident
l " Klamath Falls had 90 ten me, en-
tlrciy ohlivl0uh 90 surroundings =,
l suddenly he took hold on my coat anu
D gave 10 a gentle TUG, SHOP on hgrc a
/ mlmcW and let chem pass by ne
dld AZ ,lid and stood IN the gutter
I while a brace uf large snakes lApllN
l passed along the sidewalk VA the d.
rcction % The river.
"iim don'i thee snakes ever DO any
harmf" I asked.
"oh, yes, everything has ~ draw
/ bucks. you know." the Ola flmor re-.
Piled. mo these warm days after a cold
nlght, ths snakes climb into the trees
/ ard hang there IN a sort " a network.
I A long a. there are only few don't
| matter. but some times they gst 80
I thick they break The bianehoa and ruln
There another trick these snakes
I have :" he couslnued after pause,
/ shut you WON'T see u until next month
/ That's rolling Themselves into balls,
/ Hundreds ~ them get teacher and
mix themselves w sl badly you cant
ttll which head aul .4ll BELONGED 100 the
same snake, Aud % tAkea chem long
I time 90 get apir'. I've seen some msu
ron q bah ~ them a. Dis a. a barrel
and tumble 10 kttp,ash inib the river.
l How The snakes On the Island mauAke
90 i've o. more than I can say"
Snakes are not only queer things
they have AN abundance az khma.h
FaUs Tails a. only The 'eoad" season.
I A. this t.me myrlads " the tiny alu-
I rlans come down on ore side 80 the
l river, cI0fs 'he br.lse, 90 r.ght thrlugt
I che town aHl up un che other side,
Where ghty c1me from ari whore they
40 90 no klamath resident knows,
/ These tolds are about one lnrh long
ana are fSlst Tor The snakes. The
reptiles Hallow AZ least dozen or ,hem
apiece. ana s,|ll there are arrays mill
Hons ~ loads lefi, hopping, hopplns
towards the bridge. across %. and lnt1
fhe country beyond,
As vel as snakes ana toads. Kla-
math Falls also has a periodical visit
from hullfr1g wave" This comes
ovCry three or four years. ana mill
Hons gain Is the only uumarll that
win dest "be the quantity on ,heae rei-
tiles. They always come during the
skln-shedllng season ana wander FAR
from the river bank. on warm days
they viii Eet on the sunny side % a
house AMI pile on top 0f one another
ns hlgh az the window slll. Here they
pun on their skins and cat theu. After
this act IL accomplished they dlrlp-
pear. no man knows where.
Al summer fhe Inhabitants % Kla-
mAfn EIllH have some luulEIn vlHlsar