The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1901-07-05

the Rockies north of Denver in the
country around Greeley, and the Ar
kansas valley below Pueblo.
Cattle, Sheep and Gold.
"WithOut irrigation the only agricul-
ture possible in this country is stock
raising. There is an lrrepressible con-
fict between the sheep men and the
cattle men for the use Of the immense
| ranges of unsurveyed land. AS the
sheep eat closer than the cattle, they
can find paSturage on many mountain
sides and on many almost desert
! tracts where cattle cannot live, so
! sheep raising is a great industry in
New Mexico and Utah Colorado is
more Of a cattle country. Half Of
the annual production of Colorado is
! agricultural, including the cattle and
! sheep. The other half is mineral. 1t
is not generally realized that Colorado
! is now producing as much gold as
California and Alaska put together.
lead and some copper. Copper mines
| are being discovered all over New
Mexico, Arizona and Utah and the
present demand for copper makes
! them a safer Investment than gold or
silver mines.
''The country is very picturesque,
70 tro vol
in. Colorado is still a silver state and
! is controlled by that interest in Its
politics. New Mexico was carried at
the last election in favor of protection
! by the wool interest. Utah is divided
| in it's sympathies, the mining inter
ests tending toward free silver and
the agricultural interests toward pro-
lection. In all this country there is
very little sympathy with the anti-im-
| perialist idea. West of the Missouri
the people with few exceptions are in
! favor of expansion, and west of the
! Rocky mountains business interests
are fully alive to the value Of COM
merce with the Orient. The policies
of these states at the last election
were the result Of these interests and
the situation is likely to remain the
same in the future"
Breeding Rattlers for Bounty.
A rather stiff story comes from
Crawford county, where bounty Of
tot ic DIV :,
the county, The story is that the
hunters cut the rattlers from the tail,
and then release the snake. He will
never grow more rattlers himself, but
he is therefore doubly dangerous as an
enemy in giving no warning, and, es-
pecially may the snake become the an
with rattlers for the bounty hunters.
Whether the evil is serious enough to
! warrant the compelling of the showing
Of the head and not merely the rat
tiers is something the county board
must determine. Personally, / shall
hold no rattlesnake with my foot
|
caudal appendage.
Studying rattlesnakes is the favor
tie pastime of DR.. Rudolph Menger
of San Antonio, Tex. The reptiles are
plentiful in that locality.
He has taken some startling pho
tographs, showing the rattler's horrid
head, mouth, poison fangs, teeth and
tongue at close quarters
DR.. Menger does not agree with
Professor James of Chicago, that death
from the bite of a rattlesnake is a
great rarity. On the contrary, he
thinks the victims chances Of recovery
are very small if the fang strikes a
vital part Of blood vessel The eff
feet of the bite is almost instantane-
Gus. The affected part rapidly swells,
The lymphatics and veins become in
famed, and the blood moves slug
gishly.
Luckily, the snakes fangs general
lv bavo to non TO olofhinp or shea