Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-05-05
HUNTING } TONS
OF RATTLESNAKES
Fearless Bill" in the South d.
kota Canyon That Is Full
Of Them.

Baltimore. Nav 4.---"Rat,1Asrak
| Bilr is not TO return until Jupa
The postpcnenent ~ his return -
due TO the fact that he has Just been
given en- order for Hve more tons 81
rat.lcsnakes.
'Rattlesnahe Eli" Is the on. MAJ
who. besides Zoe" Gans. has donA
mora to make Baltimore famous than
any other living creature. N stu
life his name is Thomas Lepp. IN this
midst Of the excitereut attendsr.
upon his wanderings IN the wool
West" he pauses ever and anon snd
proudly refers to Baltimore az h,s
Inative town and the humble cot.sEs
at No als McHenr7 streat >. s,a
home. Then with renewed deteyrni
nation he snites another venor1ous
reptile ,Hlainou. sr'te aad t-,-
iumphantly sdds IT to hts rurh.~1ess
trophies Of the chase
"Ra ttlesnake Rnr tnausurste1 A.s
search for big game before swsns
Tumho ever dreamed 20 invading tht
limitlec1 ssstnesses Of the DARK con.
tinent" He has pursued tho wal
( RATHER from, the heatwaters 81 the Rio
Grande t., the haunts Of tho Canadian
|
! for his prey behind tire powders Of
Iowa, the ant htlls Of Dakota tho ST.
very -tonEued orators Of Nebraska and
| the catalpa OF Montana and re has
| repienished HIS exhausted supp 81
shooting lead at the powder works OF
/ Salt Lake CITY. hut in all hi. wld'
and varied experience he has nev"r
precipitated an international dispute.
ai '4rf ton t,ra : ~
relations. And withal his personal
liberty has remained undedIed.
I Along about last Christmas RAT
telsnake BIZ wrote home and told
hts folks that he would be here some
time early in the spring TO rest W
after hts strenuous experiences WIFI
the snakes Of the West Tie valiant
huntsn7an now writes that his coming
has been 7elayed until June b. con-
mission with which he has been en-
trusted to capture 10000 pounds o.
diamond. back rettiers.
The creatures are to he delivered
safe and sovni 70 certain eircW and
stdeshow owners who will exhibit the
reptiles 20 tho adnir:nE esse OF mr.
cus-pocused -ursli'ies this summer
REPrTI.p Fy-ErISC; N DAKOTA
When "RattleSnake BIZ got tho o-ds~
for I'VE tons OF snakes he hurried, pack
ed his dress suit CASE and eped or 30
South Dakota tia famous stsTuptrs
ground OF tie most deliberate and eTr'n-
sivs ensk~ tribe. There he ~ oou Esthes-
Ing the 1000 souDds Of rattiers. pound
BY pound and rattle nv rattle
Jus. as he was about to plunge into ths
urirypare-vaoie wlde-rssA vbsr~ re
now lost TO the outside world. h. ths,ed
sta, en1en, to an ahn>ir.nG shrone on .h<
staiicn platform ~ Omaha. acrordingtn
a communication srona thai oatr. that Il
don, make no Aitfe-enc~ to him h"w
mary OF how few uns&As ae Ect. .uw s,
lous as hs aot then, ave torA. Fs~a 'ors
Is what the order rolls for snd Ave tona
is all he Wants
II can nail ors fellow that weighs
FIVE tons, he Is my meat" declared Fat
tiesnaks Bal" with a wicked g,eann in
his ieft-hay.d eye. MS he tishtensd Up his
belt and cas. a ,ostprand!al glance at
the gaping thronS.
Aut ne added that he ala not expect TO
meet single snake OF that weight Not
that he would CO afraid Of tackling It.
but simply because it amt quite natural
IN even the "wooly West" TO breed
snakes OF that magnitude.
'Rattlesnake Bill" ought 70 know. b.
-au.. hs has tho distinction OF handing
more live rattlers than any other man In
tho vorld-not dead ones. mind you. but
every ono alive and viri'e ready, anxious
nd spoil.nE for trouble Thess are tina
Kind that "Rattlesnake Bill goes after
"Blu is now In the famous Rattle
snakA canyon Of the Grand river, como
* VILLAS ues, of ISar-s and here Il is