Pueblo chieftain., 1921-10-09

more persons affected, and its vr-
ulence Is greater than ever before.
refer Of course to trigger itch.
disease is peculiar irritation of the
cuticle on the inside of the right fore
finger. There is no appearance of
rash or discoloration, but the victim
becomes extremely restless, manifests
an indisposition for ordinary business
and social affairs, and develops an
irritability and nervousness that are
moro than likely to affect the whole
frmily.
Mild cases are cured immediately
by the pressure, upon the affected
part, Of the trigger of loaded shot
rm or rifle, while the more serious
cases require change of scene with
repeated applications of the remedy
The early morning air near lakes or
rivers i. extremely beneficial in some
cases, while others seem to require
the air of the upper mesas and the
association of aspen groves or for
ests of pinon and cedar.
Trigger itch i. seldom fatal except
sometimes to the innocent bystander.
but it is causing more disturbance In
the homes Of Pueblo, and costing more
time and money than anything that
has happened since the Spanish in
f1uenxa epidemic three years ago. As
the days get colder and the firesides
more attractive the symptoms become
less. and few cases last beyond the
open hunting season. Once in = while
you sec man that never recovers.
He has it all the year around, and
is called traphooter.
Colorado hunters arc lucky in hav-
ing a wide variety of wild game to
choose from. and this week the open
season for deer includes Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday. Many parties
will 20 out from Pueblo and their OBJ
icctivcs will include all the counties
of western and southern Colorado.
There are some deer left even in
Pueblo county, and there are plenty
Of hunters who will come back from
a much greater distance with no bet
ter results than they could have had
rich, here at home.
Deer hunting parties are usually
made up Of six to eight men with ono
or two guides, with saddle horse for
zach man and pack horses TO carry
me camp outfit and the ammunition.
EQUAL weights arc allowed for ammu.
milton and the rest of the outfii. Each
person has gun except one man,
who is the cook. While the rest go
hunting the cook stays in camp and
cooks soup and reads the Argosy.
When it comes to soup, camp. cooks
arc great success.
II the camp IS well located the cook
amuscs himself watching the deer
dodge the hunters. That is the rea-
son the cook hns no gun. If cooks
had guns there would soon be no
deer. As it is the supply of wild
game in Colorado is said TO be stead
ily increasing.
The advantage OF duck hunting
over deer hunting is that it can be
done nearer home. One duck will
attract Just as many hunters as one
dccr. II the lake is large enough so
that the shot will not carry across.
ono duck in tho middle will entertain
forty or fifty hunters hid in the weeds
around the edges. If no duck is
there, mud hen will do as we'll.
Trigger itch is the survival Of a
primitive instinct. In ancient times |
man had TO hunt or starve. The
hest hunter was unquestionably the |
best man. and success Was measured |
by counting the dead ones Nova
days women do the hunting with
market basket or over the telephone,
and the favorito weapon is check |
book instead of a gun or how and |
arrow or spear
But when Indian summer comes
tho streams aud lakes and mcsss have
an irresistible attraction for most
men, and right row there IS something
that makes it mighty hard for my
index finger TO punch these typewriter
KEYS. If you don 7 scr me next week,
think of me az cooking soup.