THE EAST OREGONIAN — MARCH 22, 1911
Kills White Snake in Snow
Grangeville, Idaho.—Friday, while at Adams camp, 35 miles east of Grangeville, in the Bitter Root forest reserve, Robert Simons, a well-known Buffalo Hump mining man, killed a “snow” snake nearly six feet long, skinned it and brought the skin to Grangeville. The “snow” snake, so-called because of its coloring, which is almost a perfect white, is peculiar to the Bitter Root mountains, and but few have ever been killed even there. The reptiles seldom attain a greater length than four feet, and are never seen after the snow disappears. They feed on squirrels and rabbits, and the one killed by Mr. Simons was stalking a cottontail when discovered.
From— East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR), 22 March 1911 Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.
