The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-02-15
CATTLE IN NEVADA.
Many ThOusands Perish I'm the storm
Arranging for special Trains To
Remove starving Animals
S. I. Chronicle, Feb. I'd.

LOSSES Ot NcNaua cattle lhNe Dfen
very heavy during the recent protfacfed
storm. Dead and dying cattle stalled
in tie snow are seen al many places
along the lailruad. All through The
State, the losses are very great. Ne-
vada caliicGIen ARE How making he'll
cnlean efforts To move their strong
cattle 10 places where hny can be OBJ
lined. Tie weak ones. of whieh
there are many thousands, will be left
In die
NJ. d Foley. the State Senator and
banker 1T Reno, now here, aas It,
ceived this dispatch:
WApswoRTH. Feb. 1st.
See Genital Pacific about rates ON
starving cattle from Deeth, llalleek, !,
Eiko and Battle mountain 10 Wads-
worth. Things terrific; great may
diving. Will yet out 900 to 5 1000 ii
eau keep two trains that are here.
X. BRADLEY.
Mr.. Bradley is one of the firm II
Rn ,>eli IL Bncley, owners of about
s., 900 head oi cattle in E!kn. Eureka
and Lannci counties. Nevada, and on
the Salmon amt Snake ranges in
Idaho. By Keeping the two trains
they had, he meant two special trains
which were then carrying their cat
tie from the p lnts mentioned IN his
dispatch IL Wadsworth. Arriving
there. they were To he driven to the
sink of tie Carson river, where hay
can be Ob alLed.
Mr.. Fo ey told Chronicle repre-
&c llaiivc, VIII met him at the Paace
Hure /, that there was about 50O,06O
catlle ot all agcs On The ranges In
Nevada. and IA part OF Idaho md
Utah belo ssin IA Nevada nen. lie
SAIL tic aieafesl losses would be n
Elka. Eurcka. banIeF and Hnmbo'dt
cnuntes. In LAon. Wssi.oe, Dap2l =.
EsmeIaida AMI eihris. is- sail Tie
stocs men we're much better prepared
fl feeding
the heaviest cattle growers III tse
State are Sparks & Tinnin. They hi'i.
Nr. Foley states, from i0D, 900 To l1o,-
900 hrad, aud they roam through
Nevada aud along the llne of that
State in Idaho aud Utah. lie says
TINT they are losing aud have lost
ruinausly; they were not prepared To
f., d any except their fnneg cattle.
Aside from these, which make up
probably nlne-trnihs or more of what
ihey have, they will lose very heavily.
There are from $4,000 10 100000
cattle dead in Nevada, nov, said Mr..
Foley, land nobody can tell ill rodeo
commences next spring the full extent
of the losses. . have an idea iha,
whole bands will never show up.
The railroad company has made a tate
of $35 n carlead oil hay liom all points
in California tO all points IN Nevada
for the relief of stock men. 1t Is
also making every effort to furnish
trains and other facilities to stock men
for moving ca I e 10 feed.
Tine Central Pacific has also order
ed 800 stock cars to Reno to move the
cattle being fed there for the San
Francisco market. as hay is getting
scarce there. wish that you would
state that their action in this matter
is MS generous and kind as il could
possibly be, and the people July ap-
preciaie it. II was fortunate that Mr..
Siubbs happened 10 be IN Nevada re-
gently. Bes des furnishing the cars "a
rate has been given that Is remarkably
low.
"Oiher siockmen than the few lead
ing ones | have mentioned Will In. Q
very heavily. Passengers along tie
railroad say that in many places
groups of cattle are to bc seen STICK
ing in the deep snow The trouble ls
that sleet came, II crust was formed
aud the cattle caa neither dig through
it nor move about freely. Manv that
are not dead are chilled and weak.
The 500, 900 cattle in Nevada would
have been worth on n conservative
estimate $40 head, or $5,0O0,GOO
would not like to insure them for
$2.500,000. think the loss VIII be
one-haf. The estimate at $l0 ahead
and the loss ot 80 per cent. Is low.
or course "Chinonk might come
and melt lot of snow and clear mp
the valleys, but the trout le would lac
that the cattle living would then he