Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-04-27
KILLED The SHEEP.
ruE STORM WAS UNPARALLELED
10 Western WyomIug-lt. Disa,trou,
Eject Chiefly 900 luss Of thc
Flock-suow VOW Gone

There has been considerable ur.
sssiness smong Utah owners OF sheer
DO Wyoming over the condition 90
their ducao, because OF t1c severity of
the recent storm, and late develop.
mcuts prove that the anxiety wss not
without cause AZ result Of Va
Storm, Wyoming aud Utah sheep
owners. whose h1oks ran Boz the local.
~ named, are thousands Of dollars
poorer than they were At the begin
ming Of April.
Councilman T.. n. CsIlisler OF this
city has iust returned from Trip 20
Burns valley, Wyoming, AMI inter.
mediate points, whittier ne went DO.
cause Of his sheep Interests. lie TO-.
ports thst the effects Of the heavy
storms were very disastrous indeed.
The number oi dead sheep on the
ranges tell tale OF gfest llss.
when Mt Callistst LETT Burna valley
tbs Iust wns Tying, the snow sll bglug
gone; In fact, when he got there it WAS
fast disappearing but Tor seven Jays
ithad a terrific effect ON some il1cks OF
sheep. Snow fell Co depth OF Fix
feet, ami tho damp ami cold par icu'
larry affected tho ewes, which
died ~ thousands, The cause
0f The fatality was not starvation, III.
though from lack OF food tho sheep
would eat even the stumps Of grease.
wood, Ia some places hay was fri--a
very unusual thing. MI KiEbY Of
this city fed thirty tons % hay 90 hs
nJcks during the storm, but this dld
not save the ewes from 4vatu.
10 wusa pity 90 sou the poor sheep, BOO
the effects 0i the storm upon lhu ewes
oomiug 90 uoar the lamuiug saasIr.
they would DO selzel with blind
staggurs, when the horIurs at nut
thought was caused hy snow Ulindura.;
but ~ 10 ND not affect tho wrlhur-
aud bucks, this was soon sUuu NOT
90 DO the trouble. Tho dini
Guilty was - spinal affection which
often phfalyzud the hind part-
VI tho animals, and In most oasu-
touched the brain, making the sheep
perfectly cfazY. Death followed tuis
condition. In one herd, 900 died in
thiswsy.
Station Agent Graham, who has ro-
slIed ~ Aspen since 1905. stated that
% was the worst storm ne had over
knOwn ~ Wyoming. Not only lid
sheep tall vioUms, but cattle died also,
and even ground dogs we're slain in
large numbers.
Mf. CallisIor was usked concerning
the report rom Casper Wyoming.
lhst out VI 20 900 sheep all but hoo
had died, anu answered; "a would not
surprise mo " there mai ueen very
great loss. though such proportion Hs
that seems impruuAtls. was iuf0rmoI
that the loss was very great, out saw
10 figures like that When sheep died
by thousands with The wool On, how.
ever. y'u might expect the condition
70 be- worse among sheep lhat haJ been
shearod within the previous week.
ASKED concerning the sIeop OF Cal.
lister Brothers, In which the Oluucil-
man himself IL Interested ~ partner,
be fopliedi 1--WE got Oh very light
Indeed. Our sheep were crowded
down TO nVar tho winter range, aud
thus escaped almost entirely. OF
course they got caught In tho storm,
hut they we're ia Luud shelter, aud We
viii not lOte more than three ger cent
We counted up one OF the looks of
about 1000, anu there were nearly
hundred oWes uead; uut thls was the
% ok that suffered wurst, So fhruH We
are concerned, aud 30 might br taiu
generally Ia western Wyoming, the
sheep got through tue winter iu good
shape. We never hal them Do any
better"