Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-16
Loss in the Mountain Ranges Is
Not Heavy.
HOW A r. II. MAN TELLS IT.
Lo-.c. Mostly ON the Plains lee Jam
In snake ti,cr Events
On Railways.

Live Stock Agent Hudnaii. Of the
Colorado Midland. one Of the best In
formed live stock agents In the West.
has just returned from n trip over the
country affected by the late storm.
lie Sizes up the live stock situation ae
follows. as to cattle and sheep In
Wyoming:
after several days OF travel through
the state. do not ind the live stock
suffering as has been many times re-
ported In the past thirty days. on the
line " the Union Pacific. between
Evanston and Rock Creek. we saw
great many cattle and sheep. aud with
out exception they were looking better
than usual at this time Of the year. II
II evident that the fall ~ snow Ia that
district has Just been sufficient 10 allow
cattle and sheep to 10 back on the
range and yet the benefit Of that part
Of the country In way that was I'm
porslblc during the summer and fall.
on account Of scarcity Of water.
East Of Rock Creek. TO Cheyenne.
and south 90 Greeley, Colorado. where
the fall of snow has been ~ heavy, w
did not ser stock Of any Kind. n there
had been any cattle left ON the open
range In this district the heavy storms
would have drifted them In against the
railroad fences and they would be there
now. dead or starving. hut we did not
see a single carces. IN i've hundred
miles
''in Colorado tho conditions are not
~ favorable. stu, In many parts 81
the state the reports of much suffering
has been without foundation. This II
particularly ~ ON the western slope ~
the state around Rifle. DE Dequc. and
the Plateau country, whcne the snow
hna not been deep enough 90 interfere
with the outside range. and cattle are
all looking we'll.
"ln the eastern part of the state.
however. the conditions are not 10 Ia
Vorablc. The bulk OF the cattle In that
part arc late importatiouH from Arizona
and Mexico, and are OF the hen
skin" variety. A. rule. these
cattle belong 10 parties who
do not own ranches In the state. and
who expect Uncle Sam 10 feed the cat
Tie both IN summer and winter. and nH
long ~ the weather prophet had con-
troll Of nffalrH the cattle dld well. but
somehow Old Boreas rot over the dead
line long about the frrt 81 November.
and has been playing around the zero
rnnch ever since, most u the time
away down tho stream. Al.
ter ninety days Of this kind OF weather
these southern cattle had been reduced
TO mere skeletons, with sixty days %
the worst part of the season 20 come.
Certainly 30 per cent ~ that class OF
stock must perish.
sheep NJ far have wintercd ms well
NJ usual. provision In most cases hnv-
Ing been arranged for during tho fall.
one hundred and nifty thousand lambs
and wethcrH are now on full feed In
the Arkansas valley. all doing well.
hut the present condition of the market
ana the small prospects FOR improving
trade are beginning 10 give the feeders
niEht rweats and horrid dreams. one
bin feeder told me he had worn out his
underwear turning over In bed at nlght
trying 20 figure out how ho would
make the risky lamb peg out.
Hut with the usual small number Of
cattle now In the country on fun feed,
do not see why mutton should not
advance In tho next ninety days. IL
IL sixty days too early for Tine lambs or
muttonH To- be offered ON the markets.
I'm Texas and Oklahoma tho weather
has been the worst on record. and the
LOSSES are bound To he heavy. Al
ArmoHeller, Texas. ON Monday OF this
week. the snow was four feet deep and
the Thermometer four below zero.