Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1906-10-22

To-Day over all the southwest and the
middle states, ranging from a gentle
lall or the white snow to blizzard
winter came suddenly and unherald.
ed. Trains are running late or are
entirely snow bound and considerable
damage was done in some sections to
property and shade trees. Following
are the reports of the storm as far
as obtainable by wire and telephone,
Sheep Men and Ranchers Cauoht
Unawares and Losses are Heavy.
Denver, Colo, Oct. 22.-The storm
throughout the mountain region
which began here with a rain Friday
changing to snow Saturday, subsidized
thls morning. 1t is said to have been
the heaviest in this vicinity since
lS92 There was more than a foot of
snow on the level and the melted
snow measured one and eight.tenths
inches. The temperature generally
lell to twenty degrees. Locally but
little damage was done Sheep men
III wyoming, Colorado and New Mex.
lco, 1t is believed will suffer many loss.
es as they We're unprepared for such
severe weather Hundreds of tons of
sugar beets and thousands of barrels
OF apples are still in the opon in the
northern part of Colorado, and should
the cold continue, the damage will be
very great to ranchers. Telegraphic
service throughout the west is bajly
hampered and all trains are indefin.
itely late.
Special Forecast Of Denver Weather
Office.
Frederick H. Brandenburg district
lorecaster. makes the following special
forecast of weather conditions:
There has been practically no
change in the distribution of pressure
IN the last twenty-four hours. The
intensity of the high area overlying
the northern half of the Rock Noun.
tam region. however is less marked.
and the southwestern now has begun
10 NIL up. Snow has been general in
'he last twenty-four hours in the
southern portion of Colorado. north.
ern New Mexico, and northern Ari-
zona, while rain has been falling in
the upper Missouri Valley and along
| the Atlantic coast Snow Is indicated
this afternoon and tonight in south.
ern wyoming. Colorado and northern
New Mexico Tuesday will be fair.
with a rising temperature except in
New Mexico.
Heavy Snow in Minnesota Mountains,
Duluth, Oct. %. - A blanket of
heavy snow six inches or more, fell
last night in northeastern Minnesota
covering the Vermillion and Mesaba
ranges and extending as far west as
Rosston.
Low Temperature at Colorado sprinos
Colorado Springs Oct. 22.-The Sc
we're blizzard which has been in pro
gress for forty-eight hours broke this
morning and heavy SHOWS are report
ed in the mountains. All trains are
somewhat delayed. The temperature
here this morning is fifteen degrees
above zero
A special from Cripple Creek. this
afternoon says that two feet of snow
has fallen in the Cripple Creek dis
trlct up to noon today and it is still
showing. AT the Divide, twenty miles
distant on the Colorado Midland Rail
road over -four feet of snow is report
ed.
| Denver and Rio Grande Suffered
Damage.
Pueblo, Colo. Oct. %. The bli7
zard which has been raging in thi.
city and vicinity since early Saturda,
afternoon wa~ slightly abated thi.
morning. Railroad and street cal
traffic is badly crippled. Tne Rio Gran
de road into west Pueblo, suffered
the most from snow, which is un
usually heavy along its line, ranging
from sixteen inches at Florence, tt
thirty inches at Buena Vista. Cattl,
, and other stock suffered.
A storm special from Beulah, TWEEN
ty.eight miles west of this city a
, noon today says that forty-two inche.
of snow fell there and snow is still
falling
Poor Old Kansas Swept BY Blizzard
Ellis, Kans., Oct. 22.--The snov
storm from Colorado is passing eas
and prevailed today in western Kan
| sas. Passengers reached here thi
morning on belated east bound train
and report heavy snow storm be
: tween Ellis and Denver at som
points assuming the proportions of
blizzard with from four inches t.
J over one foot of snow on the ground
. The snow is drifting badly at a goo,
= many points.
3 Terrific Blizzard at Salt Lake an
] Vicinity,
;. Salt Lake, Utah, Oct. 22.--The raj
lrOad service between Salt Lake an