Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1907-01-16
NORTH IN GRASP
OF SNOW KING
Kansas and Okla
homa Covered
With Ice
TRAFFIC IS DEMORAL|zED
Thermometer Thirty-five De-
grees Below Zero in
Montana.

Arkansas City, Kas., Jan. 1G.---
Southern Kansas and northern okla
homa are covered with ice today.
Much rain fell throughout This sec
tion yesterday and last night the tenn
peratme dropped below the freezing
point. The present cold weather is
bad for stock Of all kinds and it is
believed that the losses will be heavy.
Wires are down and all u'ains are de-
layed. The present weather is the
codeSt of the winter.
Awful SIeet Storm in Missouri
Kansas City, Mo-, Jan. 1G.-The
most severe sleet storm in twenty
years prevailed last night and today
in the middle and northern portions
of Missouri Scores of telephone and
telegraph poles We're carried down
under the weight of ice, rendering
wire communication impossible All
trains from the east and north are
late today
Fifty-five Degrees Below Zero.
st. Paul, Jan 1G.-lInusual cold
weather prevails throughout the
northwest, with no immediate relief
in sight Snow blocks the railroads
and the temperature has fallen many
degrees.
1t is reported ait the Great Northern
general offices that the mercury reg
istered 55 below zero. at Browning,
Montana, and that there IS no point
between Grand Forks and Spokane
where the maximum temperature is
above 3S degrees above.
Great Northern employees are bat
tlng against the snow drifts, which
are 20 and 80 feet high.
Railroad Traffic Tied Up.
The greatest tio-up in the history
of the Great Northern line has oc-
cured in the district between Brown
ing and Cut Bank Montana, a distance
of forty miles, In this territory plows
are sent against the banks without
result and though plows are kept
going continually it is impossible to
clear the tracks
The snowfall in the west is great
er than has ever been known before
Between the Cascade and Rocky
Mountains, where there is scarcely
ever any snow, drifts are now piled
seven feet high.
The Great Northern line between
Kenmare and Thief River fall has
been abandoned. Trains which con-
meet with the Canadian Pacific Rail
road trains at Moose Jaw have been
delayed so badly that service is al
most at standstil. All the telegraph
wires are down, and it is impossible
to get train through the drifts.
On the lines where traffic is at all
possible the trains run with three and 4
even four engines and preceded by
rotary plows, but even then have been
delayed from one to three days.
Santa Fe Gets Light Snow.
Yesterdays drizzling rain continued
throughout the greater part of last
night and early this morning light |
snow began falling, which continued |
until noon. However, the temperature
rose during the afternoon and the
snow commenced to melt rapidly. AL !
though somewhat unpleasant under |
foot, the weather otherwise in the |
Capital City is in striking contrast |
with that now being experienced in |
other parts of the country at present. !
The following weather specials from
various sections of Colorado and New
Mexico were received by the New
Mexican this afternoon:
Albuquerque, ~ NJ, Jan. 1G.---Tt has
been raining all morning but the sun
has been shining tine last two hours.
Las Vegas, N. NJ, Jan. 16,-Clear
and cool, no snow.
Denver, Colo, Jan. 16.-Clear and
cool.
Ell Paso, Texas, Jan. 1G.-Warm
and bright, no snow
Alamosa, Colo, Jan. 1G.-Plenty of
snow with a cold wind; all trains de-
layed
Espanola, N. NJ, Jan. 16.-A warm
rain fell all night and it is
PARTLY cloudy today
Willard, N. NJ, Jan. 16--A light
snow covers the ground. Weather
clear and warm. This condition also d
prevails at Estancia, Mcriarty and