Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-01-24

81. Paul. Mimi. Jan. l~I.-unusual
cold weather prevails throughout he
northwest. with no immediate relief in
sight. Snow blocks the railroads and
The temperature has fallen many de-
grces. III is reported AT the Great
Northern general office thai the mer-
curry registered rs degrees below zero
Yesterday morning at Browning. Mont.
and that there is no point between
Grand Forks and Spokane where tn.
maximum temperature is above 3S be
low zero. The Great Northern EN-
ployes are battling against The snow
drifts. which are twenty and thirty
feet high.
Greatest Snowfall Ever Known
The creates tieup on the Great
Northern line has occurred in the dis
tiict browning and Cut Bank.
Mont. L distance of about forty miles.
In this district rotary plows are sent
against the banks without result and
though plows are kept going continu-
ally il is imposs ole to clear the track.
Plows are sent against the banks and
are not heard of for hours. The now
fan in the west is greater than ever
known before. Between the Cascade
and Rocky mountains. where there is
scarcely ever any 10Y drifts are now
piled seven feet high.
One Great Northern Line Abandoned.
The Great Northern line between
kenmare and Thief River Falls has
been abandoned. Trains which on
nected with tn. Canadian Pacific
railway trains AT Moose Jaw have been
delayed so badly that service is almost
at a standstill.
All the telegraph wires are down
and it is impossible TO get trains
through the drifts.
On h lines where traffic is at all
possible the trains are run with three
and even four engines, and preceded
with rotary plows. but even then have
been delayed from one to three DAYS.
Washington. ID. c.. Jan. l7.-After
reading II statement by James j. Hill
thGi the North Dakota cold situation
is the worst he has ever known. Sem
ator Hansbrough of that state. has re-
doubled his efforts to alleviate the
distress.
He has received II letter from u
friend in Minot saying that among
other tragedies, three women were
found frozen to death-and that the
fact has been kept from the news
papers.
Addressing the senate. Mr.. Hans
brough again berated the car short
age which mas resulted III q lack of
fuel.
No Sion of Relief.
Grand Forks. y. D.. Jan. l..-There
Is no sign of relief in III" fuel sit
uation yet. and little prospect that
the conditions Will be materially i'm
proved until spring.
is COMING in. but the depletion
OF old stocks in the hands of individ-
ual consumers. together with steady
old weather. increases the demand.
and the railroad conditions grow worse
instead of better.
The snow is getting deeper and the
walls of the cuts higher and every
little wind fills them and impedes the
progress of trains. II cannot be too
thoroughly understood that the con-
ditions In the sparsely settled portions
OF the state are extremely grave, and
even in the older sections the pinch is
felt severely.
Coal Famine: 20 Below.
Icnderlin. ~. D.. Jan. l1.-At the
present writing it LOOK as if the people
in this city were on the verge of a
mercury lowering round twenty be
low zero. There is not enough coal in
the dealers sheds To supply the city
fwenty-four hours. with little pros
poets of supply reaching here
soon.
The situation in the oountry is more.
serious. AS many farmers are burning
straw to keep warm. The railroads
are powerleSs TO relieve the conditions.
owing to the immense quantity of snow
they are compelled TO overcome