The Ordway new era., 1907-10-25

Letter to ). Il. DaKtn IN L ne Ncp-
ster City Qowal Freeman.
The following letter was written by
Homer G. Howard, formerly Of ;Eis
place, son of Mrs. Josephine Howard,
TO S. I. Dakin, OF Breckenridge, Mimi.
son OF c. c. Dakiu, OF this city:
Cardston, Alta, Canada, Sept. H.,
1907 Mr.. 5. L. Dakin.-FrieGd:-l
received a letter from you some time
ago asking me what l think of the
country, and | am going to tell you
about 1t as | have seen IL for the last
IS months. We arrived at Cardston,
Feb. 9th, 1906, and found the weather
ane: no snow and quite warm and con
tinued hne Up TO March 18th, and
from that date to the Goth Of March,
a big snow and cold; - below zero.
Then the weather moderated and was
fine until May 18th when we had two
foot OF snow but not very cold; at this
time the cattle were all out on the
range, this storm drove some of the
cattle lowell, some ! have not found
yet. rode among the cattle during
this storm, which lasted three days
and nights. Thought il a little tough,
put knowing ! was tcuderiOot con
cluded IL was all in getting next. Az
ter tnat the weather changed for the
better. The sun shone and the snow
faded away. Then II was extra good
until June eth, when a small shift Of
saow iell to the depth OF IA inches,
which made IL very cold for two days.
this was hard storm for both man
and beast. thought at this time that
never did see anything like 1t, neither
do ever expect TO see anything like
IL again, but the story is not half told.
The sun shone and the snow soon went
of, The weather was fine, very warm
during July and August, but Septem.
Der was not very good as IL was cold |
and rainy. October was changeable, |
being snow, warm, rainy and cold.
Nov. 18th there was a snow storm
and Ii was bad. This storm brought
the cattle all home to their winter |
quarters and the snow storm lasted |
until Feb. 3rd, 1907. / will say here |
that l never saw anything that would |
compare with this two and a half |
months, that is from Nov. 18th. 1906 |
10 Feb. 3rd, 1907. Each day more snow
and little colder until, on Feb. 2nd. |
IL was As below zero and about five feet |
of good hard snow on the lcvel-some
drifts 10 feet in the clear. / don't
think there was a single day in Janu-
airy that was warmer than 20 below;
some cattle frOze while eating hay,
thai is. cattle that had no sheds
had great many pointers given
me about getting cattle through the
winter without hay feeding, but |
stuck to my own convictions that hay
would do the business and it did. Out
OF l25 cows and lilo calves lost one
COW which broke her hip on ice and
two calves, while 80 per cent. would be
fair estimate among the natives.
uhis loss did not come during the cold
weather, not until the weather chang
ed en- Feb. 3rd. Then all of February
was nice, most people were running
low for hay during February. They
saved the hay for another storm, but
these cattle that were cut out of hay
during February died like cholera hogs
during March and April. March and
April were about the same as n
Minnesota, some good weather and
some not so good.
May started in fairly well but got
cold about the Goth, with two foot
snow and no hay in the country at any
price. The storm lasted six days and
the cattle were all poor aud dying like
drowned rats. Then the sun shon,
and the cattle that were left got fa
and export cattle were worth 50. .25 ne
cwt., common fat steers $500 and IA
: COWS s2.s5. The grass here is Of an ex
ira good quality. Alone it will max,
latter cattle in three months feedin,
Than corn gill in your country.
June was extra cold for the time q
year and July was about the same witt
the exception of one week, which wa
very warm. August was not mucl
Il better; good deal of rain, very littl
Of the grain is harvested; most of /
green. Most people are haying,
have about 125 ton of hay stacked. .
ton In the winrow and 20 ton to en-
yet, Have about 90 acres of oats al
green yet, SO you see it is little lat
here.
September started In very nice
Monday the 9th fine, Tuesday morn
ing raining, Tuesday evening snowinI