Albuquerque citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1907-1909, 1909-03-11
SHEEP AND AERDtRS
SUFFERED SEVERELY
Several Herders Reported Missing
in SoCorro County and
Loss OF Sheep VIII
Probably be
fisdyy.

The storm which has ragged
throughout New Mexico and Arizona
for the past two days has done con-
siderable damage in various parts OF
the territory and will probably cause
heavy loss to sheep owners in western
Socorro and Valencia counties, ac-
cording to reports which reached Al
buoueraue today. So far as reported
there has been no loss of life, though
il is reported from Socorro that sew
eral sheep herders were missing this
morning and searching parties nave
gone out to look for them.
Albuaueroue was lucky IN having
no snow. as other localities had both
snow and wind as well as lower tenn
perature. The storm here consisted
principally of wind and the tempera-
ture went down close to zero. But
little snow fell, however, and this
was surprising. as the precipitation
appears to have been general over
the territory and various cJmmuni-
ties report today that snow is stu
falling.
While a number of buildings were
damaged and sign boards blown down
by the wind. the damage was COM
paratively small No school was held
in the public schools in the afternoon
or at the University because of the
cold and windy weather The fes-
tive coal man got the most benefit our
of the cold wave and the demand for
fuel almost exceeded the available
supply.
Three Feet of Snow.
While snow fell in more or less
abundance over all the territory,
western Socorro county appears 10
have had the most 1t was reported
from Socorro this morning that snow
fell to a depth of Ia inches there, "a
inches at Water Canyon, 80 inches at
Magdalena 81 inches at Rosedale,
while further west it was reported
that snow covered the ground to a
depth of three feet. The conductor
of the train which runs on the
branch from SOcorro to Magdalena,
telephoned from Water Canyon that
the snow was two feet deep there and
he did not know whether his train
would be aOle to get to Magdalena or
not.
Several sheep herders are reported
missing and it is feared that some OF
them perished from cold. searching
parties went out to look for them
ms morning ana every df fSiiubA' AAie''A
was pressed into service to search for
the sheep which had scattered from
the flocks during the binding snow
storm A call was sent in from the
ranch of Louis McRae for men TO
helm dig the sheep out Of the snow.
IL was reported that they were buried
under three feet of snow and that
the loss would probably be heavy.
Other sheep owners sent out men TO
dig their sheep out of the snow ana
care for them.
Socorro reported this morning thdt
the sun was shining and the weather
moderating somewhat, but that 1T was
stiU cold. The wind had abated.
Snow Still Failing.
From othen parts of New Mexico
and over the line into Arizona snow
was reported by the Postal Telegraph
company and in some localities IL had
not stopped showing this afternoon
At Ccrrillos it was reported that tn"
snowfall had been heavy and the
snow was badly drifted. At Santa Fe
there is four inches of snow on the
level and it was still showing this
morning, no loss of sheep had been
reported.
Las Vegas reported two feet Of
snow on the level and the snow still
falling. The weather Is not cold
Ration reported that snow is falling
today and there is 10 inches Of snow
on the level
Tied Up a Train.
From the south comes word of q
heavy fall of snow At Las Cruces
four inches of snow fell and il Il
thought there will be loss OF sheep
but the extent of the damage is moi
known
From Roswell comes the repor
that snow. lying more than two fee
on the level, has tied up traffic be
tween that place and Torrance OF
the stage line. The report that thu
new Roswell armory had been de
stroyed by high winds yesterday b
erroneous The storm was severe
and the wind high.
Fl Paso reported that at Corona
Duran and other nearby points IN
New Mexico the snowfall had beer
heavy. so heavy in fact as TO tie uI
the Rock Island railroad and NJ