The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1916-02-05
BIG STORM IS BROKEN
Snowfall Covers This Entire Sec
ton with From One To Three
Live Stock
Losses Predicted

ton of Nevada to a depth of from
one to three feet on the level was
broken last Saturday night after
fast fall of four inches of snow, and
with the exception of a few snow
squalls at intervals during the week,
there has been no new snow. There
was lots of good strong wind during
the forepart of the week that piled
the snow into huge drifts. but Wed.
nesday and Thursday the weather
became milder and we have since had
considerable thawing weather.
AS all attention here is being CEN
tered in the condition of the live
stock on the ranges and those being
| fed, the SENTINEL this week has col
lected and gives all the information
along those lines it has been able to
obtain.
10000 Sheep In Critical Situation
Fruito Uesta, foreman in charge
of two bands of sheep belonging to
| Charley Mitchell of Elko, came into
Eureka Thursday afternoon with a
four horse sled loaded with fresh
sheep pelts taken from sheep that
have persisted in the deep snow COW
ering Fish Creek valley.
Mr.. Uesta says there are Is other
bands of sheep in this valley in the
vicinity of Pogue's, about 80 miles
south of Eureka, and that the depth
of snow averages from a foot and a
half to two feet all over the valley.
He and other sheepmen have ridden
from Is to 20 miles in all directions
in an effort to find a way out for the
sheep, but says there is less snow
where they now are than in the sur
rounding country. He learned there
was owe two feet of snow in the
Sand Springs valley.
Before coming into Eureka he had
just returned from a trip to Duck
water, where he went expecting to
secure and haul out hay for his
sheep. Hefound that II bands had
recently been driven in there from
the south and were being fed, and
that the owners of these sheep had
already purchased every pound OF
hay and grain the Duckwater ranch
ers would sell. He said that the
snow was now over two feet deep al
Duckwater, as against about three
inches a week ago, and that a num-
Der of the sheep being fed there
were dying on account of the lack of
bedding grounds.
Mr.. Uesta says the situation and
condition of the 80, 900 sheep now ir
the vicinity of Pogue's is critical anG
he sees no chance of saving then
unless sufficient quantities of hay
and grain are hauled out to then
from Eureka, and he has informed
Mr.. Mitchell. his employer, of thi.
situation.
Lost 1000 Out of 100 Sheep
Leon, a brother-in-law Of Martin
Sara. came into Eureka from Pogue's
yesterday and reports that Sara haG
lost over 1000 head of sheep out OF
his band of 1700. This band is locat
ed about five miles southwest Of
Pogue's in snow averaging two fee
in depth. Isadore Sara, his brother
has started a snowplow and six hors
es to him and an effort will be made
to scrape the top of the snow off o:
enough sagebrush to sustain the bal
ance of the band until feed can bt
hauled to them.
Two Bands Rescued From Deep Snow
Isadore Sara of the Eureka Lane
and Stock Company was unable t.
get the 1000 head of sheep caught il
the deep snow at the Deep Wells t,
the company's ranches at Bull Creek
but he succeeded in blowing a 81,
foot path into the ranch at Fisl
Creek-about 8 miles-and lande'
the two bands there Tuesday witt
but little loss. where they are nov