The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-03-15
MARCH HOLDING TO RECORD
Reports Indicate Last Weeks
Heavy Snowfall Covered Only
a Width of About Sixty
Miles


OF being generally the stormiest.
coolest and most d~isagreeable month
in the year. For about three hours
Thursday afternoon the worst biz
card Of the Winter prevailed here,
and those who were out in it say they
never experienced worse. 1t let up
about 4:30 and remained quite calm
until z p. m. when another fall of
snow commenced that lasted about
an hour and brought down three
more inches. The barometer was
down to just below &c. and remained
there until after the last squall. since
which time it has been steadily rising
with indications Of a clear spell of
weather ahead.
During the week we have received
reports of last weeks heavy snow
fall from a number of adjacent Sec
tons. and most of these we're OBJ
tanned first hand from parties COM
ing into Eureka. The heaviest fall
reported is from west of Roberts
Creek to Three Bar and Tonkin. Ber-
nard and Steve Damele came into
Eureka on horseback the first of the
week and stated that from a short
distance west of Roberts Creek the
snow was from three to five feet on
the level all the way to Tonkin. Com
ing from Roberts Creek this way it
is from two feet to one foot at the
Morrison ranch
From the south John Donnelly re-
ports two feet at Fish Creek and all
over that valley; Martin Hasquet
from Willow Creek. 38 miles, three
feet; Martin Etchemendy from
Moore's Station. GA miles south. says
there is only between two and three
inches. At Hot Creek. about 100
miles south. it is said no hay has been
fed to cattle so far this Winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Isaac Handley, Cas-
ton Uhalde and Louis Palma came
into Eureka Thursday afternoon from
the Duckwater country. about go
miles southeast of Eureka, and re-
ported no snow there and the roads
They struck the snow below
the Pogue ranch, and from there in
had two feet of it to Pinto. Here
they traded their wagons to Pete
Schaefer for a sleigh. and with four
horses to break the road and
four horses on the sleigh say they had
a hard time in getting over Pinto
summit. They report all the bands
of sheep they heard of in the south
ern country to be doing nicely. but
with many of the owners figuring on
a way to get north for shearing and
lambing.
Frank Swain. foreman for Charley
Mitchell, and Gracian Meriluch.
whose bands are near the Deep Well.
came into Eureka for supplies yester-
day afternoon. They had to aban-
don their wagon at Pinto and come
over the summit horseback. leading
their other animals.
w. A. Moore and Walter Handley
reached Eureka yesterday afternoon
on horseback after a hard trip over
the Newark Summit. They report
only about a foot of snow in Newark
Valley, but at least 20 feet on the
summit. Moore said he had hay
enough to feed another two weeks,
but was even shorter on food supplies
and he just had to come in.
At Carlin Wednesday there was no
snow but plenty of mud; only a few
at Palisade. but from there
up through Pine Valley there is
about a foot. Only a few inches of
snow is reported at the Bailey and
Winzell ranches in Garden Valley,
while it is from one to two feet deep
in Diamond Valley.
There has been some lively rustling
for hay by cattlemen during the
week and a number of cars have been
ordered shipped in from Fallon and
Nearly all of them have
some feed yet. and with the hay Or
dered and a favorable break in the
weather it is hoped the stock loss