The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-04-22
TRAINS BLOCKED BY SNOWDRIFTS
AND THOUSANDS OF CATTLE FROZEN
AS BLIZZARD SWEEPS COL ORADO.
Passengers Without Food and Autoists
Suffer From Cold As Storm Sweeps Over
Denver and Palmer Lake.
1t Is Privilege To Live In Canon City. Colorado

April II and Is are likely to be re-
membered by the people of Colorado
for long time, as two of the most
disagreeable days experienced in this
state at that season for many years.
due to the cold, windy weather that
prevailed A blizzard and driyingsnow-
storm of unusual severity swept
across the Rocky Mountain region, ao-
companied by freezing temperature
that made it extremely unpleasant 10
be out OF doors. The states OF Wyo-
ming. Colorado, New Mexico. Arizona
and the western portion of Kansas
and Nebraska were all in the storm
area and suffered more or less from
It's effects. Telephone and telegraph
ines were blown down in many Sec
tions and railroad traffic in some quar-
tiers was suspended as the result of
snowdrifts- Livestock on the ranges
suffered from the cold and cattle in
some places are reported to have
frozen to death.
The storm was predicted by the
weather bureau. and warnings were
sent out by the Denver office to be
prepared for it. The barometer here
had been in a disturbed and unsettled
condition for several days. and indi-
Gated the coming of the storm, and
its advent was not entirely unexpect-
ed. although none anticipated its Sc
verify Some idea of the intensity OF
the storm may be had from the fact
fNlr h.. .1xs -.
from the East Saturday night was by
way OF San Francisco. paradoxicaily
as that may seem. Denver. which is
ordinarily the the distributing point
for news dispatches for the Rocky
Mountain region. was entirely cut on
from telesraphie communication with
both the East and West. and San
Francisco was the only great center
west of the Missouri river that could
be reached by wire All of the trans
continental lines. except one along the
Mexican border and the one operated
by the Canadian Pacific railroad. were
out of commission.
Not until this afternoon had there
been any trains from Denver since
Friday night owing TO the snowfall In
the vicinity of Palmer Lake, where
the drifts on both the Denver & Rio
Grande and the Santa Re tracks were
from 10 to Is feet deep in some places.
Gangs of men with snowplows worked
To open the tracks all day Sunday. but
We're unable TO accomplish very much
as the wind blew the snow back into
the cuts as fast as it WAS removed.
= stub train from Colorado Springs
passed through Canon City early this
morning en- route to Salt Lake City.
bnt whether it will reach its destina-
ton without interruption is matter
of some doubt. as a heavy snowfall Is
said to have occurred on the West
ern slope. The snow was reported to
be is inches in depth at Montrose
Sunday morning.
Canon City felt the pinch OF the
storm less than almost amy portion of
the state. and little or no damage was
done here by 1t. There was eonsid-
cradle snow at Pueblo. but there was
not enough of il here to make the
ground white. although for about Is
minutes Saturday evening there was
a furry of snow that threatened to
stop traffic in the streets During
its continuance il was almost impos-
sible TO see dozen yards ahead. The
Eastern mail brought in from Denver
this afternoon swamped the postoffice
force for a short time as none had ar
rived here from that city for more
than As hours.
This morning dawned bright and
clear. with the outlook very encourac-
ing for a speedy restoration to normal
conditions. The temperature has
steadily gone up. and is again very
pleasant. although chilly nights are in
prospect for most of the week in con
sequence of the snow in the sur
rounding mountains The storm in
the Palmer Lake district was one OF
the worst ever known there in April.