White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-02-11

as much as ii Is in this region.
Many sheep are known to be suf-
fering for feed During the last
three DAYS word came in from the
vicinity of Tippett and Deep creek
that seventeen herds of sheep in that
Vicinity were in greater or less peril,
some of them at that time having
not left their backgrounds for four
days Adding the elapsed time since,
when conditions have been no bet
ter. they have been showed IN and
without forage for seven or eight
days, which means many weak sheep
and some dead ones now, with many
more of both to follow in the sue
eeeding weeks before they can be
trailed to their summer ranges
The sheep In that vicinity are sup
posed to be the Gemmell herds. sey-
eral in number. more belonging to
Boundy brothers and 10 Gus Sellas
others thas are most likely In that
region are three or four bands be-
longing TO the Steptoe Livestock
Company of Wells and probably some
Of the big Columbia Basin concern,
an Idaho outfit having headquarters
at Pooatello.
Farther east the next large outfit
Is Men brothers of Trout Creek, who
have upward of 1000 head on the
Utah side. and twenty or thirty small
er outfits the owners OF which form
sheep owners colonies at American
Fork and Pleasant Grove, Utah.
These include Ingersoll. chipm.n.
Wells Clark, Ludlow, Singleton. Ad-
amson. Adams. Nichols, Williams,
Cottington. oride. Wilson. Perg. Fer
ris Neff. Pace and large number of
others There are easily 100000
sheep in that direction from Ely on
the Utah eide and probably as many
more on the Nevada side
These do not include the local out
Cts there, among which are several
Of the Robisons, Jack Singleton.
Nelson's. Parkers, on the Utah side,
and Doutres. Yellands and others on
this side
From the west similar reports
have come though With lese yerifiea-
ton Sheriff W. II. Thomas Il quot
ed by a Tonopah newspaper a say
Ing that from 10000 10 30. .0oc sheep
were in peril In the Pancake foot
hills. most OF them belonging TO
Basques of Nevada and Idaho. He
was there collecting sheep taxes but
may not have been close TO many OF
the bands. Mr.. Thomas Is a sheer
and cattle man and should be com
petent to judge from appearances.
One person who arrived in Ely
from Railroad valley told of seeing
sheep camps by the road where the
animals had not been able 10 get 10
feed. This was four DAYS ago
W. y McGill takes an optimistie
view Of the situation as affecting tho
Adsms-McGill Company's many herds
Of sheep lie says the only ones Tor
which he has the least fear are those
in the Lake valley country, which IN
cludes those In the hills between
Spring and Lake valleys. or those
he Is concerned to the extent OF haY-
ing dispatched three of his he'd men
thence 10 look after them Frank
Latimore left during the week and
has not been heard from and yester-
day W Y. MeGill and william Field
ing followed him The ground feed
there Is fine, but there are less trees
and high bushes for browse, which
would tend 10 increase the danger
with the snow depths of now.
In the same territory Is the big
Murray Sheep Company of Big
Springs. which ranges east Of tho Ad-
ams-McGill sheep. and r. T Swallow,
who ranges his sheep In the same
direction from here
The sheep business is peculiar IN
one sense, to the extent of being
primitive. 1t Is one line of business
In which the home ranch or Office is
seldom in communication with its es-
Sental interests. and In an emergency |
'he latter can only conjecture upon
me effect of weather and other con
'ditions. which privilege and skill to
Iapply this form of intuition may be-
pong 10 anyone. II 1000 sheep |
should perish i'm a storm like the last
'ono the owner might not know II for |
Iohe or perhaps two weeks.
Last years loss was heavy NO
ingle storm was as heavy as the |
present one. but in all the snow grew
70 about the present depth and to
make II worse the weather was cold
|ior more than six weeks, the mer-
fcury not ascending to tho thawing
point once In that time. Next to
.ueep snow there is nothing as dis
pressing to range stock-sheep and
Icattle--as extremely cold weather.
4 II causes them to hump and to
weaken. When their muscular
strength departs from them they are
Farly candidates for the bone pile,
.and there is nothing that will save
mem but artificial feed and care.
owners who have adjacent ranches or