White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1923-04-01
NFAVY LOSS TO COME
As SHEEP ARE MOVED

'.ounting probably to between 500
az 700 head, the losses generally in
~ cnring and Snake valley coun-
,.,es are not so large up TO now as
~ hard weather conditions would
'Ds,oate according to reports received
- The White Pine News from a
s.,ood who has returned from a
,orrney through the White River,
c,sptoe. Spring and Snake valley
.sreb and range districts, but he
adds:
on Is Just now when the big loss.
wil begin. They haven't started
yet"
AnrlI / the Utah herds will com.
.,orce TO move toward their sum-
NOR ranges I'm northeastern Utah and
soutbwestern Wyoming, and with the
.now hanging ON as 1t is the ground
Ia hound to be soft and will tax their
.,,eneth. II viii mean heavy Losses,
and IN a manner to prevent resusei-
,.,ing those that get down as would
10 possible we're they at a camp that
was more or less stationary. II will
moan also the loss of their ptlts.
wbieh cannot be hauled in quantity
Nv the camp wagons over the Great
American desert. On the other hand
,or those that are strong IL will he
an aid. as they will not have to travel
- aaNyaaa NFataEAnU Rlaa.n -
snowdrifts. which answer the same
purpose.
The Doutre loss IS the second
heaviest this year IN this part OF the
country. At first /. a reported TO
ha 900 head. The Doutre bands
we're located oyer in the Mike springs
muntry. directly east of the home
rsnch. which is a few miles south OF
Aurum. The pelts have been hauled
10 the ranch. There are probably
TWO and a half tons of them. He
will shear them and sell the wool.
AT cnrrie. the first place north of
Ely that was visited. the dead sheep
we're more numerous than asst win
ter, which in Its turn vas worse In
that respect than usual. Little n
anything unusual occurred in the vi
einity of Cherry Creek or In the vi.
Unity Of Schellbourne. though there
we're many sheep w%intering east of
The schell Creek range. but thoy got
through in exceptional shape when
weather conditions and depth Of
snow are considered.
From that region south 10 the
Cleveland ranch there was lots OF
snow but no unusual sheep less ex.
cept Doutre's. II was the same thing
through the Sacramento pass dis
lrict into Snake valley. brit quite a
heavy loss from there north 10 Warm
creek
The Warm creek settlement. where
James II. robison. his two sors, Ike
and Stanley. and Jack Singleton re
side, Is quite a winter hangout for
Utah sheepmen. They have he'd loss
Is eqnaling those OF last winter.
which were heavier than usual,
but these are slight as compared 10
what was the natural expectation
from such a big storm and further
from the long time that the snow
has held on. II is from that region
and east and north of there that
many OF the Utah outfits will set
out for their summer ranges ana
from which the losses TO come viii be
reported within the next three or
four weeks.
Sam Mintz and George Summer
hays, pelt buyers from Salt Lake.
have put In the winter In Snake val.
ley and have eampod on the trail OF
every sheep owner and almost mat
Of every weak sheep since long be.
fore the January storm came. 1hey
are competitors and have played the,
game In a way TO get the owners into
a high condition OF expectancy, untll
The notion is more or less prevalent
that a sleeps hide Is worth as much
10 'ffi1luink tfot III Anf Nhihh -
10 the live sheep with hide and wool
on. In their keenness they have ap-
pointed subagents throughout the
valley, placing from $500 to $500 In
cash at their disposal. and the money
mat has circulated from this Is com
parable To the days of last fall when
the moving picture outfit was CIV
Ing everybody In the valley the
chance Of their lives 10 find money.
As those things generally go there
seldom Is an ending without its ORA
matte climax. Money failing more OF
less as an argument II IL releted that
Two pleasant hammered gentlemen
hooked up a team of four-footcd mo
TORS to a camp wagon and struck
out Into the winter range with "A fine
cargo of never-worry, passing II OUT
IN trade among the herders anu
eamplaeks with pleasing results
coming back laden with peltries all
'ne team could pull and then a little
uh.il the sheep owners gave orders
mat Delfs qhnuId nnt he sold, but