| Show STOCK OOWES IN MONTANA lOSE MANY lAMBS Thousands Fall Beneath Fierceness of Blizzard WORST MAY STORM KNOWN Horder on Range Near Portage Is Frozen to Death Ranchers in Sections About Fort Benton Ben-ton Cascade and Geyser Have Suffered Unusual Losses d Butte MonU May 18 Advices om northern and southern sections of the State tell of extremely heavy losses among lambs as a result of the snowstorm snow-storm which prevailed yesterday and last night THOUSANDS OF LAMBS PERISH A Dillon report says tens of thousands of young lambs have fallen beneath the fierceness of the heaviest blizzard for May in the history oCthls section Reports Re-ports pour in from every dlreection detailing losses of frightfully large percentage per-centage of ewes and their tender offspring off-spring SHEEP HERDER FROZEN A Great Falls special saysthat IT Hr Wilson a sheep herder on the range near Portage has been lost and undoubtedly un-doubtedly has been frozen to death Ills Hock was found but searching parties could find no trace of him Wit sons horse was found wandering In deep drifts WORST MAY STORM KNOWN The storm Is the worst In the history of this section The storm has killed thousands of sheep especially young lambs and will do Incalculable damage Ranchers in the sections about Fort Benton Cascade and Geyser have suffered suff-ered heavily and reports of losses como In from every side SIX INCHES OF SNOW Records of UK Ilplcna weather office show that the present HIIOW Is I the heaviest one recorded for May In Montana At fi i oclock this morning when tho lust oh Hcrvatlon wan taken six Inches of snow bad fallen In twentyfour hours Tho storm Is central throughout the State It Is snowing In western portions and heavily heav-ily on the eastern elope and raining In tho eastern part of the State |
