| Show I. I 1 In Indian d an S Style If t Signal Blankets Used By Stranded By Dan Valentine Stranded persons in Utah's roIling rolling rolling roll roIl ing sheep country surrounded by high drifts of snow and howling winds have a language all their own own own-a a blanket language The current making history-making cold and snow wave which has isolated more than Utah sheep has also blocked off oft the families of ranchers in desolate areas Flying over the snow-covered snow terrain national guard pilots report report report re re- re- re port that the complete whiteness of- of the of-the the area makes make it look like a new news uninhabited land However breaking the bleak whiteness every now and then is an isolated ranch house with smoke curling from the chimney And the thel pilots s salso also noted slow-moving slow bands of sheep only small dark specks inthe inthe in inthe the white wilderness Capt Werner G. G G Goering piloting piloting pilot pilot- ing a B 26 flew over Millard county late Tuesday dropping relief re relief relief re- re lief supplies In the form of army rations to isolated and ranch families Along with the rations Capt Goering dropped written instructions instruct explaining the distress blanket blanket blanket blan blan- ket language to the stranded This is how the S SOS 0 S blanket language works Point blanket strips east if it medicine is n needed ded point them west vest if there is sickness north northie if ie feed for livestock is needed and point the blanket strips south i if all is well The strips all pointed north Inthe In to the scattered reaches of Millard county showing snowing the great ne need for feed in the snowbound ar area Several sheep camps in the Mil Mu Millard lard county area have not been heard from in more than a week However county officials believe that the sheepherders are safe even though their flocks may bo- bo suffering from lack of fe feed d. d Some ranchers living the year around in Hamlin valley northwest northwest northwest north north- west of Modena have been isolated for 10 days State road crews were working against a biting wind and bitter cold to open a Toad road to these isolated spots spotS' ate Wednesday afternoon A Utah road commission snowplow snowplow snow snow- plow finally broke brok through towering towering towering tower tower- ing drifts in Millard county to contact eight persons isolated at ata a remote mine The eight persons were all in good health and had not suffered too much from their ordeal road commission commission commission commis commis- sion crewmen said After four days on the snow snow- blocked roads with two sick children children children chil chil- dren in the back seat Mr Mr- and Mrs Harold Parker Pleasant Grove finally arrived at Delta early Wednesday morning The trip usually takes about three hours The Parkers were the first persons to negotiate the entire stretch of U. U S. S highway 6 from front the Nevada line to Delta since the start of the snow and cold wave |
