Show Utah Stockmen Face Disaster As New Blizzard Blasts Area LIVESTOCK B By Hugh Thompson Utah's multimillion dollar livestock livestock live live- stock industry Monday had been driven to the brink of disaster by bythe bythe bythe the worst winter In history Unless we get a break in the weather the Utah livestock industry industry industry indus indus- try is in danger of being wiped out Chesley P. P Seely range mana management management man man- a ement chic chief Bureau of Land Management declared The latest series of or storms thrown at the state by the worst winter in history hit us right in inthe inthe inthe the solar plexus Mr Seely said and the high winds have closed practically every road into range lands Provo Pro Area Hit lilt S. S R. R Boswell Utah county agent at Provo Prove reported the situation of oC livestock men in that that sector is getting worse all the time and in some cases now is d desperate sperate Meantime hay from state out-of-state points bought to feed starving and freezing cattle in Utah was beginning beginning beginning begin begin- ning to arrive in the state state only only to be tied up at rail heads due to blocked again-blocked rangeland roads The first hay to reach St. St George 21 tons from California arrived Saturday Hay arrived in Vernal Monday from Mack Colo Cob but stockmen were unable to move it to sheep ranges Hay from Montana ordered for distribution in Utah county had hadnot hadnot hadnot not made its appearance Monday morning Relief Snowed In Reed C. C Culp Gulp state disaster re relief relief relief re- re lief coordinator reported Monday morning that state operations are snowed in and Md just marking time awaiting a break in weather He reported carloads of hay en to Utah arc are stalled on railroads in the Laramie Wyo and North Platte Neb areas Stockmen in the Tropic section of or south-central south Garfield county asked for help Monday but Mr Gulp Culp said weather condItions conditions conditions condi condI- prevented getting planes into the air before Tuesday Box Elder county stockmen re- re reported just b be before C f o 0 r e noon that a shift in wind direction there made it appear that range roads could be opened there within a few lew hours Worst In History Such conditions as we in Utah are experiencing now have never prevailed before at least in the memories of the oldest veterans of the states state's livestock industry Mr Seely reported Nothing in past winters can even start to compare with what we are up against now he added from his 50 years experience in the west wesL Its HIts so bad we think were we're dreaming Mr Seely reported the states state's livestock catastrophe area is spreading rapidly and now in- in See Page 2 2 Column 3 States State's Traffic Limps T TAs I As Blizzard Strikes Continued from Page rage One Onea a am m. m which struck a Utah Power and Light Co transformer at Milton ave Gusts of or wind were estimated at 60 miles an hour In Salt Lake City after the weather bureaus bureau's measuring device broke under the strain The maximum clocked was 44 miles an hour Roads Choked All roads leading to and from Salt Lake City were choked by bythe bythe the he drifting drifting- snow with the exception exception ex ex- ex of U. U S. S 91 south to Payson Payson Payson Pay- Pay son and U. U S. S 40 west to airport I which was open to way one-way tra- tra fic fie In Salt Lake City crews worked all day Sunday to clear blocks on the east bench and west side only to have their work obliterated early Monday by the new storm All available state county and city snow equipment was shoved into action in an attempt to open roads clogged for the second time in three days Workers were heartened by the weather bureau forecast which predicted the storm would have passed the Salt Lake area by noon But continuing southward the storm brought added peril to the thousands of already starving livestock livestock livestock live live- stock in the southern part of at the state Salt Lake road officials said all roads east cast of oC East and south of South were closed by snow snow- drifts Count County road officials added the streets south of South S west vest of Redwood rd and east of Wasatch blvd were also closed Main arterial routes in the city and county were piled high with snow with drifts over 12 feet deep measured in the Draper and other southern areas of or Salt Lake county county county coun coun- ty according to E E. A. A Orton superintendent super super- I vol the county roads and bridges department Pull pun Out Trucks Truck Two Salt Lake county fire trucks were pulled out of drifts of-drifts and a R third one stranded after they I attempted to get to a fire tire that completely destroyed the Utah highway patrol transmitter station station sta sta- tion at 1400 W. W South early Monday The third truck was recovered at 11 am a.m. Monday by a county rotary plow None of the fire I trucks had gotten within a mile mUe of the blaze An estimated 2500 passengers of oC 14 Union Pacific Railroad Co trains were stranded in Green River Wyo yo pending clearance of oC ofa oCa a snow blockade miles to the east In Jn Glenns Glenna Ferry Ida there were about passengers of four U. U P. P trains stranded U. U P. P trains also were halted at Rawlins Wyo Po atello Ida and Salt Lake City and Ogden While temperatures throughout the blizzard bUzzard remained comparably high an time all low of 21 degrees below zero was reached early Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day at Cedar City where the job was under way again Monday to clear drifts from livestock roads Relatively ely few spots in the intermountain intermountain intermountain in- in area saw temperatures temperatures temperatures tempera tempera- tures drop below zero during the night nigh t. t At Utah Power and Light Co generating stations in Utah and Idaho the low readings were 11 11 at Lifton Litton Ida 8 8 at Helper Carbon Carbon Carbon Car Car- bon count county and 3 3 at Olmstead in Provo canyon Six inches of new snow was re reported reported reported re- re ported at the generating station at Ogden five inches at Cutler four Inches at Logan and Helper three inches at Eureka Juab county one inch at the terminal west of Salt Lake City a half- half inch at Olmstead and a trace at Bingham Schools Closed Some schools in Utah were ordered ordered ordered or or- dered to remain closed Monday and virtually all southeastern Idaho schools were shut down dO The Intermountain storm death toll which reached four Saturday had the names of Kenneth Bright about 23 Murtaugh Idaho and Russell A. A Stevens 25 Montpelier Idaho added Sunday Three Wyoming Wyoming Wyo Wyo- ming fliers listed as missing were Joseph A. A 2 27 Stewart Quealy 28 his law in and Robert Stratton 30 all of Rawlins Union Pacific Railroad Co trains I through Idaho Wyoming and Utah all were being held Monday at various points along the line Denver Denver Denver Den Den- ver Rio Grande Western Vestern Railroad Railroad Rail Rail-I road Co reported trains from the east into Salt Lake City two to three hours late Officials reported report report- ed eel the situation was temporary and crews are at work clearing the roads Train bus and auto traffic was completely paralyzed at Pocatello Idaho with road crews working to clear U. U S. S highway 91 from the Utah line through Sardine canyon canyon can can- yon yen and up to Idaho Falls alls Persons in Idaho in distress were advised to put signals of ashes on the snow or build fires to inform pilots ready to fly out of Pocatello of their situation Additional snow flurries were predicted in the northwest of Utah with snow and blowing snow in the southwest portion and snow or snow flurries in the east portion portion portion por por- tion Monday afternoon and Monday Mon Mon- on- on day night Clearing was predicted Tuesday over o the north and west portions with lower temperatures in the north and west portions Monday afternoon and over the state sUite Monday night Staying Low LowLow LowLow LowLow Low temperatures were to range between 5 below and 5 above in the north and west portions Monday night to zero and 10 above in the southeast H Hi High i g h temperatures Tuesday are expected to range between between between be be- tween 12 and 22 degrees in Utah Persons in Wyoming hit hardest by the intermountain area storm were warned to take against strong winds with vi bl or drifting snow Monday Ji Stranded motorists and r were reported In all aU j par intermountain ct j region u with traffic being blocking L 1 both sides of ot trouble Roads were closed to th the o B ton and Alta AHa ski areas I Bingham Road Closed Although h work was to i Monday at the K Copper Corp mine at the Bingham road U 48 W by drifting snow Deputy Sheriff Sherif Clarence the spent night at Sou South Redwood rd diverting traffic i going west on South Sout He reported two worn 1 tempting to get home Wj spend the night In his car carof W of oC the blocked road He Re d dr them them off at a bus line me morning 1 A Greyhound bus between Murtaugh and andT Twin r FL Ida Sunday night finally it through to Murtaugh 6 of delay Free Vehicles Vehicle About 20 vehicles were y r from packed drifts at Rocks 40 miles west woot of p pon Po i on U. U S. S highway 30 after marooned for more than 21 24 ls W Traffic was blockaded by iffs iff's officers both east a aon and on highway 50 40 at W t Sunday night The highway highly J Salt Lake City to Logan v i until late Sunday afternoon the blizzard struck The road over the Point of ci ef b Mountain was blocked Monda snow drifting before high wj Of roads leading into Og Orda only major highway open Jfe was to Huntsville through o to canyon The Brigham City Lake City road was re reported ox but in bad condition w with iW six inches of new snow tn u fallen during the night 11 fag Ogden area I Air Lines reported sdi d would be run Monday out of g i Lake City but U. U S. S 40 s WU da by drifts drills between Salt Lal Laland Lake and the airport for sor K Q Monday morning The winds were expected t ta Monday in southern Ei but continue in Wyoming at t reaching 50 miles an hour 14 snow was expected in both bothI g gI I Monday and also in Neu Nevada a. a I |