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Show SHEEP LOSS YKlM Idaho'Stcckmcn Sayffl ; :tct D(h Ratals; 25 : Per Cent. . " J.-W. Thomas, .an attorney, at Halley, and his brother,,T.-W. Thomas, a large rancher and stock-raiser of Idaho,' are in Salt Lake' today: negotiating a. deal whereby a large tract of farming land in the - Wood River 1 district will be transferred 5 to. W. jD.", Sheppard' of SpringvlHe. , , . : t. . "The snow has Just' disappeared from the level country . In Idaho," J. W. Thomas said, "and the sheepmen and cattlemen are just beginning to ascertain ascer-tain -what their losses for the winter really have been.' -I believe that in the neighborhood of Halley the losses to sheep flocks are estimated, to have been close to 23 per cent. I was talking with John Laid-low, Laid-low, . one of the largest sheepmen in Idaho, who Is also well known here, and he stated that bis losses would, be fully that heavy, v . "The cattlemen have lost heavily also, but from those who have discovered their actual losses I have been Informed that they will not exceed 10 per cent." |