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Show MANY LAMBS LOST IN THE MONTANA BLIZZARD Benton, Cascade and Geyser have suffered suff-ered heavily and reports of losses come in from every side. Records of the Helena weather office show that the present snow la the heaviest one recorded for May In Montana. At o'clock yesterday, when the last observation ob-servation was taken, six inches of snow had fallen, til twenty-four, hours. - The storm la central throughout the State. It Is snowing in western portions and heavily heav-ily on the eastern slope, and raining in the eastern part ot the State.' . BUTTE, Mont., May 19 Advices from northern and southern sections of the State tell of extremely heavy losses among iambs as a result' of the snowstorm snow-storm . which prevailed Sunday . and Monday. . , A Dillon report says tens ot thousands of young lambs have fallen beneath the fierceness of the heaviest blizzard for May in the history of this section. Ren ports- pour 'In from every direection, detailing losses of frightfully large percentage per-centage of ewes and their tender, offspring.;-., . . . ' A Great 'Falls special says that H. H. WilsonI a sheep herder on the range near Portage, has been . lost 'and undoubtedly un-doubtedly has been frozen to death. His flock was" found but - searching parties could find no trace of him. Wilson's Wil-son's horse was found wandering in deep drifts. Ranchers in the sections about Fort |