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Show y v j.j.,.. ...... , - ' r '-"-..' " " v r . I 1 wil 1 nJ i Jdl J.. ,' W ; ll.v..J.A- i0 Central West liiIi.x:: Cc!!::t Cay cf 7ttc; ..Shcci r:r;::i::lylL: Hundreds In' Mountain Ranges cfKrrtliTrcst, . OS O COLDrST PLACES III 0 UNITED STATE3 TODAY, 1 - . - . f 0 WlllUtm, N. D...43 belo & Encampment, Wy. .40 below jT7est Superior, X7i. .23 below j'Cr3ahv 10 'below & llrou, C D.. .4.. .21 below - tlvux City, -la. .... 14 below Kans& City 6 below; ygr Dodge City, Kan, . . .16 below 4 3 Chicago .. r. 4 aboyr rocs)a f ! WIXLXSTON, N. "d FEB. 16. t7ILLIST0N IS THE COLDEST POT IU THE UNITED STATES TODAY, TO-DAY, THE -MEECUBY REGISTER-INQ REGISTER-INQ 42 BELOW. RAWLINS, Wyo Feb. 18. The loss to sheep on the Red desert, where 600,-000 600,-000 graze, will be heavy as the result of the Intense cold. The weather is now moderating, but .the . continuation of the storm for six or seven days has weakened the cheep until deaths are of hourly Accarrence. The weather is the coldest which has be-n experienced for many years. At . Medicine Bow.' in the center of the vast eheep-grsjing country; the temperature registered from 24 -to 32 degrees below xero for four nights. In the Encampment Encamp-ment country, it has fallen to- 40 below, and all mining operations have ceased. The fall of snow in the mountains - averages from twenty to sixty feet, and many small mining camps will be snowbound for weeks. In spite of the storm, the Union Pa-j Pa-j ciflc, by extraordinary efforts, has kept its line clear, although all passenger trains are ' running behind time. A score of snowploughs are working day and night from Cheyenne to Ogden. |