Show I BLIZZARDS BLiZZARD EFFECT Ill f I f O oN TIlE THE SHEEP George Austin Brings Latest News From Wyoming Il 11 I Ranges lt DAMAGE IS OVERESTIMATED i 1 i t Tales r lel of or the rj k tu to liy II f ik Tho rho havoc hy h y the recent f blizzard on the sheep ranges ranJes of nt Wyom Wyoming W orn ing and Idaho Is I not ai a grent as M a It t ti i would have been beell In former years ears and andL L it has been heen overstated bv bY the rumors ac nc acI I IA cording to tho report brought back by neo Oeo Austin from the Wyoming W ranges hiI today Nr Ir Austin Is president of tho th h Land and Livestock company tampan and alid n a C week eek ago OKO when tho blizzard was WM at lit Us UsI I height he lie was summoned by IJ his son soh fl Andrew M It Austin who ho was sa In charge char o of the company H Hocks In tn Wyoming y to como come at once and help In saving savinI the th Ho 10 has ha been In the Held field ever since until yesterday when he left for or 0 44 Salt Halt Lake tad he says that now the ti i greatest danger daller Is j patt unless very iry nr se severe e eare ec c vere ere are storms follow latu lato In tho the prIng fi i So far for the losses In his company are ore aref f q i not riot over 3 per Iler cent and Mr Ir Austin Au i expresses ees the belief that the tho lossen loul will viiI not total 10 per cent for the en entire entire entire tire which Is 18 unusually low for F r a severe elvere winter Statements that loss Ios losses Iose lo loos es os e are now SO 21 0 per cent urn are overestimates k mates he says except In cases tases where the sheep arts are extremely weak and far p ii removed from froni feeding From Krom t r nil alt reports the heaviest losses are on k tho the Reel Red Desert where omo Itah and an ane e Wyoming men lUen winter their To be able to weather a II nonn like lI e l that thai whIch Is 18 Just In V orn om ornIng omIng Ing without a 11 great p percentage e of Ion losi iosA A i marks a II new now era ern In III sheep raisin The Tho Thet t WilY way it II was done was WIS va to resolutely re refuse reo rep p fuse to allow herder to take the big flocks far away from the tha railroad and L then to keep In touch with a n hay har sup supply up i ply pi that could he be delivered quickly to the sheep wherever they bight be bo 1 I ic when overtaken by tw n IL blizzard blUzard l It has hall 1 i 1 been found that sheep do not freeze to death with the low temperatures so o f much as a they starve on account of or the till i 4 frozen Ice over their feed supply and when hay can call bo ho rushed rushell out ont to them over the tho railroad they will survive the tho i most severe blizzards h At t the present time the ue flocks locks of the Heber Land and Live Stock company 1 tj are being belu ted fed from front baled hay ha carried to them on un the tho railroad and then hauled by wogan to the tho camp grounds I Three outfits ore nrc kept constantly em cia employed hj 1 th hay and th c weaker sheep are taken out of ot the range herds and put on feed Out of about hout sheep in the I are Ire now on feed will remain so o until better belter weather comes Mr Austin u found his hili son the com coin f pany foreman when hen h hI he and one of at tho the herders herder suffer suffering 9 lag ing In from a It frozen face Hath Hoth of or thes IJ ik 4 men nen have been released release from duty luty Ruth and 1 i ore are now under medical treatment white 1 I p the field operations are In charge charKo of I i I John K E l Austin who nho will remain on Oil t l the ground around till tilt the winter breaks f tI George Shanks of 01 Heber City a n vet veteran veteran p eran sheep herder herler who lio has wintered on all many Wyoming ranges hud had an expert t 1 nee iRe In this blizzard which was Wall trying 1 I i In Iii It the extreme anti and which tested hl his resources The tact fact that previous blizzards had hod taught him to 4 j 4 K carry corry In tn his pocket a I flask of t 1 r through the Iho winter saved saed him great t suffering and perhaps hit his life On O the I h day the tho storm first blew up a n cold cohl cut cutting cutting F e ting wind accompanied It with a n drop 4 in the temperature to 20 degrees below t zero This wind gradually rose roje to a n nIale 1 F gale and then the snow began to come coma comei i Ji In sheets heetH and drifts d II till the herder f found It Impossible to work his hl r against n It buck towards camp Instead l d i of or deserting them ho remained out all alt altI I the following them as they drift 4 d 1 with the Florin sway Away from front his head heat headquarters Mr f Ij V quarters and on out the tue next tiny lay he nr ui rived 11 ell with thern nt at the railroad after drifting for seven e on miles nod ns us the tha 1 banks of ot the Krade formed tho tim most 1 ir sheltered places lie he had to work orl Ilk Ilki f I f ft II trojan nit nil day keeping his look flock off arc thu Iho l i t l railroad tracks where they wanted to U 4 ir Ho lie down n Along Iong the tha bottoms ho lie found I t n II good deal of oC willow brush hru h unit with iA tri i a the pit aid of lit his Hash flash of or coal oil he ho y tn to make a II tire Ire which probably pre prevented 1 4 i r f I vented him hint from roni being badly bad frozen c k t C It was vas a II striking example of loyalty L 1 ft f to 10 ones one employers raid Mr Jr Austin ii 1 L I narrating tho thin experience anti and one anI tea fea feature teat renI t I Jl turf ture of at It wui ns that Shanks dl think J I i iHk he lie had been doing anything unusual or orp p f LL I that he had risked his hili life lite 3 i J 4 il H irr r Theres Thors a 1 humane side io 0 to this ques question quest II t tion of ot wintering sheep Mr Lq t f 1 fl t AUf till that ought to he be I I an there Is no nn need neet for owners to let their i Hocks flocks starve antI freeze In tho the is ii f f ards They ought ou ht to respond quickly t i 11 I L p to appeals for rO or help and go 10 to tho the I f JJ i J 1 t ground to encourage their p 11 grit I J I 1 herders and cc re that hay supplies ar are lite tj i 1 brought In III Dumb animals depend on all ont I t 1 their owner and tho the weaker ones enes In Intend 4 I f f tend of being hein allowed to die 1110 ought to tobe tot 1 tl r 1 be 1 e dri n 11 to 10 feeding grounds near the tho f t 4 i railroad When I t left l rt yesterday morn mornIng rii lr j i I I log Ing III most rno t ot of the tho snow was gone except I Id where It was wan piled up 1111 In tn thrifts and the V f 1 If 1 j jr worst vort Wor l of ot the danger was waA over overn 1 An n Interview with sith Cushier Cashier Chat ChatE R 8 i E f t Burton Durton of uC tho thu th State Hank of Utah this i t I morning tho the conditions re reo i t t ported by II b Mr II mUll Austin aH a H IT I 4 among Idaho and Wyoming 1 I lances 11 II I e Hanks flanks no longer eon I i I a It good risk rl k unless the th flocks nr arp I near feed mn t of tile the r l now JIOW havo have a n supply of hAy located locatti for forI emergencies ns us that thuit bv by I JL 1 recent In itt ca cas es whore where t I was WAIl not taken lak n the los lo I must have bean beM great rM ovi o ovir r I 25 per cent Of course feeding hl hsaI I 1 through the winter takes o n great z iT of hf If profit out nf or but then I tEL It Ill In is the high prie t of nf mutton and auth wool wont t t that makes It for tor the tho l men lumen to tt go 10 to this expense anti u the Investment n II on un ont t Lt r h At t the th time of or the Alto Alia L I I this year PRill Mr the freez treet freezing L I ing InK that followed follow d till thin January thaw l if made conditions hard In northern t I Utah ami southern Idaho for the tho thaw t hL ti 1 n it sloppy condition which hitch lIi j when It froze hard toad marl It Lt ti for sheep h pp to 10 over large areas onas til I r i stud ind I know knew of tit nIl ant herder who was 1119 fore forc forced ii ed Cd fl to thrive drive rIve lute Ills flock four days davs h R without F 4 t food toad to get them off the leo Ice 11 f area rOil a |