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Show Disaster Faces Livestock Herds From New Storms Winds Close Roads, Halt Transportation Storms of the last week-end, accompanied by heavy winds proved almost disastrous to the livestock industry of this part of the state, and in spite of the fact that weather conditions have been much improved during the past three days, livestock men are not yet sure of saving their flocks. Although roads had been opened open-ed to all areas last week, the heavy winds that swept over the range areas Sunday and Monday, following the snow fall Saturday, cut off all means of transportation transpor-tation and contact with herders and flocks. The work of breaking through the drifts was resumed in earnest Tuesday, and considerable consid-erable progress has been made In spite of the fact that wind still prevails in some areas. Fortunately most animals had been moved closer to main highways high-ways to facilitate feeding, before the last storm struck. Because of this shorter distances separate many herds from their feed supply, sup-ply, and feed that had been taken tak-en into the areas before the roads were blocked again, should last until the roads can be cleared clear-ed again. Animals are becoming weaker each day, however, and unless the weather moderates the loss will mount. No definite estimate of ultimate loss can yet be made, according to livestock producers, pro-ducers, but the loss, coupled with the heavy expense of feeding will certainly cripple the industry indus-try for some time, they report. The loss will undoubtedly be heavier among cattle than sheep, since they are scattered over wide areas, and cannot be reached with feed as readily as can sheep. The week-end storms, in addition, addi-tion, to bringing new disaster to the livestock Industry, paralyzed para-lyzed transportation In this area, and completely isolated Cedar City for nearly three days. All roads leading from Cedar City were blocked, and traffic was completely stopped. The-road to Lund was blocked again, and mail service was completely com-pletely disrupted. No mail was received in Cedar City from Sunday Sun-day evening to Wednesday evening, eve-ning, when a train finally brought the mail into town from Lund. No mail left the city during dur-ing that period. Operations at the Iron mines were also stopped, and miners that were caught at the mines when the storms struck were forced to return by rail. Highway 91 was closed only for short periods at a time, but extreme difficulty was encountered encoun-tered in keeping even one-way roads open both on the South and the North. |
