Show loss to men and in aw cesiro stall II 11 thousand sheep and amral Thoua nii cattle lou cow cop dit frodi press nov 7 the special roin clayton new mexico ears unless the enow econn which has been raging tor eight days comes to sn end soon dext summer will show a country covered with dead balies of animals as thickly as was alie old santa fe trail in the sixties the depth of the snow Is now cot less than twenty six inches on a level and in many places it is drifted seven feet high when the storm struck this section seven large herds 0 cattle numbering from to 2000 were being held near this place af laitin shipment to eastern markets the rain of a week ago wednesday was followed on thursday morning by blizzards ol 01 snow and sleet which bent the herduin direction in vain did the already liala frozen cow boy a try to the marih of the herds but on they went through the increasing betorin until finding it utterly abla to hold lie cattle the boys rod and let hem pass and cech dead they rode their il into lie canyons or partially sheltered places lieo eliy passel many hours of misery M eliout to il or fire two cowboys drifted into the can yon where they found a cedar tree with a rats nest in it they aged to light a fire knitli this during the second night one of their kor en died from cold and having cottini co tu eat the men cut p e cs of il eh from the dead animal which they warmed and ate without unit after remaining there sixty haura they started out and after much suf felog and bards birs fim weakened conditions they danaiel man to reach a ranch thirty miles aay V ere cared tor five cowmen are known to leavo frozen to deatle henry miller john martin chirles jolly and tao unknown two mexican s op herbera have been found frozen to ili alli ono near Tram peros and adoth r on beall creek near town two men owning in this morning rep rt he drifts in borne seven and eight feet high in which ft ere hundreds of dead stock many with only the lieada and horns above the snow in one drift thirteen were coined cou ned in another tea some of e were albie bit odaila to move fam their fawd alerda ff sheep aro completely wiped out of existence and alio range for thirty miles from town is covered with their deal carcasses car cassee ti that sheep have perished in abia territory and at present it is impossible to estimate the number of rattle lost but it will probably be in tie thousands every place of shelter in the town Is being used as barns tor enow bound horses the hay supply is nearly and today per ton vaa offered by and it was refused at telline texline Tex line nire miles wow clayton two passenger trains have been now bound for a week the pro visions running out the passengers bevre vevre compelled to venture bojt in the storm and kill cattle llie quarters of which were taken into the cars and roasted it is thought that the enow plow s will reach the imprisoned trains to morrow and release bliem and abe road opened in a day or two the storm is by far the worst ever known in new mexico and the exact loss of life and property cannot at present be estimated |