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Show HOW THE CATTLE FARED Texas and Kansas Experience the Heaviest Losses From the Hard Winter. ' Trying to Hans a Young Lady to be Revenged Upon Her Tatlier. A Decision That Eight Honrs Does Not Apply to Letter Carriers. How the Cattle Have Wintered. Chicago, February 13. Voluminous reports re-ports concerning the condition of cattle from the great stock ranges are published here to-day, which may be summarized as follows: The Texas loss along the northern tier of the Panhandle counties, where the prairie fires destroyed feed, is heavy. On the ranges sonth of Mobeerie and Fort Elliott the loss is estimated at 30 per cent. It is claimed, however, that on the whole the loss in Texas will only be about 5 per cent. In Montana the stock is in good condition; the cattle have wintered well so far. - In Manitoba the ranohmen report a favorable favor-able winter and the cattle coming through in fine condition. . In Kansas, in the western part of the State, there was a heavy loss on account of the unparalleled blizzard in January. Stockmen Stock-men admit that the number of cattle frozen in the country tributary to Dodge City will reach 25,000 head. In Colorado the cattle on the plains have stood the winter well, and the losses are less than two per cent. In some of the mountain parks there is still danger of great losses, as the ranges are overstocked and feed soarce. In Wyoming the cattle have never experienced experi-enced a better winter. No snow since January Janu-ary 1st. The warm weather has kept the streams open along the Platte, and for three weeks the mercury has ranged from G9 to 70 above." The loss will not exceed one per cent. |