Published in The Lake County Independent, Libertyville, Illinois, on 05/29/1903.
1,500,000 Lost in State of Montana Since Last December.
    Statistics compiled by President T. C. Power, of the Montana board of sheep commissioners fixes the total number of sheep lost in the recent blizzard at 900,000. Up to the time of the storm 600,000 had frozen in the snow and previous blizzards, making the grand total of 1,500,000 lost in Montana since Decenber. At an average of $2.50 this means a monetary loss of $3,750,000.
    One section of Montana is eaten up by locusts, while another is under three feet of snow. A district forty miles square situated east of Forsythe is pestered by the Rocky Mountain grasshopper, which has eaten up everything. Cattle have to be removed from the infected sections as there is nothing for them to feed on.
Post a Comment