Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1903 — SHEEP KILLED BY BLIZZARDS. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

SHEEP KILLED BY BLIZZARDS.

1,500,000 Lost is State of Montana Since Last December. Statistics compiled by President T. O. Power of the Montana board of sheep commissioners fixes tiie total number ol sheep lost in the recent blizzard at 900,000. Up to the time of the storm (500,000 had frozen in the snow and previous blizzards, making the grand total ol 1.500,000 lost in Montana since December. 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 feel of snow. A district forty miles square fituatod east of Forsythe is pestered by the Rocky Mountain grasshopper, which has eaten up everything. Cattle have tc be removed from tiie infected sections as there is nothing for them to feed on.

The Michigan Central Railroad has ad vanced the wages of its clerks in 'all departments 10 per cent. Illinois tariffs are being revised by th< State commission, and reductions of 15 to 25 per cent will be made. The Interchangeable 1,000-mile ticket ‘o be sold at S3O, with a refund of $lO to be issued by the trunk liues is now on sale. There is much dissatisfaction tmong Southern lumbermen concerning the advance of two cents in the rate on yellow pine from Southern points to territory north of the Ohio river, which went into effect recently. It is announced from Pittsburg that ex-Senator John M. Thurston will take charge of the organization of the Great Central Railway Company of Central America. This company is capitalized at $10,000,000. From the continued rush of immigration to the Southwest and the Northwest some traffic officials estimate that fully 900,000 foreign immigrants will arrive in this country in 1903, fa* exceeding the arrival of any previous year. According to the report of the Lake Shore, the percentage of operating expenses, including taxes, to gross earnings was 72 J22, against 69.01 in 190 L Western roads have decided to continue to run homeseekers’ excursions on the first and third Tuesdays of each month up to and including September. The past week brought about notable changes in the traffic situation on Western lines. A majority of the lines now have ears to spare, since they are getting back equipment that has been away on other railroads the best part of the winter and airing.