Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 103, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 March 1917 — CAUGHT IN DAKOTA BLIZZARD [ARTICLE]

CAUGHT IN DAKOTA BLIZZARD

W. (H. Barkley returned Wednesday night from a trip to Hyde county, South Dakota, with E. W, Deßower of Chicagd, where the latter purchased a 1,299-acre ranch with about 200 head of Angus cattle and 100 s head of horses near Highmore. They were caught in a blizzard while there which struck that section last week and is said to have been the worst storm they have had there in z the past forty years. They were held up for two days at Highmore and after leaving there their train was stalled for two days and two nights at Brookings. They were fortunate in reaching this little town, as some trains got stalled out in the country and the passengers had but little to eat and suffered many inconveniences. The conductors confiscated all express that could be used by the passengers during the two or three days the trains were stalled. Mr. Barkley says that the snow was'tjventy feet <deep in some of the cuts they came through and it w«e thought that 3,900 head of stock had perished in Hyde county alone. »