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tue iiouhc in ilit* lime, uui no one wus injured. The area of land inov-ed was about ten acres.Fuom Kastkux Qjucuon.—Messrs.Asa and David McCully, who arrived• ral Salem from Kaslem Oregon last week, ii.forin the Stittrsmttn that they left (irand 1 tundc \ alley on the llUh inst, crossed the Hlue mountains in a sleigh, the iuo»i pleasant mode of travel i ng under I lie ci rcti instances, t lie mo w being two feet deep on an average.o A »JAt Willow creek the snow was hut j six inches deep and very soft. At John Day's the snow was eighteen9 Pinches, with a heavy crust. The snowgrew decjicr as they neared theDalles, at which place it was two Jeetdeep. They report that at Antelopevalley and upper Willow creek themiow was almost e ntirely gone. The, cattle in those sections of the country•had su tie red hut little, and hut few or | none, had died. The severest weather has been experienced in the vicini-• tv of the Dalles. For f#0 miles around9► the snow is about two feet deep withan icy crust so thick n* to render it al-most impossible to bestow upon slockany care whatever. Cattle utterly • *refuse-to travel and their owners have* tried in vain to collect them. The ; weather, however, is moderating anda general thaw is predicted. The dc-I st ruction of cattle in Kasterti Oregon
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Albany State Rights Democrat
Albany, Oregon, US
Fri, Jan 26, 1872
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