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was injured. The area of land inured was about ten acre*.l uon Kwruis c)/ct:uo.\.—Messrs.Ami and llavid McCully, who arrived lt;at Salem from Kastem Oregon lastweek, inform t!ie S(itt*9nian that they 'left (JranJ Kondc Valley on the 10th ,Iinst, crossed the Hltie mountains in aj sleigh, the tno*l pleasant inode of trav- n e! 1 ng under t he ci retiinslances, I Ik* kno w *being two feet deep on an average. 1At Willow creek the snow was but L,i csix inches deep and very soft. At i: John I lay's the snow was eighteen lt;inches, with a heavy crust. The snow*• tgrew dcc*|ftcr an they neared the ( Dalles, nt which place it was two feet lt;deep. They report that at Antelope valley and upper Willow creek the snow was almost entirely gone. The h cattle in those sections of the countrv *• Ihad suffered but little, and but few or { none, had died. The severest wcath- t er has been experienced in tlit* vicini-t v of tin? I lallcs. For ;0 miles around :mthe snow is about two feet deep with lt;an icv crust so thick its to render it al* most impossible to Bestow upon stock any care whatever. Cattle utterly (m mrefuse-to travel and their owners have * tried in vain to collect them. The weather, however, is moderating and t a general thaw is predicted. The dc- t st ruction of cattle in Kasteru Oregon ' has been very slight, far less than has ] been anticipated by the people of the
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Albany State Rights Democrat
Albany, Oregon, US
Fri, Jan 26, 1872
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