MANY OF THE ROADS ARE STILL BLOCKED
A storm of blizzard proportions struck this state Sunday and Monday and it is reported to be the worst storm ever recorded for so early In the season. In some places it was as bad as the Armistice blizzard of three years ago. At that time the thermometers plummeted, to far below zero and 70 some people lost their lives, but this time the temperature was only slightly below freezing and the snow partly melted on Tuesday. The southwestern part of the State was the hardest hit as most of the roads were blocked for several days and the radio announced that one farmer, west of Worthington, lost 4,000 turkeys. Among the turkey raisers Ben Brown was only one reported as having lost some birds, approximately 100, but there may be others.
ROADS BLOCKED HERE
Most of the roads were blocked here Monday, but a few cars managed to buck the deep drifts. The school busses, the rural mail carriers and milk haulers were unable to make their trips Monday and only a few routes were covered on Tuesday. The local school was closed Monday , but some classes, with only a small attendance, were operated, but no busses were sent out Monday.
BUS LANDS IN DITCH
One Greyhound bus driver came to grief here on Sunday afternoon when his bus ran into the ditch near the gray service station. The passenger were brought into the village and sheltered at hotels until the bus could be hauled out. One lady passenger was injured when the bus stopped so suddenly and was given first aid treatment by a doctor. The telephone lines from here were out of commission by the sleet and high wind, as well as one electric line, but both crews were out early to make repairs. Considerable damage was done at Duluth, where high waves washed out a section of railway tracks and many boats had to stay in the harbor until the storm resided. Most of the boats on the lake went into the nearest port