Show RAIN MEANS WEALTH TO UTAH Precipitation To Date 48 Greater Than In Same Period of 1925 Salt Lake City A A general rain over the state of ol Utah Is worth in the neighborhood neigh of an inch Wednesdays Wednesdays Wednesday's Wed Wed- rain which was fairly general amounted to 85 of an inch and was therefore not merely a million dollar rain but a five million dollar rain This conclusion is reached by Salt Sail Lakes Lake's weather man J. J Cecil Alter who uses the following line of reasonIng reasoning reason reason- i ing lag Last year the value of all aU of Utah's agricultural crops including sheep and livestock amounted to about This was produced on a total of sixteen Inches of ot precipitation precipitation tation making it a simple matter of arithmetic to determine the money value of an inch of rain Although Wednesdays Wednesday's storm torm did not cover the entire state while the does an added value accrued an augmentation tion of all municipal water supplies Further according to Mr Alter the downpour was a timely one coming at n a time when crops were badly In Innee nee need of moisture after a dry spell of two weeks thus Its Us value was relatively relatively rela rela- greater B D Beets ets winter and spring wheat alfalfa alfalfa al al- al falfa garden crops fruit trees and range grass grass In in fact all growing things were the beneficiaries of the downpour which lasted nearly twelve hours City water supplies were also greatly helped At Mountain Dell DeU inches were reported and at the mouth of Big Dig Cottonwood canyon 1 Inch While rain fell on the valleys snow fell on the higher mountains adding priceless moisture to the summer stop stol age reservoirs |