Show DANGER TO FRUIT I ISAID SAID TO BE OVER Predictions Are For FOP Warmer Weather Without of Any Frosts INSPECTOR INVESTIGATES J EDWARD TAYLOR BELIEVES LOSSES OVERESTIMATED OVERE D I I No further damage dama e to fruit crops as s I the result of ot frost Is expected In ip this district for tor the time being at ft least le t While the indications last night were w re for light frosts In n the more exposed places it n was pot not believed there here would be any general g cold col spell and the cheerful Information was w s given n out o that fruit growers might spend the night In peace Rising temperature was the he order yesterday and the Indications are ore for a continued advance today The weather we ther bureau yesterday re ro reported reported ported a mean rise of ot 5 degrees Friday a night over Thursday night making the lowest temperature 35 degrees The Tho forecast for tor today and tonight Is 5 for a steady rise rille In the tile temperature That tho the heavy frost of a Thursday and Friday nights did not Injure In ure all of th fruit in the tho state B ate was the state statement statement statement ment made last laRt night by J S Edward Taylor state horticultural Inspector upon his hia return from City where he made an exhaustive examination examination examination nation of o the orchards orchard there The damage In that flint vanity he po said sad ad ap appeared appeared appeared to be in streaks s and some sope 10 lo localities were not Injured Jn In fri the fhe t est cst Of especial lal Interest t la is I the fact that the smudging appears to have hav been successful in the he places where whee it U was carried out consistently and much of pf the saving of fruit was brought about by the work done by fruit growers In q heating their orchards Mr Taylor T stated that Ula he was not now flOW prepared to give actual figures on the damage larnage to the at the present time and It will be several days before the returns are all in so that a careful report can n be made At Pleasant Grove Discouraging reports continue to come In from various parts of o the state At Pleasant Grove an Immense amount of a damage was done to the fruit crops While many of the tho fruit growers have their smudge pots out and ot ors built fires It was not sufficient sufficient neat to avert the damage Pears P ars and cherries suffered the most pearly nearly all 11 being destroyed while most of the penches pl ches escaped without harm The frost was more severe on Provo bench where It ii is ii rc a vast damage was caused those tho ose who failed to guard against the impending frost The tem tern temperature temperature dropped to 25 26 2 degrees and lit little litte tle te hope is held out for any fruit crops In this district Reports from tram Bountiful are that the damage was not quite so BO great as ns first reported ported r There was no wind and the tho temperature registered not pot lower than 34 degrees More detailed reports of the loss lOlls to fruit in Salt Lake La e c was told yes yesterday yesterday yesterday at pt the tile meeting of the Salt Lake County Coun y society held In ip Inthe the county rooms In the toe city and county building It was started by b county inspectors and others other ot eri that the crops croP of all stone st nE fruit such as cherries apricots prunes and peaches are practically pra ruined as a re ye result suIt sult of the heavy e vy frosts of o Thursday and Friday nights and in many cases tho the apples pears and Other othey fruit will willbe willbe be pe lees leS e s than half hal a crop crog Smudging Saves Fruit J M Smith of f Draper Drapor raper one of at the dep deputies reported that in a talk with Wil Wi William liam Ham Boice Bolle of Granite It was learned l arne that all o the stone fruit In lp Granite wits was W 8 killed as ns well as most of the ap apples apples ples plea and imd pears Mr Smith smudged phi all of Thursday and Friday nights but raised the temperature only onh about n ot 5 S degrees in his orchard orchord with the tte result r that much of ot his ale crop crog will ww be lost The rhe thermometer fell feU to about 20 degrees L Hemingway of Granger reported that he had smudged both nights and had saved nearly all of ot his hla crop In the part of o the orchard where the smudging smudging ing was done In the t e unprotected part however he ho lost more mare than han 75 per perce ceo cent centA ot of t the e crop A report was received from East Mill MillCreek MillCreek Creek that right In the path of ot Mill MillCreek MillCreek till Creek canyon the th fruIt was not dam damaged damaged damaged aged much muc because of the effect of o the canyon anyon wind But on either side of the canyons mouth the damage was heavy smudging was not pot done none The local Offices of the weather bu bureau bureau bureau reau were busy nfl all day yesterday an answering an answering answering calls ClUS from anxious fruit growers all aU over the state as to tho the prospects of frost for last night The Tho cheerful assurance was given them that there was no need of ot worry as as the th frost scare has passed and no further trouble was expected at this time |