Show NEW YEARS nAY LIKE I Snow and nd Falling Mercury In Inspire Ins spire s ire Enthusiastic Yule Yuletide Yuletide tide Spirit COLD WAVE DUE TODAY STORM IS INTER INTERMOUNTAIN MOUNTAIN REGION Enveloped in the first snowstorm of the yuletide sea Salt Lake spent a happy New Years day yesterday The mercury dropped towards zero I early In the I Ithe morning and before night time the cold and the storm increased until the city lay covered with n a white mantle nearly three inches deep But the New Years turkeys only tasted the i better for the snappy weather caUler cheeks I were the rosier and in a thousand homes baby ees pressed close to dripping wIndow panes glee at the big flakes that came float lug ing lazily down outside A northerly wind drove th the snow more violently in the afternoon but for the most part It was a big beautiful storm th that t made the day I IFor seem real For the thc theatres tres roller skating rinks and dance halls haUs It ft was a record day and while scores private of parties wore were held Stores I anu an offices were closed clerks and employers spending the time as suited their fanc fancy At the I hotels a few belated travelers caught away from home sat about smoking or writing letters Storm Was General The storm was wac general over the in ln region but as far as could be learned last night It failed to prove severe in any section Trains were on OD time generally and the telephone corn com companies failed to an any trouble The Salt Lake lines Los Angeles train due here at in the morning was several hours late as the result of a tunnel blockade beyond the Salt Lake division Time The weather veather man reported during the evening that the center of the storm I has passed and while snow flurries are arc expected today it Is not anticipated I that yesterdays fal of snow will be bc repeated A cold snap is predicted d fox for forthe the remainder of the week The flier mer ent to 20 degrees above yester yesterday yesterday day and wIll go much lower Jower today if ii the weather mans predictions hold hok L good The street car company made heroic efforts to keep its I cars running on schedule time and succeeded tartly fairly well vell The three snow plows were used continuously the day |