Show FINE SNOW AND ZERO WEATHER a Winter Arrives in i Utah Bringing Heavy Snow High Winds and the 1 J Promise of a Genuine Cold Snap The first genuine winter weather of the year came down upon the people of Salt Lake yesterday In the morning there was a fine blanket of onow on the ground and a snap in the atmosphere that made the blood tingle There were threats of blizzards In the sky all daytime I day-time wind from the west reached n vr loclly of II miles an hour Dearly In the morninG but slowed down later to 30 inllcs an hour There was less than two Inches of snow In tho city uhlle Ogden got six Inches Provo two Inches and Logan four Inches by noon The mercury in the morning registered 10 above In this city and the wind was reasonably cold throughout the day The cold Increased In tho evening and the weather office promises zero I weather or better for today The fact that the snowfall Is general i all over the Western country that It is much greater In the mountains than it has been In the valleys and that much more Is promised before the storm passes away is a cause for re joicing among all people In the arid region The barometer yesterday morning was at 25 Inches which Is one of the lowest readings in several 1 years There was a decided rise In the afternoon The wind blew rft the rate of 30 miles an hour from tho west during the fore noon and It was anything but comfortable com-fortable to pedestrians westward bound all day The precipitation In the past thirty six hours has amounted to 17 Inch water or 17 Inches of snow and In the south the snowfall han been particularly particular-ly I heavy The storm has boon quite general In fact in all the country west of the Mississippi valley excepting Texas and Oklahoma The coldest point on the map yesterday was Calgary in Alberta where the mercury coquetted with the below zero mark People In the city so fortunate as to be p0332ssed of slflghs lost no lime yesterday yes-terday In getting upon Mho streets with their rigs to take advantage of the snow that made sleighing on the paver streets almost Ideal The Jingle of bolls i was heard on all sides mingled with I the shouts and laughter of those who were enjoying the sporL Young Amer ica with his sled was everywhere In evidence risking his cars his nose and his toes for the pleasure of sliding down some hill or catching behind some rig going through the city On the whole the day was an Ideal winter day The slreetcar men had a busy morn ing of It The snow was so dry and drifted l so readily that It was with the greatest difficulty the cars could be kept I running In many Instances they were blocked for a lime George Manning Man-ning was out early with his snow plough and Snowbird lime sweeper cleaning the tracks find by noon all the cars were running close to schedule time |