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Show TRAINS ARE DELAYED BY STORM IN IDAHO Pocatello Experiences Blizzard Which Is Most Severe in Many Years; Snow Record Broken. POCATELLO. Idaho, Dec. 25. One of the heaviest snowstorms ever known in this city started Christmas eve and continued con-tinued all day today. During the day the wind attained the velocity of a blizzard, and as a result the streets are buried under from two to five feet of snow. The storm is reported as general throughout southeastern Idaho and Oregon Short Line trains are sevearl hours late. The cold has not been severe, se-vere, but the temperature is falling rapidly rap-idly tonight. As a result of the storm the exercises in connection with the municipal mu-nicipal Christmas tree were abandoned, but several thousand packages of candy were distributed among the throng of j expectant children. |