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Show , j will be handled before thawing, which AM save the entire sugar content. The h gh winds north .-f Ogdun Interfered Inter-fered with the telephone .svstem and It was announced tonight that several lines were c ui of cmm sslon in northern Utah and southern Idaho. OCOEfJ SWEPT BY GOLD WAVE Weather Is the Most Uncomfortable Un-comfortable Experienced in Several Years, Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, Xov. 26. One of the coldest waves experienced by Ogden and vicinity in two years swept over the city and valley today. It began at 2 o'clock this morning and continued all day, augmented aug-mented by a slight snowstorm this evening. eve-ning. Throughout the day and evening the cold .was Intensified by a piercing wind. The streets and sidewalks, covered with a thin coating of ice. made walking walk-ing particularly difficult, and the use of vehicles was attended with danger. It is said that there Is an amnle supply of coal In the city, however, and there will be no suffering from lack of heat. During the afternoon and early evening eve-ning several minor accidents were caused by automob.les skidding and sliding upon the hill streets and in the business district. dis-trict. At 4 o'clock this afternoon the wind switched to the northeast and was very severe. Windows In the stores and buildings of the c ty began to be coated with frost and ice and the streets were deserted, save for the beiated Thanksgiving shoppers, shop-pers, and laborers who were hurrying to their homes. The freeze. It was announced, would ! not Injure the sugar beets of the district. , which are piled upon the ground and ! covered with leaves and brush, but not I in piles large enough to permit the gen- eration of vegetable heat. The sugar company has an immense amount of beets in sheds, but the beets |