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Show RAINSTORM SAVES CROPS OF COUNTY Ranges Dry and Streams Low Before Recent Rain Storm Says Forester The rainstorm Sunday was of inestimable in-estimable value to farmers and stock raisers throughout the state, according to W. M. Campbell, assistant assist-ant supervisor of the Uinta forest. According to the weatherman at the office of the U. S. reclamation service, the precipitation was .45 of an inch and was the best spring rain in vlds section of the srnte this year. "Had it not been for the rain, sheep and cattle men in the Uinta forest section would have lost thousands of dollars," said Mr. Campbell. "Before the Sunday rain, the ranges were dry all over the forests iu this section. Less than ten feet from the snow banks the ground was dry. "There was very little moisture in the ground and the streams were unusually low for the spring time. "This has been one of the dryest springs of this part of the state for several years.' ' According to L. L. Bunnell, prominent prom-inent farmer of Lake View, lherain was worth a great deal of money to the farmers. "While nothing had suffered thus far on the farms of Utah county on account of the extremely dry spring, the farmers had begun to have fears concerning their crops," said Mr. Bunnell. "The alfalfa in the LaW View district was getting very dry and would have suffered had it not been for the rain Sunday. The grain planted this spring, has had time to grow good roots, the moisture Sunday Sun-day should help to build a pretty good stock. "Beets will also be greatly benefitted bene-fitted by the rain and farmers are feeling a whole lot heller than they did last week, all hough a little more rain within the next week or two would also be welcome." Spring storms, varying from snow sojialls to cyclones, swept New England, Eng-land, West. Virginia. Ohio, Illinois and Pennsylvania Sunday, causing three deaths, injury to scores of persons and property damage aggregating aggre-gating millions of dollars. Two persons were killed and damages dam-ages estimated at .$;"iin,oii!) was caused by Storms at; Peoria, 111. Considerable property loss also was suffered at 1'ekin, across the river. The cyclone did heavy damage iu ihe business district of Wheeling. W. Ya., and ten men, mostly motorics, motor-ics, were hurt. One was killed at Johnstown, Pa., when he came in contact with u power wire winch had been blown down by the storm. Though no fatalilis were reported, report-ed, the storm caused enormous damage at Altoona. Pen., where several persons were injured. Communication Com-munication was cut off wbbn the terrific wind tore down telephone and telegraph lines.' Toledo, Ohio, was battered by bail stones an inch in diameter. Zancs-ville, Zancs-ville, Cambridge and Mart in's Ferry were among the Ohio' towns hard hit by the starni. At the same time. New Kngland was deluged with snow, rain, hail : and sleet. |