Salt Lake Telegram | 1931-11-16 | Page 7 | Clear but Colder Weather is Forecast Watersheds Around City Benefit

Clear but Colder Weather Is Forecast ic North Utah South Idaho Get Snow V Watersheds Around City C i t ty y Benefit Prospects for clear but colder weather greeted Salt Lake e as It awoke Monday under a mantle of snow that spread from the tho crest of the Rocky mountains west over northern Utah and southern Idaho with a fall varying from three to sl six inches J. J Cecil Alter chief chic of or the local weather bureau predicted clear skies with falling temperatures for Salt Lake The local fall amounted to 34 1 inches containing 55 5 of an inch of moisture At Ogden five inches fell feH I containing 88 of an Inch of ot water Tree limbs were broken by i its weight Fourteen inches thebes of new snow fell tell fellon fellon on the Brighton watershed during the Sunday night storm bringing the total to 20 inches and enabling the city water department to continue operation without the aid of pumps at the tho Twenty-fourth Twenty South street plant The water content was estimated estimated estimated esti esti- mated at 12 1 inches Other water sources also benefited Nine inches of snowfall at Mountain Dell reservoir resen contained 61 of an aninch anInch aninch inch of water and seven sven inch Inches in City Creek canyon contained 81 inch I Farmers of northern Utah greeted l tie the e storm eagerly and will bo able abbe to proceed with fall plowing delayed in in several regions because of the soils soil's dry dryness ness according to reports at offices offices of ot- of the Utah Utan state farm bureau The fall in the state was reported by Mr Alter as follows Cedar City three Inches Eureka 10 Inches Muford Milford Mil Mil- ford tord trace and Grantsville trace Unsettled weather with rain or snow is predicted for Idaho and Nevada Nevada Ne Ne- vada but the storm is over in Utah Mr Alter said The tall fall was heavy for this time of year but was lighter than that of November 17 1930 when 98 inches fell feU he said Temperatures for Monday night were forecast at 20 to 30 degrees for Salt Snit Lake valley 15 lIS to 20 degrees for Utah and 10 to 20 degrees for the tho mountains Chief of Police Pollee Joseph E. E Burbidge Monday issued his bis annual warning to Salt Lake residents to clear snow from rain sidewalks within an no hour after it ceases falling In tho the case of at a fall fail between 5 p p. p m. m and ad 6 a. a ra m. it must bo be cleared before 8 a. a m. m Ho He warned residents to keep snow clear from Irom gutters utters where it obstructs the flow of water