Show DRIFTING SNOW BLOCKS KAMAS The cit city of Kamas Karnas is isolated by drifting snow and two highway snowplows snowplows snowplows snow snow- plows are arc endeavoring to clear the roads according to E. E C. C Knowlton maintenance engineer of the state highway commission The roads were closed by a heavy gale ale which swept across that section of Df the state Sunday afternoon ann and u night E E. M. M Reid superintendent of or the South Summit school district in formed the highway department Monday that the schools had been temporarily closed because of the storms The state highway department has about fifty snow fighting units com corn batting the drifts which are arc forming on highways in the western half of the state from Salt Lake to Cedar City Highway No 40 40 west of Salt Lake was temporarily blocked between Grantsville and Dell Monda Monday Traffic fic lie will viiI be moving over the road Monday night unless new drifts came in In Mr Knowlton said Considerable difficulty was experienced Monday on the highway between be be- tween Silver Cit City and Lynndyl but traffic was routed around the worst drifts and kept moving The highway department states that the roads are arc apt to be blocked temporarily an any place In the state while the wind is on and advises mo mc- not to try to travel for a day or two unless it is necessary S |