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Show 'WINTER STORMS. Heavy Fall of Snow in ihe Paget Souud Country. MTTLH ACTUAti liAMAUB DOSE. Tbe Storn Reported General all oyer tbe Wist. IIAIf.tlOtll TIIAINI III.I.III). Iiiillciilleaa I'olnt In l'.,ntltind Hnnie lor liirnlr-leur Hours. TaCOMA, With., Deo. 21. A mantle or snow twenty lo twent) -three Inches deep covers the 1'uet Hound ukjntry. It commenced mowing yesterday uf-ternoou uf-ternoou about ft o'clock and tuowed almost without Interruption untllnoon today. I.btht enow baifjllon partof the alleruuuii also, lu tbu bulletin of Ihe local tlgual tirvlcu observer hu predlcta colder w eallier, and announce! that thu wortt of thu snowstorm Is over. Tbe norm Is the heaviest known since December 11, 1SS4, when there was a fall of letwtin two and oui-balf and three feel. Tbu cable lino hat been kept open, but all thu electric lines bave teen ttopiieJ since early laat eveulog. l'lie tracks are bolug shoveled oil loulght aud probably the eleclrlo cars will start in the morning. Tlio schools wiro dismissed this morning until Friday on account of the snow, Thu Northern l'aclflo his had rotary snowplows at work to that the railroad trade baa been very little Impeded. The storm haa done little actual damsge. Farmers lu the valleys ato delighted Willi tbe snow, and sty It will Insure big crops next year. TUB BNOW IN WAIMINUIUN. Hi'OKA.Nl:, Wash., Dec. 21. Heavy wind continues to blow tonight and In coming tralni report that thu itorm Ii general all over the Wilt, The Ureal Norlhetu'a outbound train la mow. bound al Harrington In tho Dig Usnd. A Washington Central Incoming train Is sidetracked at Creitou. A train from Cecuad'Alene City did not leave theothertermlnua this afternoon. At o'clock au luooiulng Ublou l'aclflo train due here at ,I5 had not arrived and aa tne wires are crippled, Ibe cfOcIais here are unable to locale II. Tralnaon Ihe Northern l'aclflo inalu lino arrived nesrly on time, but trouble la vxpeclej tonl;ht. Train men report that the weather east of here Is terrific. The snow Is not deep on tbe level, buttbe wind baadrlttod It badly, in onraoN. I'onTLANU, Or., Dec 21. The re. pom irom all parts uf Oregon, Wash' Ington and llrltlih Columbia slate that tbu inowslorin an general today though tbe temperature baa not gout under 20 degrees above xero In western Oregon. Hnow bai fallen lo a depth of frun fl volo ten Inches lu the valleys. Telegraph and telephone companies have had considerable trouble. In western Waililnglou tlio snowfall Is heavy for this tlmeot the year. Tacoma reports 2. lncbts. It ll still snowing tonight and Indications lnt to continued con-tinued snow for tweuly-four hours. |
