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Show SNOW HELPS AGRICULTURE FALL INCREASES WATER SUPPLY, SLOWS TRAVEL Main Roads Throughout State Are Open, but Slippery The hsavlset snowstorm of the winter, blanketing the northern half of the state, Monday left a protective protec-tive covering for winter wheat, additional ad-ditional surplus watsr supply and slippery travel conditions. The weather bureau reported that four Incheo of snow waa measured at the city and county building after a general storm that ranged from southern Idaho ta mtdstate. Cedar City Monday morning reported mora than thro Inches of new snow, with the fall continuing, apparently part of a new storm. Mala highway throughout the Mat remained open but in slippery . condition. Forecast Is dowdy The snow, wnlch began falling In Salt Lake City at 4:10 p. m. Sunday and continued until nearly midnight, mid-night, brought M of an inch of precipitation pre-cipitation to make a total of I.T line October 1, compared with ft .01 a year a- and a normal of 4 as. Predictions were for partly cloudy condition Monday night and Tues- day with continued oold Monday night. , Monday morning minimum tarn-peratura tarn-peratura waa 34 degree, Sunday' maximum 40, and th mean at 34 was degrees above normal. J. Cecil iter, federal meteorologist meteorol-ogist 'here, aaid that, although a. high barometric pressure eyitera from th Paolfia northwest might depress temperatures, they war not expected to go below normal. Nino Inche - of now snow at Brighton watershed mad a total of 31 inches on th ground, compared com-pared with 37 tnchss a year ago. Th 41 inohee of settled snow befor th new fall contained 11 J Inche of water, according to tha city , ter department, which compared with T.l Inche f water la th 37 inche of enow a year ago. . David F. Smith, slate commuv slonsr of agriculture, aald ths storm , "can't help but benefit agriculture," ' pointing out that, aalds from tha valu as watsr storage, winter wheat roots would be subject to damage In bar ground had not th . protection been provided. Report to the stat road asm- ' mission Indicated that th srm extended a far south a Delia and . Greenriver, being heaviest la the Uintah basin. Stats crew worked all Bight, clearing route and sanding slip- . pery stretches, and wer aided bp ths absence of wind and drifting. Salt Lak county crew wer out In full force, reporting all canyon ' route cleared, with expectation that their work would be don by ! 3 p. m. SaH Lake City street crew also worked during the night, using sll equipment. Including 1 1 dewalk plows. Th extent of th storm was Indicated Indi-cated by report from Utah Power a and Light company substations, ' which showed now snow at th following points: American Falls, Idaho, t Inches; ' Litton, Idaho, I; Soda Springe, Idaho, Ida-ho, 4.3: Grace, Idaho, 6; Prsston, Idaho, t; Cutler, Utah. 3.3; Logan, ' 3; Ogden, 3; Salt Lake terminal, 35; Bingham, 3; Olmstsad snd Eureka, 3 3; Soldier Summit, L and Helper, .73. "V ' r Concern over tore Utahna, lat In reporting homo during the storm, waa allayed Monday. Last Hunter Found .' A posse of volunteer Marcher hunted th flat near Blue Creek tanks, about 40 miles wsst of Brig-ham Brig-ham City, for severel hours Sundsy before they found James Potter, 13, son of H. O. Pottsr, president of the Box Elder County Wild Lit federation. He had bocome loet while hunting. A stalled sutomobll caused concern con-cern for Mra. Hulda Gar bet t of 13&8 Emereon avenue; her son, Billy, 13, and Donald Frew, 12, of 1260 Emerson avenue. They returned after 11 p. m., having been an a skiing excursion to Emigration canyon. |