Show Snow Halts Spring but Helps State Utah Crop rop Are re Far if I Brig Brighter teras as Water Supply Supply Sup Sup- p ply y Is s Increased HE snowstorm to m which opened T THE over Utah generally this morning mornIn mornIng morn- morn In Ing and which is expected to last last- until night has set back pack the official op opening of spring as planned by the weather bureau in charge of ot J J. Cecil Alter It Is one of ot the wealthiest wealth wealth- lest iest storms storms storms-of ot of the entire winter because because because be be- cause it is bringing many thousands of dollars to the farmers Unless all an indications fall fail It will add at least afoot a afoot afoot foot of or snow to the moisture reserves in the mountains According to past weather records record the m mean an temperature for St St. Patricks Patrick's day is 42 degrees s Plant pathologists I I i I I i say that at such a temperature the sap begins to move and the buds begin be begin begin be- be gin to sit up and take notice In other words it can generally ne t e said that on the of March spring has came all a right Its It a mean temperature said Mr h. Alter but b t it Is not 42 Neither Neith I er is spring here or anywhere around I I as near as we can ron figure Old Man ran Winter started to go last week but butI I changed his mind and has come back backI to stay for at least another week ek We Ve look hook for several comparatively cold days following this storm They drove the snakes out of ot Ireland oh on the of March but w we a ar are na tn no success suc suc- ce cess cees s driving winter out of ot Utah tah The present storm Is living up to all expectations It was duly prognosticated prognosticated and arrived on schedule The center of ot it is passing over Salt Lake as did the storm of ot last Sunday and I II snow is falling generally through the i intermountain countr country It I is of ot vast benefit to Utah because i in addition to furnishing much moisture moisture mois mols- I ture for summer irrigation it is holding hold hold- holdI I mg ing back any tendency of ot fruit buds to put forth premature efforts to be caught by Intervening frosts I |