Show BLIZZARD WREAKS WREA I HAVOC IN WESTERN Ii i S COLORADO TOWNS GRAND J JUNCTION OX Colo Cole Oct 23 From From three inches to five feet I of snoW snow toni tonight ht covers Western I Colorado Montana roads are closed fruit trees with fruit unpicked un- un picked nicked are reported to have broken with under the additional w weight heavy loss At Ouray the Uie temperature temperature tem tern was reported 16 degrees above zero The storm ended here late to toa today to- to I day a but snow snow still is falling inthe in inthe the San Juan mountains at Ouray and in the Telluride region The snowfall here was officially reported report report- ed as three inches the heaviest of any ny early snowstorm in years At Fruita four Inches of f snow was reported with varying depths to one fe feet t in the Grand valley where fruit trees were damaged Forest rangers report 38 inches of snow on the level at Gr Grand nd Mesa The lal lakes es above Cedar ridge toll road to Ouray and Silverton has been closed the earliest closIng clos- clos in Fhe Five ln Ing on on this road years feet of bf f snow was rep reported at Red mountain and Ironton Iron on park parl Four to five live f feet t also was reported at Camp Bird and with snow still falling 8 Reports Reports from Telluride said there already is more mor snow snOwS in that winter entire vicinitY than in the three years a ago o. o S |