Show THIS mrs VIl lL D OTHERS The h almanac tells us that winte a ais s in on Dec Dee 2 22 hut but we e poor peole peo peo- le Je living in the mountain regions region now from experience that November and all of December can be he safely counted on for fo vinter weather as a matter of fact e must go bacI bac nto into October for forar forr forur ar ur r coldest s snap ap this winter up to ate ate when the temperature re dropp dropped d do o within 4 degress of zero During hat hat storm Utah lost much much Idaho is said to have lost lot 2 worth worth of spuds at fI that flat at time ime this date While hIle is a rec rd breaker for Cor mildness and dry- dry less I cannot assure assure you ou what the up vind-up wi will l be bc Every day is grow- grow ng 3 minutes longer which has ri a a strong bearing on mean temperature re Ut none on precipitation If it gets get oo 00 warm to snow it can rain If It late in the spring there Is less Jess moisture for tor or t tIe the e wind to waste wast by I am aware that these are re no comforting words for Cor the Still there ther may he be heavy snow mow falls in in- January J nuary and Febuary or r even March Search me I I. I have haven n no way of knowing The U. U S S. S weather bureau only judges the future future fu ture by what happened happened in in the past And then the they want a big Ig blo block k of ears as a criterion The following is a record of temperature tem tern temperature Duchesne Duchesne Duchesne Du Du- Du- Du and precipitation at chesne fo for the last twelve Decembers Dec bee Lowest temp Precipitation 1906 8 S below 70 inches 1907 11 1907 v 11 58 1908 29 r 85 85 1909 34 S. S 97 II 1910 zero ero 6 66 6 1 1 II L' L 1911 18 3 37 1912 1912 8 V r 08 I 1913 13 21 t 70 i 1914 t 1 15 5 j 3 34 5 S 1915 26 72 7 2 1916 1916 22 22 3 36 1917 10 above 07 The ten ten year average average precipitation or December is 60 inch temperature lowest the win win- The lowest temperature of er go nes s. s r as of often often D as S' S SIn In n January and once it itI occurred in February It Is a cinch It will not be in hi I December c this winter M. M M. M SMITH S 2 Coop Observer PS PiS Precipitation for 1917 Inches es a as as against an annual normal of inches n hes |