Show snow blocks roads d stops M mail maii alide 1 ve ry another 12 inches of snow falls fas in week weed another foot of new snow covered he tile old fall this week and temperatures moderated slightly residents wednesday were still looking toward even colder weather when it clears coldest temperature record recorded during the week was 17 degrees lelow below zero on jan 6 7 and 8 only above freezing temperature noted in the last three weeks was 35 ard degrees on jan 0 6 that was I 1 the information received from observers at the basin flying service at the airport road closed heavy snows in the straw berry pass region tuesday night delayed traffic for some time mall mail and bus service was disrupted Before the last snowfall snow fallon failon on the strawberry depth was inches a record for time of year the measurement cremeni was taken laken although the weather has contributed to or been direct cause of many deaths and strand ing of herds of sheep and cat tle tie in the western states no deaths nor dif dlf faculties for ran gemen have been reported in the uintah basin area arca even traffic accidents have been few in number and slight in extent of damage no injuries were reported during the week dale C naylor range man ager reported that throughout the winter ranges in the basin as far as federal lands are arc con berned the snow has an average depth at the southern end of the basin of 22 inches covering most of the forage snow depth in the central and northern sections averages 16 inches stockmen Stoc kmen are now having to feed hay or concentrates he said approximately miles of range roads have been opened through cooperation of counties state road commission and i men themselves i this is the second extremely hard winter in succession the stockmen stoc kmen have had to battle in the basin mr naylor said he pointed out that the winter of 1947 48 had a great deal of snow and high winds followed by a drouth during the summer which made the forage shorter than usual i this condition together with the excessive snow this winter 1 I 1 has caused some concern but no livestock are starving or boned he reported from all reports the uintah basin during the week experienc ed better weather than many sections of the west hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage was reported from cal cai where citrus fruit groves were hit b by freezing tempera t tures ures in j K nebraska and ot other h er plain states gales were report to al have cut down power lines and tied up all forms of trans por tation southern utah is experiencing continued on page 8 storm block blocks roads stops cyfka myal mail continued from page 1 one of the Cold coid coldest eskand and hea hen winters in MR salt lake city too aa as mowed snowed ina I 1 1 till 1111 few day days havi 9 to hoid hold I 1 tr 8 and some burnul buse buu until nUl the a ar rm let UP thyi slightly tS yi utah ai coldest i W anthe pre ducted dictator for 0 failed to materialize wednesday mot most residents nf 0 f the uintah basin wits anre unwilling to give up ther red flannels finn rinn nim niB though i tho mi the amny still be in the me near neat future max man jan 6 30 17 jan 7 12 12 17 jan j 8 12 17 11 jaho jan j 1 12 4 jan 10 25 11 jan 11 15 4 jan 12 23 93 1 satow ow fall 1011 1 was as follows jan 9 4 inches ja jan 10 3 7 10 in inches jan i 11 24 2 inches jan 1 12 A 1 inches amounting 0 to o 60 0 mols moc mos ture turc vice reported by basit basin flying ser sen when the sun is overhead many a piece of glass believes itself a diamond the great truths of life are simple it is because we late about them that they grow crow involved |