Show mercury Aler cury plunges As lon long overdue rains snow fall dasin basin residents got their first enst of fall early this coining th thursday irskay when the mercury lumped ped to a chilly 20 above in the valley and 18 in the higher communities A heavy shower in the valley and snow on the hills the previous pr evious day resulted in a weather bureau burea u report at the airport location of 25 ln in precipitation county agents and officials of the forest service and the bureau of land management were agreed that the moisture was a step in the direction but a lot more is needed william F farnsworth county agent said that sheep men wont have to haul water to their stock at least for a while county agents last week tested edmands lands and found them dry down to four feet they said that the recent moisture went down two inches A little late sagebrush sage bruh growth was anticipated also gilbert B doll forest supervisor reported that the fire hazard bazard on forest lands had been reduced but not eliminated and h he asked for continued continue i I 1 care car e I 1 in th the use of fire checks he gald said rb reported 68 8 inches of snow in trout creek and oak oaks park area and at summit Sp springs ringi but with not a great percentage of water content rex hex morgan bureau of land management manager said he had heard there was 23 2 3 feet of E OW in pine spring area anon in book cliffs and six inches on the top of the rim A more detailed survey will get underway friday he said |