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Show HEAVY SNOWFALL IMPROVES RANGE A heavy snow fall throughout southern south-ern Utah the past few days broke the long drouth period and gives promise of much better ranger conditions in this area. In St. George the total precipitation, pre-cipitation, in the form of rain, with light snow, for January was one inch. Hurricane and vicinity reports a heavy rain. In Enterprise 28 inches on the level brings joy to the farmers of that section. Word from Pine valley is to the effect that a foot fell there up to Tuesday morning. More than 12 inches in-ches was reported at the summit of Beaver Dam mountains; 12 inches at Veyo and 17 at Central. According to word from Cedar City there was a total of 12 inches of snow on the ground. Motorists were snow bound at Cove Fort for a short time Wednesday. After a snow storm which lasted most of Wednesday afternoon the weather cleared and the mercury dropped to 15 degrees above this morning, morn-ing, the coldest snap experienced this year. TEMPERATURES High Low January 17 51 34 January 18 51 27 January 19 55 21 January 20 52 36 January 21 45 30 January 22 46 33 January 23 45 34 Precipitation .83 inch. R. U. MACFARLANE, Observer. |