| Show the deseret evening news ot of 1 the dinst contains correspond I 1 dence from brigham bangham city relative to the terrible hailstorm am among ong other things the correspondent says the storm destroyed nine tenths of the cherry crop more than half of the peach crop nearly all of the strawberry plants which were in in blossom and practically all the garden truck a and nd beet crop it is estimated that the damage done throughout the county will reach somewhere in the neighborhood of now while there is no den denying ing that the stor storm in was a very destructive one it is folly to say bay that the percentage of crops destroyed was waa anything like that mentioned above tho the storm did practically no damage at all in the south half of tho the city where there is iagust just na as much fruit if not more than is grown in the north part then again to say that which may be a conservative estimate of the dam age represents nine nice tenths of the peach crop etc is misleading in is not an exaggerated estimate of the yearly production of fruit and vegetables in wis this immediate locality so if the damage done does really amount to we have still a crop to dispose of dont let outside people get the idea that they may have to look somewhere else for their fruit this year As to beets tomatoes etc those wideawake wide awake farmers who were so unfortunate as to be in the path of the storm are already re planting no ko sitting g around crying 0 over spilled milk for them they are made maae of the stuff chatin that in early days turned this desert into a garden spot |
