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Show Frigid Weather Follows Snowfall Gunnison Valley has been in the throes of one of the coldest snaps witnessed here for several years and unless a moderation of the severe weather comes soon, there will be suffering among the stock on the ranges. Following the snow storms of late last week, there was a gradual drop in temperature and the thermometer ther-mometer soared as low as fourteen legrees below zero. This point was recorded at the Gunnison Sugar company's com-pany's weather register Saturday and Tuesday nights. Monday and Tuesday, Tues-day, however, were extremely cold but the mercury did not hit the lowest low-est point only on the days noted above. Unofficial reports from other sections sec-tions of the valley showed that the mercury dropped as low as 18 degrees de-grees below zero, while other reports varied with the temperature ranging from 8 to 20 below. However, the streak of cold weather has been the cause of much inconvenience and a slight suffering among livestock, especially es-pecially the feeders which are not sheltered. The plumber and the garage gar-age men are making up for lost time brought about by the long summer slump. Frozen pipes and balky automobiles auto-mobiles have been proving a boon to the garage men and plumbers. The snowfall during Thursday, Friday Fri-day and Saturday of last week, at which time nearly ten inches fell over the valley, proved a record-breaker and it is estimated that the fall up to the present time exceeds that of the entire winter of 1930. The storm was general throughout Southern Utah and notwithstanding the fact that the citizens are passing through a severe cold spell the future for the coming year looks mighty encourag-'ng encourag-'ng for the agriculturists, as well as the stockmen. |