Show coldest wave in im 5 years y ears strikes o 0 prace by far the worst cold wave waie to hit price and carbon count county y sinco since 1924 has caused a perceptible fall in temperature through cut nut this section and has slowed owed up traffic on practically every highway leading out of price according to a it report issued W morning ly by heary fiack government goi weather man to decrees below zero on tile preceding night during the lost Is snow spell slightly over 21 inch es have fallen and the precipitation preci pl for tho two week amounted to 1 01 inches at present there are Is 16 inthea on c the ground L in traffic was cattier by toe tae mow snow in the dordon creek district all night monday it wa was reported in price that thirty five ean call were stilled in drifts on tn on r oarb everal several miles below city and the mail truck running out of consumer consumers coal city sweets mine and national wai was held up until tuesday afternoon ai as well a as the stages running beewen price and that district the drift drifts began ti form late monday afternoon and by evening had covered the road to a depth ot of four and five fet in some flare occupant oi of the stalled stilled abandoned their can cars and left on oil foot for the town towns to their horata or to hotels illias nil situ situation atlon existed until a it now snow tractor lent sent up by the carbon cleared the high highway was and permitted massago according to best report no oue seriously erio suffered f from om fold cold or ex kosure A report from the price vries office of the utah bdate coad compassion vaa to the effect that hil roads ai a far as known tuesday aught were open though in 14 many place places covered to er ed 11 with ith snow drivers of stages and M mia announce that boida to bun sun adside hiawatha awatha ni and find columbia are covered with mow snow twenty inches deep according to mr biar pit N there lis ha been only one day sines kidary 13 when the thermometer ha has tailed tilled to record a temperature ture of auw b fw iero zero that wai wits on january 10 wuen vien the minimum wai was 5 degree degrees above zero during thia this period there were three daya days on which the temperature wae was 20 or more below on the night preceding tuesday it wai was 24 ane on january IS 18 the cold caused a aroi dro to 20 6 below following are the tabular results for the period damary 13 to Ja january 21 january 13 maximum 22 minimum 1 11 I january 14 maximum 20 minimum 10 january 15 maximum 20 minimum u G jan uary 16 maximum 29 minimum 5 january 17 maximum 29 minimum minim am 3 january IF iti maximum 10 16 mini oi tv m 20 january 19 maximum SO 20 minimum 1 january 20 maximum 29 minim 1 I 1 januar january jr 21 maximum 19 minimum 24 one advantage welch the cold ha has brought to the county ety i is to effect on the farming industries besides adding to the air idy byli laut sup ply of water the snova will result in making the land uner cultivation a it perfect seed bed ae as well as killing 90 per cent of the blight affecting the crops heretofore this will be especially valuable to the grower growers of augar sugar beets |