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Show BLIZZARD IS DELAYING TRAINS Tho Union Pacific Is again practically practi-cally tied up by snow and trains were reported from tho east anywhere from twoivo to eighteen hours late. A blizzard raged noarl3' all yestoi-day yestoi-day afternoon and last night in Wyoming Wyo-ming where over a foot of snow has fallen and, driven by a lorty-mlle Ind, has plied in huge drifts, block-lug block-lug tho cuts and tying up tho line. This morning tho thermometer at Laramie registered 34 below pro and at Rawlins and Green River was about SO below. According to local railroad officials, trains are being delivered to the Union Un-ion Pacific am where Irom six to ten hours late on account of the extreme cold weather in the cast With conditions con-ditions such as exist In Wyoming, with the prospect of more snow, tho outlook Is rather discouraging. A light snow was reported to have fallen west of here along tho Southern South-ern Pacific, melting, though, almost as soon as it fell There is so llttlo snow on tho Southern Pacific line that no trouble from water on account ac-count of tho recent thaw Is anticipated. anticipat-ed. About eight Inches of snow foil yesterday at McCammon and Cache Junction, and farther north In Idaho a heavy fall Is reported Oregon Short Line trains, though reported nearer on time than the Union Pacific, Pa-cific, are running late, with the probability prob-ability of moro tlmo boing lost before they arrive in Ogden. The temperature in Ogden has remained re-mained about the same and earlj this morning nt the Union station the mercury stood at 3"! above, just sixty-eight degrees warmer than in Wyoming. Wy-oming. A drizzling rain fell Intermittently this morning, turning what snow remained re-mained into ankle-deep slush. |