Show I WEATHER MAN UNKIND N Severe Drought With Heavy Snows At Close Nineteen twenty tour will and be remembered as ed the icar car ot of the worst drought In mOL mote than 30 ears eare Sno Snow patches hidden away RY In deep ra ra ravines raInes Ines In the mountains mountain deposits that usually usually- listed lasted until late summer were ere melted at the end ot of May Risers became lUero creels cr brooks dried up became only channels of o 0 graul grasel graveland ld a dust Springs failed tall add ponds dwindled to mud mull puddles puddle The Tho customary autumn raIns came Sarno too late lale to save c cops c ops but when hen the storms storm commenced they came with a II veng vengeance Early In October sl she til Inches of wet et snow tell fell following an Jay all-Jay rain rain Then In l November r and December cane came more rain nUn and snow couple coupled with extremely cold weather e Nineteen I twenty four will be ber r recalled as the tho year of ot Iho thu bard winter lInter when hen the present genera Jenera- generation Kenera tion has grandchildren With the I temperatures down n to tho the 10 lowest st stIn In the memory ot of o the tho oldest In- In Inhabitants In Inhabitants habitants tho the mercury lovered near 20 below zee ado on s v seral ral oc- oc occasions occasions oc occasions Fruit tr trees es tro Cro e wild lid game perished chickens ns died lIed In their coops from the bitter r cold celd Nineteen I twenty four t tent ent tour sill also alBO be r remembered as the th oar eliI ot of the thede deepest de pest heaviest hea lest and long longst st at snow now In 30 SO car ears Starting before dawn n one day and lasting until nIght nIght- nIghtfall nightfall tall night fall ot of the Iho ne next neat t totalling 37 31 hours without a 0 break I Is the tho I record ot of otI the Iha storm storm recently I Snow two feet teet on the level Ol and whipped by II a high wind Ind Into large drifts added to tho the of ef the tho citizens The J passing Ing of the icar ea ear recalls that the summer a was lly cool despite the drought At no notime notime notime time did the a attain loo degre degrees s In the shade accord accord- accordIng according according ing to the official weather ether reports Erncr O 0 0 STOCK low temperatures and deep snow sno over oser much of ot the tate state tate have hase e been rather sevi-io sevi se seH H e on II tae e stock general generali Bays cays the tho weekly report for tor or Utah 1 by y the federal weather eather bureau v s continueS pluck Much cattle feeding and some range sheep shep re feeding lave ta rave been necessary Most Mot cattle and some sheep heep ha have base e shown the effect of the severe ere weather wreather deteriorating In condition with lIh some losses Ho er some Bome range remains open in extreme western south south- southern southern southern ern and eastern easter section n hero ere cattle and sheep heep ha have base 0 held up fairly well ell Mountain as hase ha remained closed generally and traffic has been Im Impede del by snow enow on most moat oth other r A slight loss losa o of 11 live Ilse 0 stock Is re- re reported re reported ported from Elko Eiko duo due to cold weather erther Eleven Inches ot of snow co corers erR grain at Clarkston Clarl At Ogden sheep are being ted fed tedon fedon fedon on full rull rations highway y traffic has bas been hindered by deep p snow sno Roads load to park ark City Cily hivo h been closed to automobiles Cherry Chern peach and apricot buds have ha probably ably suffered some Homo Injury injure InN duo to old cold old In the Salt Sail Lake valley deep no snow covers the taller alle Range tattle and sheep are ara in 10 l erlo condition out of ot be- be because because be because cause of ot deep Sow snow JoS LOSSES LASSES E Live stock feeding reeding lies lias In- In Increased increased In Increased creased considerably at Santa Santa- Santa Santa-quin Extremely cold weather and 14 11 inches of ot snow V w were re very hard hardon harden hardon on en live stock at Kanosh some losses being reported Several poor cattle died at Beaver Bowser also due to teed feed shortage an and severe se weather cather Sheep are arc poor to fair at Paro Parowan rn and arc moving to tob b better range since the snow came though some sheep shep and ate a few cattle have frozen The Tho roAds raids are aregood aregood good at Cedar City Ic Ice har harvest harest est has begun on inch 16 Ice Live Livestock stock conditions have halo been ben Im- Im Improved improved Im Improved proved at Escalante the browse being softened by moisture Cattle and sheep heep are art being ted led at tord ford the road Is open Roads are frozen at St Go Geo Geo-ee Geo ge and Cattle feeding Ij le hC at Manti Mantl I I |