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Show TREIiNTON HARD HIT R HEAVY FRDST THURSDAY It is reported from Tremonton today that a heavy frost prevailed there yesterday yes-terday and theV day before, forming more than an inch of Ice, and dolnu considerable damage to the apple crop. Tremonton is in the center of a pro ductive apple zone and damage to that crop works a hardship on the people of the district The fruit crop in the northern part of Box Elder county, especially apples. ap-ples. Is heavy this year and good prices have prevailed, the best grade of apples having sold as high as $2 a bushel, other grades ranging from that figure to $1 25. There al3o has been a good crop of alfalfa, but the recent storm has damaged much of the third cutting It is estimated by Mr. Steed of Tremonton that ther were fully 600 tons of the third cutting of alfalfa on the ground when the storm came a few daye ago. The entire tonnage will practically be ruined |