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Show BELOW 10 WITH I G000 ICE CROP PROMISED Assistant Superintendent G. O. Bropby of the Wyon ing division of ttv Union Pacific railroad, returned home this raornlne from tn inspection trip. Me said extreme cold weather-is weather-is beginning to hit tie Wyoming division, divi-sion, 17 doiees below zero beint; reached last night at Green River T:iis was the lowest mark noted, but tho thermometer registered 16 de-greea de-greea below at Sprln,; Valley and 14 i below at Carter. Phe ice in the big Union Pacific i ponds at Evanston, haB attained a I thickness of about a loot and. owing largely to the fact that no snow has fallen on it, is a'most as clear as glass. The company has two Ice poads. each covering an area of about 10 acesr. In the ai tumn they aro drained and cleared of gras6 anil nioso and the water is turned in, reaching a depth of from o to 14 feet Under sieady weather conditions, two crops of ice can be harvested, as a new crop will freeze on cne pond while tlj.it or tho other one is being cut. Last year C34 cars of ice were taken from ponds, filling tho Ogden lcv house of tbe i'ac'.fic Fruit Express co npany, the Union Pacific ice iiouso m Pv.inctnn mill n . miiller one at Green River. Thu tot.! amounted to over 32.000 tons and nearly L'OO men were employed In th harvesting. The harveetlng begun last year on December 13 but this year it will probably b3 delayed until about 10 days luter. |