Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-04-05 | Page 14 | Prosperity Comes with Heavy Snows

I PROSPERITY (MS WITH SHY SONS Downfall Means Much to the Farmers; 18 Inches in r Mountains Near City I Unusually heavy snows which cov-! cov-! crcd the state and came as an Easter greeting mean prosperity for tho farmers of Utah in the opinion of weather authorities. As far north as Cache valley, reports show an average av-erage of seven Inches. Through the Ogdcn canyon and into the upper valley, the fall attained a depth of eighteen inches in many places. Beet-seed Beet-seed planting has been delayed as a result of - the storm and tho fruit crops will be slightly retarded, it Is believed. Coming just at tho time of moving stock from tho winter to the summer ranges, continued snow and sleet storms have caused much suf-fering. suf-fering. Records nt the city health office shbw that tho fall equalled GO-100 part of an inch precipitation. ' oo