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Show I WEST IN GRIP OF SNOWSTORM Ogden Included in List of Cities Visited By Low Temperatures Contrary to pred ictlons of the wither wi-ther bureau of clear skies last night nnd today. Ogden. with almost tho entire west, WOI In the Krlp of n torm which began last night ind avc jittic Indication of ceasing today to-day Xearly two Inches of snow foil the ettv i iii b much heavier fall In higher loralltles. Cold temperatures and snow are xoported from many parts of the west with heavier fall than in Ojrden. At EreckenrldRO. Colo. snow, which has fallen since Wednesdays has reached a depth of 15 inches and drifts 12 feet deep are reported In that vicinity. Portland. Seattle, Chicapo and New York are also in the prip. of the storm. STOKM ON I ) ST PAX FRANCISCO. Dec 15. California Cali-fornia streams were running bank full today because of a storm which drenched the state, in the past week and packed a heavy store of snow in the Sierras' Durinc the next 24 hours the weather forecast is for rain along the coast. GKNJBR ILIA" l oi k DENVER. Dee i.v Generally colder weather was forecast for today Jn the Rocky mountain states with isnow flurries In N Mexico. Arizona, T'tah, Colorado and western Texas. Cold weather continued to prevail In the northern Rocky mountain states, I Snow that has been falling since i Wednesday at Breckenrldpc. Colo., had reached a depth of 16 inches Thursday nljrht Drifts 12 feet deep were reported In that vicinity There was a liprht fall of snow in Denver Thursday, SNOW GENERAL. PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 15 Railroad Rail-road and street c.ir traffic In Portland nnd the state generally was kept going go-ing today by means of snow plows j which Aver.- brought into commission after a snow storm over the state) Thursday. The Columbia river high-j way was practically blocked by tho drifts and Ice was running in the Columbia river. Ashland was the only city to re- j port ideal sunny weather, while the eastern part of the state reported bo- j low zero weather. Business at Hood I River was paralyzed while The Dalles has a water shortage due to i slide in the water shod in the creek whtth supplies the citv. COLD Hi l N SNOW SEATTLE. Wash.. Doc. 15. With a prediction of continued cold tho Pure! sound country today entrer the 12th day since the ground was bare of snow Prolongation of a cold spell, th ". peak of which wa.s reported with a temperature of 19 degrees abovo iero Wednesday, . is attributed to high in ii iimiih nun i i himiiiiibii urn pressure ovr British Columbia, where K&mlOOpe Thursday saw the inrrcury at lfi degrees below. About thro Inrhf-a of snow fell in Seattle Thursday. Thurs-day. HEAVY PRE ll'll VTION. CHICAGO. Dec. 16 Heavy prc-( prc-( Imitation, either 3now or rain. In portions por-tions of virtually every stato except Florida, with a particularly (heavy snowfall in the lower lake region, g-lving Chicago Its first snow of any consequence this season and the first heay snowfall of tho year In New York marked the progress of wlnt'-r over the I'nlted States. Chicago's snowfall measured about one-half Inch. But it left the streets slipper. Three persons were killed and two Injured Thursday In automo-I automo-I bile accidents. Dozens of persons were injured ships crashed In the harbor and a fuel famine threat' nod as a result of New York's first heavy 'snowstorm this year. Extra police I were placed on guard at lumber yards to keep the cold sufferers from de-; de-; pletlng the yards. I While temperatures were higher In I the eastern and southern states. It re-I re-I malned unusually cold In the northern north-ern region and was colder from the j upper Mississippi valley south westward west-ward to Colorado and the Texas panhandle. pan-handle. SLEET IN KANSAS. Sleet covered a large part of Kansas Kan-sas and northwestern Missouri, causing caus-ing a number of vehicle accidents resulting re-sulting in injury to pedestrians. The weather continued cold In both states. Oklahoma reported a drop in th'-mercur th'-mercur from winds blowing at the Kansas border, which end d a period I of balmy weather. Below freezing temperatures were expected. A rise in the temperature In the I northwest to m-ar sero promised a temporary fm-i slight reuei irom nvi I below ;cro temperatures prevalent I several days. Kaln along the Califor- ' I nia coast was predicted. At Dallas, i i Texas, the ti mperature was reported I cooler alter a rise ThurtJay j More rain was forecast in Georgl t today with lower temperatures. Snow tlurries, with tailing temperature, tempera-ture, were predicted tor New Mexico. Arizona, Utah, Colorado and western I Texas. Colder weather was an-i an-i nounced for the Rocky mountain j states. Breckenridge. Colo . reported a 13-inch snowfall Thursdav night SUB-ZERO I A DETER. OMAHA. Neb., Dec. 15. Another I wave, which promised sub-zero temperatures tem-peratures before morning, began ta I grip Nebraska, Iowa, and South Dakota Da-kota Thursday night. A rapid drop j of the mercury was recorded here I Thursday with the approach of night, ! and at midnight the thermometer I registered near zero. I Sioux City reported late Thursday , nltflit that sero weather was prevailing prevail-ing and a 1" below zero mark w:is predicted for the morning At Lincoln, Lin-coln, Neb., at midnight the temperature tempera-ture dropped to five above zero with a forecast of below zero temperature. tempera-ture. There was a light snowfall over northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota Thursday, according to I Sioux City reports At Chadron, I Neb., and in the Rosebud. South Da- kota territory, a 12-inch snowfall was report ed. No fuel shortage was reported In Nebruska or eastern Iowa point. Clear skies prevailed In eastern Nebraska Ne-braska at midnight. Fair and continued con-tinued cold weather is predicted for Friday and Saturday. oo |