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Show SNOW FALLS IN UTAH AND IDAHO Reports From Idaho Indicate Indi-cate Actual Winter Weather. High mountain peak! in the vicinity vicin-ity of Ogden were covered with their first heavy mantle of enow yesterday. Although 1 1 k h t streaks of gray wero noticeable on the peaks a week ago when a brief storm cam.-, this snow-quickly snow-quickly vanished with the warm temperatures tem-peratures which followed. Yesterday the peaks wero white and gave an indication of 11 fairly heavy snowfall. Snow fell in salt Lake yesterday following a drizzling rain. Tho rain of Friday night and yesterday, which wus general over tho northern portion of the state, broke one of the longest periods of fall droug"ht of record. The tain was reported to be beneficial to the northern Utah farms. SNOW IN gAIr LAKE. SALT LAKE. Oct. 28. Rain which later turned to snow fell in Bait Lake and many sections of Utau today breaking one of the longest fall dry spells on record. Sugar boot farmers will benefit greatly by the rain, according to of-flcials of-flcials of the Salt Lake weather bureau, because the ground will become be-come softer and. enable them to harest their beets earlier. Warning has been issued to applo growers to iiurry the harvest of the apple crop as freezing weather may be expected. AVr mall service, both 'east and west from Salt Iake was -suspended today. A plane started for dtock Springs. Wyo , early this morning, but was forced back because of a snowstorm, MOISTURE WELCOMED. IDAHO FALLS. Ida., Oct 2 8. Rain turning to light snow this morning broke an unprecedented stretch of perfect per-fect Indian summer weather. The ynow melted as fast as It fell. Tho moisture was greatly needed as field; and roads were exceedingly dry. POCATELLO, Ida , Oct. 28. Following Fol-lowing a light rain which fell here almost continuously throughout Friday Fri-day night, a pr.-. Ipltatlon of snow began at 7 o'clock this morning and was still falling unabated late In tho day. Tlic surrounding hills are blanketed In a mantle of white. Although Al-though snow fell on the higher pcakf of tho Bannock range, about 20 miles south of Pocatello two weeks ago, this Is from all appearance-, the beginning be-ginning of the winter season here. . n r |