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Show STORM ON WAY ' HERE WEATHER MAN PREDICTS I i Mountain States To Get1 Snow, Rain and Colder Blasts JACK FROST IS BUSY Many Sections of Country' j Begin To Feel Real Winter Touch DENVER, Dec 6. Rain or snow with generally colder weather was forecast today for states of the Rocky mountain region, the weather bureau announced Tuesday night. Mild: weather has prevailed in the southern south-ern part of the region during the last lew days while the northern portion, I particular Montana, has been In the grip of a cold wave. SNOW IN SEATTLE SEATTLE, Wash.. Dec. 6 Three Inches of snow wero on the ground here early today In a storm which be- J gun sunaay over western asningion, I was hailed by rain and was resumed I Tuesday night with vigor. on Uray s harbor, six inches of snow were reported, and it was fearea that I logging camps wytijil have to close i 1 down Prom Port Ange.es, came word that a blinding snow storm was foll-! foll-! Ing search for Charles Butt, convicted I pi murder, who escaped Jail Saturday Satur-day night. A gale of 60 miles an hour was rc-Iport.-d from Cape Flattcr, Wash, Where the btralt of Juan de Fuca enters en-ters tho Pacific ocean. Prediction was tor more snow in western " ushington. PORTLAND CHILLY PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 6 A silver thaw was threatening this city this morning. Trees and Streets were coated coat-ed with lco on the heights Although no damago had been reported, It was feared that damage would result unless un-less the weather changed suddenly, Heavy snow fall was reported from all parts of the state Tuesday. Hood Rlyer, The Dalles, and Medford having from nlno Inches to two feet. IS JACK FROST'S GRIP CHICAGO, Dec. 6. (By the Associated Asso-ciated l'ress) Still holding the northwest north-west in a chilling grip of sub-zoro temperatures, winter continued Its belated be-lated advance today Into the southland causing marked drops in temperature, as far south as Texas and calling forth predictions of colder weather In tho lake region, the great central valleys of the east gulf states. In the upper lake region the zero and sub-bc.ro weather was accompanied accompan-ied by a 60-mlle an hour wind, driving before it a snow storm that practically tied up shipping. Reports Indicated that the cold wave still centered In North Dakota and Montana. Havre, Mont., and WilUs-ton. WilUs-ton. North Dakota, recorded the cold-est cold-est temperatures in the country Tuesday Tues-day night, the mercury going past six below zero. While tho east did not suffer from the unusual cold prevalent In the northwest, It nevertheless felt a severe se-vere windstorm that swept over tho lake Oneida region. Temperatures in the eastern statea ranged from 26 to 70 degreee above zero. Sl MMKK IN TEXAS Real summer W( Bather in Dallas, Texas, early today gaw way to the first breath of winter, the mercury i dropping m cral degrees. The cold wave still obtained In the northern portion of tho HpCKy mountain region with a prediction of rain or snow and cooler weather supplanting tho mild weather that has prevailed In tho southern Rocky mountain region for the past few days. New Orleans and Louisiana today awaited the predicted arrival of the cold wave, expected to cause the thermometer ther-mometer to capitulate from 80 degree! Tuesday's high mark, to 06 to 60 degrees de-grees Georgia also was forecast to be visited by the cold WSVS with a resultant result-ant drop In temperature to below Ireczing. Temperatures along the Pacific States vnrly today ranged from 20 to 5S degrees; tho east central states showed variations from 14 to f0 de-greefl de-greefl above: the gulf states reported temperatures from 64 to 74 degrees and readings In tho west central state ranged from 4 degrees below zero at Devil's Lake, Wis., to 36 degrees abovo at Dodge City. Kan. |