| Show Wettest Spring in All Memory Becoming Boring Expensive Rains unprecedented in the memory of the oldest residents of this area have turned everything everything everything every every- thing turvey topsy-turvey this spring In a country prepared for dry weather the unthinkable amount of moisture has proven in most cases quite damaging to the economy In Park City the greatest loss lossis lossis lossis is to th the recreation industry Woody A Anderson derson manager of the Treasure M Mountain Center said the books show an actual less than last ye year r on the golf course The course is in perfect condition condition con con- with the application al almost almost almost al- al most daily of rain But nobody wants to play in the rain The same holds true on weekend weekend weekend week week- end gondola rides Anderson said The view from up on 01 top tophas tophas tophas has been mostly the topside or centers of clouds Merchants report a big letdown letdown letdown let let- down in visiting and shopping tourists Only the in influx fl u x of buyers from the y myc many c con con- n- n held in Park City has kept many of the smaller shopkeepers shopkeepers shopkeepers shop shop- keepers open Night spots have been only slightly affected Tree and flower growth in Park City is 30 days behind the normal Kamas is suffering from the lack of tourist flow Said Pete Bezzant owner and operator of Petes Pete's Drug Doug MA A very few fishermen showed up for the opening but of course they haven't been bee back Somebody saw an state out-of-state car yesterday yester yester- day day but but it didn't stop in Kamas Kam Kam- as as The road to Mirror Lake always a big week-end week attraction attraction attraction tion bringing shoppers to Kamas has not been opened The snow is still 12 feet deep at Bald Mountain r roadmen o 0 a ad d m men e n report Weather must turn very warm to allow a July 4 opening of the road to Evanston One facet of business shows a little up pick-up because of the unusual un unusual unusual un- un usual weather Max the cist at Petes Pete's Drug and Poison Creek in Park City says many are complaining of c creaky rea k y joints rheumatism arthritis and respiratory trouble with the unexpected high humidity This is dry country But this year it is wet country And nobody is prepared for it This includes farmers Hay is roaring roaring roaring roar roar- ing upward and no chance to cut it it In Morgan county very little hay is down according to Tye Little of Valley Implement but a break in the weather will willbe willbe willbe be necessary very soon to prevent prevent prevent pre pre- vent spoilage But Bl Sterling Williams of Williams Will Will- Williams iams Case Sales at Peoa says he is really suffering from the late season No Nobody ody is buying or repairing equipment because they haven't needed it Much of the spring-planted spring small grain in the Kamas Valley has rotted in the ground It is being plowed up and replanted Naturally the range is glorious glor glor- ious Earl H. H Bagnell Fish an and Game warden of Coalville says he has never seen such lush growth in the mountains Deer this fall should be fat as butterballs butterballs butterballs butter- butter balls he remarked And this propounds further difficulties F Fire Fir i r e prevention I men are viewing with alarm the potential danger of fire fire everywhere with the ous growth of Juie Jule grass which will have to dry out some time an and become a powder keg on every hills hillside id e every flat awaiting only a careless match or bolt of lightning to turn the area into a holocaust This is not healthful weather for mink The kits stay inside the nest to avoid the cold and damp In messy surroundings they do not develop and mature rapidly and there is a greater tendency to develop ph pneumonia They require constant attention and d cleaning Says Lyman Mecham of Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan In more than 80 years I Ive Ne never experienced a spring like this one Sure everything is pretty but its it's not natural E. E E E. E Brown of Coalville agrees He has never seen in more than 80 years a spring this w wet e t Recently returned from a trip to Cheyenne he visited with Wyoming ranchers who do not remember when the range was so green Mr and Mrs Oral Lewis of Marion remembered the spring of 1914 which was damp |
