Show heavy snow brings jo loy Y and apprehension farmers jubilant Jul 1111 ilant livestock mer men pear heavy losses in flocks snow low deep but not very wet day y of sunshine welcomed fourteen or fifteen inches of 0 snow fell ell here on tuesday climax 11 ig a series of snow storms since november member which total about 87 inches elles according to af L local weather bureau cooperator lies days deep snow coming on IOP yop of 0 anywhere from six to twelve or 0 fifteen inches of 0 old snow gave the section a real winter appearance P lice the foothills south of 0 town bave ave the appearance of having been denuded of the sage brush which grows on oil them the tact fact is that thai close brush anywhere from one to three leet in height are kracl pr practically acl covered up and only the pins nud ald cedars and a few of the tallest brush were wednesday many people were unable to got get their cars oft their tots lots and chains were ere necessary to get off the beaten paths snow front from the path walks Is piled up to height of four or live five feet in front of some main street business houses A day of sunshine and warmth on wednesday was certainly welcomed particularly by sheep men whose plight was serious enough belor the last snow and who were almost to despair when tuesdays downfall continued many of thern them sad bad been unable to get to their herds berds with truck loads of feed before tuesday the road through the cap being closed with drifted snow and a similar condition prevailing on the cedarlund cedar lund road in the vicinity of the bald hills fortunately tor for the sheep however tuesdays snow fall was lighter beyond this valley to the west only about three inches of 0 new snow being reported at lund and about six inches in the mud spring canyon drifts in this sections before however had been extremely hard on sheep which as a general rule are not in too good flesh this it inter in contrast to the sheep mans apprehension farmers are inclined to be jubilant over the prospects tor for a better supply of water than for several years past no definite information is available as to the depth of snow in the mountains but it is a sate safe bet that there is a lot ot of it boys who went on skis to the tp top of 0 cedar alo mountain buntain before the last two or three snows reported that 0 only illy little humps of snow marked the tops of five toot foot fence posts the snow abich has fallen here seems not to have had a very heavy moisture than five inches of water in more than seven feet of snow which has fallen according to mr air thou though gh we are a long way yet front from the time when we might expect spring it seems as though we have already had more than our share of winter snow came so muen earlier last fall than it has in recent years and cold cloudy weater r rind end more snow has kept the ground covered ever since early in november the times appreciates th all ail this Is not news to local re readers adern hut but to our two hundred subscribers und and a lot more readers which do not live in III this section many of them basking in the sunshine of southern california and arizona it may conkey ey some idea of what conditions are like back home PT |