Show groundhog says six weeks more of winter yesterday Yeat Yet erday was day and the sun shone most of the day indicating according to tho old legend that well have hava six EIK more weeks ot of winter the only factor which might intervene to make the prediction undependable is that thai pos POE elbay mr groundhog was knabl to get out of his hole tor for the snow and therefore may not have seen his shadow in that event wr acl 1 l just have bavo to take the weather as it ft coms its rather a sate safe bet however that well have six weeks or may bu be ten which will be more or less lesi will though there probably will afi many beautiful tul balmy days du aurill dur rill iii that time and when spring daes come we can be assured ot of several months of the finest weather chica nature dishes out to this earth climate Is that way our season which the calendar lists as spring is frequently alap pointing but nob odys climate call cali forna and Flo not excepted has anything on our not too hot E fr our wonderful autumns and our relatively mild winters since the recent snows many peo pie have been speculating as to the comparison of moisture falling to date data this year with that of 0 last year af L local cooperator with the weather bureau says we a are short 2302 inches of snow and inches of moisture this year as compared with last wo we are indebted to him for the following figures 1931 32 1932 33 month inch water inch water snow content snow content sept rain 23 rain 10 oct 11 67 r IT 7 nov 1402 00 dve dac 1000 74 1150 jan jail 77 2200 totals tile the snow which fell the first of 0 the week seven or eight inches ar feared to be more than came at codar cedar city hut but the black ridge section apparently received more than we did it was a mild gentle dow downfall l accompanied by no extreme temperatures settled on top ot of I 1 1 what was already laying on the ground from previous snows we have approximately ten inches on the level at this time this for or our readers in other localities we have been unable to get any report as to tile the banow in the diun talus bains but assuming that it Is proportionately less there we still nave have no occasion to be alarmed over next nest bea reasons sons water supply A fair air amount of 0 water is already assured and there Is ample time for or more to come PT IT |