Show SIX DAY STORM ENDS IN BLIZZARD interstate traffic held up when north cesi wind starts stars snow piling in heavy drifts thursday night of last week began one on e 0 of f the heaviest falls of moisture re the san juan basin has experienced in in many months tho the storm began with a fall of wet snow friday mornin morning g which turned to snow and rain saturday the weather bureau re recording cordin g two and one half inches of moisture by bly sunday morning the storm continued unabated during and monday night the wind chaget from the sou south th to the northwest s t increasing in volume and turning colder and bringing with it more snow which drifted ahead ol of the wind which increased ere n sed to blizzard intensity piling the drifts until travel in every direction was almost ata at a sl standstill nd still last night three cars coming in from moab late aate were vere caught in drifts north of about aboul three miles being hold held there until some of the party walked into town and got teams to conic come to their aid they all reached town about 3 this morning without having suffered materially roy wood and his road crew had all of tic road load equipment on the north road and succeeded in breaking through the drifts so BO that the mail got get through but almost as fast us as ft a drift would bo be opened the wind would close it again making it necessary to kee p the ae crews crets going be back k and forth over the same same ground incessantly lou fullers cast crew will begin openly opening the road to the state line today and it ais is thought that road will b be olento open to travel by tomorrow tomo now roy boy wood telephoned to district road engineer gillis yesterday receiving assur assurance a nee that snow equipment men we would ld I 1 b be LC rushed here as fast as C possible foro for the big caterpillar catar pillar so work the roads should 41 1 be cop during the winter 1 sibl short int intervals ernis during winter storms |