Show storm boosts hopes for 1954 crops southeastern utah received a in million illion dollar storm sunday it left a heavy snowcap on the blues and inches of rain in and around monticello and also eliminated critical fire hazards so far no killing frost fros t has visited monticello although a few of the tender vines have been slightly touched flowers are still beautiful the storm rolled in sunday evening and continued throughout most of the night this was the first storm since the latter part of august which resulted in over an inch of moisture it was accompanied by thunder and lightening clearing monday it has been cloudy off and on since the storm and according to old timers the storm over most harvesting was done in the county and tor for the farmers engaged in fall planting and plowing the storm was really appreciated some grain had been planted in dry soil and it is thought the ground will not dry out again this fall and that the moisture will be sufficient to sprout the grain and keep it growing |