Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-12

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rain not all Ia ye.
Syraous.-Hirh northwest wind
Friday afternoon followed by fros
which damaged fruit buds, straw
berries nnd tender pisnts,
SOUTHERN PORTION.
Lawrence winds nearly
every dny this week; small grain not
oil In the ground yet; gardens and
small truck that has been put in 4.
coming along all right aud SEEM 10 be
doing well.
Ferrou-Peach trees In bloom; fara,-
ere are busy quitting In grain; seeding
OF small grain IL about one-hali COM
| pleted.
Koo,harem - ExcslIent growing
| weatheI--wafm with frequent show
ors; vegetation coming out first rata;
garden planting now going on.
Kingston-Woatber q little showery;
fruit trees hesinnirg to bloom; lucetb
Elk inches bigb; cattle being taken q
the bills; both forks OF the SEWER river
very high, running their bank, and
some crops arc being destroyed by
their overflow; oDttonwooda now In
leaf. -
Wheat all up and
growing nicely; oats aud lucern are
nearly nil In; Old iucern about two
inches high; water higher than for
many years and still rising; cold north
wiDd on 7th and SIN.
SclpiC--A fine warm growing week;
fruit trees In blossom; everything look
lug hne; elight feet on night Of the
7tb.
Dsserei-Forepart OF week moder.
ately warm anu good growing
weather; latter part much colder with
high nUrthwesterly winds Friday
afternoon, followed by o heavy frost
Saturday morning with Ice Ia the
uitcnet; crops growing well.
Oait-Hesvy northwest wind Fri.
day afternoon followed by hard
ireeSe Saturday morning which
damaged lucern.
Holdeu-Corn and potatoes being
planted; lucern growing nicely; hard
frost Saturday morning but NJ dam.
age.
Meadow-Crops and fruit Of oil
kinds looking well; frost morning OF
Stb but no damage.
Platsau-Ligns rain early in the
week; warm and good growing
weather until Fsiday, when the
weather turned decidedly colder with
high north winde. Seeding general.
Monroe-Esrly grain doing we'll;
garden stuff growing rapidly; fruit full
OF bloom; Sewer river rising anu
water near the danger point.
Sigurd-Hesvy WIND storm Friday.
Grain all In anu corn anu potatoes are
| oeiDg plsnleU; fail grain not looking
well; spring grain and alfalfa growing
nicely.
m I,,r
fine; river RISING rapidly and in places
10 out OF it's banks.
Moab-Hail ami thunder storm on
the fret Knocked Of much OF the
ituit anu nut blossoms from fruit
trees and was really n benefit insteau
OF an Injury; excellent growing
"Reminiscences buoy blowing for
core; some corr planted; spring grain
looking has; lucern ten inches nigh;
good prospects, tor iIuit.
Lyman-Fieids beginning to look
green; grass growing last; grain not all
In YET; trees ieafing out.
Grover-Smaii grain all in and come
up and looking well; vegetation grow.
ing rapidly and prospects for grain
good.
Fremont-Wheat coming up nicely;
soms potatoes planted.
Teasdale - Spring wheat above
ground; iucern four inches high.
Manti-Grain, fruit trees and gar
deps growing nicely during the pat
week.
Ephraim-Frost did little dam age
to early fruit blossoms; fields are look
ing green; prospecta are In favor OF o
prosperous season.
Mount Pieasant-Crops all In; fru Il
trees all in bloom; froze hard Saturup y
morning; Ice quarter OF an inch thick
CnesteT--GTain growing nicely. All
needed preparations are being made TO
utilize the expected abundance OF
water.
Fairview-Fruit trees bloominr ;
lucern doing well; windy Friday
night; latter part OF week rather
chilly; some damage to spricots, cher.
ries and plume by frgst Saturday
| morning.
New Harmouy-A very pleasant
week; light rain on the 9th.
Toquerville-Farmers busy planting
sugar cane; lucern about bloseoming;
straw berries ripenipg.
| Leeds-All crops doing nicely, fruit
especially gOoo; lucern strong aud
1 thlhNJ -bue hsot Siop win suuu De cut.
Bt. Georgt-Some iucern almost
ready to cut; peas in blossom o week
ago; tomato plants being transplanteu
fine chow, so lar, for fruit.
| MonticeilG-Fine growing weather;
some spring wheat up; wheat almost
all In; oats will not be sll in before las,
OF May on account OF delay In ship.
ping ue oar OF seed.
| Greenville-Enough rain fell during
the week TO push vegetation right
along. Wheat fields begin to look
green. Cold WAYS Friday night ire 70
Ice one-fourth inch thick.
| Mioersville-Applc, pear. plum and
cherry trees in Iuil bloom. Friday II
suddenly turned cold. within two de-
grees OF freezing and a cold north
wind blew all day Saturday. Pros
poets bad for fIuit unless = change
should occur.
Note-Lack OF space prevents the
publication OF all reports received, but
all are read and used In the compila.
tion OF tho summary. Reports Will be
published in rotation 30 that all SEQ.
lions will be rapress nted In the bulletin
| at ienst every two weeks.