The San Francisco call., 1898-01-11
SNOW FALLS
 IN SOUTHERN
 CALIFORNIA Novel and Beautiful Sight in Many
 Places. San Diego Recalls but One Similar Visi-
 tatiOn. Orange Groves for a While Are Clad in FIeecy
 MantleS. RAIN IN OTHER SECTIONS. No Injury Will Result to Deciduous Fruits and Other Crops Will Be Benefited. Special Dispatch to The Call.
Orange Groves for While Are Clad in FIeecy
 MantleS.
RAIN IN OTHER SECTIONS.
Fruits and Other Crops Will Be Benefited.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

 that has prevailed in this county Cor the past three days reached it's height o-day, when copious showers fell in city and country. Snow covered the mountains around about, making beautiful and novel sight. The temper ature is normal, in spite of the predic- tionS of a dangerous frost tonight. Lyons Peak, the bold headland that stands out from the smaller mountains east of the city, is covered with snow. This is the second time that snow has fallen there in the memory of the old est inhabitant, Indian or white The peak is high, but only twenty miles from the coast, and within ten miles of it are thousands of acres of land that have never felt the touch of frost Lem ons and oranges are ftourishing and ripening there. with the snow's cold breath menacng them, but unless the weather turns completely upside down there is no danger. In the higher noun tains. within view of the city, ranging back to sixty miles from the coast, the snowfall has been quite large, reaching ] a loot at Cuyamaca, in the Laguna mountains.
 ! Even at Morena Dam. 3100 feet above sea level eight inches of snow fell to- day The rainfall previous to the snow ! fall was over two inches, insuring an l immense catchment in the new reSer- voir. Cuyamaca Lake, the feeder of the ! city, contained only few hundred ! thousand gallons before this storm, but it is now rising and the danger of wa ! ter famine is believed to be past.
 Four-fifths of the barley and wheat Nf IS iS iy1 was starving for rain before this storm. The rainfall means prosperity instead of hard times. The deficiency of pre- cipitation in this city is still two inches below normal, but the experience Of former years indicates that it will be made up, and even surpassed during January and February. The present downpour is worth hundreds of thou sands of dollars, but it will not be enough to place crops beyond the need of more moisture in due time.
 The view from the city of San Diego was marked by strangers as being the most superb they had ever seen. Palms, lemon groves, and all kinds of green growth, roses and ViOletS bloom ing everywhere, covered the lOWlandS ! as far as the eye could see, while the white mountains, brought much nearer. apparently. by the snow, stood in the midst of summer. The novel sight was witnessed by thousands of people who had never before believed the para doXical stories told of California's won derful climiate
 RIVERSIDE, Jan. 10.-There was a
 big surprise in store for RiverSiders this morning when they peered out of doors. Lawns and roof tops were everywhere covered with snow, and or l@I t.1s,, of golden fruit a considerable weight. The hills and mountains, of which
 glimpSeS could be obtained when the clouds lifted, had their rugged outlines
 Softened by coat of snow several
 inches deep. The snow fell between midnight and morning. A heavy rain followed and melted the snow in town
 by 10 a. m., but the adjacent noun
 tains are still covered. The snow did
 no damage to either fruit or trees in
 this valley. Reports from Moreno
 Alessandro Ferris and San Jacinto are
 to the effect that over two inches of
 snow fell at these places last night It disappeared with the advent of the , sun and did no damage. The ther- mometer is down to 8 tonight and heavy clouds indicate a renewal of the
 storm tonight.
 VISALIA. Jan. 1O.-Some unusua weather visited this part of the valley this morning. Snow fell in number , of neighborhoods surrounding this city
 though none fell here. At one place nearly two inches of the beautiful fell . The foothills are white to their base
 No snow has fallen in this part of tht San Joaquin Valley for nearly twenty
 years before.
 SAN BERNARDINO, Jan. 10-Th,
 orange crop which is now being har
 vested throughout the county is il prime condition and the largest eve
 produced. DeciduouS fruit trees ar, in a dormant state and will bea , heavily next year, unless the warn weather starts the buds too early il , the spring. About an average acre
 age of grain has been sown and tn , larger part Is up. The recent rair will place the entire acreage in frs r class condition. Two inches of snov l fell this morning, but it soon disap peared from the effect of the warn
 rain-