The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-02-07

The mid-Winter summer which Salt
Lake has been experiencing for over
a month IS no more. The old man who
runs the weather decided last night
that ne had slept long enough, and
from . O'Clock on there was plenty of
weather for everybody. All the long
pent-Up spite Of The old man broke
loose, and the fellow who has been
saying that summer was here was
made to look ike l. cents.
1t was a wild, piercing blizzard, such
as Zion is not accustomed to. This rec
ord-breaking year couldn't let such an
opportunity pass without smashing the
records. 1t was the wind that got in
MS work, and he surely did himself
proud. At sos O'Clock the wind reached
VeiocFty Of sixty miles from the north.
Broke February Record.
The previous record for a February
wind was made in 1896, when the wind
skated along for forty-eight miles from
the north on Feb. Is. Old BOreas. it can
be seen, won out by about twelve
points And he did more than that
The wind Of yesterday equaled the We
locity for any previous day of any
NORTH. The record which was equaled
was that made on April g. 1893, when
SIXTY miles came sailing up from the
southwest.
A peculiar feature about the storm
was the amount Of salt mixed in with
the Snow. Good citizens of the COM
munity who are accustomed to riding
home on the fore end of a street car,
ana who last evening dared the storm
king by standing in front, found when
they reached their firesides that their
coats were very much beSprikled with
salt. At first it looked like SNOW. but
somehow Il didn't seem to come off
when the coats dried. Then they dis
covered that the moisture which had
collected on their wraps was net alto
gether Of the kind that flows in the
cIty's water mains, but that it contain
ed properties which make the inland
sea such an excellent health restorer.
But the real, strong point about last
nights storm was the wind. BOreas held
the cards, and his was the long suit.
None others were in it for the time
and the pranks that were played by
the festive wind god from the north
were numerous and amusing People
vino ventured out to the Theatre to see
Sowing the Wind realized fully that
some one had indeed been saving the
wind. One old philosopher remarked
that They're a-sowing the wind IN at
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zard out here on the street"
Signs Blown Away.
A couple Of restaurant men whose
eating houses adiOin each other won
dered how their street bIackbOards got
SO far down the street. They wondered
about II until they got a gust of the
wind full in the face, and they marveIed
no longer. The mystery was EXPLAINED
The wind had literally picked the sigru
uD and deposited them further down
ine street in front of a dry goods estab-
lishment.
There were all kinds Of tales spun by
people Wllo were compelled to Journey
down town after dinner. One man said
That he didn't know whether or not tbe
cars were running, because he couldn't
see the middle of the street. The wind
oltW 80 hard that before he could get
a seed view of the middle of the street.
mat portion of the thOrOughfare had
been blown about a block further on
That was the reason the man walked
TO town. But ne had other adventures.
Twice me was blown into drifts of snow
against fences, and ii was with the
greatest difficulty that he extricated
himself
Uncomfortable as the storm was. it
came as boon to Salt Lake. and mosz
people were thankful for it. The dry
ness OF the Last month has alarmed
many OF the citizens and the outlook
for good supply of water the coming
summer was not as bright as it might
have been So the storm was more
than welcome. The SNOW continued
throughout a large part of the night.
and good, wholesome fall was record
ed. And the best Of it all is that the
storm has not spent itself. The wea. her
bureau officials predict Snow fer today.
and continued cold.