The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-18
FIRST SNOWFALL
WAS JUST DANDY
Youngsters Vote Weather man
a Prince for Making Sat-
urday Worth While.
WINTERS INITIAL ATTEMPT RE-
PORTED TEN INCHES DEEP.

Winter announced its coming by COW
ering the city with snow FRIDAY night.
The storm commenced shortly after
dark Friday evening and was still
showing at daylight Saturday morning.
Between eight and ten inches of the
beautiful fell during TIE night. In the
residence district this remained during
a greater portion of .he day but it
melted rapidly on the pavements of tine
business section. Shoe stores, umbrella
stands and overcoat departments did
a rushing business during the day. as
many people has neglected providing
themselves with protection against in
clement weather. The change from In
dian summer to snow was sudden. but
past events have proved that 'being
showed under is an experience to be
expected any old time in Salt Lake. As
there is no frost in the ground the snow
i'm the business section of the city was
SluSh long before noon yesterday.
Crossings were flooded. much to the
discomfort of pedestrians. Streets in
the residence section were becoming
muddy toward evening, and will be in
bad shape today. The street cleaning
department was slow, as usual, in get
ting its machines out.
Youngsters Are Happy.
Among those who thought the first
snowstorm of the approaching winter
season a nuisance were the construc-
ton gangs working about town. The
snow filled the trenches dug Tor sewer
and gas pipes. and made it muddy and
diSagreeable for the worLin gmen. IT
was such fiaky, soft. polite snow
storm while it lasted, however. that
most Salt Lakers rather enjoyed it. The
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ground, covering trees. houses and all
things, commonplace and ugly, with n
coating of white. A car ride through
the residence section of town Friday
night was like a trip through fairyland.
Young Salt Lake enjoyed the first
snowstOTm, as it always does. Young
sters enjoyed their Saturday holiday
thoroughly in rolling about in the snow,
pelting each other and grOwn-upS with
snowballs and making "snow men," who
| melted out of existence before evening.
All side streets were scenes of battles
yesterday. Armies of happy, shouting
! youn gsters faced each other and kept
up steady volleys of white missiles. To
| children the first snowstorrn brings
promise of glorious times to come.
| THANKSGIVING with its turkey, sauce
| and 'punkin" pies. and Christmas with
its full stockings and merrimeHt do
not seem so far away when the world
| is covered with snow. So Salt LaI1ers
/ between the ages of 3 and SO voted the
storm a dandy. The young folks OF the
| latter age derive as much pleasure in
watching the little tots roll in the
| drifts as the tots do themselves, for the
| sight carries the memory back over
| scores of years when just such a snow
| storm caused just such antics.
Storm Was Local.
DR.. Hyatt, section forecaster, pre-
| diets fair weather and colder for today.
The storm is moving toward the east.
! 1t was local treat. Park City, Ogden
and other neighboring points receiN Cd
a share, but southern Titan missed out
altogether. Reports from Pocatello and
other distant points in all directions
showed that these districts were in the
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