The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-06-17
Old Soils Appearance Produces
CONSERVATION in Zion
Sunday.
UNFAMILIAR VISITOR Is
UNREC0GNIZED AT FIRST
Maryland Wing Tells of July
and August That Had
Real Winter.

Slowly big ball OF FIRE ascended out Of
the haze OF the eastern mountains Sun
day morning and threw binding light
on Zion. There was excitement and
CONSERVATION among the popuace fol-
lowed by running 10 and fro. All sorts
OF wild and cXtrnvagant conjectures were
made as to what the big ball might be.
Some one said the mountain was on fire;
another said the world was coming to an
end. AS the ball rose higher the light
became so binding that people could
scarcely stand It. and some sought tho
darkness OF their homes to protect their
nearly bursting eyes from the light.
About the time the thoughts Of the
populace were turning to prayer, Doc
Hyatt solemnly assembled TO the roof Of
the Dooly. block, where he makes his
weather observations, and took a good,
long pike at the bright object 10 the
shouted and the populace wildly took up
the cry. The uproar was SO great that
the mountains trembled and houses were
nearly tumbled from their foundations.
The demonstrations did not cease for an
hour or so, and gave rise TO the report
In surrounding States that prolonged
earthquake was in progress in Utah
II was the first time fair Zion had seen
old Sol any length of time for days and
on that account did not recognize him
at first It was no wonder that r. Andy
minutes when his benehcent rays and
broad smile broke upon the benighted In
habttants OF the Saints city. And nobody
was happier than the Dooly block oracle.
Old Winter Goes North.
Winter. unofhcially, began to break
rain and the clearing away Of the clouds.
Officially. the old gentleman took his
leave weeks ago. but, despite the hints
that he was prolonging his stay unneces-
Spri1V However |
that he has gone northward for good now
and will remain there for four or dve
he will outstay his welcome there as he
did here. before returning.
In consequence OF the sun scattering
the clouds and ending the intermittent
showers Zion unbundled herself OF some
Of her heavy wraps Sunday and became
quite gay. Unless all indications fail. she
Will have TO put OF some more of her
winter attire today, for tbs said that the
mercury ls to go still higher and there
will be fair weather for two or three
days.
over. the old lnhebitant will tell OF the
unusual things OF the early months OF
other years for some time TO come, Ac.
cording TO the records OF the Maryland
year without a summer, were warm and
spripglike. March was cold and stormy.
Vegetation had got well along In, April
fell on seventeen different days In May.
In June there was either frost or snow
every night but three. The snow was
five Inches deep for several days In sue
cesSion In the Interior of New York. and
from ten inches to three feet in Vermont
and Maine. July was cold and frosty; Ice
formed as thick is window panes In every
one Of the New England States. August
was stlll worse: Ice formed nearly an inch
In thickness and killed nearly every green
thing in the United States and Europe.
In the spring OF 1877 corn. which had
been kept from the crop of 1915. sold for
from So TO $40 a bushel, the buyers pur-
chasing for seed
Sundays Record.
Record AT the local office. United States
weather bureau, for the twentyfour
hours ending AT p. m:
Maximum temperature. 81 degrees,
minimum temperature, 3s degrees: mean
temperature. so degrees. which Is Is de-
grees below normal.
Accumulated deficiency OF temperature
since the first Of the month, lilo degrees.
Accumulated excess Of temperature
since January /. 359 degrees
Relative humidity at p. m, "a per
cent.
Total precipitation from p. m. to s p.
m, .0S inch.
Accumulated excess OF precipitation
since the first of the month. 81 Inch
Accumulated excess OF precipitation
since January !. 8,41 inches.