Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-26
Wind, Rain, Hail, Snow, Frost and
Other Kinds of Weather
Prevail.
WILL FREEZE TONIGHT.
North, South, East and West Portions
OF the State Report Unscason-
able Conditions

Numerous distant towns and cities
in the state report heavy rain snow
or frost last night. Evidently the storm
which came along Unexpectedly last
night was not confined to the hmedi-
ate neighborhood surrounding salt
Lake An inch and thrty-six humid
redths OF moisture fell here.
Snow fell at Provo with rain sand
wlched in 1t is now cold and will
undoubtedly freeze tonight. IT rained
at Heber last night but Is fairly decent
today Logan saw rain last night but
It is frosty and cold this afternoon with
frost expected tonight. II hailed short
lY after midnight at ogden last night
and is getting colder now, indicating
frost. II is windy rainy, and snowy
over in Tooele. That is the way the
News" correspondent describes H.
Richfeld saw hail and rain and WI
undoubtedly have a cold snap tonight
Other towns i'm other directions re
port similar wintry weather
It's the funniest thing about tnesN
little "tail-cnd storms Yesterday
for instance the weather man pre-.
dicted Fair tonight and tomorrow.
Wen. everyone knows what happened
last night. II raiued all night. the
total precipitation being 1856 inches,
record When the weather man was
asked how it all happened, the ever
ready 'tail-cnd storm" story came
into play Apparently those httle
after-spludges are the source OF INIT
less worry TO the poor weather man.
When storm has stormed itself biack
I'm the face he feels 1t safe enough TO
hang out the fair flag. Then up
hobs the little "tail-end storm" that
has been overlooked, and Mr.. Wealth
er Mans good record goes glimmer-
ing. II seems that the little nuisance
hides somewhere until the unsuspect-
ing prognosticator has stepped into
the trap. Then patter patter come the
rain drops
Unforecasted transforms are al
ways followed by disturbances, with
the weather man as the victim. The
local weather man in an exclusive In
terView this morning said he has
great scheme, however. He is going
to get all the weather men to band to-
gether and wage war upon "tale-ond
storms" They. the pests, will be
drowned when found in their holes, or
hit on the head. when found frisking
about on the ground. They will be
located by means of fair and sultry
signs which will be hung up pro-
miscuously right after the next storm.
DOES MUCH DAMAGE.
Last nights rain was heavy. Paving,
wherever in progress, has been stop
ped The sea of mud on Second
street. which has been distinguished
by the title of macadam, has been
augmented by mud washed down from
the streets higher up. The depart
ment had 100 men at work early this
morning clearing up. North Main
street was seriously flooded and with
broken boughs, the grim reminders
of the last snow sill unrcmoyed from
the streets, fumes and cutters were
choked up. Lawns were spoiled i'm
many parts Of the city, the west side
suffering considerably The damage
is estimated at about 1000.
For II minutes, commencing at
o clock, the Telluride Power companys
plant was shut down. decreasing motive
power for use by the Utah Light e.
Railway company today. The COM
pany had gangs of men at work all
night on the Third and Sixth avenue
lines. 1t took several dozen mon, work.
ing Increasingly, TO keep the lines open
until this morning. Small torrents
rushed down from the foothills on the
north and would have covered the
tracks with several inches Of silt had it
not been for shovel aud broom gangs.
SOME SNOW FALLS.
After q brief stretch of sunshine. rain
ana snow began to fan at Intervals the
noon hour being as dark and dismal at
p. m. on a winters day 1t Is be-
leved this AFTERNOON win be fair, at
least the forecast reads. Tonight fair
with frost; Wednesday fair" II lusr
nights storm wasn't "tailond storm"
it must have been a storm all by itself
And If IL Is a storm by itself. tomorrow
ought to see tai-cnd storm, the
weather man having predicted fair II
today's storm was a tail-ender than the
forecast may be believed. Each Salt
Laker viii have TO decide this point for
himself and dress I'm the morning ac-
Cordingly
Weather conditions throughout the
United States are described by tho local
weather bureaus chart: The plateau
storm has increased in energy aud
moved eastward TO Wyoming this
morning. Another storm is central over
middle Canada These disturbances
have caused rain or snow over portions
Of Utah, Colorado. Wyoming. Idaho.
Montana, Washington, oregon, North
Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska. Lake Io.
gion. Ohio valley, south Atlantic and
east Gulf states. Manitoba and Alberta.
over the north Pacific, Atlantic ana
cast Gulf states the barometric pres
sure IS high.