The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1916-02-02
FALLON AGAIN VISITED BY
RECORD BREAKING STORM
More Snow Falls and Thermometer
Again Hits the
Toboggan

80 OhCh III iAiiAS lOiuihto " ILLS
section again last Saturday after
brief let-up during which the ther-
mometer hit the bottom of the tube.
After a day or two in which there
was slight suspicion of thaw in
the afternoons and which served to
pack the ten or twelve inches of
snow that had fallen, it began to
to snow again Friday night and in
the morning about four inches OF
the beautiful 90 had been deposit
ed which was augmented during the
day by a couple of inches more.
The yagaries of the present freak
ish weather conditions was illustrat-
ed Saturday night when it suddenly
turned cold and on Sunday morning
| the thermometer registered Is de-
grees below zero and ranged around
10 below all day. Monday morning
it dropped to 20 below according
to readings at the government ex-
pertinent farm, although it is re-
ported as low as "a below in other
sections OF the valley.
A singular thing connected with
the present conditions is the fact
that the cold belt seems to follow
the course of the Carson river.
Gardneryille reported "a below,
with unofficial readings of 29 below.
| This is said to be the lowest on rec
ord there for at least twenty-five
years. Within thirty-six hours the
temperature raised 60 degrees and
rain began falling and melted the
most of the heavy fall of snow.
Carson river reports tempera-
lures ranging around "a below,
while at Empire it is said to have
reached 81 below. Meanwhile
Reno, usually colder than Fallon,
showed only below last Sunday
morning as against 8 here. All
sections report much heavier snow
| fall than occurred in Fallon, where
the aggregate of all that has fallen
in January will probably not reach
eighteen inches and there now re-
mains probably less than a foot on
level all over the valley.
There has been very little wind
or drifting around town, but on the
roads to Fairview and Wonder the
drifting snow has played havoc with
the attempts to maintain uninter-
rupted service in mails and freight.
c. L. Benadum has been compelled
to abandon all attempts to get
through with automobiles and has
gone back to the old reliable hay
burners" The road between here
and Sand Springs is especially heavy
with drifted snow and in places is
reported as up to the radiators of
the machines, making progress ut
terly impossible for machines. Not
withstanding, fairly regular ser
vice is being maintained with the
mining camps by means of teams
stationed at strategical points along
the road.
In comparison with other sections
our troubles seem to be insignifi-
can, however. Carson City papers
report the snow as so deep in the
streets that it is difficult to make
deliveries of wood and other sup
plies. The snow is drifted to a
depth of six feet in front of the
Governors mansion and many
householders were compelled to
climb into the windows of their
woodsheds to get shoyels to clear
away the snow before their front
doors could be opened.
Along the main streets of Virginia
the snow is piled up as high as the
second story windows by the guam
titles that have been shoveled from
the sidewalks The storm of Satur-
day last completely obliterated the
previous work of opening up COM
munication on the V. & T. and train
service was cancelled for two days
Dayton was cut off completely for
two days. Bridgeport, Bodie, Au.
rora, Markleeville and surrounding
mining camps are completely isolat-
ed from the outside world, without
mail or any means of communica'
ton.