Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-03-10

a few minutes.
The eastern part of the state
seems to have been covered by a
snow mantle, Tucumcari, Clovis
and Roswell reporting five, five
and four and four-tenths inches,
respectively.
The snow will be Of inestimable
benefit to ranges and put the
ground in excellent condition for
spring plowing. 1t will also put
new life in the winter wheat.
! The following reports were re-
/ ceived from various points in the
state
East Las Vegas. N. NJ. March 8.
-Ushered in by high wind, the
heaviest snow storm of the year hit
Las Vegas last night, Snow is still
falling late today. The snow fall
| has reached a total of about one
foot. The storm was not accom-
panied by decided drop in tenn
perature.
Clovis, N, NJ, March 9.--SnoN
commenced falling here at 8
O'Clock yesterday afternoon and
has continued steadily all day
Will amount to about four inches
and extends all over the north
plains.
Tucumcari, N. NJ, March o.
Snow began falling here at mid
night and at 8 o'cloC this fore
noon it was about five inches deep
on the level and the fall continued.
Reports from the Quay county
wheat belt indicated that the snow
fall has been general. Jordan re-
ported about two inches. The
south plains section reported a
| light snow fall. This is the first
moisture since last summer and
will be beneficial to winter wheat
and put the ground in good condi-
ton for spring plowing,
State College n, NJ, March g.
A high wind and severe sand storm
swept over this vicinity yesterday
land last night. Snow fell for a
few minutes this afternoon. The
weather is clear and cold,
Mountainair, N. NJ, March O.
From four to six inches of snow
| fell in the Estancia valley last
night and today. AS this was the
second heavy snow of the winter
the range and farm land will be in
excellent condition for spring.
Roswell, N. NJ. March 9.--Ac-
cording to figures from the wealth
er bureau here. the snow fall
amounted to "A inches, with pre-
cipitation record of one-half inch.
The snow seems to have been gem
eral over southeastern New Mex
leo, being heavier between here
and Clovis. Roads are reported
blocked in the vicinity of Elida,
while the amount of snow in the
mountains west was practically
what it was here. 1t has done a
tremendous amount of good. Stock
men are Of the opinion that there
is enough moisture to bring up the
weeds for sheep. so that prospects
for lambing are much better. The
farmers and orchard men are also
happy over the snow. The weather
was clearing and snow melting
rapidly this afternoon.
Ration, N. NJ, March "a
wind and snow storm struck Ration
suddenly early Wednesday after
noon, after several days of pleas
ant weather. The temperature
dropped and this morning the mer-
curry registered 10 degrees above
zero. The snowfall was very light
The wind was probably the hardest
of the winter, averaging close to
65 miles all hour and was so severe
that a large plate glass window in
the Ration Commercial company's
store was blown in, being the
fourth time this window has been
broken. This was the second Sc
we're storm to strike Ration within
week. The storm had subsided
this evening and snow had stopped
falling. A decided drop in temper
ature is looked for during the night
and indications point to the mer-
curry registering below zero.
Carlsbad, ~ M, March GA
light snow fell here this morning
and soon melted. The weather has
been cloudy all day. The tempera-
ture is falling.
Silver City, N. M. March g.
Gold and windy throughout the
section of New Mex
leo, with no sign of either rain or
snow.
Gallup, N. M. March 9.--The
weather here is cold and disagree
able, with intermittent snow fur
ries. Snow fell at intervals all day
and part of today, but
the fall was very light, less than
an inch.