Tuesday, January 11 Cold stormy day. I attended Ianthus P. Richards funeral at 5 point 5. Very nice Good man he has 10 children 40 grandchildren and 50 great grand children. We attend mutual in the 12th ward. A Bp Rhies calked about a trip to the Far north to rescue a big Army plane that cracked up. Very interesting Mira has written several letters Wednesday, January 12 Jan 14 1949 Salt Lake Tribune January Storms Leave 100 Dead, Vast Damage By The Associated Press Winters January punch thus far has killed more than 100 persons, cost millions of dollars in damage to crops and property and brought much misery and hardship to thousands of persons. Its been a tough 13 days for much of the country particularly in the western half. An Associated Press survey showed Friday at least 123 persons died in the nation since Jan. 1 because of bad weather conditions. Stockmen, citrus fruit growers and utility companies still are counting up the dollar loss. It will run into many millions. Thousands of cattle and sheep were frozen or smothered in a three day blizzard in the West. Cattlemen estimated livestock tosses as the worst since the droughts of 1934 and 1936. Estimate Made Damage to citrus and other agriculture crops in California is estimated at more than 43,400,000. In Arizona, the citrus crop damage is estimated at 2,000,000. Thousands of telephone and utility poles were downed by ice storms. In Texas, Missouri, Kansas, Arkansas, and Oklahoma, the Souhtwestern Bell Telephone Company estimated the damage at nearly 2,000,000. Winters weather elements appear to have been on a binge ever since New Years Day. The early January weather across the country ranged the climatic scale tornadoes, blizzards, sleet and freezing rain, sub zero temperatures, snow and freezing in California, and near summerlike weather in the south. Tornadoes struck in Arkansas, Louisiana, and Kansas on Jan. 3, killing 56 persons. Property damage was estimated at more than 1,000,000. Blizzards Hit West Blizzards swept across the western plains and the Rocky Mountain states, paralyzing business and industry in scores of communities in the Dakotas, Nebraska, Wyoming, and Colorado. Thousands were marooned in trains and cars. Some towns were isolated for more than a week. The full extent of the damage is not yet known as some sections still are digging out from the huge snow drifts. There were countless stories of heroic rescues as the Army and Red Cross rushed to aid the thousands snowbound. Snow fell in normally sunny California for four consecutive days and temperatures dipped far below freezing from the ocean to the mountains. Ice storms whipped over the southwest. Scores of communities in Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas suffered heavy damage. Many towns were without electric power and others were isolated as communication lines snapped.