Show LAKE RECOVERS P PART ART 1 OF LOSSES The Thc Great Salt lake has r regained about half hall of ot the water waler lost during th the drouth of ot last t summer That was WM the statement Tuesday of A. A B. B Purton engineer for lor the U. U S. S geological survey T The e present reading on the old Saltair Saltair Salt Salt- air gauge sh shows ws a level of ot feet below zero Mr Purton said On May MayI 1 I 1934 it sowed showed showed 2 foot above zero On November 1 1934 the lake level hit its lowest point in measured history his tory Cory 21 feet below the zero line irr Mr urt P-urt Purton n explained that that the zero ero has no significance In itself It does docs not indicate a normal In years gone by the level was wa always well above zero Seven years of ot drouth h however how w. w ever had lowered the water far below its ILc usual line The engineer said that it is unlikely unlike unlike- ly that thal the lake level will change much durin during the remainder of the spring and summer From now on evaporation will wUl approximately approximately ap approximately ap- ap proximately balance inflow into the lake lak considering withdrawals withdrawals' from tributary streams by farmers for irrigation irrigation gation purposes he said |