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Show fiaffillf The swift fall of the level of Great Salt Lake BrfraWli 1 1 fills the minds of a good many people with ap- lfj$ I j ' prehension, lest the great inland sea becomes, so EfJ B 1 l to speak, extinct. We do not believe there is any Hlf K J d y fauch danger. People point to the amount of if s i ,.' water used in Irrigation adjacent to the lake, but Bfl'i f toes not a" a comPare in amount to what is llvj iljH I carried away by evaporation. The average amount 11 If ! of rain nas not fallen in tllis sreat central basin MM $ ll I or several years. This has reduced the water It !'if ! running into the lake greatly; it has at the same $!' SI I tme ncrease(1 tlie evaporation, for the whole at- Im'H ll I mosphere of this region is as thirsty for moisture I ftlrf 1 as are e armers w10 ve helow where Parley Bi?!'J ij creek debauches into the valley. With two or three B i!j till ea wet wnters tue ako will come back to its I r it ! I old level |