| Show LA LAKE Kt MA Y BEGIN TO Level is Reported to Have Been Stationary For Two Weeks and Prediction Is Made That the Great Saltair Pavilion May MayOnce MayOnce MayOnce Once More Be Surrounded by byWater Water REPORT from Great Salt lake received re received A yesterday at the weather bureau shows that for the first I time in a year the level leel of the water has ceased to fall tall The reading taken yesterday is exactly the same as it was I two weeks ago that is three feet and six inches below zero nero This cessation in falling is looked upon as an import important Important ant indication that a decided change in the lake conditions may be expected In fact It is believed by Director Mur Murdoch Murdoch Murdoch doch that the level will begin to rise now ow and that in time the th water will willbe willbe willbe be back at its old level Whether tilts tIfis Is simply a temporary cessation in fall or IB is a at ening point in the condition of the lake will of course be bea bea bea a matter of mere conjecture until an another another another other one on or tv readings taken and any or 01 continued d fall is noted If Tf f the Che stationary noted yester yesterday yesterday yesterday day is an Indication of a comi rise in the waters it is an Important one Mr lr Murdoch is led to believe that it is 15 isa isa a true indication because of the fact that for a year ye r or more past the read readings readings readIngs ings taken every two weeks have hae shown a fall ali of one inch in each two weeks w without without exception and sometimes more than an inch Water May Now Rise The check in Jn the thc falling of the lake level is attributed to more than one cause One cause that It Is thought may play pla p a not unimportant part in inthe Inthe inthe the change Is the shutting off of of irrigation Irrigation irrigation gation during the winter thus allow allowing lug jug a large quantity of water that was otherwise spread over the land to run r directly into the lake Then too the I II precipitation has been decidedly great greater I er thus far in the winter than it has hasI I been for a long time and this Is looked upon as the most Important factor Mr Murdoch stated that a rise of ot I three feet will bring the water back I to the pavilion at Saltair and although I it may be some time before the level gains gain 5 this point po Int Mr M r Murdoch is in inclined Inclined I dined to think that a change has come comeI and it will wili get back b ck k Jo o IfS US i old eld ld leveL leve I In Jn sup ort of bis hie belief b he ues u old records showing s that the lake has h s been as low or r nearly as low lov as It is now in times past and subsequent to those J times has risen to a level a number of feet above the present reading All I data shows show s that the lake has risen and fallen In cycles of years and It Is con considered considered as reasonable to believe that I the dry cycle which of course is Ss at attended attended attended tended by a fall fail In the lake la e has ha come cometo cometo to an end and an I now a wet cycle has h s com corn commenced commenced I and the lake will vill Ill respond in accordance with the Increase in precipitation pre precipitation I I |
