Show Drouth Common In n Utah a Weather Statistics Pro Prove o v e eThere There is something about statistics hn especially weather L statistics d' d A u no l 1010 01 taut 1311 as an unusual drouth year ao so o the question naturally arises arises ls Is it Answering from books of ot statistics In the local office of ot the weather bUI bureau burau au comes a a. distinct Nol NolAnd 0 And the best of ot statistics Is that thai you ou can an prove or disprove almost anything any fun thing If Ie only you can look far Car enough and deep deel enough In this ca case care c In Investigating Investigating investigating In- In into 1919 as a a. rainless year there aro arc so HO many statistics over aver such a si long IonS perl period of oC time that there can cnn be no dou doubt t But Dut th then then take n take the facts for Cor what whal they are arc 43 3 DR Without As a basis for Cor comparison let Jet ua us look at the present year ear The Tho last Jast 1 real a I lain main came on May olay 30 with a han hangover hang hang- over O on May ilay In 31 since that time limo there mere has been boen practically no precipitation a total of oC three forty da days Including yesterday All AU these arc for fOl Salt SaIl Lake only L Lets Let's go back to ISO 1880 May 27 July 16 practically rainless fifty d a. tys Next atop stop 1877 June 8 August 10 three throe days das during which 0 01 I of e an Inch Illch of or rain fell Board Doard for for 1889 May Ia July 19 1 U. U six fifty days das during which 01 of or an till Inch fell and a few traces lt Next we te find find 1890 June Aug 4 U 10 sixty woven days das during during- which 0 02 of oC an Inch of ot rain fell Cell and another few Cew traces ornul Yield As close doso as 1111 we find an un unUsually un- un usually dry year ono one that Ivan waa far Cal more serious than 1919 because the dry spoil spell continued until late In Sep Sep- June 17 September er 21 1 1 ninetysix ninety ninety- six days daH In which there was only OS 08 of an inch of rainfall So the 1919 situation Is no not nearly as 08 critical a an as sonic some people are loading themselves to believe In f fact ct ex experts experts experts ex- ex on crops and rainfall say Ray hat that there Is no cause for alarm and that thai unless uness things get et a 0 lot worse wonc Utah will pull through with a normal crop rop yield I |