Show LOW LOWI W ITI WATER ATER ATE IN BIG I JACKSON RESERVOIR CAUSES SR NO CONCERN COI S Sp Special Twin Palls Falls Ida June Tune 1 Although t.-Although tho amount of ot water contained in tho Jackson lake lAko reservoir at this time IB is 60 50 per her coat cent less than ono one year ago o neither reclamation authorities or farmers are displaying any uneasiness over or tho the situation Tho state of ot water at tho the last official report May 22 22 was 2649 0 feet acre as against feet aero on tho same date in 1919 That thoro thero Is no feeling of at anxiety I is due it is said to tho the fact tact that tho the thoI I spring ruh off In 1919 came more moro than a a. month earlier than this time thus depleting the hills of ot snow an and filling the reservoir ahead d of ot tho the usual annual schedule This year the tho runoff run rm off oU has been retarded by unusually cold weather In the hills but bUl It Is said there Is vastly more snow now In tho the Jackson watershed than at nt an any anytime I time In the tho spring of or 1919 This supply supply supply sup sup- ply has not yet et started to thaw to any extent and authorities express tho the be belIet belief belief be- be lief lIet that the run oft will be gradual thus insuring a n. steady stead Inflow at the laJ lake G throughout tho the summer Addition to the supply of ot water In Inthe Inthe inthe the reservoir la last it week wook amounted to feet acre-feet while the tho Inflow last year at this time was feet teet Tho The total deficit this year car as compared with tho the same period last year Is acre Precipitation in the tho watershed last week weak was 01 inch while a year ago ngo It was nothing For the period from September September September Sep Sep- 1 I 1919 to May Ma 22 1920 the fall tall was 1807 1507 Inches while for tho ho same period a a. year prior It was 1104 inches |