Show ANOTHER EXPLANATION To the Editor of The Herald H Much has lias been aai regarding the cause of oC the hot wave and it hu has been invariably explained on the basis of astrOnomy In olden oHe dayS daye hot w weather was a al thing unknown In America l excepting upon Its de deserts erta and d even those tho e when irrigated and brought ro Under Uon tion have K become n rich in producing qualities and rain nun has ht been abundant Within the past few years millions of acres of Umber timber laud land have bave been de det deStroyed and asa as a result In ln the spring tIme Ume t we have floods and during sum summer summer summer mer hot periods with little or no rain It is generally conceded that timber Umber extracts moisture from the earth and even were no BO rain to fall taU the I surroundings are always moist and fresh Strip a country of It its Ita foliage and you have a desert Plant a desert ert de with trees and a garden gamen springs into exist existence existence existence ence We Ve have made a desert of our land by the merciless destruction of timber Umber which has been going on for forthe forthe forthe I the forty years Very respect respectfully f full fully y J BAILEY SMITH Salt Lake City Utah July 31 |