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Show THE LAKE IN THE DESERT WATER 13 STILL RAPIDLY P0U3INC INTO IN-TO THE SALTON SiNK. Th Snntlii-rn Pao Ho Msk n; an KITurt to Sara It. Spur Itnlttt . M'a er is so II tt lliat It la t"r r..il 1 It Una can but ICiitlurA it. I,Oi ANiEi.i:s, Cal., July !). The desert des-ert lake at Haltnn caused surprise yesterday yes-terday by tlio fact that tha water rc-cedad rc-cedad in tho morning, but coiiiinciiccd to rise again, showing tho limit had not been reached. Ail tho Hat part of the basin '.s now covered with water f' and the section men are imiking efforts to saro the railroad Fpur, but tho water is very hot ami it is feared tho men cannot enter it. Two outfits luvo been started out. by tlio s'ipprinlrndoiit oi the Southern Tacilie, one from Sal ion and tho other from Ogilby. Both panics ' blurted in wagons with a supply of water twiil provisions, and will make an effort to locate the exact spot where tho water comes through the sand hills. Tho operator lit Saltou telegraphs that the wider is rising v,ery slowly and there is no clanger of its reaching tho .rtili'oad track. |