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Show SHORTAGE OF WATER PROVES WIDESPREAD Bear Woboj Green and Grand Rivera of Xrtai and Humboldt la Nevada Suffer Most. V table recently compiled hv the vater resources branch of the United , 'tates geological survey indicates a 1 water shortage in Ltah and Nevada streams that has been 1 mitinc irnga I Hon and power operations dur ng the present summer The shortage is especiall noticeable in Bear eber, i Cireen and Grand nvrs n Utah and I the Humboldt river in Nevada the lat I ter stream having been practieallv dry ! during the greater part of July in many localities ! Low ater oond t ons will not have j as ser ous an eiTeet on crops from now I on as grain crops have now matured I and vater will 'be needed only for late irrigation of hav sugar beets fru t etc ac ording to E A Porter engineer ; of the nater resonreea branch. Mr For ter points oot that the Sevier nver is the most fortunate as regards normal I water suppl n ltah for the present irrigation season Th s, be argues, has more than demonstrated the value of the storage reservoirs that have served to erualize the nver svstem |