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Show EXOlXEEliS SENT OUT To Invrttltral Hie Ijrgt IHJy of Water h "I)rj Ule." S.ulli r,l of vallon. THE RAIlnOAO THICKS NOT IN DANCCR to I iplaiiallon or Hie Sourre of Ibo Mrram tint lillt the llaaln. Uy Ttteaitta to tu iawM tiir nrtrrtr i uk. The Kenllirraa I'tellle llallread mil. el. I. Sal Alarmed H tr KnANCIMM.July 2 The South eml't.lrlo company a, lit nut rodiy from Vunia an ingliierrlng parly lo Invettigate Hie aprtaranco of tho largo Ivdyof water In ' Dry 1-tkc," nulh witl of H.illon Tbe laltitlnforinallon from Vuma It that Iho wattri nut only fliwcd along theold rhauntl Into what It tailed thu liik,Mltilhave I rokeri out a III tie north or Iho oi.t where Ihey tmialli uveilluw, that It nearer to um. I -very yiar lliernlta flow of water lu lliu tluk, whhh travel! along Ihe old channel an I then gradually evapr r ate an I o1ilde t the year pmgreK, i an 1 the watert i f the Colon lo river fall Tho old Hall Dlrgoaud luina ilagellne htt a I rl Ige uver the oil eh inn, I and ten in nitlit In the yi ar n i unowou'd know why inch n bil Ign hi I been built. Thtieli ali a ferry then, which hat I-. n iitwl during thu annual Hood. North ur the alnk aud twulhaeat or Halton, llieru It nn tome iin of Ihe Htate a long, ltantha,l tract marked "(III Dry Lake," itilween ll au J Hie. Ink there It, howevi r, a high tldgn ot day, I n '(III Dry Lake" there It now wati r covering an area or thirty mile long and twelve wide. II la only twenty. ( ne lutliei deep, however, and when the ground It dry It It thirteen and ft hair ftlt ll iw Hie level or Ihe trark. The thraryof IheHauthiru I'aclflo engineer. It that the waler from Hi" link hat It r located Ihe grounl and lay ridge, and ao hat filled "Ol I Dry Lake " rlieio It no f,ar wliatever,lho mil, Ial lay, if Iho water evir reach. Ing Ihe Ira, ka, la-cauae the i vaporttlon It viry groat, tievlally under tho In teiiM, heat now revalllnt In the dert. Thn tlrraut running Into "01 1 Dry Lake" inure In at tlie rate of about lour an I a lull mil, t an hour, aud It It to deli mil ne tl u aourta of Ihe ilretrn that the engineering any haau ginu out l.attol the link thn IrtcLt have an ajdltlnual natural roluctloti or une of the liighett land uioiiujt In the United Hutet. extending ahnott arul-It! arul-It! tu the tiarki lor many mile. |