Show GREAT INCREASE EXPECTED FOR FORLAND OR ORv v LAND REQUESTS A marked increase in the number of homestead applications is expected at the local government land office this spring sprine because of the heavy snow of this winter Eli F. F Taylor register of ot the land oC office Ice reports Every spring following a good winter winter winter win win- ter which promises to furnish sufficient sufficient moisture to mature a crop a great influx of applications is noted Mr l Taylor said At the Great Basin experiment station station station sta sta- sta- sta tion at Ephraim the snow on the ground now totals inches and has hasa a water content of 1151 inches which is greater than any time during the past 10 years With conditions so favorable throughout the state generally a rush lush for homesteads will undoubtedly start as soon as spring opens he said I |