Show Will EXPERIMENT WiT NEW GAUGES Salt Lake LaIH Cit City has been cho chosen en as one I of oC the cities in ill Which the new seasonal I precipitation gauge authorized by br the central station of or tho the weather bureau at Washington D. D C. C for tho the aut automatic recording recording- of precipitation In Iii i isolated hlat d places will be tried out A series serio of experiments will bo Io conducted at It Fort Douglas s this winter under the tho direction of A. A 11 II Thiessen section director to determine the worth of the tho new pause gauge If Jf It proves pron s successful It will vIll solve one oue of the tho most mot perplexing questions the meteorological survey has to contend with The Thc object of the g-aug- g gauge aug and of the ex experiments ox- ox to he be conducted at Fort bou las Ins and at ut other points In iti the United States Slates le h to get g-ct a record of precipitation tion especially In mountainous districts where thorn there Is no habitation and wh where re daily measurements can not be bo made If f tho the gauges g-auges prove satisfactory ati factory they will be bo left In the mountains all through the winter winter winter win win- hen the they will ho bo ter and spring comes visited again and the precipitation of f the winter season will have han been correctly correct correct- ly recorded At present the government has no means ol of or a ascertaining the tho cx exact ct I precipitation in out of the tho wa way places |