Show P fAH LAKE DAM NEDS EEDS POINTED A BY 1 BY HUMPHERYS t h tY Per Cent Beet Crop Loss Laid to Evaporation fering figures as proof the prod pro- pro d id lakes dikes are arc urgently need need- tate Engineer T T. H. H Humpherys Monday that although feet of water entered Utah lake season only could be used irrIgation r The rest evaporated r r. r Humpherys was informed by water commissioner the Uie Jal lake and Jordan river river that IiI practical purposes the n is over Che e lake Jake level has fallen to 12 I below below compromise level Jevel an an un- un low Mr L Lofgren n sa said d. d i e lake ake virt virtually is drained to to toe e dregs dregs l' l Points to Hea Heavy Heave Loss rr Humpherys s 's said that if the thes' thes theties kes ties s' s shad had been built acre- acre st f of water wate would have been saved I tin an n evaporation This his amount he heid heid heid id id would have provided one ir- ir tion for all the land irrigated Jm m the Jake or would have irn- irn ted the beet crop twice affording per cent beet crop instead of per per percent cent If the channel at the Pelican lint Int pumping plant had ad been ex- ex filed more or or if mud had been r moved ved feet acre acre could have haven en n added to the irrigation supply e engineer said Bo How V Water Was Vas Used ti I tiThe The feet acre-feet used for irrl- irrl fJ n in the past season was di- di ded did among users as as follows Utah arid and Salt Lake Canal coming com- com ing ny 1626 East Jordan Canal Salt Lake City 12 12 8 South Jordan Canal company North Jordan Canal com- com ny 1820 i Secondary on ary users the Draper company and Utah Lake Disputing Dis Dis- company took 1456 be- be itea them Primary y users users along the J Jordan ordan ef der t took ok 2 2124 2424 24 feet acre-feet from the k ke and arid from the river Fig Figures sh show w how the annual eld Of of the lake lak 1 Is declining rap- rap ty Compared ed with the re feet obtained n jn 1935 are 19 1934 in 1933 in 2 1 and d in 1931 |