Show DROUTH DANGER PASSED IN UTAH Special to The Tho PROVO Feb Fob 29 Drouth 29 Drouth will not threaten Utah farmers next sun Bumm Bum Bum- m mer r. r it appeared today oday from a precipitation pre pre- report of five central Utah stations and an eastern watershed from October 1 of ot last year to the present time The report report re report re- re port was submitted by by- T. T Frank Wentz Provo river water commis commis- Precipitation above normal forthe forthe for forthe the period is recorded in every one of the tho stations which include Salt Lake City Provo Heber Park City and Snake Creek Midway The water content of the snow on the Daniels canyon watershed Is per cent or nearly double the nor nor- mal Utah lake raised a full tull foot in February and now stands at feet below compromise the report revealed The lake is now feet higher than It was wa November 1 I 1935 when it reached an time all-time low Jow of ot 1220 feet below compromise I The lake however is still sUU 02 of a afoot afoot foot lower than it was at this time 1 last year Tho The Snake Creek station has the I greatest per cent of ot normal precipitation precipitation pre pre- for the period covered by the report with Salt Lake City is next with The report revealed a snow dep depth on the Daniels canyon watershed of five feet inches with a a. water i content of ot inches This is Js I p per pr r cent of normal it stated At At this time last ye year r the snow w was s three feet 7 1 Inches with a water content of 1086 or 10 per cent of normal The average snow depth for this watershed from 1921 to 1936 is three thre feet teet inches with an on average water content of 1041 The picture is decidedly different from that presented by a report covering the same stations and watershed on January 1 Precipitation Precipitation tation then was below normal in every instance and totaled less than measurements on the same date in 1933 which preceded tho the disastrous summer drouth of 1934 The following table gives a comprehensive comprehensive com corn record of the five stations sta ala for the period from October 1 1935 to the present and the same period the preceding year along with precipitation records for tor the month just passed 25 ox- ox o 2 g Jn Lp p 9 a o. o 5 2 a r 9 i PI oOn iu r r m- m n Sit Station 2036 1936 1035 1935 Salt Lake Lako 3 09 Provo Pro 72 10 2 Heber lIeber 0 97 6 25 8 33 53 1257 1251 Park City 1101 10 1080 SO Average 1059 10 SO 5 24 i Per cent normal or average total 80 |