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Show TIIK till (III UH) 111 SUIT 10 III KIM 11 A II Ullll . Accohmvu to report from the Colorado Colo-rado deaert lu California, Haltou Lake promlsta lo become a rirruanent loly of water. It lost a little from July to OcloUr, but alnie It haa moro than heldlla own. The Colorado rlvir at Viima bridge li now 17 feet 3 Inchia, end rising about three lnchea ir week, About February I, It la esllmaleJ that tl.ol'O foot maik will he reached. The bieak on the river bank through whli li the water escaped laat year la level with the rlvir at the 10 loot mark, so that before many wcika a large volume of watt r w III be again pom Inn directly Into Haltou Lake. If the Colorado reaches Ita usual June mark oftaenty-flvo feet during thepreMiiil year, the outflow of water will be ao Immense that It Is supposed It may work for itself anew channel. It Is aald that no power on earth cau dam the break. Here a freak of naturo accomplished In a moment what different Individuals have beiu tljlng to gelCoognsa to do for jeara, namely, to turn the ColoMdo IUver to the west, and overflow that barren reglou with fresh water. |