Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-09-16 | Page 3 | Ready to Measure Snowfall of Utah

READY TO MS MEASURE SNOWfALL Of UTAH TAll I I R. R J. J H Hyatt att director of or the tho local weather bureau returned yesterday from a tenda ten day trip throughout the state stat during which ho Inspected the various arlous substations und under r his supervision Dr Hyatt visited the wen weather ther observation stations sta at Fort Duchesne on the Indian reservation at Vernal Dragon Ogden and Lo Logan an At the four latter places under unclE his di direction di- di l- l stations for the tho measurement of or sno snowfall were established In the mountains moun moun- tame This Is a new now movement on the part of or the national weather bureau and Is calculated calculate l grea greatly to Improve e tho the facilities tI ties R of or the department in determining Ir IrrIgation Irrigation Ir- Ir conditions ns In the moun mountain bin streams At O Ogden Jn one ono of or the tho largest and most thoroughly thorough equipped stations will be lo lo- lo High up on the mountain range to the north of or the Hermitage hotel in Ogden Ogden Ogden Og Og- Og- Og den canyon on tho the station will be placed and frequent of or the snow snowfall all willbe will willbe willbo be bo taken during time the winter months In Io Logan n can canyon on near the Bear lake divide another observation point will be bo selected At Dragon and Vernal similar stations will be bo maintained and It is thought that with these four tour points of at observation furnishing data the average a snowfall In the Wasatch mountains can be determined I