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Show ? , - , ......... , , i; . J . l . -J w . . ' .. . . . ,. lis-' ii L. ....,. ....... L- . - V,'r.!er Vill C: r. F::t T';r:i Lr.st Yc.r ; Llrcctcr ci V.'er.llicr Curcaa Snys. '' i The Jevel of Great Salt lake Is rapidly rising, and notwithstanding the fact that the weather of the past f fteen days has not been warm enough to melt any of the enow on the mountains a reading: taken yesterday shoVs a rise of two inches since March 15th. This Is considered a marked rise when the weather conditions are considered. I The lake level now measures two feet eight Inches below zero, which Is ten Inches higher than It was on January 1st, when It had reached the lowest mark of the year. During- January and February the lake rose six Inches, and during March four Inches. . Section Director Murdoch looks for the big rise to commence about the middle or latter part of this month. He says the snow on the mountains is packed unusually unu-sually hard, and that it will take several days of warm .weather to melt any . quantity of It. He also says that the process of melting will be very slow this spring, owing to the density of the enow, which will have a tendency to keep the level of the lake up until quite late in the summer. . . ' The many streams flowing from the mountains intot he lake have not as yet become swollen, but are, however, carrying o considerable amount of water. As they drain a watershed with an area equal to twenty times, that of the lake ft can be readily understood how a slight melting of snow will bring the level of the lake up. During the next fifteen days Mr. Murdoch expects a rise of several Inches., fie still holds to his forecast that the lake will be a foot higher this than It was last year. |