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Show RISE REPORTED III LAKE LEVEL Gradual rise in the level of Great Salt lake la resulting from heavy snow, according to A. B. Purton, watsr resources engineer of the United States geological survey. Tha lake level February 1 waa 2 09 feet below tha sero mark on the Saltair gauge, as against a level of 2 68 below sero at this data In 1M. The low level of the current season waa It feet below ssro last October 15 and sines then ths lake level haa risen slowly, coming up mors than an Inch la tha last two weeks. Spring runoff from the basins feeding feed-ing the lake haa not yet started. |