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Show BEAVER FINDS SIIOWNORMAL BEAVER Snow coverage on the watersheds of the Beaver district Is normal for this tims of the year, Henry K. Boyter, water commissioner com-missioner for the Beaver river sys-tsm, sys-tsm, said Thiirsrtsy At the snow course In Merchsnt valley end also on the Sooth fork of the Beaver river, there are four feet of snow, carrying high water content Snow on the bald ridges, from which the late summer runoff comes, measures five feet This smount Is not quits as much as wss there last year, but signifies normalcy, nor-malcy, hs said. There Is no question but what there will be an abundance of Irrigation Ir-rigation water during the next summer sum-mer season, Mr. Boyter said. Dur- ing the thawing season a good runoff run-off of water flowed Into the Mlners-vill Mlners-vill reservoir. The greater portion por-tion of the moisture on the high ground has been absorbed by soil and vegetation. Within the Beaver valley the amount of moisture has been 126 per cent normal, Mr. Boyter said, which will prove a great benefit to farming ground and pasture lands. |