Salt Lake Telegram | 1937-02-02 | Page 11 | Rain in East Hits Year's Fall in Utah

RAIN IN EAST HITS YEAR'S FALL ift UTAH I Flood-stricken Ohio river valley areas received aa much rain between be-tween January 1 and January 2S as Bait Lake City gets in an entire en-tire year of normal precipitation. precipita-tion. The Ohio valley received enough rain during January to bury il under 18 Inches of water if none had run off, according to reports received here from J. B. Kincer of Washington, D. C In charge ef the climate and crop weather condition con-dition section of the weather bureau. bu-reau. The amount of rain, according to J. Cecil Alter, government meterologist here, would raise the level of Great Salt lake nearly So feet, provided the area of the lake were kept at 2000 square ' miles.