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Show CHEAT SALT LAKE IS AT ITS FLOOD STAGE According to the reading of the level yesterday the water in Great Salt lake his risen two-tenths of a foot since March 15 and now stands 3.7 feet above xero. The water has risen six inches since the first of the year and is now four-tentha of a foot higher than at the same time last year. The rise during this time of the year is not an unusual condition. From the time the gauge was established by the weather bureau in July, 1903, the water rose steadily each year lyitil 1910, when it reached 7.1 feet above zero, the highest high-est stage recorded. In 1911 the high est stage reached was 6.3 feet and last year 5.8 was the maximum. The lowest low-est stage recorded was in November, 1905, when tka water stood at 1.1 feet below xero. The present level is only one-tenth of a foot lower than the highest stage last year, but is one foot Tower than in April, 1910. the banner year. The highest high-est stage that year and the highest oa record was reached in May. |