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Show Tnle Lake Now . in Dry Column KLAMATH FALLS, Or, -.IS t Tul lak. only a few yr so a body of water eovarlns 1"6 aquare mile, will be entirely dry bar ore th and of nest month. Thla lake, by It evaporation, haa xpoad thousands of acre of rich land, which Is rapidly being placed under Irritation with the aocompajiylns drainage syetem, th work bains don by th reclamation rec-lamation rrlc. Tut lak reached Its maximum alie about twenty year ago. covering; cov-ering; at that time the area where Malln I now located and reaching almoat to the town of Merrill. It slxe waa Increaatns by th Inflow of Loot river and also of part of th Klamath rrVer during perloda of high water. ' The reclamation service . first checked the Inflow from th' Klamath Kla-math and then proceeded to divert Loot river Into the Klamath, thua euttlns off all but the emaller stream from th lake. Evaporation Evapora-tion and aeopage hav don the rent. In th time of General Fremont' expedition through here. May. 114. Tul lak waa only about half th six It waa at It maximum maxi-mum and at that time It I believed be-lieved there waa an outlet through the eav-ln of th lava beda which later filled with lilt, thua caualns th lak to at art to grow In ala. |