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Show Colorado River AtRecord AtRecord At Record Low PointThe Point The Colorado river rner is at the theloest thelowest thelowest lo\\est lo est lowest \ point pomt m n its recorded hIStory hIStoryaccordmg historyaccording historyaccording accordmg according to an announcement by bythe bythe bythe the reclamation service at Grand GrandJunction GrandJunction GrandJunction Junction On Friday the flow fiow at atthe atthe atthe the dl\ dl dry diversion dlerslon \ erslon ersion dam at Pal15ade Palisade Pal15adedro Palisadedro Palisadedro dro ped to 980 second s.cond scond . feet a ne\\ ne new nelow newlow newlow \ low point pomt The nonral normal fio fib flov \ ; at this thistime thistime thistime time of the ) sear year ear is 2000 feetEery feetEvery feet feetEvery \ Every E\ery E ery drop of water in the theColOiado theColorado theColoiado ColOiado Colorado is b ing mg diverted into mto the theHlO"h theHi theHi-h theHi h HlO"h HlOh Hi " " - h Line c'1nalThe canalThe cinal c'1nal c1nal canal cinalThe ' The drought of 1939 to date has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been the longest and most severe in inthe inthe inthe the history of the intermountam intermountamsection mtermountain'ectlon mtermountainectlon ectlon section ' < even surpassing surpassmg that of of19'H of19'il of19il of19'ilThe 19'H 19H 1911 19'HThe 1911The The ' ' rains Monday \ which hich v . were werefairly werefairl ere erefair fair fairly ! } ) general throughout the dls des dlstrict destrict district trict 1iave lave nave helped the drought droughtsituation droughtsituation droughtsituation situation materially matenally While the themOisture themoisture themoisture mOisture came late in the senson season sensonIt seasonit seasonit It It1 \1 1 \ will ill be of considerible oonsider'1ble oonsider1ble considerable ' benefit on onthe onthe onthe the range as it will result in late lateg lateg"o lateg-ovth lateg ovth g > ' g"o go ' " - 0 v , th of grass : . Many r.Iany rIany reservOirs reservOirsand reservoirsand reservoirsand and \ water a ter hcles holes \ were ere filled which whichwil whichwi whichwi wil wi I 1 help belp stock materially durmg- durmg during durmgthe duringthe duringthe - the fall faU season |