Show u u. u RAIN MAKING WILL PROBABLY AGAIN AGAIN BE T TRIED lOUT OUT IN SOUTHERN UTAH AREA DURING 1952 By Lawrence C. C Davis County Agricultural Agent A large majority of the folks folk who attended the akers me meeting held In Richfield Monday Monday Mon Mon- day y came away with still a bIg question In In their minds as to tc whether or not cloyd c. c Ing g the ufe past season had worth been the money mon mono ey or not Local people who attended the meeting included C C. S S. Thomson Lester Leter Taylor Kent Johnson M. M H. H Young and Lawrence Law rence C. C Davis I think It was pretty much the he consensus of opinion among Ithe he the Grand county delegation that the project was too new with too many ands and andI I buts inserted Into the talks and illustrated lectures s that were given to be sure that the c country had a actually benefited from the efforts of the rainmakers rainmakers rainmakers rain makers However Howver How ver the project Is almost sure to be continued again this year in southern Utah due largely largey to the salesmanship sales saes manship of Dr P. P Krick head of the Water Resources Development Development De De- De Corporation and a statement nt by Dr Hales head ol ot the m meteorological department of the University of Utah Dr Hales Hale stated that cloud doud modification modi Is 13 definitely possible and that he felt that the peo peo pie should go along with the project for at least another year or two if for tor no ot other e reason than to provide a scale large rain making experiment Such an experiment could be studied scientifically by b various Institutions and the United States Weather Bureau ft In 11 an attempt to find out definitely whether the amount o of precipitation can be Increased under such a program pro gram a as Dr Krick advocates |