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Show Snow Insures Plentiful Water for 1939 Irrigation Season . . . . . . . . . . . . Umtah U111t2.h U111t2h . . Basin Basm Moisture M01.8ture M018ture . 50 Per CentAbove Cent CentAbove Above Normal Nonna Normai ! Average AverageAn AverageI I An ample water watt-r watt r - supply sUppty stippTy for 1939 139 1939was 139was 1B39was was predicted prf"dictOO prfdictOO prsdtctd " by Bta State Engineer EngineerT T H if Humpherys Hwnpherys luznpherys { Saturday upon uponcompletion uponcompletion uponcompletion completion of the February P'ebrwLry PebrwLry ' report reportrrom reportfnrn reportfrom rrom fnrn : data provi : provided by br 38 3:8 : federaJ fedal federaJI federaJweather fedalweather federalweather I , weather Inircau urc&u urcu bureau & stations st.a.Uons sta.Uons staUons . 18 13 coop ooop- ooop - p - tr1I ' ! . erative eenttve live snow now C'O\lT C'O CO lT ' courses cour'es coures \ ' > ' ffi and IU1d 25 v . a kr ter krcommlssJoners tercommers tercommissioners tercommissionersDespite commlssJoners commers commlssJonersDe6plte commersDpIte Despite De6plte DpIte the February T'ord Tord roin T'ordbreakIng roinbreaking ( recordbreaking ' ( breakIng snowfall SllQwfall SflQWfS.ll SflQWfSll . in many section sections sectionsthe sectionsthe " the report showed the mon month h as as&l1ghUv asslightly asslightly &l1ghUv l1ghUv slightly & bdov belm bekjst " normal norma1 For Por t.he the t.heperiod theperiod . theperiod period ( from rom October to1er 1 1938 tD tDMarch t tMiuth toMarch March Miu-th Miu th - 1 the state as a & a whole vIS sas vISabout sasabout . wasabout ! about . nonnal--40 nonnal 40 normaI-40 normaI normal - - 40 per centwIng cent \wIng wIng being wIngabove beingabove \ beingabove above a average and a.nd . the tbe Use balance be bebeownormal bebelow bebelow beownormal below ! normal . . I The average averaae averce storage 6torage In ill the t.he . I"e- I"e Ie tea- tea " $ re - t irs rv n jn irs ) rs coitinues col COI Unues tlnuf i " < to bp bE > thp the gn-.at gn.at gn .at at great greattst - greatest . tst t in the & state &tatR tatR s hl h history istory < , t ry Mr MrIII Mrlltrnpherys MrHi III lltrnpher-ys lltrnpher ys mpherys - commented comment d In the tlw 14 14J 14I J 1 rinclpal rln'jpal rlnjpal rlndpal ( ' ' ; reservoirs l'efervolr'l lefervolrl reeervoirc ' theral'l there ther/ ther / " are al'l all ' " now nowfitorffi nowstored nowstored fitorffi stored available availAbll " for Irrigation irrigrttion 1 1'I 1SW 'I I ' O " > { ) 000 QOO acre a-e a e - f ! feet et't ett et ' being belnK u inc,1Ut inc1Ut inecase inecaseof Inceaseof " , ; > of 185000 a . a ae a'e . ' -e e - e feet oxer OH'r OHr oser ' that Rvall avail RvallI availU available I U { bl bi e a a mOIl mor month tJ1 th tgo &gO gO ago & and 322 322000 000 ru-re ru re erre rureft"tt errefeet - acrefeet ft"t-t ft"t ftt t feet " - In n excess exoess exs : of that at Rt the tht " cor ror corTf"fIpondlng rorresponding corresponding Tf"fIpondlng TffIpondlng responding " period of 1038 1938 The accumulated aecumulated prf'd prfd ' precipitation pi . t.atJon tatJon . 1s is israther israther spotted for tor the past t five months month.c monthc . ranging rangln from 'O O ' ' 0 O ' per pt'r ptr cent centbfIow centbelow centbelow bf-Iow bf Iow below - normal In ( ' certain 'ertaln ertaln . areaa .reas reas areas to toa toa toa a like percentage above In other otherarMll otherareas otherareas otherareasIf arMll areas > areasIf If an Imaginary IIn line { " Is drn drnn drnnfrom draw n nfrom nfrom from the tht " so < ; o Jthv.est Jthvest ittreest rthwe . t to thf tht the : ' north northM.t northeast noi-thea'it noi thea'it theait - M.t Mt east ! . . . ' comers oon1ers mers of the state staU ststt ' the nc ac acetmitilated ftccumulated 'umulaU'd umulaUd etmitilated ( ' ' precipitation pn-cJpltBtlon pn cJpltBtlon - to March1 MarchI March 1 I on the area IU't"Q IUtQ ' " west weill of the 1I line runs runsfrom runsfrom runsfrom from normal nonna.J nonnaJ . norpia ) to 50 per cent above abovewhile abovewhile abovewhile while to the thl " east NiSt the thf > moi&ture moiture moisture moi&turera.ng'es moistureranges moistureranges & ra.ng'es ra.nges ranges . ' from normal to 25 per cent belowKane belowKa.ne below I IKAne Kane Ka.ne . Oarfleld Garfield Wayne Waynt > and San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan counties and p parts part of Piut Flute Piut1 Fluteand Pluteand -1 1 - 1and and Sevler Bevier Sevier counties are included includedin In the tile 25 to t0 50 per cent below nor normal nornial normal mal nial division dJv1sIon whU whUe ! : Vernal Veraal and andvicinity andvicinity andvicinity vicinity as well weD as parts of Dag- Dag Dagt Daggett Dag-gvtt Dag gvtt andI - - I gett t D\lch D lch \ Ouchesne Duchesne ne . and a.nd XIlntah utntah U1ntai coun 00\1n- 00 1n \ 001nties coun- coun counties counties - - ties are blessed with wflt w1t p preetpltatlc precipitationranging lpU.fttl lpUfttl . ( ' . " ranging from rtom ti'om tiom ' normal to 50 per cent centaooft centabove centabove aooft above |