Show THE COLORADO DESERT TO BECOME A GARDEN ACCORDING to reports from the colorado desert in california salton lake promises to become a permanent body of water it lost a little from july to october but since it has baa more than held its own the colorado river at yuma bridge to is now 17 feet feat 3 inches and rising about three inches per week about february 1 it is estimated that the 20 foot mark will be reached the break on the river bank through which the water escaped last year is level with the river at the 19 foot mark so that before many weeks a large volume of water will ibe be again pouring directly into salton lake if the colorado reaches itu its usual june mark of twenty five feet during the present year yar the outflow of water will be so BO immense that it is supposed it may work for itself a new channel it is said that no power on earth can dam the break here a freak of nature accomplished in a moment what different individuals have been trying to get congress to do for years namely to turn the colorado river to the west and overflow that barren region with fresh water |