Show LAKES DRYING UP OP referring adalu to a subject trea tram ed in these columns a week or twos two age we note dote that the st paul Ilo press has baa now completed the th publication ot of a series of reports report from we the various cou counties of minnesota daes and north an and south dakota on the he disappearance of the be lakes and smaller streams in there bore states from the reports it appears that the water getem system in all the states mentioned is ia gradually graum lly drying up minnesota tit at aie toe time bad something like seven sevea thousand bodies of water while many oi of these bow have entirely vanished sod and forms farms gulf and fields occupy their ormer sites site others ra have diminished tiu lu volume and are slowly disappear i g the a pioneer press finds nothing to ause acae auae a change in the belief that the chief reason for this act is that the breaking up op ot the ibe soll soil tor for farming purposes es has ban aad the effect ol of cutting off the ibe al drainage the be water bel be g absorbed by the be sandy loam for the smaller nd shallower lovier lakes the disappearance to ou probed to be permanent while he irger lakes may probably gradually te be filled up again commenting on this subject the peoria peona journal calls attention to the t ot ct that no such heated bested and ral raible uleas aft period from the middle of augustuss august Augus tuse baa b on en experienced in this country before the magnificent floating placed that once plowed the 1111 illinois nob mi bourl and elpi rivers are giving I 1 gig way for a class clas of boats that hardly draw two fet of water and even these cannot find depth enough at all times llma of the be year the reports of tae department of agriculture show that all water supplies to in the now new england states are exceptionally low loir the rainfall ban baa also aleo been deficient in colorado Ne nebraska brasko montana and the pacific staler as well us as in indiana IlU illinois noli iowa minnesota and michigan the tee detailed reports from the places mentioned menti oneo neu below show the sort gerl of the deficiency in the section around eastport East port me the rainfall has been inches below the average in the section around northfield vt 01 binche around boston inches rhode laland island amherst from 11 central new 4 york ork new york ci cay y 7 42 central pennsylvania 1584 eastern pennsylvania southern new jersey S 20 washington 5 57 lynchburg va cape henry va north carolina linw from 16 lo 10 florida mis 1011 texas 1147 tennessee 1065 indiana 1002 ohio west virginia western new york michigan to 10 iowa 74 to 78 illinois and kansas 1046 the conclusion drawn Is that be earth at prevent present Is ie suffering from some unusual condition which has the offset effect of diminishing its R usual water supply FlamBo Flam arlon marion some time ago suggested we believe that the approach ol of fayes comet might have that effect but as he is in an alarmist ol of a pronounced type his predictions do oot not carry much weight the cause 0 it a all 11 to la important enough but it Is ie not nearly so ao pressing prea eing as is ic the problem in case a change dof does not speedily co come me as aa to what the dried up states elates are going 40 do about it |