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Show f ttf Water Report Good in Utah County M. I Salt ak( Sunday Morning, April 9, 1978 district conservationsist at Provo. ' I et et 8,300-acre-fe- acre-fee- t. The Provo River near Hailstone is for 98 forecast to flow 100,000 acre-fepercent of average, while below Deer Creek the yield should be 104,000 acre-fefor 94 percent of average. American Fork River is expected to for 131 percent of yield 38,000 acre-feaverage. Snow depths for the month of March were measuieu at approximately 43 snow courses in central Utah. The survey was made by Clarke Gam, snow surveyor for the Soil Conservation Service, and John Esplin. Information gathered by the two men is used to forecast the expected stream flows. et et et (?' f'j r. 't' ffli0rrii'ifjin'lnpJhfiijiri n , jSVj ' 'J N 1 Special to The Tribune PROVO Snow depths and moisture content for the year are well above average in Utah County, according to a report released by Gerald Jorgenson, Snpw depths range from a high of 83 inches at Timpanogos Divide in American Fork Canyon to 14 inches at Spanish Fork Ranger Station. Water content is 33 inches and 58 inches respectively. Total inflow into Utah Lake is expected to be at 125 percent of normal with 260,000 acre-feflowing into the lake from April 1 to July 1. The Spanish Fork River is forecast to for 135 percent of yield 43,000 acre-feaverage. Payson Creek should flow at 132 percent average and Hobble Creek at 141 percent of average is expected to yield 8,300 tAttf Wrfif,f'i'''' Gunsmith Method Makes Hebvr Rifles 'Precise' Time-Prove' pfi By Blair Feulner Tribune Correspondent Besides clean air HEBER CITY and beautiful scenery, Heber Valley also has a reputation with sportsmen as the home of the Bliss Titus rifle barrel. In a small shop behind his home, five miles south of Heber City, David Huntington uses the old cut groove rifle process to make barrels which are shipped all over tlie world. e tradiHe carries on a tion started by the late Bliss Titus, who began making barrels here shortly after the second world war. Ten years ago, while still a business student at the University of Utah, Mr. Huntington apprenticed in the Titus shop. Now at 35, he is one of very few in the trade who has not succumbed to mass production. Working steadily, he will finish only two barrels per day, whereas modern manufacturers, using the button" method, can forge one in 20 minutes. For most, the accuracy of the commercial barrel will suffice. But super-accurat- e three-decad- Page One Section C 8151,981 Win Slots Pay Off For Woman A retired New LAS VEGAS (UPI) Jersey woman has won the largest Las Vegas slot machine payoff thus far this $154,981. year In four minutes of play Friday, Mrs. Anne Cervinko of New Brunswick won the payoff by lining up four stevens on a progressive Pot-O-Go- ld dollar machine at the Flamingo Hilton Hotel. At first she thought she had won $500. When told the actual payoff by casino officials, she was speechless. Mrs. Cervinko, who retired in 1968 after 48 years with Johnson and Johnson, said she and her husband, a retired accountant, would make a world tour with part of the money. others, especially competition sharpshooters and gun collectors, are willing to pay up to $100 to have a Titus barrel custom bored and chambered to their specifications. "In the custom market I feel I'm number one, comments Mr. Hunting-ton- , who counts a brother of the Shah of Iran as a recent customer. "Money is no consideration in this area, he states, noting many of the custom weapons, costing $1 ,500 to $3,000 will be held as investments and never fired. The Titus barrel starts as a 1 diameter piece of chrome molybdenum steel, 25 inches in length. A deep drilling machine is used to cut the initial hole, which is then precision-reamein three stages, to the proper bore diameter. The next step is hand lapping, a tedious process in which lead and abrasives are used to remove microscopic imperfections. According to Mr. Huntington, he is one of only four or five in the country still using this method. After lapping, the rifling is cut using an old 1903 Pratt and Whitney machine that is so accurate Mr. Huntington says General Electric recently approached him to make control rods for nuclear reactors. I still havent heard back on that deal. When the rifling is completed the barrel is known as a blank. Many of the blanks will be sold to gunsmiths who will shape the outside, chamber and then fit them to the customer's action. Others will be finished by Mr. Huntington. Most of the companies' orders come by mail and because of a large backlog, delivery time is now about two months. 'T've had pressure to expand, he explains, but so far his only concession has been to build another small shop in Midway, near Heber City, where his father, Rulon Huntington, now helps. If 1 wanted the work, I could pick up the phone and get five or six years of orders, Mr. Huntington says, adding that would mean a big shop and lots of help. Mr. Huntington will join several other custom gunmakers in displaying their craft during a convention of the National Rifle Association next Friday through Sunday at the Salt Palace in Salt Lake City. & Heber Valley David Huntington gun-barr- el J maker chambers barrel for right caliber. ington uses oca IfLCX lit tPXL pf ffr ft 02 C2caFo Ccc-ccrnt- ero . . iiea .nr? MR. MAC MR. MACS OUTLET 2-PA- 210 SO. MAIN NTS SUIT HEADQUARTERS 132 SO. MAIN, SLC SALT LAKE CITY, UT ; WWF! 75 to ASSESS SUE cut-groo- Hunt-- ; method.: |