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Show Making Salt Lake Fresh. A remarkable engineering feat Is being be-ing considered in Utah, the aim being to convert a portion of Salt lake Into a body of fresh water. This Is an ancient an-cient dream long deemed impossible of fulfilment, but the present plan gives promise of proving successful. If it is, then will be witnessed a transformation trans-formation as complete as has ever been seen upon the wastes of the west, where Irrigation has converted barren deserts into fruitful gardens. The plan of the engineers Is to build a dam across the eastern extremity of the lake where the principal streams that feed the body flow in. This dam is to be several feet higher than the present water level and the design is to divide the lake into two parts. The theory Is that he water will (low into the first lake, rise to a level with tha dam, and then tumble Into the other section. The water In the first division will retain Its freshness, while that In the lower lake will continue to be briny as at present. If the plan proves successful it Is believed that the terrij tory adjacent to the lake can be mada highly attractive, giving It infinite possibilities pos-sibilities as a summer resort. |