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Show Biffi !j The swift fall of the level of Great Salt Lake !1 fills the minds of a good many people with ap- j prehension, lest the great inland sea becomes, so ytflij j I to speak, extinct. We do not believe there is any njrjj; ijl such danger. People point to the amount of lli K 1 1 1 water used in irrigation adjacent to the lake, but Rflfi I ill tt does not at al1 compare in amount to what is jLj jlj 4 ! carried away by evaporation. The average amount lll'il'ilh of rain has not fallen in thiB sreat central basin off m Sf for several years. This has reduced the water Iff i nrlll running into the lake greatly; it has at the same lm Hi time increased the evaporation, for the whole at- IHni Is i mosp'iere of this region is as thirsty for moisture Initial as are the farmers wno ve Delow where Parley MhOi ' creek debauches into the valley. With two or three Bil' ! I real wet winters the lake will come back to its H Hill I old leve1. |