| Show LAKE DIKE LEVEL HIGHER Few things could be of greater In Intel it- it n- n terest tel est to the people of Salt Sail Lake than the tho knowledge that the level of tho the Great Salt Lake Is IH higher than at this season for Cor years an and that the probabilities abilities ate are that it will maintain a ahl hl higher her level than usual throughout I Ithe the hc season Nothing could be a greater great great- er misfortune to this city and region I than the loss of the lake lake Its Its utter extinction by the gradual process o i recession which seemed to threaten It Is impossible to l say ay how great gleat un an area tho the lake originally coven covered but that Ha Its It shores have been receding log ing for the tho past few y years ars Is la oV ovi- ovi Gent nt to every one one- may have been In great part due ue to the quantity of ot water taken talen from Crom the streams by farmers for MM mines lINi In Irrigation It 1 I it certain that the shores hore l' l receded c and anel that thal the volume diminished d from Crom year car year carI I to year ear until tho the final loss JolIS of or tho the lake ake began to be prophesied b by man many Whatever the cau cause e or 01 whatever tho the ultimate destiny of tho the lake lalie this re return return return re- re turn to Its former area aren and depth Isn is isa isn n a blessing to o el every one ono In its vicin vicin- ity Hy For one thing the Great Salt Snit Lake Is a marvel for the tho tourist as well wella a as a place of Interesting resort for forthe tho the residents hero In the then n valley 11 e In all nil the land nd there is s no natural obJect object object ob ob- more attractive e more wonderful I. I It has provided means for pleasure an and amusement for fOl thousands every season and has hns given II profitable earning earn earn- earning ing to Investments and work to an army of We Ve can cnn not Imagine hung Imag ine Inc an nn attraction n more worthy worth or 01 more mOle II meritorious than that afforded by the enterprise established at the lake Inke In the thc matter malter of oC reducing the temperature tem tenn- of oC the va valley II C tho presence of or the lake Inko can enn not bo be overlooked Its disappearance would mako make a aast vast ast dIfference dIf dlf- ference in the sultry season of summer sum um- summer ummer mer extending to tho the hills and embracing embracing em em- bracing tho the entire territory in which the homes of Salt Sail Lake arc situated That the great grent body of oC water has returned somewhat to Its former limIts limits lim urn its Is therefore a a. blessing blessing- which local people eople an and Americans generally will wm welcome heartily |
