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Show Men who arc acquainted with the conditions of the mountains and their suiroundlngs, state that the springs are llkclj to jleld more watei than for jeais past, which of course means a general Incieasc In our mountain streams. The conditions of the weather has been such that the ground not only in the valleys, but In the mountains also, has become thoroughly thor-oughly saturated and tilled with water. Within tho past few years, there has been a great shrinkage of water in the springs and streams. One of the causes Is, undoubtedly, that so much underbrush has been eaten oir that the fallen snow has had nothing to protect it from the hot rays of the sun, and also, unlike It has been this year, the ground has been frozen hard, that when a slight thaw came the water would not soak Into the ground, but run olT Into Its natui.il channels. The farmcii who Inlgate thcli lands aie to be con-giatulated con-giatulated upon the piospects for water caused principally by theabund-ance theabund-ance of snow. In the language of a one-time dlgnitaiy "Utah's best crop Is a ciop of snow." When the country was sparsely settled, the truth of this statement could not be understood as It Is to day. A light fall of snow means a great backs'ct to Salt Lake city alone, saying nothing about the losses that are sustained from an agricultural point of view. |