Show WATER CONTENT IN MOUNTAINS ABOVE AVERAGE The Tho ManU Mantl News Notes of recent date elate failed to show the comparative figures for snow measurements atthe atthe at atthe the Experiment Station for Cor other years ears Additional information inform on on this subject follows Records of snow m measurements atthe at atthe the tho Experiment Station have been made on April 1 l every year for the past 12 years rears For other snow courses near the top of the mountain mountain mountain moun moun- tain we have havo records for the tho past three years only ony while for tho the watersheds east we have haye a record for or only this year and last last At th the Experiment Station the 12 y year ear ear average of water content In the the snow on April 1 1 is 1471 inches for 1933 the w water ter content was 1518 Inches The Th amount on April 1 In the past 12 years jears was In 1932 when hen the water Voater content was 1824 inches The lowest lowest low low- est cst measurements at the Experiment Experiment ment Station was in 1931 when the water content was 8 Inches only 1931 1932 19 3 Meadows 1079 2 2401 01 21 2145 45 Seely Seel Greek 1120 2600 2145 Experiment Station SOO 1824 1630 1530 Ranger Ollerton reports ts the Water water water wa wa- ter content for the three snow snow- courses east of Fairview as follows follows- the data covers the tho years 1932 and 1933 only 1932 1933 Gooseberry Reservoir Site 24 2490 90 20 2060 60 Gooseberry Huntington Huntington GoOseberry Basin 2250 Cottonwood 2550 2551 2000 Pleas keep In III mind that the tho above figures show water content and not depth of snow snow At this time of the year ear It usually requires from 3 y to 4 1 1 inches of snow to make and inch of or water water Unemployment Relief Work ork The Supervisors Supervisor's office and local forest officers are besieged with applications for work under the tho Presidents President's new employment plan Weather Veather should permit the commencing commencing com com- of oC work on a number oC ot projects about April 15 15 So far how however vor the newspapers have havo furnished furnished furn furn- practically all the Information relative to the th Presidents President's plan that local off officers are in possession of Straight Canyon Road Roud Ranger Anderson reports that the tho Orangeville Ephraim-Orangeville Road near the head of Straight Canyon Is so filled with mud and rock that auto traffic thru the tho canyon lg is out out of the question ques ques- tion tion A few warm days however and it will be possible to put the road in good shape for travel Ferron qan Canyon on Road Hand Ranger Williams is working on and making plans to commence work on the Ferron Canyon Road at an early date He has a n. small part of last years year's ears ear's appropriation yet yetto yetto et etto to spend MANTI L AND TWELVE VELVE MILE CANYON ROADS RO Ranger Cox expects to start work In ManU Mantl and Twelve Mile Canyons In the next few days clays At the present time timo because of snow work can be undertaken only on the tho lower lower low low- er sections 1 |