Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-07-14 | Page 8 | Lake is Receding after Reaching High Mark

U Lake Is Receding After Reaching High Mark The water level o ot at Great Salt lake lako Is receding after atter having reach reach- reached reached ed Its highest peak since 1889 ac- ac according according ac according cording to J Cecil Alter meteor meteor- meteorologist meteorologist In charge charS's of tho the Salt Lake eather bureau The 1110 peak was reached Juno June 1 1923 when the was as eight feet abo above abose e the zero of the wate water gauge That as half a toot root higher than any prey prey- previous ious bus record since 1889 On June 15 of this year the eap- eap evaporation oration on the lake began to cx- cx ex exceed coed the Intake from the full fullI streams The July 1 reading as I 7 9 feet above the zero mark and Friday the reading was as ns 7 8 The peak for the summer has been reached Mr r Alter said and lie he asserted there would Mould now flOW be a 0 gradual decline of the water level