Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-01-14 | Page 12 | Use Telescope to Measure Snow

USE TELESCOPE TO TOI MEASURE SNOW VISALIA Calif Jan By 14 H ByThe The Tho Pre Press Press-A Press A u DI A dry feet snow meter has ha i been In- In in 1 at the tile Alder Aider Creek 1 head head- headquarters head ead- ead quarters of National park eliminating In the tho future day two day journeys through snow snow- snowdrifts snowdrifts snow drifts drifts and bog boggy meadows at Alta peak to determine the depth of the tho eno snow thereabouts The exact depth of the tho Sierra mountain snow Is a reckoning fac- fac factor fac factor tor to farmers and others Inte inter interested ested In next years water condl condi conditions Heretofore several trips have o been ben made matlo by rangers to ob- ob obtain ob obtain tain lain this thin Information Colonel Colonel John R White super super- superintendent of the tha park ordered a giant standard erected 1 on Alta A six Inch telescope was Installed In th tim the Alder Creek Crt k sta station tion The Tho standard is 1 I marked with cross arms and tho the member of af notches n not t covered 1 by the tho snow is easily from tho station 11 mlle miles from the tho peak through the tho glass clas