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Show LOW WATER IN MERRIMAC RIVER I i Lowell, Mass., Aug. 17- A.n unusual lowering of the water In I?ke Win-nlpesaukee, Win-nlpesaukee, one of the principal sources of the Merlmac river, threatens threat-ens to tie up niillion$ of splnd'o. tu the textile cltleB along the Merriniac' In Massachusetts aud New Hampshire. On the so-called "locks and canal scale," the lake,, when at Its greatest height, registers 44 Inches. At present pres-ent It shows but 10 3-4 Inches, a lower figure 'than ever before recorded. The lack of water is attributed to the se-erc se-erc drought of 1908 and 1909 and the small amount of tnov iaet winter In New Hampshire. |