Show OUR WATEU SUPPLY a i m There is more snow in ho mountains I around Zion than thcro has been at this 4 ti season of the year for four or five years i r I From this time on to thc first of April the ° ms heaviest snowfalls aic usually had and j if this season is not an exception the e r course mining in tnesu ihuU tnwlwiO 1 more or less interfered with by leap snot t but compensation comes in a good sup ai1a ply of water Formerly especially In r rg tho Oquirrh range dense forests of pine F held tho melting snows in abeyance am s furnished constant supplies to the streams until late in the season Now the mil t loss hand of tho woodchopper has swept a5 l tho hillsides clear of forest trees all q i d snowslides endanger the miners while I I Ih I s Y swiftly melting snow deposits danger = ously sweep tho gulches and flood 1 tho I valleys Consequently tho mountain I streams drop suddenly from tho extreme of spring floods to summer scantiness scanti-ness If in secure places reservoirs c could be built to hold back for J summer use tho spring surplus of water r a tho danger of drought would be avoided 11 t and a larger area of land could bo safely I brought under cultivation AH population Ii popula-tion and capital increases some system r ttcvm t f undoubtedly bo devised and carried i into execution by which this wealth of a water will be utilized and converted into coin For water has u money value in Utah and tho mountains which gird our fertile valleys not only furnish metallic r its = j treasures but collect and distribute thee the-e water supply without which Utoi would rra 11t be uninhabitable Walcr no loss than time is money ti |