Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-09

ney. and the Bear river. which drains
the Great Rear Lake at tho north.
While the GvntlleH divide the city
populations " Utah with tho Mormons.
they DO not compete with them In the
farming districts. They own the mines
water FOR Irrigation. Hence Il IL that
the Mormona have themselves TO thank
Tor tho lakes recession.
u has come 10 pass that az tho drycat
seasons % the year the Weber dis
charges but q tiny strcamlct Into the
lake, The Jordan ana the Rear both
drain lakes, which In turn are led by
mountain streams, hence their flows are
larger than that Of the Weber though
inHirnlucnnt In comparison 10 what
they once were or what they would be
urain should the Irrigation canals ana
bitches cease 10 claim their contents.
UTAH LAKE THREATENED.
Il would seem at nrst thought that
tho fate u Utah lake would be- ilcnu-
cal with that VI the Great Salt Lake.
The federal government, Indeed, was
gtlzDd over ten years ago with the fear
that the lesser body soon would Do
dried up though mo- concern was cN-
pressed for the possible Dnuct upon the
saline reservoir % kept nlllng.
When the 'roIt salt Lake lH gone Il
viii boz missed as "a wonder and as u salt
factory. FOR little else It's waters de-
Htruy vegetation instead OF nourlshing
H. should the fresh waters OF Utah
lake, however. De oyaporttcd or disup-
pear in the earth thousands NJ square
miles would cease 20 be hahltnhle,
A decade ago sequence uf dry vim
tors au decreased the volume W the
SNOW fed mountain streams which are
trbutrry OF Utah lake that state and
national authorities worr seriously
ltuh Lake region was made govern
ment reservation, an act which has kept
irrigation companies from drawing
water either dlrrctdly from Il or from
ita feeders. Ia itself 70 has become "a
mighty reservoir the Jordan perform
Ing the functions of "a canal In carrying
ltH Edou-maklng How through the vul-
Icy The tapping OF the Jordan an
along its course, while fatal 90 tho
Great Salt Lake. does no harm 20 Utah
lake. AZ long un the streams flowing
Into the latter urU not attacked the ln-
fucnce which rs lowering the former
| YIN not directly affect the fresh water
body
Naycr,holosH the cause which makes
] u HUgruity M water throughout North
western Utah forcing the jewellers TO
Infringe upon the great salt Lake sup
ply, Dr. one which hnH an erect upon
every lake uui river From the proxlmi-
] ~ "t NNNN rNNIN'N mountains lA MhAll
H'nul inui mountain streams would
furnish ull the water necessary Tor r.
rigau1n, The SNOW, however. docs not
mult until the season of crup-pluntlng
lH past ana when the frrshots como
down They frequently do more image
! than good The average of 81. .yflll.
! too, iH less upon tho Wnsatch noun
ttluH than upon either the color DO or
wyoming ranges.
fsNFA#pY,a .arr.,Ar Vsrs V.,r.
once tho rivers have found their vry
into either Utah or Great Salt Lake
ON the way thlthor have spread out DO.
! basins, the uHaailinE influence is that ol
/ evaporation, Tho Great salt Lake ls
] AGO feet above sea level, aud lbs south
1 Crn feeder lake Dr. 100 foot higher AZ
/ this altitude the evaporation Us some
| thing enormous uNuu with fresh water,
! while the action uf the suit increases
! the dissolution q hundred fold, n water
| could be preserved, once it has been
] directed tu q reservoir. Great Salt Lake
! might hold iH cNpanse OF lA,O-then
! $500 square mlys-fOr uunumberpd
Yet Cos eventual fate would be UNI
/ changed, for 10 ~ dCcrcod that the
! Great salt Lake 10 not 90 endure upon
] the face uf the earth on the mount
/ aims which rise from its shores q has
] written the story OF its fall OF 200 feet
| Although % o. given 20 no one TO know
| the number of centuries which have
| witnessed tho dwnrnng process, the fact
Itself has boon made Ho plain that h
VINO gazcH may be enlightened.
RECORD OF IT'S DECLINE.
The successive steps OF ire descent