Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-04-15
FLOOD WATERS FILL
GREAT SALT LAKE
Unprecedented Snow Fall the
Cause of Rapid Rise in
Water Level.
FINE BATHING PROSPECTS.
While Danger From Floods Still Pre-
walls, Flowers, Crops and Trees Are
Benefitting From saturated Soil.

Is Great Salt Lake coming back TO us
own The lake now is receiving contrl-
buttons OF water from every side on
which hills rise to absorb the winter
SHOWS and send them down In flooding
creeks and rivers 10 the great salty
sea. The water Is not trickling down
this spring. but rushing along between
banks that are less than able TO con-
tain 1t. From every mountain peak
comes story Of SNOW measurements
that have no duplicate In recent years.
md from the lake itself comes a record
of hi CHER water for this time of the
wear than has ever before been record.
ed. although it far passed the present
mark in the day before formal measure
mentS began.
the Lucln cutoff. perhaps the rising
waters may cause q slight ineastness,
hui for the Saitair owners and MAN.
aeement there Is no such gloom, The
water Is creeping back under the pavll-
ION and the wonder Is now among the
old salt seameps whether or not the
DAYS of SO are corning back In those
DAYS large steamers took their freight
of passengers alongside the main build
ings and bath houses had to extend In
children 10 bathe In safety, while only
the harder men ventured into the six
foot depths west of the pavilion.
Last year bathing was better than
during the year before and this spring
the amount pf water boiling and surg
ing through the main Utah rivers into
the lake Is greatly increased in volume,
while the reserve SHOWS 10 guarantee
a permanent summer supply are more
than bounteous, II nest winter should
follow this one in point OF rainfall, the
lake could Certainly be counted on to
come back to old shore lines, and give
Salt Lake a sea son OF bathing such as
has not b IN enjoyed within the mem
DRY Of any except the older inhabitants.
CANALS ARE FULL.
In the Salt Lake water system every
canal running 10 the Jordan continues
to carry it's full capacity of water, while
the old river itself has awakened from
its long and sluggls slurnber, and is
bowling along towards the salty sea-
boiling and fretting like mountain
rivulet, At Ogden the canyon stream
is HOW a fighting, tunbling river, with
Il oar that is made la anger and banks
that can hardly hold their own against
the doWnpour, In the canyon Itself
the speed of the dow ia terrific. while
lower down 1t is leaving the banks
and inundating large tracts on both
sides AT the Ogden city bridge k has
de ted Washington avenue All day yes
terday the canyon road was througed
wiki vehicles and automobiles carry
ing hundreds Of viaitOrs who were anx-
ious to see what the river looked like on
a rampage. The Weber's capacity to
carry water in food season Is tested
Just as fully as Is the Ogdens while to
the south the Provo is doing full duty.
and farther north the Bear is demon
strating that irrigating canals cannot |
consume its supply. when the summer
sun combines with the heavy store of
winter SHOW THAI is banked In the cam
yOns along its course,
What will happen In the way OF dis
astrous floods now depends very largely |
OF the weather man. The streams
could rot take on the drainage from
severe rain. in addition to the present |
supply, and should the temperature
continue to rise rapidly i would
cause a melting OF SNOW In the NOUN
tains higher up than the region at
presen; furnishing most Of the water;
so that either OF these conditions can
be counted on 10 produce a Hood
But at present abe ground through |
many valleys is saturated and the |
warm sun in producing a remarkable |
effect In the shape OF early spring bios /
sons. growing grain and alfalfa, and
blooming flowers, Should the season OF 1
rains and frost be behind instead OF /
before the present spring showing, the /
prospect is for remarkable crops In Il
every department OF agriculture and /
Meanwhile in Salt Lake /
he Ninth and Tenth South canals COM
lnue 20 be a source OF anxiety 10 resi-
tents In THE southwestern portion of
he city but for the pas, IL hours they
seem 10 hav been merely holding their
,wn, without any particular increase in
,i2p