Arizona republican., 1911-03-04

 FOR MARCH All Arizona is Justified in Rejoicing BLANKET IF PROSPERITY It Was Spread Out All Over the Hill Country and Nicely Tucked In Around the Valleys and Almost Hit the Low Spots.
BLANKET OF PROSPERITY

The snowfall reports for the month of February are just now coming in to Weather Observer Jesunofsky who is chief of the climatological service as well as section director. and he is engaged in making up his monthly snowfall chart Ordinarily Phoenix pays little attention to snowfall mat ters and the greater part of the year all Arizona has little interest in such phenomena. But this year the Salt River valley is particularly con cerned in view of its big, storage reservoir all ready to be filled. The rest of the territory is also concernes for it has been fine year for snow and on the snow depends in great measure the prosperity of all interests, agricultural and stock, and indirect ly commercial.
 MT. Jesunofslly has received report cards from about 45 correspondents and has about as many more to hear from. But those he has are from all over the territory so they give d good indication of the conditions that have prevailed all over Arizona. The month will be half gone perhaps be- fore the chart can be completed and MT. Jesunofsky has kindly given out the figures of reports from numerous places. that Arizona may begin con graduating herself without waiting for official authority.
 From the figures given below it is easy to draw the conclusion that the Salt River valley water sheds are well
 
 will keep the Salt, Verde and their tributaries running nicely until the arrival of the seasonable summer rains In all the hill country there has been lots of water and the stock interests have reason to rejoice while in southern and eastern Arizona ir- rfgation and grazing and mining in terests. all of which are materially affected by the water supply, seem to be just as well treated.
 In reading the following figures the reader is requested to bear in mind that it only takes r. inches to make a foot so when the figures run up above 50 it is worth while to begin reducing them to feet.
 From the ranger station at Roberts Idntll pll Allt Al'p'A s'fi4N A-NNA 4i' N+'''- county. but not far from Fort Apache comes the. record Of a total snowfall during the month of inches. On March 1 there was still six inches on the ground at that point and in the surrounding mountains there was 90 inches.
 At the government saw mill in the White mountains the total depth was IS inches. inches still on the ground and 10 inches still in the hills.
 At Springerville near the head of the Little Colorado 10 inches had fal- len There was none left on the ground at that point but in the near by mountains there was still an ac- cumuIation of 14 inches.
 c. C. Moers, who lives six miles from Flagstaff. reports a total of l. inches. s of which is still on the ground. while in the nearby mountains the snow is still so inches deep.
 on the Colorado river near the east end of the canyon. the report from the Hull Tank range station gives total depth of 20 inches. IA inches still on the ground and 25 inches remaining in the hills.
 Chaparral, nine miles southeast or