The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1913-07-22

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Then the cycle of wet years cam
and the stretches of land, on tn
margin of the lake, that we're barrel
were once again covered with water
and the Dead Sea Of America agail
was normal.
But the writer's with well develop
ed powers OF imagination are at worl
ono more, and they r declaring
that the lake may be empty within
a generation, al the process of dry
ing up is taking place.
Here is a story from Los Angeles
which gives some idea of the report:
which are being circulated:
Great SAT- Lake presents many
mysterious features for study.
For many years men of science
have studied its rise and fall w!th
a view to ascertaining the causes Of
is queer behavio but as yet, Il
seems, they have reached no sat.s.
factory conclusion with reference -
the problem connected with !ts -.
crease in depth.
Persons familiar with rs Gep.r
and the shrink ng in its size efc'l
year assert that at the end Of TWEEN
ty years or so, the bed Of the L.
will be nearly all exposed with the
possible exception of a few shallow
pools Of water.
Then, it is thought the mysttrr
will be solved.
In dimensions this axe s rea.:'
a sea. 1t Is seventy.fve miles in
length and fifty miles a; its greatest
width, containing, therefore. cve-'
two thousand square m les Of sur.
face.
Near the shores the waite is Sc
shallow that there are places where
n may wade out from the beach
for a distance of a mile and yet not
be immersed up to his shoulders.
The buoyancy of the water is
such that it is almost Impossible for
one to remain on his feet at a great.
er depth.
AS the lake recedes its bottom is
shown to be composed OF a heavy
crust of salt, which almost pure,
lying upon a stratum that consists
chiefly of sand.
In this particular the bed CT t.g
lake is S milar to some OF the dos
erts in the southwest, which or
contained bodies of water euua /,
size to that in Utah or even larger.
It is known that Great Salt l. e..
loses a large quantity of water year.
ly By eyaroration, but est mates Of
this quantity indicate THAI 1t is f..
less than that annually pcured IN
the lake from the rivers an: cras
entering Il.
SO fsr as known, no natural OF
ct OK SITS, but the lake supplies
irrigatlng system III the cOuntrc
accent that requires a quantity
water yearly equal to n depth {
four inches OF the present area
This Is n very small proporGg.
OF the volume Of water that ento,
II through It's feeders, so the sc,rI
lists know the waite" escapes r.
some other manner than by the
rigation canal or by evaporation
This is proved by thu. fact that the
increase in the quantity that enters
the lake at a rainy season at tim
does not increase its depth and t
records show that actually 1t has
fal en- Immediately after the Jorca,
and other streams have contrib '
a larger volume than usual.
Near what is called Antelope Is
land S an indication that a subter-
ranean opening exists.
The waters near the Island are so
violently disturbed at times that per
sons in the vicinity call this place
the 'maelstrom" and carefully avoid
ii when on the lake in boats.
A number Of years ago, II is s
a sailing vessel loaded with sheep
CHANGED TO approach too les the
mae strom' and despite the stron
breeze that was blowing the force
OF the water was greater than the
power of the sails, the vessel be r
drawn into the middle of the de
t%urbance and capsized.
Although sheep are natura
strong swimmers and land was but
? few hundred feet away, not O.
of the animals escaped and most of
the carcasses went under never to
appear again.
The records in the Southern Pacific
"a lroad Offices in Ogden. which are
made up of daily readings of the
gauge at Midlake, on the Ogden.Lucin
prove that the Great Salt Lake