Utah. Salt Lake. Total estimate CLIMATOLO Prof. Marcus C. Jones, of the D Governor Thomas, presented, in 18 rigation, among other papers, the f The annual rain-fall of this Territory were it not for the lofty mountains storin not be inhabited. Therefore the settleme are fed by the snow, and they are locat though running out into the valleys as fa The Wasatch, rising over a mile above the Territory, a little west of the middle turn to the southwest and fade away in N far below 10,000 feet above the sea. Nearly east of Salt Lake City the Uinta them and run eastward till they pass out northern edge of Utah that we get little them is an Indian reservation. Nearly d from the Wasatch, the Coal range starts f lel with the Wasatch for 160 miles, when three ranges form the water-shed of Utah, rim of the Great Basin, while the Wasatc 138 A L-AP VOL IV—4 nd travelers by team. Artesian wells are oductive area. Water storage is the main ported in detail, and several others in genfor this and Cache County, and will store f 6,000 to 7,000 feet above the sea, in the astern base of the mountains. It is high etc. It lies all in one valley; is watered is that flow into the lake. This land takes roduce is raised without irrigation. The 97,280 acres. There is no report from this extending from Great Salt Lake through River. The best portion lies in Salt Lake Ogden Valley, lying along that river, lies The water supply of the county comes cubic feet per second. There are 117,600 acres are fully irrigated, while the rest is il is sandy, with clay close to the lake. wo acres are irrigated from artesian wells. cond for 80 acres, or thereabouts. There çating season is 122 to 152 days long. This we have, raising all kinds of fruit and prodonly solution of the water question here is r second going to waste for 213 days, enough ervoir site is reported, of small dimensions, lle and Wheeler's Creek, and there are nu west of the Wasatch, being south of Weber een them and the lake. There is very lite Territory, whose arable land lies wholly the irrigating season to ervoir sites in the mountains reported in and several others of good size not report valleys, and one of them, Utah Lake, if ra if raised 5 feet would irrigate 133,000 ac dry season; the total inflow last winter w for other reasons hereafter given it will 1 The average depth of snow in the mount for the year is 48.3 per cent.; during the i annual temperature is about 51.2 degrees Utah County-This county lies chiefly fresh-water lake in the center, 80,000 acres valley, but there is considerable arable la tion is about 4,600 to 4,800 feet above the Lake Valley it is nearly as warm, becaus the county is 1,344,000 acres, of which season lasts about 122 days. The duty o year, but it is probably not less than 1 cul supply comes from fourteen streams and feet per second. There are sixteen cana many artesian wells in the valley. They of water. There are eight reservoir sites in the valleys; capacity 791,000,000 cubic in the valley and nineteen in the mountai runs to waste to irrigate 50,000 acres. in Salt Lake Valley. The average depth soil in this county is mostly sandy. Alo with an elevation of 5,500 to 6,500 feet ab greatly increased by deep artesian wells. A Wasatch County.-This lies east of the V of the Coal range, being south of Summ part is a triangular valley at the eastern оп the soutu. IU IS TOwest in ne maaie. and the northward flowing Sevier Rivers pass out westward upon the desert in Mils county lies in the Sevier Valley, which in O miles long. It is watered chiefly by the reams and springs coming from the mount70 cubic feet per second at Joseph City on are reported. There were reported eleven The area of the county is 993,280 acres, of n; all but 7,000 acres are watered by the ated if there were more water. There are of small grain, 710 acres of root crops and he elevation of the lower part of the valley on is 244 days long. Some fruit is raised rom 6,000 to 7,000 feet above the sea, the all grain and hay are the chief products. There are none of the thinly populated counem as this; for there is enough water to stored. The depth of snow in the mount-voir sites of great capacities are reported supply is utilized. Deep artesian wells are of this county lies in or near the heart of unty, and at the junction of the Coal range ted and cold, being 5,400 to 7,000 feet above ceeds one hundred and seventy-three days. bic foot to 100 acres. The land is irriga ted num. The water supply is 217 cubic feet per vers, and in some localties is not all in use, nd many more injured by lack of water. are reported of such capacity as to irrigate sea. All kinds of fruit and produce c County. The duty of water is 1 cubic season runs from 122 to 200 days. S average depth of snow in the mounta is so gravelly near the mountains that before it gets to the fields. Water st needs of this county. Juab County-This county lies south western boundary. The area is 2,457, that could be redeemed by water, but most of this county. Four thousand a the shadow of Mount Nebo. All kind Great Basin produces. The elevation average depth of snow in Mount Nebo ported. Nearly one-half of the crops storage and artesian wells are the onl Millard County.-This county lies so western boundary. This is one of the largest amount of arable land of any, the county is 4,492,800 acres, and over being developed in this county, but g valuable only for drinking. The s Wasatch and along the Sevier River. and produce large quantities of fruit, season runs from 90 to 122 days. The tion; 1,000 acres were reported as lost this year. The soil is sandy near the There are 42 miles of canals reported necessity in this county, but it is pra Sevier River; probably triple what is |