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FEATURE A SOUTHERN
WAR DRAMA.
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Comedv, “CIRCUMSTAN
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SAlTOr* SEA IS j
SHRINKING j
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LOS ANGELES, Dec., 17— The j
Salton Sea in the Imperial Valley, me j
et‘ the natural wonders of the W est, j
is constantly shrinking. At present it
is about IS miles long and nine miles j
wide at the greatest point. During the
last five years the water is said to j
have retreated about a mile a year, |
leaving a salt encrusted udobe lend, j
which is eagerly seized by homestead
ers. Often their location stakes are
planted far out in the water.
The sea which lies I6t> feet below
the level of the ocean abounds in fish, j
mullet ami carp, which local pnd Aii-j
zona capitalists a*e planning to utT'zc !
hv erection of a great cannery.
The United States Department of I
Agriculture reports state that about I
the Salton Sea lies the largest area of:
date producing land in the country.
Geologists say the Salton “Sink *,
as it once was known, in pro-historic
times has changed from desert to sea
; r I from sea to desert fifty times oi
more. Kor centuries the Colorado riv
er would flow quietly to the Gulf of
California and gradually build up a
sund-har across its mouth. Then some
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pring flood would cause a washout :r.
the river's bank further north and P*e
hole torrent would sweep toward the
Sal ton Sink. The desert would bee Jin e
an inland sea, remaining so for cen
turies, perhaps, until some great Pood
would carve out a shorter way to the
ocean. The sea would be drained ami
the region relaspe into a desert
Mud volcanoes abound near the sea,
' short distance inland. They are of
all sizes up to great mounds 16 feet tn
height They all emit steam, some in
•\ steady stream, others steam and
nud alternately. Many of them give
out a sulphurous gas. At times thefr
roaring can be heard for miles.
More and more the sea is being
visited by tourists and during tne
heated season, when the temperature
is from 10 to 20 degrees cooler than
in the valley towns, dances are fre
quently held on an old wharf, which
once served as a land'ng place V>*
fishin~ boats hut which has been 'eft
high and dry by the recoding water?.
Of >p«*cia' interest to the tourist
are the bubbling “paintpota.” As the
water retreats it is in a state of con
stant ebullition. Gases from some un
known subterranean source eve con
tinually finding escape through ub
-ron vents in the bottom. Laver after
layer of colored pigment is deposited
The retreating waters have left un
covered acres of this deposit, said bv
experts to be fully equal tp the dry
sienna and umber colors, of which ro
much is imported. It is thought, tr.at
the shrinkage of the Salton Sea will
continue until it finally become? a
^n’t “sink** with a pool of bra*V»«h
1 water in the venter uuh sa a Iresh out
burst of the great Colorado should
replenish its witers.
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