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commissioners that they take immediate steps to form a water district, the purpose of which should he to bring water to Las Vegas Valley from Lake Mead, and to distribute the water, or to eontraot with theLVLandW «o. for its distribution, the method by which the outlay for construc­tion would be financed was apparently not discussed. % t a connection were made (at or near the magnesium plant) with the pipe line now under construction from Lake Mead to Bracken, this would mean a 5 mile exten­sion to reach Las Vegas which could be made a t reasonable coat. Unless the city1s growth should result in a demand for more water for domestic use than we are able to provide, it would seem that the Lake Mead supply may be limited to industrial use, and need never be Joined with our own. In an editorial in the Lae Vegas Age of January 9, 1942, found in the President's file 353-2-L, dealing with the oity's water ®upply, present and prospective, the statement is confidently made that there is "no present or prospective lack of water for the present city nor several times its slse", and this is supplemented by the reflection that, "We have, it is true, desired to conserve our orystal-cloar pure Artesian water for city uec ### * From this I gather that local opinion rates the supply from our springs and wells much higher in quality than the Lake Mead product, and that a mixture of the two would not bo welcomed for domestio consumption. Mr. Jeffers, in an address before the local Rotary Club, re­ported in the Las Vegas Evening Review-Journal of June 19, 1941, made a prophecy which is being fulfilled: "There will be a tremendous development In the immediate area surrounding Las Vsgas as a result of expanding national defenso. *** There's no plaoe in America which will develop and develop as fast as Las Vegas In the near future. Whether this development