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Las Togas - (Betober 10, 1944 W 23-1-23 P erson a l Hr. s tr o n g : R e fe r r in g ay l e t t e r September 23 reg a rd in g l o ­c a l a g it a t io n f o r a c q u is it io n o f the B a sic Magnesium I n c . p ip e l i n e fcy the c i t y o r cou n ty . At th e Bank Saturday we were ad­v is e d th at t h is s u b je c t i e s t i l l b e in g d is c u s s e d and the Chamber o f Commerce has req u ested th e Nevada C on gression a l D e le g a tio n t o keep th e system in t a c t u n t i l the c i t y and county can make some p lan to a c q u ir e the system I f i t i s sa lva g ed . h .e .d . )CT " 1 I t i s a lle g e d that the Water Company has pro­t e s t e d the d r i l l i n g o f any more w e lls in th e Las Tegas T a lle y , w ith the in t e n t io n o f p rev en tin g fu r t h e r developm ent o f the c i t y by p re v e n tin g h o t e ls on the o u t s k ir t s from d r i l l i n g any a d d it io n a l w e lls . T his i s o f cou rse r id ic u lo u s as our p r o t e s t was f i l e d m erely f o r the purpose o f p r o t e c tin g the w e lls which now supply the c i t y . However i t I s d i f f i c u l t to combat rumors and th is i s one o f the th in g s I would l i k e to t a lk to you about when you and Mr. Bennett have an o p p o rtu n ity t o come o u t. Ho doubt the h ea rin g on our p r o te s t would c l a r i ­fy the s it u a t io n and would a ls o serve t o th e S ta te E ngineer4s a tte n tio n the w ater In th e underground channels and p rom iscu ou sly . I a® a d v ise d by S ta te th e h ea rin g w i l l be set f o r some tim e me know when you w il l be o u t. the in te n tio n o f c a ll in g n e c e s s ity f o r con serv in g n ot g ra n tin g a p p lic a tio n ^ Engineer* & o f f i c e th a t in November. P lease l e t c c : Hr. E. Hr. L. E. Bennett A. HeN&meeJ W A lJ e k R . BRACKEN CO