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    commissioners that they take Immediate steps to form a water district, xhe purpose of which should he to bring water to Las Vegas Valley from Lake Mead, and to distribute the water, or to contract with theLVLandW 0o» for lte distribution* The method by which the outlay for construc­tion would be financed was apparently not discussed. If 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 cost. Unless the city's 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 Las Vegas Age of January 9, 1942, found in the President's file 353-2-L, dealing with the city's water supply, 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 size", and this is supplemented by the reflection that, "We have, it is true, desired to conserve our crystal-clear pure artesian water for city use *** " From this I gather that local opinion rates the supply frorc our springs and wells much higher in quality than the Lake Mead product, and that a mixture of the two would not be welcomed for domestic 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 Vegas as a result of expanding national defense. There's no place in America which will develop and develop as fast as Las Vegas in the near future. Whether this development