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N I 1 ^as Vqqa s , Hevada, October 11, 1906. Mr. J. Ross Clarkf Los Angeles, C alifornia. Dear S i r ,- I was very much surprised this morning to have handed me the enolosed notice o f application fo r permission to appropriate the publio waters o f the State of Hevada, which notice as I under­stand it w i l l be published in our weekly papers here th is coming week. This places both the Railroad Company and myself, as I understand i t , in a very grave position in reference to the waters of the Las Vegas Creek. I went somewhat into the d e ta il o f th is matter and through Buol’ s attorney, M. 3. Beal, procured from him a copy o f his le tt e r to the State Engineer, which I herewith enclose you. In this le tt e r it seems to me there has been much mis repre­sent at io n ,-in fact Judge Beal cites to the State Engineer that we have under cultivation not exceeding 10 0 acres. low th is possibly may be so i f applied only to the orchards, vineyards and hay lands, but we have under fence about 800 acres, and not one drop o f the waters o f Las Vegas Creek but is used en tirely within that fence. In fact we could use twice as much in the irrig a tio n of the pastures, which it is an undisputed fa c t, must be attended to the same as the irrig a tio n of the hay lands. Another misstatement in this le tt e r is in reference to kte the flowing o f th is water, wherein he asserts that it flows a distance o f four or fiv e miles, when in fact it does not flow but a few hundred feet before reaching the reservoir, when it is being