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WM. Ill m a s l j j 0 Opinions Vary On Wheihe Night Watering Will Work Conflicting views as to wheth er night lawn watering would be harm ful were expressed this week by local authorities when queried if the new city or­dinance that prohibits day-time watering of lawns would prove harm ful ot local grass growers. A ll lawn experts agreed, that the best times for watering the home crops is early in-the m orn­ing and’late in the evening, but, the question concerning night sprinkling was controversial, Robert Schmutzer of the G a r­den Center said that night wat­ering would not be a hazard to the upkeep of local lawns. Quite the contrary Schmutzer said that late evening lawn watering would prove advantageous to lo­cal lawn aprinklers. Theodore, A . K im m e l, Nevada jiirspr v , expert, said that night . jUM*,.— Schmutzer by saying that early morning watering and late eve­ning sprinkling would prove most advantageous to local lawn owners. K im m e l said that in prefer­ence to watering' late at night he would recommend watering of lawns in the heat of the day. A1 Folger, manager of the Wa­ter company, said in conjunc­tion with the new ordinance that there is no acute water shortage anticipated for this sum m er. Folger said, that the new or­dinance is designed p rim a rily to conserve the. water available. Th e water situation is not a great deal different this year than last sum mer, but the idea is to conserve the water that is stored, Folger stated. tfnder the city ordinance w a­tering w ill not be permitted be-