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/ 7 Las Vegas, Nevada REVIEW-JOURNAL July 3, 1946 j\5'« 9 Fjfe JUL •-) 1 CAUGHT. ON THE RUN — By. "Scoop" I knew some reader would come, to m y, rescue concerning a recent question in C.O.T.R. as to what the lonesome - looking tree was doing.,atop the. Golden Nug­get club how being constructed at the corner of Second and Fre­mont- strems. The reader informs me that, according to an old Eu­ropean custom, When a roof is placed on®a new building, a, .tree is placed on {1the. roof signifying completion of Lhe job. When the tree goes up, a party is held for the men who accomplished the itask. It’s a nice custom, only it Masted , my theory2' that the tree represented some sort of new tangled exterior camouflage. A couple of shatp - shooting stories gleaned from late news dispatches: At Chicago, Patrol­man Abner Cunningham, off duty and in swimming trunks, tossed three flower pots at a sneak thief, scoring three hits and a knockout. The thief is in a hospital. This happened after a detective had fired two shots, | missing. I home owners water plants and ! trees with, dish water. At least that was the custom of many people in that commu­nity when I lived there a few years ago. ’i A t Princeton, Mo., Mrs. James E. Logan, 68, hurled a stone at a rabbit which was nibblmg on lifer carrot; tops. She had rabbit for dinner. £j ^^R eople who waste water, and there are plenty of them in Las Vegas, ought to spend a few years in many other parts of Nevada where water is s c a r c e . Tonopah’s excellent Water is allotted to customers through the use of meters. To , avoid excessive meter readings Las Vegas residents really ought to practice a litt,le water economy if they aren’t ’ desirous of meters or a strict water ra- ' tioning. Water waste in Las Ve­gas seems to come mainly from home owners who are careless in watering laSpajs.-. I believe it \ would pay- the ’ Las Vegas Land j and Water company to publish a booklet on Water economy for distribution to all water users, for I ’ve been told' that the water table in the Las Vegas valley is gradually dropping and that un­less water control is established we’ll have to go ejsewhere for a source of this precious com­modity. — ? nr Get-rich-quick dispatch from Detroit: “Pretty Evelyn Stan#tj ton awaited sentence after she admitted using the mails to de­fraud at least six lonesome males who were attracted by an advertisement describing her physical charms. She ad­vertised herself as ‘not hand­some, but nice.’ ” John Garfield's Auto Stolen HOLLYWOOD, July 3. (U P) Actor John ’Garfield’s car, stolen while he was attending a movie, was being sought today by uo-lice. H •\9A6 m f eCl®1t e