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Mead water is the only feasibl source to care for the needs of military installation of severa thousand men. Under „the present plan, th . district would btty water fro the state for 50 -cents per acr foot, and' distribute it through-' out the ‘"valley after first supply­ing Henderson and . the Basic! plant with an amount guaranteed to meet their needs. Thus, with revenue assured from the air corps field,- the re­sort hotels, home sites along the route, North Las Vegas, the new! county airport, and from Las Ve­gas if the water compaxiy is pur­chased, it has been estimated that whatever bonds are neces­sary to pay for the project can be rapidly retired. Once this is accomplished,.'the way will be paved for additional lines to the lake so that more of Nevada’s water quota may be utilized. The eventual need of addition­al pipeline facilities is indicate by the fact that the capacity o .the present line into. Henderso-is approximately 11,680,000 gal Ions annually, or roughly, one eighth of the., water allocated t Nevada. The.otirsr seven-eighths of the allocation cannot be used until some means is found to draw it from the lake. Such a supplemented pipeline has long been the goal of pro-; gressive old timers like D. G. Lorenzi, who; knows from many years of practical experience] with desert soil what water-means tq Vegas valley. In an unqualified endorsement ol the water district proposal,! Lorenzi stated that he is “speak­ing for the public, not myself, in urging voters of the area to ap­prove the district. I have no con­nection with any land or profit1 group, but as a pioneer, I want to use my small influence to sup­port this plan.” - • Those voters signifying ap­proval of the district! w ill; be asked to,designate their choice ;of directors. On fhe ballot from , .Division 1 are Harry Miller and ?'-Floyd Prowell, from Division 2, t’ Thomas A. Campbell and Frank , Strong; from Division 3, Howard ^Cannon and James Cashman; from "Division 4, G. William : Coulthard and Victor Shurtleff; • from Division 5, Ira J. Earl and E. O. Underhill; from Division 6,J S. L. Butterfield, Nelson Conway and H. C. Nickerson, and from • Division 7, John Bunch and Joh Stafford. These names were' chosen^ b the board of county commission­ers from a list prepared by fh chamber of "'-commerce, wlqph scoured the rolls pf eligible regrs-k tered voters for candidates, bfes . fitted under the terms g r th ; Baker bill-It was pointed out by ; Carl Hyde, chairman of the in- ; dustrial development committee, that the great majority o f voters were ruled- out by. the fact that