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L a s V e g a s , Ne v a d a REVIEW-JOURNAL J u l y 3 , 1 9 4 6 % People 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 scarce. Tonopah’s excellent water is allotted to customers through the use of meters. To avoid excessive meter readings "Scoop" home owners water plants and . trees wjth dish water. At least that was the custom of ) many people in that commu­nity when I lived there a few years' ago. Las Vegas / residents really ought to practice a little:water economy if they aren’t desirous of meters or a strict water ra- itioning. Water waste in Las Ve­gas seems to come mainly from home owners who are careless in wateriiig, lawns. I believe -it would pay the Las Vegas Land land Water company to publish a I 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 elsewhere for la source of this precious com-1 * modity. Get-rich-quick dispatch from Detroit: “Pretty Evelyn Stan­ton awaited sentence after, she admitted using the mails to de- j fraud at least six lonesome j males who were attracted by ‘ an advertisement describing \ her physical charms. She ad- I vertised herself as ‘not hand- ; some, hut nice.’ ” —--------o------|— John Garfield's Auto Stolen HOLLYWOOD, July 3. (UP) Actor John Garfield’s car, stolen while he was attending a movie, was being sought, today by uo- lice.