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    LEavse nViengga sR,e vNieevwa-dJao,urnal, January 13, 1942. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE RECOMMENDS f FORMATION OF WATER DISTRICT , The Las Vegas chamber of com­merce today adopted a resolution to. recommend to the boards of city 'and ©lark county .commis­sioners, to! take immediate steps to form a water district to ' bring water to Vegas valley from Lake Mead; and either distribute the water here or make a contract with the Las Vegas Land- and Water 'company for the distribu­tion. Considerable discussion preced­ed' the adoption of the .motion, with' the speakers, President Mar­ion B. EarL Secretary R. B. Grif­fith, Charles Pipkin, and John F. jfl Miller^ emphasizing that the cham- £ ber of commerce is not trying to £ fight the wafer company; They < stressed the necessity of and ade­quate water supply for this area, ‘ not limited by the present under- 1 ground water. The four speakers pointed out , that 'it is necessary to- take im- j mediate steps to guarantee a sup- » ply of wafer so that the growth of the town will not be retarded. THE REV. C. H. SLOAN NOMINATED AS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HEAD . ..y^latoount to election was- the nomination today of the. Rev. Charles Hi- Sioan, pastor of the Firit. Baptist church, as the only candidate for election as president of the Las Vegas chamber of commerce for the year 1942. Bal­lots.) wqre mailed this;: afternoon ta. members- of the chamber, for thei?beleeiion next. Tuesday, and netK'.pfiXcers will take over their duties February 3. iNomihated for' first Vice-presi­dent. was A1 Adams; for second vice-president, Lloyd Tritle; and for .treasurer, Ed Von 'Tobel, Sr. .Only, one noinination was made for-each of .the. above officers, and 'for the fol|bwMg;rfbrnirieea,lor di­rectors: : Laws and legislation,.* Marion Ear); commerce,.. Otto. Underhill; : business; and, living ' conditions, : Paul McDefrciotf; manufacturing and industrial .relations,, R. B, ‘Griffith; real estate, Tom Camp­bell. ; Aviation, James Cashman; en­tertainment and housing, R. R. RusSeli;. publicity, A. L, Riddle; 'hotels, Florence Lee Jones; 'trans­portation, Stove Girard. ? Mines and mining, Clesse Turn­er; federal,; state- and municipal affairs, A. P. G- Steffes; agricul­ture and horticulture, H.-B-iHoov- ,er; audit and finance, iFrank Mc- Namee, Jr.; streets and. highways,! R. J. Kaltenborn,. - s' ^Membership; Mike Gordon; banking, C. S. Wengert; reclama­tion ..and power, A, C. Grant;,, na­tional parks, and- monuments, C. P. Squires: education, Roger Fo- jley; public morals, Ford ;L. Gil- 1 bert; fish,, and game, | Jack Mc- ‘Nutt; arid archaeology and history, Otto' Kimball. ' The Rev. Mr. Sloan has been a resident.; of Las, Vegasfor 15 years, during which he' has been the pdstor of the First Baptist church, and has been active in community affairs. A member of the Kiwanis club, he lias served several terms on the executive board of that organization. He also has. been a regular member of the chamber of commerce and has been on the board of directors ‘several times,' always devoting much of his time-and; energy l§ the committee which he headed. In 1938. he was1 elected to the Nevada legislature 'from . Clark . county and during his term there took particular interest in mat­ters relating to the protection of fish and game.' He was presi-. dent of the Fish and Game Pro- tective Association of Clark coun­ty and has assisted- in fostering .the. ? activities of that organiza­tion. He .is-- a native of Louisville, Kentucky, but received his early education in the schools of Texas. Upon his graduation from high school, he enrolled? at Colgate uni­versity in New York and was graduated there. Starting his: , wqrji' ps • a Baptist minister, he thin •?returned .:to. >, San j Antoni®, Texas, where he.was engaged in church work until he moved his family to Las Vegas 15 years ago. —,, - o—---------"