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    % Las Vegas,Nevada REVIEW - JOURNAL September 16, 19^-8 Clark county commissioners' yesterday set October 19 as the date when affected residents will decide on formation of the Las Vegas valley water district. On the date of the long-await­ed election, certain residents also will vote for one director in: their division to represent them in a board comprised from the seven divisions. Commissioners yesterday also" 'named candidates for each of :the seven divisions from a list of names proposed by the cham- her of commerce. District Attorney Robert E. Jones said qualified voters will: have two propositions to- decide: One—should the water dis­trict be created?; and two— vote for one candidate to rep: resent them in their particular - division. - "r ; ,1 j Generally the following divis­ions will be created, and voters from these divisions will vote on (creation of the district and for 'one director. These were Pitt­man, Whitney, Army air base, 'North Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Par­adise Valley and the highway 91 strip. Candidates named by commis­sioners to run were Harry Mil­ler and Eloyd Prowell, division 1; [Frank Strong, Thomas A. Camp- jbell and Ryland Taylor, division 2: James Cashman and Howard Cannon, division 3; G. William Coulthard and Victor Shurtleff, division 4; Loiin Ronnow and A1 Corradetti, division 5; Spencer Butterfield, Nelson Conway and: H. C. Nickerson, division «, and, John Bunch and John Stafford,! division 7. Flans for the comprehensive water district were proposed to| provide an adequate water sup­ply for the county’s growing pop­ulation. Under the program, the dts-: Strict directors would be charged With all water consumed in the. (area, take over the holdings of i the Las Vegas Land and Water company and coordinate all serv- jices. ?>J~- - . . ? .....v.