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^ Mr. W. R. Bracken: Your letter of June 24th,.file W 25-5-5, regard- Los Angeles, June 25th, 1936 ing present water situation at Las Vegas, just received. Am mailing copy of it to Mr. Jeffers, as requested. In a letter this morning about another matter, Chairman Harley Harmon of the Nevada Commission advised me he would be here July 13th. I suggest you put that date on your calendar so as to try and be here, and we will review the Las Vegas water situation with him. Am satisfied that the heavy use of water for cooling purposes, as the example you cite of the Sewell Grocery, will appeal to him because of its gross unfairness to the company on the one hand, and the water shortage situation which it helps to create on the other. effort should be made at next legislative session to have the present law repealed, so that we can place such consumers as the Sewell Grocery Company and others on meters. is more or less disturbing. It seems to me that fact alone presents one of the strongest arguments you can male with the city officials, newspaper men, etc., as a reason and necessity for conserving water. It is to be regretted that the city officials did not see their way clear to adopt a sprinkling ordinance, regulating the irrigation of lawns, etc., to the early morning and late evening hours. This would afford some opportunity to build up the supply in the reservoir, which cannot be done now.with the excessive drain upon it. I suggest you keep hammering away on the matter in Las Vegas, and I am sure you are bound to get some results. If we are unable to reasonably regulate the consumption of water, then it only means that the more there is available, the greater the consumption per capita will be. We have submitted formal request to put down the new well but, of course, water from that source will not likely be available until late in the season. In the meantime, am sending your letter, with a copy of this one, to Mr. Bennett, so that he can have the benefit of your suggestions about getting the present Nevada law changed or modified. I quite agree with your conclusions that every The decrease in production of water at Las Vegas P. H. Knickerbocker GG - Mr. if E. Bennett: