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    MOjUM-NG,. MAY V 1931' I ----- :-?„ gyi WATER COMES UP m HE LAS VEGAS-Land & ^d|er Company! ;?’• is. publishing notice of if.:, .intention to| increase the . city ||ater rates.5' Without goin^r|t|t|j the question of whether | or not the proposeil|raise is necessary or fair,, w'q may recall to dur people that over since j the town was started, Las Vegas has' had the best and purest water. of any. city ill .the j country at an absurdly low price. The usual j \ price for a .residence With water in unlimited quantities for lawns and dowers. has been $1.50 per month. That is rigHtbutin themid-j die of the most ar|d region of America. . I ftff water, slppy is our ;greaf.es;t asset.1 .It is: the one reason which created the city inf the .'first place. j And now, When we can look into the near future and see a vastly increased population'; ana the ^ establishment of. great industries I whi'^h r|ill require ample water, it may be i •that an,Mcrehse in the water rent is a means of helpmg to preserve our greatest asset from j careless waste.