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Las Vegas, Nevada EVENING REVIEW-JOURNAL, Sept. 16, 1948. Clark county commissioners i | yesterday set October 19 as the \ ' date when affected residents will ‘ \ decide on formation of the Las i j Vegas valley water district. 1 Oh the date of the long-await- j j ed election, certain residents also f will vote for one director in ! ; their division to represent them ; in a board comprised from the | seven divisions. Commissioners yesterday also I named candidates for each of 1 I the seven divisions from a list j I of names proposed by the cham- j 1 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— j vote for one candidate to rep­resent them in their particular ] division. - Generally the following divis­ions will be created, and voters ! from these divisions will vote on t creation of the district and for ] one director. These were Pitt- 1 man, Whitney, Army air base, I North Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Par- ! adise Valley and the highway I 91 strip. F Candidates named, by commis-f sioners to run were Harry Mil-f ler and Floyd Prowell, division 1; Frank Strong, Thomas A. Camp- | bell and Ryland Taylor, division j '2; James Cashman .and Howard j Cannon, division 3; G._ William ! Coulthard and Victor Shurtleff, division 4; Lorin Ronnow and A1 1 Corradetti, division 5; Spencer f. Butterfield, Nelson Conway and T H. C. Nickerson, division 6, and j |l John launch' and John Stafford,: [ division 7. | Plans for the comprehensive : water district were proposed to ’ provide an adequate water sup-: i ply for the county’s growing pop-j i ulation. Under the program, the dis-| ? company and coordinate all serv- ‘ ices; W M . R. SEP 18 1948 trlct directors would be charged with all' water consumed in the area, take over the holdings of the Las Vegas Land and Water