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41 RENO ^EVENING GAZETTE A' NEWSPAPER FOR THE HOME h ^ M EKRITV C. SPEID GRAHAM M. DEAN, TreasEuLre, rP arensdid Peunbt liis her LY LE W. HARPER, Business Manager JOSEPHJ ORH. NJA CSAKNSOFONR, DM, aEndaitjoinr j E,ditor The Reno Evening Gazette Is a member ol the Speldel Newspapers, toe., a national service organization ptttsfl ttohoet ibnegs tth inroteurgehs ttsh oef p tuhbe lcicoamtiomnu onfi tpyr oangdre sthsieve h noemw^nHHMft Entered at the Postofflce at Reno, Nevada, as second* class matter. Published evenings except Sunday In , Gazette Building;1 Center street, Reno, Nevada. i . ' <»? —1 ? ? f The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the ute ; fo r republication of a ll the local news printed in this newspaper as well as AP news dispatches. CoNmaptiaonnya, l NAedwv eYrotisrikn, gC hRiecapgreos, eSnatant ivFeras:n ciWsceos,t -DHeotlirdoaiyt, Los Angeles, Seattle, Portland, St. Louis. Cleveland. MEMBER Associated Press, Audit Bureau of Circulation and the American 8 Newspaper .Publishers Association. | W - .' t,- . SUBSCRIPTION BAXES ! SBiyn gcaler rCieorp Sya.l.es.m. a. n.. .....30. c. p. e. r. W. e.ek. , .inf Rcenoe annd Stpa*rks ? BByy mCoatrorire rro Suatele sinm Renen, pIn a roeuat.s.i.d.e. . .to 1w. n..s.. ..r..e..c3e0icv ipnegr whoemeke delivery, a n d through news dealers maintaining .sub. •cription call-lists... ..... iS g . m W lia t per montli B.y mall in NMeAvaHd. aS aUnBdS CMRoIdPoTcIO, LNas sReAnT, EPSlumas, Sierra, Nevada, Alpine; Mono, and Inyo couhtle* and the ja ke Tahoe area In California: .." tv®*.. o j afflW flM & S i OSinxe MYoenatrh.:s..................•.•.. ....................................*ss. . . . . . . . . " 8 0 0 ? OThnree eM Moonntthh..s................................................. ................ . . . . . i . . 1fA-g0flt By mall to all points outside the above area: One Year ............MB8<.iiii| ' Q | • •••• -MJ-OO TShixre eM Montohns..t..h....s.....•. .... • •eaa«* aSt’ *aaa a a^.e 4 ^ f*(»t • •> fr • • J«0 One Month...............................• • • ..V ^ V e ia U I M g—/ Friday, July 22, 1949 '......laV » '.... Net Eneygh Water to Gq/Rauncl ' j '>* NEVADA’S "TWQ. -la*ges|. cities, Beno and 1 .as Vegas, art^havBpg heater troubles. W hile, Beno 's'’ situation mas not beebme. acute*:' the Sierra 11 Pacific -Power co. has asked local residents to and to out down <fn thet sprinkling of lawns and ^ , ? Las Vegas has more seriotiS troubles. -SOmO of; the new districts without water part of, the time,-, and1 the^ city’s supply, drawn from weii%;is nof suffi-eientito supply the entire, city add sub­urban area. One group of Las'. Vegas residents sent; telegrams to the governor and the public service commission chair­man, asking for. state aidy but the state can hardly turn up an .additional water ' sdiirce on short.;notice: 1 Bend’s ’ water supply cpines f rom srarage in. mountain lakes and'the Truc- , kee river, augmented by aw e]!. , Last -winter’s .scanty storms left the reser­v o ir s only partly filled, and the flow .of the'nver is now. at a low point. "There is another reason foi;the water shortage in the two'cities. The utility companies;have not developed new water sources to keep pace' with .thejjgrowth of ' Beno or Las Vegas, but haye-mttempted to stretch out the present limited supply. Beno’s water .distribution system has I been extended.far beyond the eitv limits, but there lias been no accompanying effort made to find new sources of water to supply this wider’territory. The water supply for Beno and Spaijks. is essen­tially the- same as-it was 2lf years ago or more, but the demands .have increased greatly. Much water is wasted here^there is 1 no doubt of that; Some- of it is lost { through carelessness. NoLall of the huge gallonage that, the power company says Beno and Sparks uses is wasted by con­sumers. Part of the company’s own -system of flumes.and mamsVaks away 1 a good deal of water£' Tim .greatly-increased number of / at V. conditioners requires' a great; deal of w;a:ter. The residents, of Beno and Sparks can help save water,*: and they should. But there also should-be some assurance from the power company that it is trying I o get enough water for these expanding cities.