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L A S V E G A S R E V I E W J O U R N A L ¥ p u b l i s h e d : |\I0V 2a 194Q To Conserve Wafer Supply CARSON C IT Y , Nov. 19 (U P) 1 Nevada heard a warning today p that it should make better use 1 of its limited water facilities, particularly those offered by | mountain stream s. The warning was made dur- | ing the final sessions of toe I fourth annua' Nevada water con- I ference, which ended a two-day 1 program last night. -H. V . Peterson o f the United States g e o l o g i c a l survey- | stressed importance of develop- | ing the state’s underground wa- 1 ter resources but he said toe 1 yalue of using N evada’s m any I sm all stream s was being over- ! looked. I : ’ "These stream s offer a chal­le n g e and an opportunity to m a- | tonally increase the water utt-litzatton of the state,” he said, i He raged that a study be made I at every mountain range In the I state to le a rn . where stream 1 flows might be developed as a I source of water for irrigation, ilivestoek and dom estic use. 1 C . B. Jacobson of the bureau time_a. y£ar_ aga W . H. J. NOV 9,‘V ' ^