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Wednesday, August 22, 1951 Las Vegas Review-Journal 5 THE BOARD O'F DIRECTORS of the Las Vegas Valley, water district might- have thrown in the towel in its fig h t to get extra water facilities for Las Vegas if it had been able to see lawn sprinklers-all over Huntridge merrily spinning during the height of yesterday’s cloudburst ; W ith the gutters run­ning knee-deep in water and everything sopping wet those conscientious residents apparently wanted to make sure.AhfteJgwft§u.were properly irrigated. . . . I I Saturday, August 25,1951 LAB VEGAS MORNING SUN 7 Vegas Water Rate Decision Monday CARSON CITY, Nev., Aug. 24. (UP)—Robert Allen, chairman of the Nevada Public Service Com­mission, said today a decision on an application for water rate increases, in Las Vegas would be released^ iVlonday. The commission met earlier in the week to discuss the rate in­crease but delayed a decision be­cause of the necessity of recheck­ing various financial figures in­volved. bert Blonde Enters Bankruptcy Proceedings Claiming assets of $8,105, prin­cipally in insurance, and with liabilities of $17,204, Robert A. Blonde, former special represent- ? ative of the president of the Un­ion Pacific Railroad in Las Vegas, ‘ yesterday was adjudged a bank­rupt by Judge Roger Foley in federal court. Blonde, who was transferred to a railroad post in Los Angeles two months ago, was represented in court by Atty. John W. Bonner. In accepting his ple'a as a bank­rupt, Judge Foley referred the case to Frank W. Ingram, referee in bankruptcy for disposition of assets.