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$ / -How fy be j ten th public ik out. pnsid-io the pupils 1 eneses isures. yen to gen-drive rip ti ex-ip b y ’ enn-rnded arted « of ; be- 30 30 y the e up 1 Cin- I d n l t b e ­ds a u u c j.u iiu w iir g . B iv e r jr - le a w a ^ w c u .- » 'u m i CAUGHT ON THf RUN — By "Scoop" I knew som e re a d e r w ould com e to -m y rescu e; co n cern in g a recen t question in C.G.T.-fh. as to w hat th e lonesom e - looking tre e w as doing atop the G olden- N ug­get club now b ein g constructed at the co rn er of Second and F r e ­m ont streets. T h e read er inform s me th at, according to an old E u ­ropean custom , w hen a ro o f is placed on a new building, a tree is placed op th e ro o f signifying com pletion o f th e jo b . W hen the tree goes up, a p a rty is held fo r the m en w ho accom plished th e task. I t ’s a n ice custom , only it blasted my. th eory th a t th e tree represented som e sort of new fangled e x te rio r cam ouflage. l?ome owners water plants and kees with dish water. At least that was the custom of many people in that commu­nity when I lived there a few years ago. A couple of sharp - shooting stories gleaned from late news dispatches: At Chicago, Patrol­man Abner Cunningham, off duty and in swimming trunks, tossed three flower pots at a sneak thief, scoring three hits and a knockout. The thief is in a hospital. This happened after a detective had fired two shots, missing. es s A t P rin ceto n , Mo., M rs. Ja m e s E. Logan, 6 8 , hu rled a stone at a ra b b it w hich w as n ibb lin g on h e r ca rro t tops. S h e had ra b b it fo r d in n er. People who waste water, aa\nnial * /there are plenty of them in Las Vegas, ought to spend a few years in many other parts of Nevada where water is s c a r c e . Tonopah’s excellent water is allotted to customers through the use of meters. To avoid excessive meter readings L a s V egas resid ents really ought to p ractice a Tittle, w ater econom y if th ey a re n ’t desirous o f m eters or a stric t w a t e r 'r a ­tion in g . W a ter w aste in L as V e-ga$ seem s to com e m ainly from honl^ ow ners w ho -are careless in w a te rin g law as. I believe it w ould p a y th e L as V egas Land and WateO .com pany to publish a b ooklet on w a ter econom y for d istrib u tion to'i all W ater users, fo r I ’ve b een to ld th a t the w ater ta b le in th e L a s v£?gas v alley is grad u ally dropping ^ n d th a t u n­less w a ter co n trol is Established w e’ll h av e to go elsew here lo r a sou rce of th is precious com ­m odity. u/ — Wizards o f W c