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u \ e WW»s«:«ie|t: has Vegas « October 1/ 57, 1908£T1K^' © WM. R. OCT 16 1351 ce - Mr* Mr. f 23-3-3 William Reinhardt I. 1* Bennett Referring to our conversation October 9 coneem- !«g pmmh&BB of land in connection with our water operations at Las Vegas the subject of your letter of October 4 to Mn Bennetti 2 have reviewed Mr. Bracken »s files on this subject and find the following information concerning the various land purchases j Mr. Bracken on October 2©, 1939 recommended to Mr. Jeffers * Confirming my telegram October 28th to Mr. strong, cony to Mr, Ashby, the most Important parcel we Should acquire is the 40 acres shown as M&oEs Sec 30 shown on Map ® attached to file and owned by ®. Cutting. This is immediately adjacent to the location where we propose to' drill the new well marked Mo. 4 and is unquestion-a! r L * n W @ proven water ledge. The acquisition or this acreage was also re comended by i$p, Mel son Taylor in his report August 4, 1937, and we have been carrying on indirect negotiations with the owner but thus far have been unable to aeouire it at a price of #2tg per acre. * The other ISO acres owned by w. H. pike and others, is probably also in the water ledge but Is considerably lower than our present sources of supply, and even though water were developed in ? Xoo&tiom it would probably be necessary to sA et**t?l»«i ng* ?b•a*s*i n&. W PTh isi n land cotuol dg petr obiat bliyn tboe thpeur-chased for the same price we paid for the Wtnsaan acreage, that is $20 per acre, and will be of value in the future as protection to our water-bearing land, suggested by Mr. Reinhardt and «r. dreene.«