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Show POWER DISTRICT FORMED IN CLARK COUNTY, NEVADA A power district has been formed in the northern part of Clark county, Nevada. Power will be furnished by the government from Boulder Dam. The district includes the .Virgin and Moapa valleys, reports William Harper of Mesquite, Nevada. It will be necessary for the district to purchase all small power plants which are at the present furnishing power to these communities. The Government will issue bonds under the R. E. A. providing the people of the district dis-trict vote to assume this obligation. obli-gation. An election "to decide the issue will be held in the near future, M'r. Harper said. Power lines will come within thirty miles of St. George. Contacts Con-tacts are being made to see if it would be possible to bring this power here. When questioned on this matter a Southern Utah Power company official stated that the power company had investigated in-vestigated this possibility to see if power couldn't be bought by the company and transferred over their lines at Modena. He stated that under the present law governing gov-erning the distribution of this power it would be impossible to do so. |