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Show ; Overton Voters Okeh :: federal Power Line . ' Voting 301 to 19, residents of j ;he Overton Power District No. 5 Indicated their desire to purchase the franchise in the Moapa valley .o clear the way for the rural ' electrification project for the j Virgin and Moapa valleys. The i election took place on November 2, !l according to William Harper, pow-t pow-t er board member. ' With the voters of the district . indicating their desire to go ahead with the rural electrification pro- ;ect, Mr. Harper reports that J everything is ready for the open- ing of bids and the letting of con-) con-) tracts for the construction of lines. It is expected that immediate action will be taken and work will soon be started. Ninety-four miles of federal pro- t ject nill be necessary to bring ! power to Beaver Dam, the nearest ; that it will come to St. George, i The power will be brought from 'f the Pioche line with contact being ;, made at Warm Springs. From i there the line will run to Logan- dale, thence to Mesquite and ; Beaver Dam. |