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Show WATTIS DAMPA1GN ' FOR GOVERNORSHIP' OGDEN MAN'S CANDIDACY FORi REPUBLICAN PLACE 13 8TR0NGLY URGED. ' Weber County Republicans . Give Unanimoui Endorsement and Ask the State's Approval. Active campaigning has been started start-ed by friends of W.' H.' Wattis of Og-den, Og-den, candidate for the Republican nomination nom-ination for governor, and during the past week he has become the leader in that contest Which will be concluded i when the state convention makes Its selection In Salt Lake on Thursday, August 26. Although the candidacy of Mr. Wattis Wat-tis was strongly urged at the time of the Republican national delegate convention con-vention in Price, several months ago, active work toward his nomination was not started until the past week. Even without that effort, however, the Wattis campaign gained an ' impetus throughout the state which assured strong support and now his supporters support-ers say there is no doubt of his selection. se-lection. Weber county Republicans, through the Weber county committee, 'have s'iven unanimous endorsement to Mr. A'attls for nomination as . governor, Itavlng passed the following resolution at a meeting held on Saturday, July 31: l. ; "The Republican county committee ;f Weber county wishes to call the ittention of the members of the party in this county and state to the fact hat Utah is confronted with financial, ndustrial and political problems of he gravest character. We feel that for the office of governor during the omlng four years will be required a nan of the highest type of citizenship, if proved Integrity and "patriotism, and one possessing business , expert-nce expert-nce and administrative capacity of .tie best order. v "We assert that Weber county has uch n ninn in the person of Willinra H. Wattis. We commend him to the "nvorable consideration of the Republican Repub-lican state convention and urge the 3epublicans of tills county to choose lelegates who will work untiringly, :nuking use. of every honorable political politi-cal expedient to bring about his nom--nat!on." Mr. Wattis' supporters offers a candidate can-didate who, by reason of his exceptional exception-al executive ability, strong personality personal-ity and wide business experience, will i'ive Utah and the state's affairs a real business administration. Mr. Wattis Is a sterling American, ;enial in his presence and firm In hnracter. He will so arrange his personal per-sonal affairs as to give his undivided attention to the business of the state. Mr. Wattis is a native horn son of Weber county, a self-made man in the truest sense. He has resided In Utah throughout his life and has studied Utah's economical needs. He has developed de-veloped In Utah and he has materially issisted in developing Utah. Mr. Wattis' record as a builder of roads, railroads, irrigation systems and manufacturing industries shows .hat he Is a man who can grasp the ilg problems of state affairs and put '.hem on a sound financial basis. His experience as agriculturalist and stock raiser Is another factor that Is suggested sug-gested as Important, for Mr. Wattis was born In Uintah, a farming community com-munity of Weber County, spent the .'list years of his life there, engaged in farming undertakings during va-.ious va-.ious years of his life and has become as head of the Utah Construction, company, the director of great farm-ng farm-ng undertakings in the .west. He nderstands the problems of the Irrigator, Ir-rigator, the dry farmer and the llve-Uock llve-Uock raiser for these are all problems prob-lems that have arisen with him and .vhlch he has successfully solved. Slm-larly Slm-larly Mr, Wattis has solved the lnhor luestlon and there has not been a strike on any of the great Wattis enterprises, Including railroad build-jig, build-jig, reservoir or Irrigation system construction, con-struction, coal mining, Industrial construction con-struction or other work. As governmental finance and administration, ad-ministration, building of the state's roads and Irrigation systems . on a sound economy basis and thte solution solu-tion of labor problems will be the chief questions affecting Utah's taxpayers tax-payers during the next few years, ; the men who know W. H. Wattis best declare there will be no mistake if he Is selected as the Republican noml-. noml-. uee und elected by the voters at the rtovembor election. |