Show REGARDING COLORADO PARK irrigation COMPANY AFFIDAVIT awe tat of utah county of uintah A L gray betas being first duly worn sworn depose and aye says that he h 0 la Is a resident of utah abid d has ha been bean for more than thirteen last past 1 that the colorado park irrigation was organized in the th year 1907 for the purpose of acquiring and appropriating water from the uintah niver and conveying the same by canala to water land lands in tho the tion 11 ity of randlett Han dloU utah that the point of diversion dire relon of the water from said river waa was on tho the indian grazing lands of the aln tah tab and white iziver ute uta indiana In dlane that whoa when construction work wae was commenced on aid said canal captain hall then the indian agent for the ald said and whito river indiana sayed or caused to be served hu Injun injunction cUon restraining bald said irrigation irritation ri Cota CoIn pany from doing any work on eald said canal or tug any water and taking same across the said indian grazing lande lands that affiant wax was iho th duly elected president ot the colorado park irritation irrigation company and ae as uch such officer I 1 advised with my ray alsoc assoc awoki and other others aa m to tho the beat method to secure tha the necess necessary alry permit to construct or kocura per mite mits to construct aid said canal over and across acro tho the aid said indian grazing crazing landi lands and wae was advised to take tho matter up with senator smoot which your affiant did asking and 1 requesting the said senator smoot to aid ua us in presenting a before congress or introducing a dill bill that would afford thie this said company the desired and relief in ee so curing water for the aid land lands 1 that senator smoot repined to ouri our request as follow follows ae an a member of the public land commission 1 ill I do not make a practice of introducing auch such bills in congress Con greM that your affiant then thou took the matter up with senator henry M bollor of colorado asking for ome some relief for tho the settlers of tho the former reservation in securing curing Be water for their land lands that senator teller did caban cauan a conference to be held hold with 1 the lion hon secretary of the interior and the commissioner of indian affairs and that said ld meeting resulted 1 through and by the effort efforts of senator teller of colorado in f A curing the rights for the dof dm and bottler settler ls of the former aln tah tab indian RelLer ration tho asked for and the securing curing ao of tho the water under the rulings and con TAFTS TA F I 1 S TRIBUTE TO 0 SENATOR SENA OR SMOOT the salt lake tribune october A never within my recollection of politic politics has a republican victory been boon so 0 o assured as a in this campaign the great majority majori tr of the electorate sze very ared of mr wilmont Wll WIl sons sont administration and are impatient to register their disapproval to it and to drive the thel democracy from power in the certainty of mr hardings lection election the managers mana gerls of the republican campaign are turning their attention to the election of a majority of republican republicans to the senate sonata the Tho house housa will undoubtedly be largely republican because the whole house Is to be reelected ed and euch such i a rote vote an a will be given mr hard HAM ing will be certain to carry a large majority of or the districts for his party the case in respect to the easte however la to different under the only one third of that body la Is to be elected reelected re there la in a majority of two republicans la in the sonata but that majority la Is nominal it includes mr la folletto Irol letto and ome some other senators senat ozz whose allegiance to th the republican in certainly not more than nominal of the thirty two senators who retire and whose whoso places are am to bo be filled fifteen are republicans and seventeen or enteen AN ar democrats Domo crata and of tho the eavon toola democrats there aa are many from the south where there la in no prospect of substituting republicans if republicans therefore are to secure a real as distinguished from a nominal majority they must both gain rotes votes and retain theao which the they y hare have I 1 need hardly emphasize tho enormous enor moua importance if it we arki arlo to have a republican administration of supporting president harding in both houses with a working majority T the he task of reconstruction of re refraining framing our tax laws of refraining fra ining the tariff of further constructive legislation as to railroads of refunding our enormous debt and of reorganizing the departments of the government under a budget system to effect the economies for which there ie to such a crying need all demand that chiore shall be cohesion and cooperation between the two house houses and th the droel dent aad mad this can only be secured by substantial working majorities in the house and in the senate thie s it tb mhd consistent butr of arc every 7 voter among the tho many million of voters who expect to cast their suffrage for mr harding to soo see to it that his rote vote la in equally effective effect ire in electing a senator who will land stand by bir mr hardings poli policies cAes and enable him to perform the great task for which he will be given a mandate on the second of november No the election selection of ot a proper representative for a state tats in the enato nate of the united state states is not an kly matter because bemuse the position requires unusual qualifications when therefore by a service in several terms a citizen of the state baa has demon strat jed pd his ability to discharge the duties accept ably and haa bas greatly added to his capacity for ing the country and his state by long experience the people of the stated who would change him make a great error of course if his political views and policies are contrary to those of ot a ma bority of the people of a state they must find tome some other representative but whom this tried and faith tul ful public servant la is a staunch and loyal member X of the lint party it Is I 1 the keight of folly not to eolie eagerly the greet great opportunity presented in aiding that party by sending that loader leader back who can do much by reason of his experience and aall ity to render reader the carrying on of ot the tho government by br the party useful to the country i the slate state of utah aad and his friends wands and neighbors and his fellow citizens should hare the greatest pride in the position which reed smoot haa has won for himself in the senate of ot the united states aa as i a broadminded broad minded hardworking bard working and able senator upon whose and accurate information and sincerity of purpose hia his colleagues both re publican and democrats hame come to place the greatest reliance there arb au senators not a fow i et of them who have attained influence through seniority but whose energies hare have been demoted dero deTo ted tod chiefly to publicity seeking ond and the making on an the f coor floor of the formal speeches ad have used jr i their position largely tor for their perls personal onal advance in the political field the great work of the amate la to done in tha the commIt tsee by the tho hard work era rs aad and by those dione hard workers on the tho floor of the arol of the secretary of the interior and nd it we wes mat until wa we secured the tb effort efforts of the senator from colo ado that we wro enabled to set get the rights required to place our lands under cultivation thattie wai was not through any tiny effort efforts on the part of Roa senator smoot or from y ax stanco al ele tance rend rendered eTed by him bim that the aid said water rights wore were eckrod secured bof the homesteaders and further affiant mayeth not A AL L 0 GRAY RAY 13 and aborn to before me thin thim octh day of october A D 1920 A MANKER notary public my commission Comm leelon expires july 1923 1921 0 at ho the ista lat republican county convention a good brother got up and nominated a certain person for a certain office and of course aft as IB in tho the custom in republican conven bione us a lot of hot wind and when ho he eat sat down another rood good brother whispered to his neighbor vel vol if it be vae vas half halt tto to food good he bould nt to bo be on the republican ticket 0 tho the league may not bd be perfect in its present form but it la Is the beet bost that bae has been offered and ie lit the result of montha of ot bard hard ork rk b by y the most capable tm en in tho world democratic county central Com cammille mille political advertisement senate in tho the explanation and clarification of the subject matter of legislation of which they have charge it 1 in tho the exact truth to aay say that no senator of thie this generation has ban done harder and more effective work of thie this kind than reed snoot smoot of utah he brought to the an almost encyclopedic knowledge of the details of a groat great variety of the important fields of business of this country his personal experience in farming in mining in ii manufacturing in merchandising and in banking gave him a broad foundation upon which to build an intimate and accurate knowledge of the business of bis his country such as no other man in either elthor house of congress has the framing of a tariff bill involve the investigation of the whole business of the country fanning farming mining manufacturing and banking and it Is well understood that senator smoot knows more of those these tangs that bavo have to be known in the framing of a tariff bill than any other member of congress in the next tour four years the necessity for a revision of the tariff on a reasonably protective basis to meet the new conditions which the thle war end and its consequences will have created will bo be inevitable there la to no state of the union moro interested in securing curing ee fair treatment and protection prote cLion of her industries in a tariff bill than utah her people therefore should support the republican ticket with enthusiasm and a above b ove a all 11 should she cherish and retain the advantage advant aga of having mr smoot in tho the senate where his influence ilk atthe the framing of a will be very great more than this he has been belen engaged as a member of the committees on appropriations and printing and this has him into a consideration of all the departments of the government and has made urn blin acquainted with the enormous sources of waste that should ba chocked it Is not an idle statement or one made merely for purposes of a political campaign to secure mr smoots election reelection re to say that were he not returned to the senate the void which his absence would make in the real work of that body in reconstruction Is greater than would the loes loss of os any other a m anber it was my good fortune during eight years of official life in wellington washington tour four as a member of ot the cabinet and four as president to know mr smoot well and to gauge his sense of public duty in all that time was actuated in what he be did by the strictest allegiance to the tho interests of the people of the united states and the people of ot utah attacked by the forces of religious intolerance over aba nation he maintained a dignity and forbearance that won for him widespread approval indeed it Is hard to believe in view of his present position as one of the lenders headers of the senate and an indispensable member that chete was so short a ra gorlod ago a serious attempt to remove him from his seat in the senate on the ground that ho he was not by reason of his religious affiliations a loyal american I 1 nood need hardly dwell on the tho loss to the interests of utah were the service of senator smoot in the senate to be ended A new senator even though he has distinguished ability has but little influence as compared with those who have haye established their leadership even if it other things ore are equal it would take a senator years to attain the power for good that senator smoot wields in taju senate senator smoot and I 1 have been friends for a great many years and as a friend of his I 1 should feel deeply disappointed it the people of utah were to show themselves so ungrateful and claure of the work which he hafl has done for them but such personal consideration is not the control ling motive for my coming clear across the united states tor for the tho single purpose of doing what I 1 can to aid in his hi election reelection re the chief motive la Is the wish to keep in office a man whose services will be of the highest importance in president hardings administration and which will contribute moat most largely to its success the above article paid for by T W odonnell residing within uintah county utah and whose post ottice address is vernal utah where the said article has boon published and the expense thereof incurred and who as a voter assumes responsibility under section sections 2364 and 2382 2332 compiled laws la wo of utah 1917 a Pol lUcal t lk t t t WILUM WI LUM W W W ad 4 0 A HALT CALLED TO SPRY governor bamberger proves that republican republica n state chairman falsifies facts truth revealed As cloak of misrepresentation Is torn from republican 1 propaganda AN OPEN LETTER TO WILLIAM SPRY certain distortions of facts in relation to the state administration appearing in in several country papers over your signature have been brought to my attention and that our people may judge ns as to the dependability of your literature I 1 am presuming to point out ont a few of the inaccuracies NaS MISQUOTES QUOTES constitution although typical of the entire advertisement the misquotation i on of the state constitution by one of your experience is surprising i ing and to be regretted the bonding limitations is not one per cent of the assessed valuation as you sav say but one and one half per cent see section 1 article XIV T t t WHAT OF PUBLIC MONIES before discussing further your inaccurate statements tell the public the answer to these your state land board or someone representing it placed in the prove provo commercial and savings bank in the spring in 1912 and there it remained until spring of 1917 just before the board of your administration was displaced in 1913 of the funds in the caro care of the land board were placed with the farmers and Stock growers bank of which I 1 believe you vou were an officer or director the last of this fund was turned over in march 1917 to the new board it would be interesting to know the arrangements attending the transfers in so far as they affected hiter interest cst rates and collections BUSINESS administration any critic to obtain a respectful hearing bearing before intelligent people must havo have a known record of accomplishment one of your favorite points of attack is the state land board N aich also seems to be with you a sore spot let us see what your board did among other things lings ti they bought worth of green river irrigation district bonds which represent a loss of to the funds of the land board except as made good from the general fund and the taxpayers pay they expended some on tho the hatchtown hatch town project which with the exception of possibly in land Is a total loss and cost the state about more to adjust damage claims etc with settlers they bought worth of bonds of the new now hope irrigation district on which the interest charges have not been met for several years and in so far as present conditions are concerned they can be charged up to loss their average price for land sold was 2 45 46 an aero acre and in the last tour four years they nere were on the job they loaned a total of to farmers and had more than a million dollars on hand and idle when relieved besides the suspense account which apparently yielded the state no return now lets compare uie tibe record of the band land |