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Show N Voters of the First Congressional District Send to Congi ess j j III i a""R J - THEMASM WHO DOES THBHGrB. 1 1 1 1 1 Able, honest and fearless, William U. Wattis will display as your representative in Con- 1 1 II Rress the same marked abilities that have made him a striking success as a business man and 1 1 II. builder of great enterprises. II II ...... , . He is a native of Utah, born in Uintah, Weber County, August 15, 1859. His parents 1 1 , , m,L... l2me to Utah n.l47.and-18SO-ith-bands-of MormoftpionmSrOnd-wenMhrough with them 1 - 1 1 . ' . , all the bitter hardships incident to early settlement life. Born to poverty, Mr. Wattis began 1 1 . x ' a man's work when still only a boy, and a man's work he has done ever since. 1 1 y He early took employment with construction gangs building the Union Pacific railroad, 1 1 V and there found his life's career. With a genius for construction, for organizing and controlling A - ' , V . men and for financing large enterprises,' it was not many years before he headed a company of . ' i, , , !;! , i- his own, the Utah Construction Company, which has become by far the largest concern of Its I 1 1 r-r-! : ; ' kind in the west, i iiousands ot miles of raikoad track, belonging to the Union Pacific, 1 1 i . ; ' - Western Pacific, Oregon Short Line, Utah-Idaho Central, Denver & Rio Grande, Salt Lake Route ) . . ' and various other roads, have been built under his personal direction. I ' - ' t " . With wonderful resourcefulness, Mr. Wattis extended the activities of his company until II V they now include the construction of large -irrigation projects, the reclamation of thousands of 1 1 J I acrcs anc' ne Pcration of great farming and ranching properties. Of vast importance has ' I v , ' been this last named activity in furnishing the supply of meat expected from the west to meet ."v J the great food requirements necessitated by the war. I KCv : . , . . " Aside from the direction of these vast enterprises, Mr. Wattis has figured prominently In ! ' the success of Siich concerns as the Union Stock Yards of Ogden, the Utah-Idaho Sugar Com- J ' : pany, the Lion Coal Company, Wattis Coal Company, Superior Rock Springs Coal Company, II . '' "A .y;-" , . Utah-Idaho Central Railroad Utah. National Bank of Ogden, Ogden Portland Cement Com- 1 1 " YV ; ' - . pany, and the Ever Fresh Food Company. He is president of the Vineyard Land & Livestock . t, 1 . Company of Nevada, president of the Gem State Water Company of Idaho, and director of -y. 1 the Nevada, Copper Belt Railroad Company. . - I I V- &r"""" i ' ' Although for years a large employer of men, Mr. Wattis has been singularly free from labor I I II. ' ' troubles. His plain ways, genial, kindly disposition and absolutely fair business methods command the II I I - y K - respect of all his associates, from day-laborers to bank presidents. v II I I j-' Mt has been an invariable rule with Mr. Wattis that no matter how far away from his home his I I I " , , . activities might take him, the earnings from his various enterprises should be devoted to the development I I VI I . V ' ot his native state. He has never gone away from home in search for capital, because he was able to I I "r y '- . L command the confidence1 and respect of those with whom he was intimately associated and who were I I I . I t 'S ' "' willing to trust him with their means. I I I -v'' y VY -His philanthropies have found expression in such institutions as the Thomas D. Dee Memorial M I x " Hospital of Ogden, of which he is president, and of which he has been a trustee ever since it was taken I I I .Aj, , ; . . over by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 'II I J " He is a member of the Weber Club, the Chamber of Commerce of Ogden, of which he was president II ,1' . - for tnree successive terms. He is also an honorary member of the University Club of Ogden. I I 'jt Mr- Watis is ardently patriotic. At the outbreak of the war, he placed the entire resources of the ''' - '"" " u,an Construction Company at the disposal of the War Department. He has been prompt in alt war I I I . 1 rr jS . . ; fund activities and is a member of the State Liberty Loan Committee. Two members of his family are I I I I I .-. 17- '' v in the military service. II M : f ' s - '' ' ' ,,e is also intense'y proud of his native state and has centered all his efforts in her development. I I j--tfv ' y ',,' He has never soughLpolitical honors and was given the nomination for Congress by unanimous vote of - - I I I I I ;;"'." ,lie Republican convention over his own protest. He keenly realizes, however, that here is another op- . II XS''C'-' portunity for serving Utah and her people, and he may be depended upon to give to their interests In the I M .'.',' national legislature the same energy and ability he has shown in developing the resources of Utah. A Personal Word From Mr. Wattis . ' ijf TO THE VOTERS OF THE FIRST CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT: . , ' ' , This is the first time that my name has come before you as a candidate for public office, but what- I I ' , " " ever you find in the record of my activities to merit approval, you may depend upon its manifestation in II - $ . - the interests of Utah if you honor me as a representative in Congress. I I I ' mmmmimmm 1 I If 1 am elected I see, as my first duty, the support of every measure that will speedily end the war I I - A . A with victory a support that must be wholly above partisanship. II A T H U ' T J( And when the war is over I shall expect to study closely all the great problems that are bound to arise M I I A T1 II II Tl ffi TVVk 11 WAX 1T "m" ii"T1 "l during the reconstruction period and to apply to their solution, with my utmost ability, the principles II WW II W H 11 Vfl H F 1 M WW JrU P H llv of sound statesmanship that are inherent in the Republican party. l II V JL JLJ1 JLuJbJL 1 HL Jl. a V V QJL UJ ILJLkZj ' 1 shalt stand for the protection of American industry against cheap foreign competition, which l ' --w- , .a. v v w w w.rw means, of course, that I shall also work for the best interests of American labor. And I shall count myself II . . , fortunate if I am able to employ to the advantage of t i i I I II C3.HQlCl3.tG lOr COllrGSS . our state the experience I have gained in reclamation . J Jl II II wwvfcww awa work and stockraising in the West, when measures affect- r)? II T7ife4" Ticf"f"lf" ,nt ,he agricultural and livestock interests of our section Ajr j J if JrJljUl II II r HOt JLldvllvw . come up for consideration. Jff f II ' h- I A. E. BOW EN T-r-J. E. FRICK I l JAMES W. CHERRY I f ' Republics Canidatc for Supreme ' V Republicn Cididte for Supreme f I RepubUca CuitEcUU for SapranM Court of Uuh Eight-yew Term. (il ''i j'' Court of Utah 5-ye Term. ) Court of Uuk Ten-year Term. II V 't A Mt,v. of Ut.h .nd . r..,d.nt of L.fl.-.. t llvS' -" 'i of tlt Lk City and on. of 2 '' ' "" ''". Utah. tMr4 II Worfcod h.a w.y through Brigh.m Voung J'V . Ulth'l moot d,.tmgu,.h.d Juri.to. Hoo boon : I , low oHeo of hi. f.thor, Judgo Chorry, ,nd II J Collogo and gr.du.tod with h.gh honor.. J7' mowbor of tho oupromo tourl for tw.lv. jm" J . hoo boon at a.tiva aract.oa far tr,. p.H I I II vNsrt ..,..,..,,,0,00.,.; ' $y rw ChJu,,dVwr 1' sK k txi II V I I locturod on law in th. Brigh.m Voung Col- ' . ,4 mittod to tho bar in IBM, and nia hnowl- VIPJ Di.trict from 1112 to lilt. . lo at prooont I I II , 1 h log.; ha. wido g.noral prootico and la prom- MnMiaBJBBgBaMMaHBaHHMBJ of law i. concod.d to b. un.nc.ll.d in . chairman af tha ftanpato County Counoil of mont in big" irrigation caaoo: wo. twicg tho Woot. Ho ha. otabli.h.d a roputa- O.fanoot a mambor af tha Legal Adviaory Board and ha. a aon at tha ' I attorney for Cacha county, oloetod one when all othor momboro on tlon on tno bonch, not only for dop loarning, but for a atrict and or- front. In hi. num.roua aivio activiti.a. Mr, Charry haa provad himaelf to II I ticket wore defected. leu aenae of ju.tic. and impartiality. bo able and courUoua. II Republicans of (li)fa5iKl9rQ Aro Vour Sttfiiidord-03oorars! Put Your Vote and Your Hearty Support to Their Election tt by a Sweeping REPUBLICAN VICTORY November 5th |