Show CONGRESS RACE briant H bry tham ex mayor of vernal and an bounced republican candidate for U S congress satur saturday day disclosed that du due e to anfor seen circumstances which have arisen since the announcement of my intention to be acanda a candidate for congress it is necessary for me to advise all my f friends dg that it will be ble for me to file tor for this office with announcement this mr withdrew his candidacy and pledged his support to ile vels mayor dr P L jones who a announced his candidacy saturday d ay moi morning ning 1 1 I sincerely urge all of my friends to support daitor mayor jones of nephi tor for un united d states congressman for the first utah district mr String liam said the he move came just a fe few h hours 0 after the saturday I 1 m filing deadline for can candidates seeking the state or national offices mr said that he felt he could do as much or more good in his capacity as chairman of the 21 counties committee of the upp upper basin compact as he could have as a congressman in washington D C he expressed continued on page 4 QUITS CONGRESS RACE Contini continued ted amm mm pane paste 11 sincere appreciation to those people of uintah and duchesne co countley count aties lei who petitioned for his nomination nation and promised that water development in the state of utah and the echo park dam construction shall be uppermost in my thoughts ai as will be reflected through my future action actions toward that end to all my friends who offered to work for me and who urged me to file I 1 wish to say thanks from the bottom of my heart mr said an and added it Is a great feeling to know that one has so many loyal friends mr String hams withdrawal leave leaves only two persons dr jonea jones and howard W call of brigham city seeking republican nom nomination nation for the seat in congress now held by Domo democrat crat walter K granger A practicing dentist dr jones Is a past president ol 01 the utah state dental and Is an honorary member of two in ter national professional societies the pierre abade i my and the federation Dent alre international 1 during during his incumbency as mayor dr r jones has completed t the h e only municipal I 1 sewage i trtat treatment ment plant in ve the state ob 1 bained an entirely new water 1 supply and instituted antnoine cr er manager form of government dr jones a prominent figure in utah recia reclamation mation affairs has been active in utah municipal league since its founding and Is no now w first vice president he ile Is a member of the utah water and power board a director of utah water it er users and a director of the 21 county colorado river development committee in his announcement he be said on one of his major interests in seeking the office is to support water development an and push the C central utah weber basin and dixie projects |