| Show voters of the first congressional District Send to congress 0 DO A E BOWEN republican candidate for supreme court of utah eight year term A native of utah and a resident of logan worked his way through bangham young college and graduated with high honors law graduate of the university of chicago lectured on law in the brigham young college has wide general practice and is prominent in big irrigation cases waa twice attorney for cache county elected once when all other members on ticket were defeated able honest and fearless william H wattis will display as your representative in congress the same marked abilities that have made him a striking success as a business man and builder of greit enterprises he is a native of utah bornn ustah weber county august 15 1859 his parents came to utah in 1847 and 1850 with bands of mormon pioneers and went through with them all the bitter hardships incident to early settlement life born to poverty pov eity mr wattis began a mans work when still only a boy and a mans work he lias done avei sinco he early took employment with construction gangs building the union pacific railroad and there found his lifes career with a genius for construction for organizing and controlling men and foi financing large enterprises it was not many deais before he headed a company of his own the utah construction company which has become by far the largest conceio of its kind in the west thousands of miles of railroad track belonging to the union pacific western pacific oregon short line utah idaho central denver rio grande salt lake route and various other roads leave been built under his personal direction with wonderful resourcefulness mr wattis extended the activities of his company until now they include the construction of large irrigation projects the tion of thousands of acres and the operation of great farming and tan ching properties of vast importance has been this last named activity in furnishing the supply of meat expected from the west to meet the great food necessitated by aside from the direction of these vast air wattis has figured prominently in alie success of such concerns as the union stock yards of ogden the utah idaho sugar company the lion coal company wattis coal company superior rock springs coal company utah idaho central railroad utah national bank of ogden ogden portland cement company and the ever fresh food company he is president of the vineyard land stock company of nevada president of the gem state gatei company of idalio and drector of the nevada copper belt railroad company although fyr deais a laige employer of men mr wattis has been singularly free from labor troubles his plain ways genial kindly disposition and absolutely fair business methods command the all his associates from day laborers to bank presidents it has been an invariable rule with mr wattis that no matter how far away from his home his activities might take him the from his various enterprises should be devoted to the development of his native state he has never gone away from home in search for capital because he was able to command the confidence and respect of those with whom he was intimately associated and who were willing to trust him with their meana his have found expression in such institutions as the chomas D dee memorial hospital of ogden of lie is president pies ident and of which he has been a trustee ever since it was taken over by the church 0 jesus christ of latter day saints he is a member of the weber club the chamber of commerce of ogden of which he was president pies ident foi three successive terms heis also an honorary member of the university club of ogden mi wattis is ardently patriotic at the outbreak of the war he placed the entire resources of the utah construction company at the disposal of the war department he lias been prompt in all war fund activities and is a member of the bbate liberty loan committee two members of his family are in the military sei vice v he is also intensely proud of hia native state and has his efforts m her development he has never sought political honoreand honora and was given the nomination for congress by unanimous vote of the republican convention over his own protest he keenly realizes however that here is another opportunity for serving utah and her people and he may be depended upon to give to their interests in the national legislature the same energy and ability he has shown i n dev eloping the ces of utah A personal word from mr wattis TO THE OF THE FIRST congressional DISTRICT this is the first time that my name has come before you as a candidate for public office but whatever vei you find in the record of my activities to merit approval ou may de pend upon its manifestation in the interests of utah if you honoree as a representative in congress f if 1 am elected I 1 see as my first duty the support of eveia measure that will speedily end the war with victory a support that must be wholly above partisanship and when the war is over I 1 shall expect to study closely all the gi eat pi that are bound to ai ise during the reconstruction period and to apply to their solution with my utmost ability the of sound statesmanship that aie inherent in the republican party I 1 shall stand for the protection of american industry against cheap foreign competition which means of course that I 1 shall also for the best interests of american labor and I 1 shall count myself fortunate if I 1 am able to employ to the advantage of our state the experience I 1 have gained in reclamation work and stock raising in the west when measures affecting the agricultural and livestock in teresta of our section come up for consideration J E FRICK 9 republican candidate for supreme court of utah six year term resident of salt lake city and one of most distinguished jurists has been member of the supreme court for twelve years and is now chief justice was admitted to the bar in 1880 and his knowledge of law is conceded to be unexcelled in the west he has established a reputation on the bench not only for deep learning but for a strict and fearless sense of justice and impartiality JAMES W CHERRY republican candidate for supreme court of year term resident of mt pleasant utah entered law office of his father judge cherry and has been at active practice for the past twenty five years in utah he served as district attorney for the seventh judicial district from 1912 to 1916 Is at present chairman of the sanpete county council of defense a member othe legal advisory board and has a son at the front in his numerous civic activities mr cherry has proved himself to be able and courageous republicans of utah here are your standard put your vote and your hearty support to their election by a sweeping republican VICTORY november ath politic il advertisement |
