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Show Republican Candidate for the United States Senate 4 - 1 I i... . -n Y1 OU WONT ALWAYS f BE ABLE TO WORK x and earn the . money that you do today. You must prepare NOW for that time when your earning power I will be decreased. You are laying the foundation now t for the house in which you will live in the future. j 1 Whether it be want and misery and poverty, or com- jL - .j. fort and ease and happiness depends on you. . X t t 4 I Save a Part of What You Earn $ Every Month -v t t Reed Smoot REED SMOOT, born at Salt Lake City, Utah, January 10, 1862. Educated Edu-cated in elementary schools of Provo, also at Brigham Young university and the University of Utah. Following graduation from Brigham Young university, uni-versity, Senator Smoot entered the mercantile and other business enterprises. enter-prises. On April 5, 1900, was called by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; was elected to United States senate to succeed Joseph L. Rawlins and took his seat on March 5, 1903; was re-elected by unanimous Republican vote of Utah state legis-- legis-- lature for second term of six years beginning 'March 4, 1909; re-elected for. third term by. direct vote of people peo-ple beginning March 4, 1915; re-elected for fourth term beginning March 4, 1921. Although his seat in the Unitad States senate was contested for several sev-eral years and his right thereto subjected sub-jected to a long senatorial investigation, investiga-tion, Senator Smoot at once became a, leading member of that strong co- and appropriation measures, measurably measur-ably lowering prices and living costs. When the Republicans were restored to power in all branches of government govern-ment with the election of President Harding, Senator Smoot became chairman chair-man of the Joint Congressional committee com-mittee on printing and also of the joint committee on Reorganization of the Administrative Branches of the Federal Government, and because of his comprehensive knowledge of all matters relating to the revenues and the tariff, the burden of framing and passing and defending the first emergency tariff bill after the war fell largely upon his shoulders, and when President Wilson vetoed the bill he sponsored the second emergency tariff bill which became a law soon after President Harding'i inauguration. inaugura-tion. During the debate on the sugar schedules of the 1922 tariff bill, Senator Sena-tor Smoot spoke for two hours and although continually interrupted by members of the opposition, none was able to cope with him and his formid- 0VJ0 avrav nf facts and fitfUreS. H'S HOMEMAiD yn "Buiter Cream" f ft ! CARAMELS J The 80c kind f J . SPECIAL-This Week ""-"I lETI II 11 Per Pound Box ...... ILJ Vky Rexall Drug Store courage of conviction has never been questioned, and fiis speeches in defence de-fence of Repub'ican principles have always been featiyssly logical and enlightening. en-lightening. In December, 1923, Senator Smoot became chairman of the powerful senate committee on Finance, the first time that a man from the Rocky Mountain West was ever so honored. His first great work as chairman of this important committee was to secure se-cure the passage of the 1924 tax re-rlnpinn re-rlnpinn hill During the Past four terie of Republican, statesmen wnicn included Aldrich, Allison, Beveridge, Depew,- Dolliver, Fairbanks, Frye, Hale, Hawley, Lodge, McCumber, Gal-linger,' Gal-linger,' Nelson, Penrose, Piatt, of Conn., Quay, Spooner, Teller and Warren. War-ren. Senator Smoot soon became chairman chair-man of the committee on Standards, Weights and Measures. He was also put on the following important committees: com-mittees: Claims, Civil Service, Patents, Pat-ents, Pensions, Railroads and Indian Depredations. In 1906 he was made a member of the important committee on Public Lands. His industry and constant activity was always apparent and as early as .1905 and 1906 he was instrumental in extending the time for .homestead settlers in Utah and took a leading part in other public affairs especially with respect to matters mat-ters touching lands in Utah and other Western states. During the 61st congress (1909), less' than six years after becoming a member of the senate, Utah's distinguished dis-tinguished senator was assigned to the powerful committee on Finance. It was during this year that the Payne-Aldrich Payne-Aldrich tariff bill was uppermost in the minds of senators and representatives. representa-tives. Senator Smoot debated the issues- raised so ably and with such a complete fund of information that he amazed even his veteran colleagues. His knowledge of economics was so thorough that he won the admiration of friend and foe alike. These debates de-bates brought Senator Smoot definitely defi-nitely to the front rank of the senate. In the succeeding sessions of congress con-gress the Utah senator has repeatedly ' made valuable contributions to the statesmanship of the country, especially espec-ially by way of speeches on the proposed pro-posed Court of Commerce, the Postal Savings banks, the Canadian Reciprocity Reciproc-ity bill, the creation of an independent tariff board. And when in 1910 the question of the prices of foreign products prod-ucts was before congress, he was the first to proclaim that "The real value of any article is its exchange value," a doctrine which has ever been one of the cardinal principles of the Republican Re-publican party. Utah's senior senator has consistently consist-ently championed the Republican doctrine of protection. When the Underwood Un-derwood tariff bill came before the senate in 1913, Senator Smoot came again to the fore as the natural spokesman of the Republican minority minor-ity and succeeded in exposing the fallacies fal-lacies of that measure. After the United States declared war against Germany, Senator Smoot steadfastly supported the administration administra-tion of President Woodrow "Wilson. He i assisted in passing the war revenue measure of 1917, and other legislation legisla-tion designed to win the war. Following the war, the Utah senator voted for the Covenant of the League of Nations with the Lodge reservations, reserva-tions, but voted against it when those reservations were defeated in the senate. He has been largely responsible responsi-ble for the, creation of the Budget mieau and the passage of revenue (Political years, as a member of President Coolidge'n International Debt Funding Fund-ing commission, he has successfully guided through the senate the kighlj important measure funding the enormous enor-mous obligations due and owing tc this country by America's -war-time allies. Senator Smoot has constantly been called upon to give his attention tc national and international affairs, but has never lost sight of the needs and requirements of Utah and her people Among his notable acqomplishment-in acqomplishment-in behalf of Utah, a few of the mos' important showing his diligence rel ative to matters either of general 01 special interest to this state, are , the following: The Strawberry Valley Irrigation project, which still furnishes most of the water to Utah county. The Federal Reserve bank in Salt Lake City, almost completed, at a cost of $320,000. The munitions buildings, south of Ogden, at a cost of $2,000,000. - The Forest Service headquarters, Ogden. The great Echo reclamation project just starting in Utah which cost the United States government $1,225,000 to begin, and will still require $4,000,- 000 to complete. Numerous appropriations for federal fed-eral buildings for post offices throughout through-out the state of Utah. The law creating Zion National park. Laws for the conservation of Utah and other Western forest lands. The Smoot Dry Farm law. The law making Bryce canyon a national park. The oil leasing law of February 5, 1920. The law to grant additional pensions to Civil and Spanish-American war veteran's. Laws pensioning veterans of Indian wars. Besides these actual accomplish ments, Senator Smoot has also intro duced bills to establish a military avia tion academy in Utah; to provide foi the acquirement of rural homes in tlv public land states; to stabilize th livestock industry; for the leasing oi irrigable Indian lands; t establish ! game sanctuary in the Wasatch forest to quiet title to the school lands, a: well as a great number of bills fo the purchase of sites and erection o public buildings in the various citie: of the state, many of which are nov receiving the earnest consideration ol 1 congress. Advertisement) 1 ; ; : CM. EDWARDS VTTORNEY-AT-LAW 1 Gunnison Valley Bank Bldg. Phones: Office 36, es. 22-J Gunnison, Utah " - - - - - I F. A. BECK j NOTAKY PUBLK ' Gunnison Valley Bank I Gunnison, Utah Office hours 9 - 12 a.m. - 1 - 5 p.m. ' and by appointment. DR S. S. KUNZ Dentist P h o n e 7 8. j Gunnison, - . . . Utah |