Inter-Mountain Republican | 1909-01-28 | Page 2 | Presents Irrigation Bill in the House

PRESENTS IRRIGATION I I DILL BILL IN THE TilE HOUSE I 4 t n 1 not HO i h. h 11 ii rone Liko Like his surname Rock M. M Pope o ot Wasatch country Is ono one of or tho sturdiest men In tho the House of ot Representatives a at present In se session Ho jo can bo ho relied relict upon to do what he believes belle to be bo right In tho the matter of oC supporting measures lie He is slow to to form Im I'm an opinion bu hut but when whom It Is once formed tormod it will no not change That Is why ho Is roiled relied upon by his many friends in tho the body I All Mr Pope who rho Is of ot somewhat youthful youthful youthful youth youth- ful app appearance was born In Idaho in 1875 He came camo to Utah with his parents parent In and was educated in a small smal way In the tho school at Vernal rom From boyhood he lie has hal been a n. lover of horses and many yearS years of his life lICo was waa as spent In the saddle with a a rope ropo dangling a atho at atthe tho the pommel as ns he ho chased and roped rope re refractory re- re on the tho range As A. Mr tr Popo Pope grew rew to manhood ho he realized the deficiency in his education and set about to remedy It As a n. result he has become a mining engineer anc and holds diplomas In nearly nearl over every branch of or mining Correspondence schools was his medium and auth his dogged persistence to accomplish a purpose which has hns marked his life liCe throughout served to cause him to reap benefit of oC tho the distance long method of or education II He lie has prospered also now being owner of or hundreds of oC acres of hydrocarbon hydro hydro- hydrocarbon carbon land In and Wasatch counties Ho lie also owns a largo large ranch In Wasatch county whore where he lives with his wife and five children Mr rr Pope is fathering a big Irrigation bill that promises relief to farmers In Utah and reclamation of thousands of ot acres o of land hand This Is his first term In tho the leg leS' He has also introduced a measure In which ho proposes to pIneo many restrictions on the salo sale of oC In IntoxIcating Intoxicating In- In liquors