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Show WATTIS CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNORSHIP OQDEN MAN'S CANDIDACY FOR REPUBLICAN PLACE 18 8TR0NQLY URGED. Weber County 'Republicans Give Unanimous Endorsement and Ask the State's Approval. Actlvo campaigning has been started start-ed by friends of W. II. Wattle of Og-don, Og-don, cnndldnto for tho Republican nom nation for goverhor, nnd during tho .inst week he has becomo the leader in hut contest which will bo concluded when tho stnto convention makes Its election In Salt Lako on Thursday, unjust UO. Although tho candidacy of Mr. Wat-is Wat-is was strongly urged nt tho tlmo of ho Itepubllcan national delegato condition con-dition In Price, several months ngo, icthe work townrd his nomination in nut started until the past week. Kwn without that effort, however, the Vnttls campaign gained an Impetus hroughout tho state which assured trong support nnd now his support- , Util ll.llf lu 11. .li.l.lt. nt l.la nil. a'C'tloil. Weber county Republicans, through 1 he Weber county committee, have i.'lvcn unanimous endorsement to Mr. AnttN for nomination us governor nxlnjl pusseil the following resolution .it u meeting held on Suturdny, July U: "The Itepubllcan county coniuiltteo f Weber county wishes to cull tho Mention of the members of tho party .1 this county and stute to the fact lint Ulnh Is confronted with financial, ulustrlal mid political problem of ho gruwMt character. We feel that r the office of governor during the nuiiiig four years will be required u mi of the highest type of citizenship, f proved Integrity and patriotism, ml one possessing business expert- nee mid udmlulstratlvo capacity of ue best order. "We assert that Weber county has nil u man In the person of William I. Wuttls. Wc commend him to tho uvoruhlc consideration of the Itepub-iciiii Itepub-iciiii state convention nnd urgo tho .tepubllciuis of this comity to choose Iclcgntcs who will work untiringly, linking use of every honorable pollti-al pollti-al expedient to bring about his nom-nation." nom-nation." Mr. W'nttls' supporters offers a can-lldate can-lldate who, by reason of his exception-il exception-il executive ability, strong personalty personal-ty nml wide business experience, will ;tvo Utah and the state's affairs a real nisliie.ss administration. Mr. Wuttls Is n sterling American, eulal In his presence nnd firm in Intruder. Ho will so arrange his personal per-sonal affairs ao to glvo his undlvidod nltcntlon to tho business of tho stnte. Mr. Wnttls Is n natlvo born son of Weber county, n self-mndo limn In tho truest sense. He has resided In Utah throughout his llfo and lias studied Utah's economical needs. He has developed de-veloped In Utah nnd lie hns materially isslsted In developing Utah. Mp U'nftlu' rncnnl 11 H n builder Of roads, railroads, Irrigation systems .mil manufacturing industries shows .hat ho Is n mnn who enn grasp tho ilg problems of stnte affairs and put hem on u sound financial basis. His xperlenco as ngrlcultunillst and stock uUor Is another factor that Is aug-tosted aug-tosted as Impnrtnnt, for Mr. Wnttls .-iim bom in Uintah, n farming com-niinlty com-niinlty of Weber county, spont tho rst years of ills llfo there, engaged 11 fanning undertakings during vn-mis vn-mis years of his llfo and has become s heuil of the Utah Construction ompany, the director of great farm' ng undertakings In the west. He ndemtnnds the problems of tho Irrigator, Ir-rigator, tho dry fanner nml tho llvo-tock llvo-tock raiser for theso nro nil proh ems that have arisen with him und hlch ho has successfully solved. Sim-mrly Sim-mrly Sir. Wnttls has solved tho Inboi .uestlon und there hns not been i trlko on any of tho great Wnttlf nterprlsos, Including railroad build ilg. reservoir or Irrigation system con structluii, coal mining, Industrial con ruction or other work. As governmental finance and nd I'ulstnitlon, building of the state'! omls und Irrigation systems on i t mud economy basis mid the solu 1 on of labor problems will be the hlof questions affecting Utah's tux nyeri during the next few years 10 men who know W. II. Wnttls besi , dure there will be no mistake If Ik s selected as the Itepubllcan noml 1 i'u and elected by tho voters at tin November election. 0 Tho Moon Rldors, Friday-Saturday. |