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Show WATTIS CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNORSHIP OQDEN MAN'S CANDIDACY FOR REPUBLICAN PLACE 18 STRONGLY URGED. Weber County Republicans Give Unanimous Endorsement and Ask the State's Approval. Active campaigning Imp been started start-ed lij friend of . U, Wiittli of Og-ilvu, Og-ilvu, (Mulldnte for the Itvpiilillcmi nomination nom-ination for governor, mid during tlio pact week he has. become the leader In that contest width will )e concluded when tho Htntf convention makes Its selection In Salt I.uku on Thursday, August SO. Although tho eiuidldncj of Mr. Wnt-tls Wnt-tls was strongljr'uiged nt the time of the Republican iintloiuil delegate convention con-vention In I'llco, several months ugr, active work tun mil his noinliiatloii wns not started until the past week. Even without Hint effort, however, tho Wnttis nituimlgn gained im Impetus throughout the sum. whlih insured sttOllg bllppoit mill IIIIW IiIh suppoit-ers suppoit-ers say thoie is mi doubt of his so-lection. so-lection. Weber comity Itepuhllciins, thiough tho Weber county committee, have given uminlmou ciidocj-emeiit to .Mr. Antlls for numlnntlon us governor, having passed the following resolution tit a ineetlng held on utnnlnv, ,lul :il: "The Itepulilliiin counl) lotumlttee of Webei count) wishes to mil tho attention of the nu-mhei of the part) In IIiIk count) and state to the fin t (hut Utah Ik coiifionteil with financial, mlnstrhil and polllhtil problems of Hie gravest iharaeter. We feet that for tho office of governor during the lonilng four J en Is will be retilred n man of the highest t.vpe of ltlzenshlp, it proved Integrlt.v anil put riot Iniu. mil one possessing IiusIiiomh xmi1-erne xmi1-erne nnd administrative capacity of the best order. "We asset t that Weber county has -0 n man In the person of William II. Wnttis. We eoiuni(iiil him to the favorable consideration of tin Itepiih-llcaii Itepiih-llcaii state convention and urge the Kepiihllciins ot thlx count) to ihoosu lelcgntes who will work untiringly, milking use of ever.v lionorahle political politi-cal expedient to bring about his nom-nation." nom-nation." Mr. iVntlls' HitpporterH offers ti etui-lldate etui-lldate who, b reason of his exceptional exception-al executive tiblllt, strong poisomil-ty poisomil-ty and wide business etpei lenee, will Ive Utah and the suite's nffiilisn M'il hiisiness mlmluMrutloii, j Mr. Wattlx Is n sleilliig Amerlcnnj ,-liil In his prekMiiv mid firm HJ hiirtittiT.. He will so itrriuiKi his personal per-sonal nffnlrs ns to give his undivided addition to the business of the Mute Mr. Wnttta Is a unlive born son of Weber tounty, u self-iiuiile iiinii In the truest sense. He has resided In l'tah throughout his life nnd bus studied I'tnh's ediiioiiileal neuis. He h di-v di-v eloped In Otah and he has nmtcrltillj isslsted In developing Jtuh, Mr. Wnttis' record as ubullder ot io.nU, riillroiiils, irrigation s.vHtems .mil iiinniifneturlng Industries shows Hint be Is it man who can graap the big problems of stnte affairs and put them on a sound flnauclnl hasls. Ills experience as agriculturalist ami stock raiser I another factor that 'is sng gesled ns Import n lit, for Mr. Wnttis was born In Uintah, u farming community com-munity of Weber county, spent the first j ears of his life there, engaged in fnrmlng tinderlH kings during various va-rious icnrs of his life and has beome is lieail of the l'tah Coilstruetloii (ompaiiy, the illieeloi of great farming farm-ing undertakings hi the west. llj tmdirstnnds the problems i.f the Ir-ilgator, Ir-ilgator, the dry farmer mid the livestock live-stock raiser for these ale all prols-li'ins prols-li'ins thnt have arisen with him and which ho has successfully solved. Kim-Marly Kim-Marly Mr. Wnt t U bus solved the luhor question and there has not heeti n strike on any of the great WattSri nterprlses, tin lulling railroad building, build-ing, reservoir or lirlgatlou sjstem eo'u-miction, eo'u-miction, co'nl mining, ImlUKtrliil construction con-struction or other jv'orkj Ah goveriimeiihri. ((pnuie mid ad-1 mlulslratlon, building of the state's I roads and In g.itlon s.vstejics on u sound ci'iiiioinj basis rud iho soln-Ion soln-Ion of l.ihor problems will he tho' chief questions affecting Utah's lux-pit lux-pit era during tho next few years, 'ho men who know W. II. Wnttis best ilwlnre theio will be no mtstiil.o If he s KOlected ns thu Itepuhllean uoml-eo uoml-eo and elected by the voters at the November ejection. |