Show WILLIAM I II H. S li can Candidate for Governor I v y f J La LaA a aA A U A Sketch lily By John Henry Evans Mr 11 Wattis Wattis was born In Easton now Uinta a small settlement at at the mouth of Weber Canyon His father tather came from Engl England nd On his motherS mother's side he Is of old American stock Both the fathers father's md and the mothers mother's family came to Utah in the westward west west- ward trek ot of the Mormons and both settled on the Weber A forty acre farm on that stream Is the scene af of his activities as a boy About six years ago when a new manager was to be chosen for tor the U- U Idaho tah-Idaho Sugar Company the situation sit sit- avas for tor a suitable man for the place It happened that before this Mr 11 Vat Wattis havIng In- In veste heavily in the the concern had been made director In this capacity his talents became known to theo the officers of- of Jf- Jf of the company Hence Mr Wattis was asked to assume the management management man man- of that gigantic business Involving a yearly outlay y or of fully thirty million dollars With Mr Wattis In the State CapItol Capitol Cap Cap- Itol there would be no cause to fear for the welfare re No problem you may be sure would be beyond the reach of his prodigious lous understanding understanding under under- standing for he Is accustomed to dealing with situations ot of great importance importance im- im and magnitude His would be no small mind suddenly pitched by political Into the midst of complex x and difficult problems where It would be lost In a labyrInth of doubt and perplexity He mould be at home there It would of course ho he a high honor honor hon hon- or to Mr l Wattis were he chosen the Governor of Utah But It would also be a a signal honor for the state state- to halve suca a man as Its When Mr 11 Wattis Was In Delta he expressed himself strongly that U 11 elected he would use his utmost of- of torts to have an experimental farm In this regIon |