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Show cost of $320,000. 2. The munitions building south of Ogden, at a cost of $2,000,000. 3. The Forest Service headquarters at Ogden. 4. The Echo reclamation project just starting in Utah which cost the United States government $1,225,000 to begin, and which will require $4,-000.000 $4,-000.000 additional to complete. 5. The law creating Zion National park. f. The law Snaking Lryce canyon a national park. 7. The Smoot Dry Farm law. S. The Strawberry Valley Irrigation Irriga-tion project, which supplies most of the water to Utah county. 0. Numerous appropriations for federal buildings and postoffices throuhout the state. These are some of the reasons why Senator Smoot is leading his ticket in Utah. g$Mi. Ai y rt-iv.f. . j m Reed Smoot Re-elected United States Senator Tuesday (or Fifth Consecutive Term. At Tuesday's election the people of Utah expressed in certain terms that they are keeping faith in Reed Smo-jt by voting to retain him for another six years to look after their affairs at Washington. When that term ii completed it means that the Senator will have to his credit thirty years of continuous service in the U. S. Senate. Reed Smoot entered the United States Senate in 1903, at the age of 41, at a time when the Republican party was in power in both Houses of Congress and Theadore Roosevelt was in the Whitehouse. His right to a seat to the senate was contested strenuously contested and the proceedings pro-ceedings revealed that the big majority ma-jority of representatives in both houses were prejudiced, not only a-gainst a-gainst the Senator and his church, but, Utah as well. Smoot fought hard to maintain his rights, and inch by inch, he won his ground until finally victory was the reward. An ordinary ordin-ary man would have become discouraged discour-aged and told them all to go to the devil; but Smoot was not an ordinary ordin-ary man and , he demonstrated the fact to their entire satisfaction by the clean, able and fearless tactics pursued pur-sued in contending for his rights. Upon being seated, the new Senator Sen-ator from Utah resolved to do everything every-thing in his power to destroy prejudice preju-dice against Utah and her people. To this end he has labored incessantly and untiringly. To begin with he was given the chairmanship of the committee on standards, weights and measures, and given places on the committee on claims, civil service, pat ents, pensions, railroads and Indian depredations. In 1906 he was given a place on the public lands committee and in 190D he was given a place on the powerful finance committee of the senate, when he made the beginning begin-ning of excellent reputations as a tariff authority. In 1910 he was made a member of the senate appropriations appro-priations committee, next to the most powerful committee in the senate. The election of President Wilson, a Democratic House and Senate in 1913 reduced Senator Smoot along with Senators Penrose, Lodge and Mc-Cumber Mc-Cumber to the minority position From April 4, 1917, when the President Presi-dent proclamation of war was issued, is-sued, Senator Smoot supported President Pres-ident Wilson and the war administration administra-tion loyally. After the armistice was signed and at the very beginning of the re-construction period he took the position that if the statesmen were to pull this country through the perils per-ils into which it was passing ,they must think more of country than of party. With the return of the Republican party to power in 1020, Senator Smoot's long and varied experience made him a valuable asset to the nation na-tion ,as well as his party. His a-chievements a-chievements in agricultural, tax and tariff legislation at this time attracted attract-ed attention from far and near. He has become to be one of the best informed in-formed men in the world on finance and tariff matters and it is largely due to his efforts that this country is now enjoying the greatest peace time period of prosperity in history, The greatest peace time period of foreign trade, both exports and imports, im-ports, we have ever had; the most stable period of prices and living costs in the last 75 years; a wage level far above that in any other country in the world; all prejudice has been removed against Utah and the State now holds a dominant position po-sition in the U. S. Senate at Washington. Washing-ton. Furthermore, Reed Smoot has been largely instrumental in bringing bring-ing about the following accomplishments accomplish-ments which directly affect the interests in-terests of Utah: 1. The federal Reserve bank in Salt Lake City, almost completed, at a |