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Show HOOPER SCENE OF JOINT RALLY Kansas G. 0. P. Congressman Congress-man and Democratic Candidate Can-didate Address Audience Congressman Fhll Campbell, rh. I publican of Kansas, and Milton H. j Welling, candidate for congress on the Democratic ticket, and Arthur Wool-ley, Wool-ley, former Republican county chalr-Imah, chalr-Imah, spoke to about 200 people at a I Joint Republican and Democrac ral-llv ral-llv hold In the pavilion at Hooper last nK-ht Mr. Welling. who wns the first speaker, paid compliments to Mr. Campbell as nn orator of distinction and expressed regret that the visitor had not been afforded an opportunity to appear before a larger audience. Launching Into an attack noon the t Harding administration, for what he claimed was Its reaction. ir tendency, Mr. Welling referred to the repeal of the excess profits tax upon ih rli h and stilted i hat the burden had been placed upon the poor In tne tariff law The candidate for congress had to leave early to attend another meeting meet-ing In the county, and was followed bj Mr Campbell Tho congressman from Kansas spoke briefly upon the tariff and praised Ihe Republican party for passing the tariff on sugar and wool, which he declared, had saved Lhese industries in Ftnh, anil then Ii ft to catch a train for the .-ast. RECORD OF M OMV Mr. Woolley dwelt upon the record of econom and efficient y in the administration ad-ministration f the affairs of Webor county during the past two years as compared wllh former years under Democratic rule, and urged the support sup-port of the local candidates on the Republican ticket. He r ferred to the road building program that h id b en carried out and the savings that had been made In the cost of conducting the various county offices, and stated that the taxe3 in Weber count) Over which the commissioners had control, hnd been materially reduced n the Republicans gained control of county affairs. He called attention to the reduction re-duction Of over $2,000 000 In the assessment as-sessment on farm lands in ber county and a cut of l i, nulls in the levy as evidence that The savings made bv the county officers had largely benefitted tii. farmers He declared that the gross saving of $1 1 1 062. S9 had been made In county expenditures in l.t22 over 1920, and told of tho qualifications of the various candidates candi-dates for local office upon tho Republican Repub-lican ticket. The meeting was followed by a dance WELLING LEA1 I B Milton H. Welling, afUr four meetings meet-ings In this county, yesterday lefl for ' " c i, ,. county this noon. Mr Welling, ;(.. Democratic candidate for congressman con-gressman from this district, spoke at tho Weber college yesterday morn-inp. morn-inp. .it Democratic headquarters in the afternoon to a women's meeting, and in the evening at Hooper and I'laln City A rally was held last evening at Harrisvllle at which Martin l Brown and Hyrum A ueinap spoki . and another an-other at West Weber, which was attended at-tended by V. L Wilkinson and W R McBrlde. Rallies will be held tonight at Taylor and in Ogden. where a reception re-ception Is being given Senator Robinson, Robin-son, and on Monday next. Mr Well-big Well-big will end his campaign here with a rally at Huntsvllle at 4 o'clock In the afternoon at Rlverdule at "'30 p. m., and at Ogdc-n at 8 o'clock. Other rallies ral-lies will be held that evening at Pleasant Pleas-ant View, Farr West and Uintah |