Show R E republicans MEET athe the republicans of duchesne bounty nty met in convention last 10 saturday evening in the office of commissioner om missioner edward mackie nd selected their ticket and rew up their county platform ol lowing are the nominees representative D al frost of aton four year commissioner commissioner 0 ohn hn W moffitt of boneta two car ar commissioner 8 A russell w and T A white of bockmore tock ock more for sheriff roy bilkins alkins of roosevelt this nomi aaion being made unanimous lerk leric and recorder edward lackie of myton also anani lous assessor C W smith of lid view treasurer W C perry f duchesne surveyor craig larm armston ston f Roo roosevelt sevOt supt bupt of schools J A washburn of du besne icene aud and roosevelt county it tt torney orney ray dillman of roose relt elt alij J M millard of altonah alzonah was a ilose ose second to judge frost for he legislature and S A russell an well for the four year com missioner niss ioner the nominees no are ire ill good men well known thru ut vie the basin and the entire bicket will be regarded as a good ne me by republic republicans and and friends frands of he party ed F harmston avas vas chairman and edward jackia secretary V F Fo lowing is the county central committee rosevelt ed F harmston myton A F maxwell bachese Da chese br m F rope boreta thos bowden thos roberts alexander D J thompson jthompson stockmen Stoc Stock kmen morn J C jensen packer 1 I W williams J teford geo T smith Mid view fred S musser antelope W EW heeler M 11 A ross s chas fisher following is the platform 11 1 arrn of the republican I 1 aty art y of duchesne Dd cheRne chesne county in invention assembled at myton mylon nah lab sept 26 1914 1 we we tte the republicans of the new county of duc duchesne ane in conr antion assembled at myton utah this day of sept 1914 1914 renew coulp allegiance to the permanent and enduring principles of the republican party of the nation state stata and county 2 we admire the record aae nade by the great republican ii aders of the party of the past ird artof of the present recognizing heir air great progressive ability tah e in nin gement of the affairs ethe f the nation giving to the peo ac e their heir L greate t prosperity ring the time of their tower power nd control 0 I 1 of the national af airs hoping that the time snored nored principles princia les they depre ent nt may again prevail and that he e republican party the great t of all parties in principle and tion may soon again be called diee dates remain for your warlie name on the official list apon on to 0 control the affairs of ae c national government 3 we heartily approve of the ecord cord made by our able and ef chent representatives in the house of congress aspeci ly lly the senior senator the hon aeed smoot and we loyally en lorse orse his c candidacy for reelee pon we approve of the record ard marle made by our representatives in the lower house of congress and we pledge ourselves to the candidacy of mr howell to succeed himself 4 we cheerfully endorse governor william spry and the state administration and their judicious ju dicius administration of state affairs we pledge the nominees of this convention to a strict accountability in all their official acts if elected and to the people of duchesne county a just and economical administration of county affairs 5 realizing that in duchesne county there are many large large tracts of fertile land now desert uncultivated and awaiting only the diverting of the streams thereto and knowing our present inability to surmount the financial obstacles in our path of progress we pledge our representatives and the republican cali party of duchesne county to work and unceasingly for the passing of such legislation and the securing such cooperation both state and national that we shall receive the financial aid to which we are entitled we fully endorse the irrigation convention to be held at helena montana oct 1st ast to be attended by the state engineers of the western states under the direction of the secretary of the interior for the purpose of devising a plan whereby the states or the government or both may recognize irrigation ands as high grade securities and the underwriting of the same when properly inspected spec ted ed 6 we favor the perfecting of a western outlet for freight and passenger traffic and we favor the building and maintenance of goo good coads roads in our county and the enacting of such laws as will best and protect the same we favor government aid in building and maintaining rural post roads and we pledze ourselves t work for the betterment t of all county roads especially in outlying out lying districts 7 we advocate the uniting of the state and government in asking congress to cedato ce cede deto to the state of utah the ft duchesne military reserve now lying idle and having no present practical use and the establishment therein thereon of a branch of the state agricultural college 8 we pledge ourselves for the enactment of such legislation as will prevent the wonton bonton waste of fish in our streams 9 we favor action by the general government to the effect that the indian grazing land in the uintah pasi n be merged ip in the forest reserve and the irrigable land therein be subject to the homestead laws and we pledge our representatives to use their best efforts in securing modifications of the grazing rules and regulations to the effect that local residents be given such preference over non residents as they are able to take advantage of I 1 10 we dav favor or the inviting of more bonifice boni fide homebuilders home builders and the interesting of more capital in the development of our latent resources |