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IKS .. AMMUCAN KUUK. C1T1.B' SATURDAY, OCTOBER 31, 1914 . JKfl grief Sketches of Live Candidates Who Will Make Good If Elected Next Tuesday WM JOHN H. WOUTTON Republican Candidate for the State Senate. i has served three terms In the luvvir house of the State Legislature niul Is eminently (iiiiilllleil to rcpre sent this county in the Senate. Ills record Is absolutely clean and one of cfllclcnt work for the Interests of the people and especially for those of the working men. A man of varied interests and wide evperleuce. The people of this local. It) would unquestionably II ml In him an able and sympathetic champion on all matters In which they are con. ceraed. He stands for everything for which the people of ('tab County stand, and illl go to the legislature with au open mind, willing to listen to the wishes of his constituents. o F. A. lliilsb of Provo. For Commissioner, 4-Year Term Mr. Ilulsli Is it mun you can't buy a mon you can't coerce. Ho Is oik hundred cents on tho doilnr at the banks ask them. He has made a success of bis own business and Is absolutely safe to handle the finance of tho county. Ho believes In good roads, because It adds to the capacity and efficiency of tho farmers' team and wagon and thereby adds to his Income. Ho says our methods of tax ation aro ancient, Incultable and Is criminating. llelleves that corpor ations and big Interests should pay moro and the working man less. Says we should lower tho valuation on Im provements so as to encourage peo ple to build and Improve, and rnlse tho valuations on real estate so as to discourage- holding property vacant and unimproved. Mr. Hulsh Is not a politician and believes the county should bo run on strictly business principles and not on tho low level I of party politics. He Is tho only I man named for commissioner from I Provo by all the parties, so If tho con- I tor of tho county with Its vast busl. I ncss Interests is to Imvo a commls- sionor, you must voto for Hulsh. The I disadvantage of noflmvliig ti com- mlssloncr in l'rovo, tlio center of the I county, must bo nppnront to all. CMIAIILKS 1 WARXICK I Uctmltllean Cimdldate Tor State ltep. H rcsentiitlve. H Mr (hurlefl U. Warnlck was born in I'ler-sant Grove, Ho was educated H ' iho publu mhoolR and wrs gradu U a uu a ue' r from tho Urlgliat Young University, and was an active teacher in our public schools until called to fill tt mission to the South Seas. Upon returning ho chose farm ing as his life avocation, and took udvnntago or an opportunity to farm nt Idaho Falls, Idaho. At present ho is operating his own farm at Pleasant Orovo. During Mr. Wnrnlck's residence In tho state of Idaho, ho served twe terms in the state legislature. Dur ing both sessions he took a prominent niul leading port In moral and tern pennco legislation. Further, his nonlco In the nsacs aor's offlco and In nctlvo assessing work, wbllo In Idaho, gave him val uable opportunity of Irarniug and knowing the practical workings of the tax problem for revenue purposes His previous legislative expert nce will lie valuable In our coming legis lating, as they will undoubtedly have to consider and revise our tax and revenue laws. The tuxes, especially In thli.eounty, are very high ntid the tax burden unequally distributed. Hi believes 111 inly that there are legiti mate means whereby they can br materially reduced. He has never hesitated In telling the people that If elected lie will render the best economic Bervlco within bis power and ability, and will help to adopt a law permitting tho people to vote on tho question of state wide prohibition. o (JKOIHii: P. GARFF Progress!! (Democratic Candidate for Assessor. Georgo P. Oarft of Lchl, the Pro BUR? iyHHBflnjBflBBBH grcssIverDcniocrutlc candidate for County Assessor, is a man of wide experience and just tho kind of ex perience to qunllfy him for making an Intelligent adjustment of laud and business values. Ho was born In Draper, Juno 17, 1870. For twenty years ho worked on his father's farm and helped to sub duo It from a worthless tract and make It one of tho best In Salt Lake County. Me lins attended school nt the State University, took a mechanical engin eering coui-so In the Stnte Agricul tural College, and finished from tb,e normal department of tho Hrlgham Young University. For ten years, part of the time In tervening between his courses In col lege, ho taught school In Draper, Salt Luke County, Wasatch County and In tho Hawaiian lolnmln. While on the Islands ho was also book keeper on tho church plantation, also for for the plantation store. Ho has had experience in farming In Salt Lake and Wasatch Counties, owning sheep, cnttle and horses, and has been actively engag ed In business for the past nluj years, and now Is ono of tho largest private Individual owners of business property In l.ehl. He Is responsible for tho Installation of one of tho boht and most sanitary meat and refriger ation plantB in tho state. Ho was bishop of Wallsburg for eight years. In all thoso experiences ho has been eminently successful, and tho wide rungs of them has peculiarly qualified him for the position of uBBCSBor. I'o has decided velws on assessing pro perty. He thinks thai all nssessmet.ts should bo mado with tho idea of In l.w.im. tnmi tn mnltii lmnrovcmouts. vhother It bo In tho erecting of n-w lulldlngs, tho cleaning of now Innds the building of now Industries. ( rhero are many Instances of unequal taxation which ho thinks could and , Bhould bo remedied, nnd If elected , ibis will bo his first duty. JOHN It. STEWART Republican Cuiiilldate for fount) Sur- v ej or. Mr John It. Stewuit. the nominee rr.r County Surveyor, Is distinctly a product or Utah County. Ho was bum and raised In Piovo. whllo his .ether and mother and grand-parent n tintlt sides were the original pio neers of this valley and helped to ,tiV l'rovo, Puyson, Benjamin and If any man in Utah County Is ntte-' r..r iho position of surveyor It Is Mr K.hn U. Stewart. While he was not I (uiii wlili u silver spoon In bis mouth hi might almost be said that he wuh Lorn with his eye to the Utile end of i,.. tumult, as his father, grnnd-falh-, great grand-father, and groat cr. ut grand-father were surveyors bc-i Tore him and h knew how to run u Mm with a transit while be wns tll' In knee trousers. Hit) rather was In tho employment of tho U S. Governnint Survey De- ' naitiueiit for about 10 years, follow- I g his rather over the length and " breadth of I tnh State John It Ujnr'i- i "d every phase or the surveying busl- ness from tho carrying of tho chain to the making of the plats. However, besides this thorough training In tho field, John 11. Stowart stands In tho very lead of tho tech nically educated engineers in tho stalo and for the matter of that In the entire country, as was shown In tho U. S. Civil Sorvico examination of January 1912, that put all U. S. sur veyors on a classlllccl basis, and In I SHinFsjpBSjHw -'H wc Mr. Stewart passed tho highest of any engineer In tho state and 7th to tho highest In the whole United States, almost reaching the perfec tion mark In mathematics and tho ad justment and use of Instruments. Ho received his HIrIi School educa tion at the Urlgham Young University of l'rovo, and In 1903 took out Ills degrco of Hacholor of Science In min ing engineering nt the School of Mines in tho University of Utah. Mr. Stewart has been associated on numberless contracts amounting to largo sums of money and covering al most every portion of the state. He Is particularly familiar with Utali valley, as his work for thq last few years has been tho establishing and re-establishing of government lines In this county. Added to his technical knowledge of this county, Mr., Stow art, as a membor of tho lira of Etow ait and Sons and Stowart and Stow art, civil and mining engineers, ho has gained a wldo experienco in gen eral engineering in tho lino of Irrl. gatlou, rail road location, mineral surveys, etc. John It. Stewart Is a man of honor. Intcrgrlty ami Industry. Ho 1b ono of tho clean, strong, rising young men of tho community, thoroughly consci entious nnd reliable In any work en trusted to him. Of his amiable and kindly disposi tion, u prominent Democrat, nssoclat. ed for Bomo time with him In his wor, tersely remarked "that any one who couldn't get nlong with John R. Stowart couldn't get ulong with himself." J. 1 CHEEK Candidate for Supt. of Schools. If there Is one office that should be kept out of politics It Is the County Supt. of SchoolB. John P. Crccr, re ferred to by Govomor Spry as the "Human Dynamo," has eminently suc ceeded In keeping tho schools out of politics and as a result probably no other man In tho stato has had more support and esteem of tho touchers under him than lino J. P. Crcer. Why wo should voto for Superinten dent Crcer. 1st Because ho hns boon thorough, ly uon-pnrttclan In tho school work., Ho hns never permitted politics in any of his school policies or deci sions. 2nd Hecaitso ho haB looked after tho Interosts of all tho districts. Ho Ihib beou as generous, as loyal, as en thusiastic over tho schools of tho north ond of tho county as those of his own city. 3rd IlcciuiBo ho lias been fnlthful to tho trust the peoplo havo Imposed on him. Ho has uover shirked a du ty. Ho has and Is giving his entire tlmo to the schools. 4th HeciuiBo ho Ib progrosslvo and thoroughly olive, f.ipt. Crcer bus at- tendod evory National F.dueutloiuil Association since ho becamo aupor- , Inteiident. rilK-Sfiecftuso Supt'. Crcer has brought Into our county more loading educators of national ropute, than any other man, and has given our schoolB tu standing with tho big men of our 1 country. litli lleciiiiBo ho is u man of experi ence, looking Into tho physical, In- 'tellectual. moral und Bplrltual de velopment of our children. Ho 1b n gradunto of tho 1). Y. U. and L. D, S. Universities, holds tho first state High School diploma granted In Utah county, hns taught In all the grades, haB boon principal of Spanish Fork High Schools and supervisor of Span ish Fork's district schoolB. Supt. freer has used his own pri vate auto to visit county school, and has given us our best county Institutes. SHKHIFF HENKY EAST "Hy Their Fruits Ye Shnll Know Them." Very few men make competent sheriffs, and Sheriff Henry East Is one of these few. He looks every inch a sheriff nnd acts tho pait well, His record Is clean, consistent and competent. He has been diligent In keeping down tho tough element and has collected $1,7DS In lines In 1913, as compared with $220 for 1912. His civil record compares equally favorably. Dut the chief reason why Henry East Bhould be, re-elected Is that he stands for what the big majority of tho people stand for tho enforcement of tho law against Illicit liquor sell- , lug. Ho has cleaned up the dives In almost every city In tho county, but In doing so haB Incurred tho enmity of overy dlvo kcepor In tho county, and all their friends. It Is up to tho people now as to whether this condi tion is to bo maintained. Following Is n list of Mr. East's victories the people's victories tho names and dates of whiskey vendors nnd boot loggers who havo been ar- rested, etc. Wnft.Jcnklns arrested February 11, 1913, convicted, llollls Bromley arrested February , 14, 1913, convicted. Joseph E. Crook for maintaining a ' liquor nuisance, February 17, 1913. Harriet Crook for maintaining n , liquor nuisance, February 17, 1913. H. S. Bruco arrested February 2G, 1914, convicted. Albert Forro arrested February 27 1913, convicted. Fon Chlpman arrested May 23, 1913, convicted. Lawrence Urlggs arrested May 23, 1913, convicted. Georgo D. Clinrllcr arrested May 23, 1913, convicted. Hill Loveless arrested July 23, 1913, convicted. Fred Dart arrosted and convicted August 11, 1913. Oscar Lowls arrested August 23, 1913, convicted. Jim Lombard! arrested August 23, 1913, convicted. Thomas ArrowBinlth arrested Au. guest 29, 1913, convicted. Sarnh Arrowsmlth arrested August 29, 1913, convicted. Albln Sanderson arrested September C, 1913, convicted. Paul Soulier arrested November C, 1913, convicted. Joseph Dudloy arrested November 10, 1913, convicted, Harriot Crook arrester March 10, 1914, convicted. Erich Hanson arrested May 19, 1914, convicted. Mrs. James Lombordl arrested May 20, 1914, convicted. Oliver Senior arrested May 2fi, 191 1, convicted. Albert K. Provansnl arrested June 19, 1914, convicted. Anthony H. Engberg arrested Juno 7, 1914, enso pending. Joseph 12. Crook nrrostcd and serv ing tlmo July 28. 1914. Blind Pigs and Nuisances That Have Been Abated. Eldorado Club, Provo. Eurokn Club, Payson. Oranltc Club, American Fork. Tlmpanoogas Club, Provo. Tlmpnnoogas Club No. 2, SpanlBh Fork. Tuscarorn Club, SpanlBh Fork. Loafer Club, Payson. Places Raided by Search and Seizure Anthony Engborg's Drug Storo, Sal on, Utah. , ,. , Fred S. Dart, Spanish Fork, Utnh. John C. Craven, Payson, Utah. TlmpaiioogaB Club, Provo, Utah. Eldorado Club, Provo, Utah. Frank Smith, Lehl, Utah. Georgo Beck, Lehl, Utah. Granlto Club, American ForK, man. Tho extra exponso of hiring detec tives was $575.00, and fines paid in roault of tholr work amounted to about $1200.00. t l , 4 tl Thoro Is llttlo doubt but what tho nqt legjBlaturo will puss n Inw undor whfeh tho peoplo will adopt state wldo prohibition. In this case, tho jtato will depend on tho county sher iffs to conduct Its big light. Henry East Is a big man filling n big offlco. I U la n certainty that tho element svhlch ho has beon lighting will oppose ihlm. Will the law abiding element lolect him? JOHN WILLIAM W1NU, JR. Candlilatc for the Legislature John William Wing, Jr., candidate for the legislature, la a native Utahn, being born in llebor, July 2S, 1870. The early part of his life was spent on his father's farm, where ho ac quired a sturdy character and t lovo for good stock, which accounts for his later activities In bringing pure bred horses Into Utah county, and tils eighteen years spent In tho livery stable business In Lehl. In tho breed ing of pure bred horses he won one of the pioneers of Lehl. Since Mr. Wing wnn fifteen years of age he has made his homo In Lehl, excepting for two years spent on n mission In Great Britian. Ho ban held many positions of trust, particularly In a church capacity, having served as president of the Y. M. M. I. A und us one of tho presidents of tho sixty eighth quorum of seventies, holding tho latter position for seven years, till Jitiis 22, 1913, when ho was cho sen aS a member or the Lehl Second Ward bishopric, which position he now holds. In business affairs Mr. Wing's In tegrity and Btrong, pleasing person ality has earned tho confidence nnd triiBt or a wldo acqiialntenccshlp. As a special representative or the Bene ficial Life Insurance company, he has been eminently successful, mid his experiences htiB given him a wide ac qualntence with tho needs of tho coun ty and Btato. 111b knowledge or the needs or hlo coiiBtltunuts mid his great desire to please will mako him an Ideal legislator. Ho ctands lor submitting tho question or stnto wide prohibition to n voto of tho people o 1IYM'.M K. CHRISTE.NSEX Republican Candidate for Assessor. Ilyrum II. ChrlstcnBcn'B home Is in Salem, whero ho hns gained tho rep utation. of being ono or the leading rnnnors in tho Bouth end or Utah county. BcbIiIch this ho is a basilicas hPvP"hh1 man, having grnduatcd from a two years' business course In tho L. 1), S. BuslnesB College This experience gives him a good knowledge of rami values and business property. Ho is thlrty-threo years or age. Ho sorved the county two years as cliler doputy in tho County Clerk's ot llce, and his services, as county as sessor Tor 1911-1912 is a record or ef ficiency and satisfaction to tho tax payers, Ho used his fanning experi ence In fixing proporty values and his office showed tho result of a thorough business training. During tho two yenra ho served tho county as assessor his tlmo was de voted to county matters, much In con trast to the record of prosont Incum bent. Mr. Chiistensen promises, If olected again, to glvo tho people a strictly business administration, deal ing Justly with the property owners from nil parts of tho county . o (ieoikh: a.mos Democratic-Progressive Nonili f t County Recorder. (Jeorgo Amos, DemocratlcProgic'! she nominee for count recorder. Is a Utah county joung mnu, born nail reared In the southern part of the county. His home Is at I'm son, where ho attended the district schools ami later the II. Y. Unhcrslly. Much of his life has been taken up ulth agri cultural pursuits, but Mill he has n largo niul varied experience In busU uess pursuits of different Muds, mid Is numbered among the most progres sive )oung men of his homo town. Mr. Amos Is scrupulously honest and trustworthy uud la owy nay cunubto to llll the ofllco to which ho aspires. BHw9 Being well balanced, able nnd con- HfffllrajW sclentlous, mid Hell liked by nit RmhM classes of people, old us well ns KuHH jouug, In Ills community, tho voters lftwiH will make no mistake In electing him HBIB1 to the oi'tlce of county recorder nt tho HHHl election on Tuesday of next week. BoHl n i-.- ffffllllllllflllll BERNARD N. CHRISTENSKX 'HuS Candidate for 2-Year Commissioner. H The people In the north end of Utah JHII County will vote for Bernard Christ- KHH eiiseu because they know that he has BBI time and Is free to give every eifl- HwVI zeu mid tnxpaver it square deal. No jBl one questions his honesty and lutcg- HwVffl rltj, and his two jenrs experience In HHHa the oillee to which he aspires has fisifl eminently qualltled him to give the flHHa people better service the next two tlH j cms than ho has done In the past fjflHHa two. He now- knows every need mid iflftQ condition In this cud of the county HHHi particularly, mid his experience will liBHi enable him to look nfler them satis- BVS1 Yoters should remember that Mr. jHH Chrlsteiisen Is not pitted against .las. tV&VJ II. Curdiier, the l-jear cnmlldnte, but BSfl against ,1. F. llrlnghiirst, the 2-ycar ;,HH mini. Tim election of BrliiRliurst 1.HHI would give the peoplo south of Provo lBVfl two commissioners, which would be BSI unjust to the balance of the county. 'BH Mr. Chrlsteiisen was born In Am- uBSSl crlcmi Fork, October 3, 187(1. He H9 grew up here, mid spent three jears on u mission lit New Zealand. Ho Is a farmer by occiinntlon, though Inn- kHa lug also engaged In business. He was a student of tho State University, nl- iBBVJ of the B. Y. IT. :tH As a comity commlssluucr ho has al been careful with the peoples' money, H Insisting In value received for every 'H dollar expended. He has so handled i!H tho widows' pension fund that all ' H needy mid deserving widows have 'jH been taken care of every month in 4H the J ear, where as other counties , H have erluiustcd their widows' fund ll before the jear was half out. "H During his administration tho Stato ' H Road from the Point of tho Mountain ( M (oSaiifaiiiln has been graded nnd sur- i H faced until now no other county has ! H better roads. Tho last stretch to bo i M surfaced, that between American Fork iH mid Pleasant tlrove, is now n perfect inll boulevard. The county has now sufll- tjH cent sprinklers mid road drags to 'tflH keep these roads In perfect condition, H so that It can next year carry out , 1 flH Us policy to build up tho side roads. lH VI r. Chrlsteiisen sajs that one of the vl first roads to bo built will be that 'fll from .lordiiu Narrows to Mosldn, to ifl develop this new and growing ills- :H Tho thing, however, that should up- H 1 peal most strongly to thoso working 'H tor belter coiidlltous, Is tho lead Ink- .'H en by Mr. Chrlsteiisen in cleaning up H , the dives In the county mid the way MH ho has stood buck of Sheriff Henry UH 'East In his successful tight against VlH midesirntilo conditions. 14l o fiH JAMES 11. (JARDNER "IlI Candidate for l-jenr term Coinmls- i'i sloner. f James II. Gardner lias tho well I fH earned reputation of being careful, !' coiiBorvatlve, yot progressive, and ns il being u man who docs things. His H rather, Archbahl Gardner, was u Utah I H plouer ot 1817, mid his Bturdy, ener- H gctlc, resourceful chnrncter was , H transmitted to his son, who was born " at Mill Creek, July 27, 1S59, ,'-H Ills boyhood was spent on tho rami, M and his early manhood In the lumber H enmpa. When 21 years or ago ho was 'il called on a mission to tho Hnwallan 1 IslandB. Most or tho next thrco and a 1 hair years wan spent traveling among H the natives and making sugar during H tho sugar sciiboiib. This nccouiitB lor H his later life being dovotcd to Hiigar H making, mid during his twenty four '! H years In the business ho has earned 'H the reputation or being tho bcBt sugar H man in America. jH In religious matters ho has rollow- i H cd In tho loot steps ot his rather, who M wiih bishop or West Jordan. Hold- g fM lug different Important positions of -, M trust ho was chouou bishop or tho , jH Lelil Second Ward when Lehl wns M dlviilcd Into lour wards In 1903. This : M position ho now holds. i H Ho has given much time to public I! service, serving successfully In tho sjJ H school board, City Council, county fi H Coiiimlsslouer and ns president or tho w M Lehl Commercial club. Starting lRu L H as a boy on the farm ho hns moro or l less kept In touch with farm life over I; since, filing on nnd perfecting a homo- 1,1 stend In Idaho after returning from ; ( his mlssloti. Ho Is now ono of tho " H largest rnnnors In tho county, so that his business connections, mnuufactur. ..' II HMMp feH I'M .1 1 .IIIIIH i tt ftftfH nil lug experiences and farm life largely - j M accounts ror his succossrul sorvico as , I county commissioner, to which posl- , i- Hon his friends say ho will again bo -