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SUNDAY, AUGUST 17, 1924. FRANCIS EMROY WARREN OF WYOMING (Continued from Page Six.) much legislation for the benefit of constituency, for the western tates in general, and for the people of the entire country. He has been an important factor in the enactment ,of the progressive and beneficial _ jlaws which have been p¥%ced upon jthe national statute books during the terms of Presidents Harrison, jCleveland, McKinley, Roosevelt, , Taft, W: Harding and Coolidge, having , during part of Presi- ident Harrison's administration and ‘during the entire administration of _ {the other presidents named, or to jthe present date, one of the leaders jof congress. Opportunity to Perform Good Work. | In the opportunity to perform ef- ‘fective service for the country and ifor his state, Senator Warren has a "most desirable position in the sen- jate, He is chairman of the Commit- ee on Appropriations, without doubt _ the most importapt committee of the senate, more especially so since the = jenactment of the Budget law, and jhe ranks next to the chairman on ach of the Comraittees on /Mili- ary Affairs and Public Buildings ind Grounds. Should the political control of the senate go out of the hands’ of the present majority, Senator Warren, if he should remain in the senate, ‘would become the ranking minority member of all the committees on which he now serves. 'j. In congress Senator Warren is known as an indefatigible and inces- _, known as an indefatigible and ine /j\chairman of the Claims commit “the was regarded in congress as un. faquestioned authority upon _ legisla- tion affecting ‘claims against the © government, Later, as chairman of the Military Affairs committee, he owas looked upon as equally reliable authority on military affairs; and at {present- as ‘chairman of thé Senate | Appropriations committee, he is con- ‘sidered a worthy successor to the {late Senator Allison and other noted | preceding chairmen of that commit- ‘tee in thorough understanding and effective management of the great appropriation bills of the govern- iment. * In his relations with other mem- bers of the senate and with members of the house, Senator .Warren, (throughout his entire service ‘has been courteous, obliging and frank. | He is slow to promise, but, once hav- ing promised, performance is ab- | solutely certain, if Within his power to make it so Due to his mastery of legislative Procedure and to the almost univer- sal friendship for him by his ecol- leagues in the senate and house, Sen- ‘ater Warren has been able to ac- complish much for the try in alding in the enactment of benficial general legislation to promote its growthi‘dnd development, much for the cities g¢n@towns of Wyoming to insure thély stability’ ard — permia- nence a! much for the good and benefit of thousands of individual citizens of Wyoming. Pensions. In pension legislation and in as- sisting to obtain pensions through the Pension bureau, Senator Warren has been the persistent and con 7 F ue ‘i ' Democrats © Drop into Laird Head- quarters, Basement West Hotel Bidg, and get sam- ple ballots. A. B. ALLEN. tent friend of the soldier and his family,. During his service in the senate he has assisted in obtaining the passage of special pension bills and in securing the allowance of pensions by the Pension bureau for citizens of Wyoming aggregating many millions of dollars, ‘The pay- ments of pensions to the 878 United States pensioners in. Wyoming in 1923 amounted to $507,541.26. Bills enacted during. Senator Warren's Service in congress have increased the pension of ptactically every Civil, Spanish and Indian war vet- eran and witlow in Wyoming. Reclamation, Senator Warren was largely in: strumental fn securing the legisla- tion known the National Reclama- tion act. This_law its inception in the first appropriation made by congress to aid in irrigation which Senator Warren secured in the act approved June 3, 1896, by which an appropriation of $5,000 was made to Investigate irrigation reservoir sites in Wyoming and Colorado. The“in- Yestigation and report showed $0 clearly the ‘desirability of govern- ment ald to irrigation that it formed the foundation and became the forerunner of the National Reclama- tion act. The Reclamation act itself wag framed by a committe composed of western senators and _representa- tives, of which Senator Warren was chairman, and ich held its first meeting in Cheyenhe in 1901 and its subsequent meetings in Senator Warren's committee room in the na- tional capitol building, where the act as it finally passed was formulated and framed. Wyoming was the only state which had two members of this committee, Senator Warren and Rep- resentative Mondell both being mem- bers. Mr, Mondell had charge of and secured the passage of the bill In the House. ‘Under thi: et scores of millions of dollar e been allotted for ex ndituve in conserving and storing water in reservoirs, and in due time every foot of water thus stored. will be ytilized in irrigating and reelaim- Ing’ all thé lands susceptible of agri- culture development which ean be reached. Of the amount allotted for expenditure under the Reclamation act, Wyoming has recelved generous apportionments for the Shoshone project, the North Platte Wyoming and Nebraska project, and the River- ton project, and recognition has re- fo the proposed Claper-Alcova. pre- to the bro- ject. Progress is necessarily slow in the construction of government re- clamation works, ~but the are substantial in character and bullt for al! time, and when completed will become permanent and durable in- ‘stitutions for the welfare and bene- ‘fit of the state. Indian Affairs. Senator Warren, in co-operation with his colleagues in the Wyoml: delegation In congress, has sec adequate appropriations for the edu- cation and care of Indians in Wyom- ing and for the installation of a com- plete irrigation system on the Wind River reservation, Legislation was secured, also for diminishing the area of the lands set aside for the use of the Indians, and at the pres- ent time the ceded lands thus placed at the digposal of settlers are be- ing utilized by home-makers and now consi ble oll development on the reservation {s in progress. jure—Livestock. For ai agriculture and stock raising in Wyoming, Senator War- ren and his colleagues have obtained appropriations for which agerpgate annually several hundred thouband dollars. These appropria- tions are expended in maintaining weather bureau stations, national forest roads, trails, telephones, and salaries, inspection of sheep cat. tle and eradication of seables, ticks and diseases affecting Uvestock, care and protection of wild elk, and co- operation with the state in dry farm experiments and entomological investigations. He has advocated annually an ap- propriation for the purchase of drought-resistant seeds for dry-farm ues. ° Military In connection with army legisla- tion directly affecting Wyoming, ‘Senator Warren introduced and se- cured the passage of the measure creating the three “rough rider” cav- alry regiments for the ‘Spanish- ‘American war. He has at all times worked unce: epublican Candidate for Nomination for Prosecuting Minnesota and Wyoming. An ex-service man. Your support will be appreciated at the primaries, August Nineteenth. —Political Advertisement VOTE FOR TOM MEANEY | DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR NOMINATION - Sheriff Mr. Meaney Stands Definitely for: Protection of life at all hazards. . Protection of property REGARDLESS OF RICH OR POOR. Strict enforcement of the law in a lawful manner. No “frame-up warrants.” Economies in office. A square deal to ALL. NO FAVORITES. Che Casper Wins in Recount By NEA Airmail Service— Senator Ralph 0. Brewster was nominated as Republican guberna- tolal nominee im Maine after the votes had been coynted. He was sup- Ported by the Ku Klux Klan. ment and enlargement of Fort D, A. i, upon which the government has expended over $5,380,000, making it one of the most substantial, best equipped. and most useful military Posts in the United States. He secured the passage of an amendment appropriating funds to Sunday Cribune appropriating funds to acquire all private lands in the Pole mountain maneuver grounds for. the war de- partment, thus making it the finest army maneuver ground in the Unit- ed States. He secured legislation for rights of way for street railway lines on the Fort Mackenzie and Fort Russell military reservations, and for rights of way for railroads and county roads on the Fort Russell reserva- tion. Public Lands. In public land legislation matters Senator Warren has worked in har- mony with his colleagues for the benefit of the west and of Wyoming. In a notable speech in the Fifty- eighth congress he refuted charges made by Senator Gibson of Montana inst the Wheatland enterprise, and helped. to defeat the bill to re- peal the desert Jand act and the com. mutation features of the homestead | net. Ho assisted his colleagues in “se curing. the passage of the enlarged| homestead and stockraising home-| stead acts, the act permitting agri-| cultural entries on coal ds, the| act opening Shoshone In reser- tion lands to entry, and many DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE construct a-chapel for the use of al denominations at Fort Yellowstone | When it was a military station. He introduced and aided in’ secur- | ing the passage of an amendment ! JOSEPH C. 0’ MAHONEY For United States Senator To the Democratic Voters of Wyoming : - We most earnestly commend to your consideration the candidacy of Joseph C. O’Mahoney) for the Demo- cratic nomination for United States senator. He is able, honorable and eminently qualified’ for the He has already rendered notable ser- vice to the Democratic party and to this state. posifion he seeks. If nominated, he will be a powerful spokesman for the principles of Democracy; if elected, he will serve the state FOR CORONER —Political Adv with devotion and distinction. BYRON S. HUIE, Casper. EDNA HOFFMAN, Casper. JL. ENDERS' REV. B. J. MINORT, Torrington, , Torrington, THOMAS M. FAGAN, Lusk. THOMAS M. HYDE, Basin, vertisement minor acts tending to aid and bene- fit the people of Wyoming. While the three-year-homestead. bill Was pending in the house, Senator Warren introduced in the senate and secured the passage of a bill reduc- ing the acreage to be cultivated in an enlarged homestead, beginning with the third year of the entry, from on2-fourth to one-elgth of the area embraced in the entry. Sena. tor Warren's bill reducing the area for cultivation was then incorporat. ed and now forms a part of the three year homestead law, which provides W. A. Lilly Republican Candidate for CLERK OF DISTRICT COURT that not less than one-eighth of the | area of a homestead entry shall cultivated“beginning with the third} year. Senatop Warren at all times has responded, promptly “to the requests of the Wyoming e Land hoard for national jon. and. for . sistance in securing rulings and con- ions in the various government department compliance with be | Yea! B. G. | the PAGE SEVE! such requests he aSsisted in s ing legislation amending the ac August“ 18, 1894 (the Carey act g Wyoming an additiona) n acres of land for utiliz under its provisions, and amen act so that the 10-year pr required for reclamation shall from the date of approval of th: (Continued on Page Nine) gra mill WESTOVER Democratic Candidate For County Attorney Political VOTE Advertisement FOR W. H. “Skeets” WALKER DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR CONSTABLE District No. 1 —Political Advertisement W. J. MULLER, Gillette. N, V. KURTZ, Sheridan. C, W. CROUTER, Wheatland. OLIVER HOWER, Hyattville. 8; G. HOPKINS, Cheyenne. WALTER Q PHELAND, Cheyenne. ‘ANNA B. HAGGARD, Cheyenne. RAY E, LEE, Cheyenne, GEORGE W. PATTERSON, Laramie, ELSIE CROSS HAWLEY, Douglas, JAMES J. HOPKINS, Rawlins, M. J. STURMAN, Rock Springs. GEORGE B. KERPER, JR., Powell, Democracy and no party switching, or “cookooing,”’ Fearlessness in office, meaning a hasty-exit of all hold-up men. A Union Man with a Union card of 20 years, THIS MEANS THAT A VOTE FOR TOM MEANEY AUGUST NINETEENTH VOTE FOR M.F. RYAN FOR JUDGE Of the Highth Judicial District Is absolute assurance to the people of Natrona County that they will get a SQUARE DEAL and an EFFECTIVE one, At the Primaries August 19 (Political Advertisement) (Political Advertisement) —Political Advertisement

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