The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-04-20
Had a Close Fight.

This Young Payctte attorney passed
Quietly out over the district made a few
Spe"ch"S here and there. and when the
votes were counted he had won tho cIer-
tlon by tho slight margin OF twenty one
He assumed the duties Of his trust with
h!9ucsi alsnItN and. carried into his pre-
sidiug and his rulings a keen evidence Of
strength. lmpartiality and fairness which
al ono" suggested 10 those who knew
MN best his peculiar fitness for an eX-
ccutivr
Accordingly his name was suggested.
II was carried about over the state quite
ScnneralIN, almost every paper in Idaho,
uailN or weekly having some suggestion
10 make about him. hut: singularly. all
TO ms credit. There was nothing bad 70
say Of him or his record
Tor any one in Idaho to refuse to use
judicial honor as stepping stone ia
greater political prcferment was UNUSUAL
Inc announcement by Judge Bryau
showed a reverence for his chosen nro.
fessIon new 10 the men OF the state who
nave been observing Idaho lawyers i'm
politics for "A long period OF time One
thing was certain-the young man was
not a Kentuckian'
Biographical Sketch.
On November /. 1866. Judge Bryan was
born In Benton Cnow Lincoln) county
Or. near where later he graduated In
high school, college and the law. His
college and law courses were taken at
The Oregon Agricultural college at Cor
wallis.
At 20 years of age Judge Bryan was
named as member OF the Benton coun-
ty board Of education and four years
later he was elected superintendent OF
SCHOOLS or the same county. In 1896 he
closed his school work was admitted 10
practice law and settled to his chosen
profession in Corvallis. In 1902 he was
married and IN February. 1904. removed
to Payette, Ida. Judge Bryan is and al
ways has been a Democrat.
nave heard a great deal OF complaint |
over the southern part OF Idaho. based !
on A scarcity of labor This Is especially
true at Caldwell. This city is doing q |
vast amount of paving. and. In addition, |
is installing rather complete sewerage |
Siy system. The men engaged on these pub |
iic works alone tell me they could use |
mere today hundred more men than
they nave The wage scale on these
public works is 50 per day. In addition
tate firms at Caldwell are laying out
additional plats TO the city. planting
ornamental and fruit trees on them. and |
c ,nc governments reclamation project
near By demands more men and more
leans than are now available. Farmers
Caldwell, and from CaIdwnu
''
An Immense amount OF public and pri-
EaIe building in and around Caldwell is
weII under way: including a college and
,1sh aos,i school building. business and resi-
1cntlal property: hence there is a great
demand here for carpenters. stone
Inasons and bricklayers, at wages rnnr-
ing from $40 to $3.50 per day, Paint
ers and kindred mechanics arc also in
demand here. and unless there should
pc smart influx here soon OF the classes
oi skilled and unskillcd labor mentioned
t3moVc, delay on public and private works
secretary II. 5. kncedler Of the CaId
Wen Commercial club is endeavorine To
reach laborers OF the skilled and nm
skilled classes desired that the embar-
rassment thus affecting The people of The
community may be removed ''