Cheyenne record., 1918-08-22
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BIG men IN DEMAND
TO AID THE NATION.
cAAs. w. WATERMAN STRONGLY
SUPPORTED FOR THE
U. 8. SENATE.
HAS BRAINS and ABILITY
HE is RECOGNIZED AS ONE OF
THE ABLEsT MEN in
THE WEST.

this country have the people given SO
much attention to securing men of
ability, men who have done thirgs,
men who have records of achieve
ments, to conscript them for public
places as today. In this move to fur
nish the nation with the brains, the
ability and the integrity of Great
country, that when this war is over we
will be bigger, richer, greater and
above all a country where the govern
ment is popular with the people, Colo
RADIO is not behind ether statea
Among those who, by reas,n Gs
their accomplishing in business and
professional affairs and in service
rendered state and country, the peo-
pie wish for public sarvice no man is
more prominent than Charles w. Wa
terman of Denver
Charley Waterman-every one calls
him Charley for he 10 a hale fellow
well met and in the language of the
street "a good scouts regarded by
all who know him even by reputation
as one of the ablest men in the West.
He is the man VINO fought the fight OF
the people of Denver against the Wa
ter Company and won that fig!-l SO
that Denver now owns its own water
plant.
Charley Waterman was born in
Waitsficld. Vermont, in November,
1861, on Il rocky hillside farm fifteen
miles from a railroad. He attended
school when five years old, but en- ac-
count Of sickness did not attenG pub
lie school again until he was twelve.
From the ages of u to II he at
tended district school in his native
town. In the autumns of 1878 he
attended high school at Morrisviile,
Vermont, the next fall entering the
Academy at st. Johnsbury for twenty
weeks All other education necessary
for admission to the university in
1880, he secured at home. II the win
ter OF 1882 he taught school in his ma
tive town. At the end of his sopho-
more year he became principal of the
| high school at Moores Fork, n Y, the
next year returning to the university,
from which he graduated in 1885 with
the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
That fall he became principal OF
! the high school at Croton New York,
and the next fall principal OF the high
school at Ft. Dodge. Iowa, remaining
| there for two years. entering the law
| department Of the University OF Mich
| igan in 1888, graduating the follow
ing June with the degree of Bachelor
, of Laws. completing in one year the
! regular two-year course. He was ad-
mitted to practice in Michigan, also in
| Colorado. having removed to Denver
In August 1889.
| Charley Watecciaa's ancestors in
| TIE Colonies eatlIa 20 Salem. Mass,
! from England IN 1872, ana afterwards
became ASSOCIATED with Roger Will
| iams in the Providence plantations
| Charley Waterman is the eighth OF
that original ancestor. His father and
J mother were both of rugged New Eng
! land stock and with little worldly pos
/ sessions. While they We're able to
! feed and clothe their children, they
were not able to aid them materially
/ in securing education, so that Charley
Waterman was forced to earn all ex-
J pcnscs attached to his different
! schools.
Upon coming to Denver he was a
| stranger. Some of the first year he
was employed at small salary in the
! city attorneys office. but in April.
1891. became an employee OF the firm
OF Walcott & Vaile. who soon realized
his worth and in 1902 he became a
member of the firm of Walcott. vaile
| G. Waterman. which firm continued
until the death of Senator Walcott in
March, 1905. after which the business
was carried on under the name OF
Naile & Waterman until 1908.
Charley Waterman has been inti-
mately connected with the building
and growth of Colorado He has rep
resented and been closely associated
with men who built up the greatest
manufacturing concerns in the state.
7 and has been influential in procuring
investments of millions of dollars in
permanent enterprises. all of which
have been. and still are, successful.
Personally he is a man of superior
attainments, pleasing. affable. genial
TO a degree and popular with all who
know him.
Charles W. Waterman is candi-
date for the Republican nomination
for United States Senator. His name
will be found on the primary ballot to
be voted Tuesday. September 10th. In
the Senate. Charley Waterman has
the ability. the knowledge OF public af-
fairs of which he has always been
student. the capacity and energy with
which are coupled oratorical attain
ments. that will at once place him at
the very top among the United States
Senators and 50 reflect glory and