White Pine news. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1920-1923, 1922-03-19
HARMON CANDIDATE FOR
LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR

According to the Las Vegas Review
Harley A. Harmon, district attorney
of Clark county and democratic whip
of southern Nevada, has been select
ed as the democratic candidate for
lieutenant governor of Nevada.
This is the authoritative statement
made TO the Review by the leading
political powers of the state.
1t is probable that Harmon's ruiz
ming mate will be Colonel James G.
Scrugham, state engineer and ma
tional adjutant of The American Lee
gion
The first news of the selection OF
District Attorney Harmon for lieu
tenant governor was broken six weeks
ago by the Nevada News Letter, pub
lished i'm Reno, which said that a
prominent democratic leader" of
Clark county had been picked for
lieutenant governor.
The Las Vegas Review, after :lany
inquiries among the democratic lead
ers. ascertained that the northern
politicians are unanimous in the Sc
lection of Harmon.
One of the leaders of the north sad:
The strength of southern Nevada is
well recognized today. The greatly
increased population in Clark, Lin
coin, Nye, White Pine. Esmeral-
da and Mineral counties, rep
%resenting the southern half of Ne
yada, makes 1t imperative for south
ern Nevada to continue to have rep
resentation i'm the Office of lieutenant
governor.
Harley A. Harmon's lifelong rec
ord with the democratic party. plus
his untiring work in harmonizing the
various interests, his ~unequaled
strength with labor. his selection by
the mining and cattle interests, plus
his other Affiliations, makes him un-
questionably the a to- make the
race for lieutenant governor at the
next election
District Attorney Harmon refused
to make any statement for publica
ton when e en by a Review reporter
He said.
THE Reviews statement is the
first direct %intimation I have had of
such a contemplated move | had
fully intended to run to succeed N.Y.
self as district attorney. / am al
ways ready to serve the best inter
ests of the democratic party, but IN
regard to the Lieutenant go~yernorship
4 4 aO1OttAtiE tiiih " Il ct
this time
The democratic leaders of the
north point out that Clark county
gave the biggest democratic majority
of any county in the state at the last
election.
Clark county is recognized as the
banner democratic county. The dem
ocratic interests, 1t is said, have been
solidifed this year by District Attor-
ney Harmon to such an extent that
the last huge majority will be dou-
bled. at least.
District Attorney Harmon Is one
of the pioneers of Clark county. hav-
Ing come here with the opening of
the Salt Lake railroad. He was In
Las Vegas at the opening of the town
seventeen years ago and worked as n
fireman on the Salt Lake road. He
was later promoted to locomotive en-
gineer and Is one of the leading mem
bers today of the Mount Charleston
division. No. 76S, local of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Harley A. Harmon is a well-knowa
democratic figure throughout the
state, having attended every demo-
cratic state convention as n delegate
from Clark county. Likewise he has
attended all the national democratic
conventions as a delegate from Clark
county.
He is and has been for the last six
years secretary Of the democratic
county central committee.
District Attorney Harmon's friends
are legion all over the state and the
announcement that he has been Sc
lected to run for lieutenant governor
will strike an extremely popular note
throughout the entire democratic
ranks. says the Review.
Copper May BE Put 4 Many Uses
The man who has put copper water
cutters and rain spouts on his house
and coppers creens over his windows
has built for all time and will have
M further expense for painting or
protection for these parts in any
n
The statue of William Penn and
other statues on the city hall in Phil
adelphia, all of which are made of
bronze and which were put I'm place
at the same time the tower of the
hall was built, are in perfect condi-
ton and will be a thousand years
hence: the tower of the hail was Gov
cred with iron plates instead of cop
Der sheeting These plates are now
being repaired at a cost of $4,000
and IN a few years the entire tower
will need rebuilding. due to a failure
Of the iron sheeting to withstands the
elements. Thus does copper with
stand the ages.
Western copper mines employ
thousands of workmen and the use OF
copper for domestic purposes In cook
ing utensils. Greens. water cutters.
etc will enable these mines to oper.
ate on a steady and rermanent basis.
giving employment to thousands OF
men who are now idle, SAYS an ex-
change.
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