The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1926-07-29


ness Of time for campo
impossible for him to V
Red Lodge before the Pr.
In an authorized interview Mr..
Leavitt wished to give the following
message to the people of this county
and Red Lodge: stating that he ap-
preciated the support that he had been
given on his two previous campaigns
in this county and that he had tried to
reciprocate by advocating matters
that Carbon county was interested in.
He declared that he particularly want
ed to stress the Red Lodge-Coo City
road
At meeting of the Billings branch
of the Red Lodge-Cooke City road
committee, together with the secre-
taries of the Billings Commercial Club
and the Beartooth Boosters Club,
Congressman Leavitt stated that he
was unquestionably committed to the
! Red Lodge-Cooke City road project
and while the last Congress failed to
pass the appropriation bill he felt that
the measure would be passed at the
coming session in December. He
pledged his untiring efforts and sup
port in behalf of securing the appro-
prjation. In his statement Mr.. Leavitt
announced that he felt very much en-
couraged over the favorable attitude
toward the bill by members of Con-
gress who opposed it's passage during
the last session. He particularly
wished to emphasize the fact that his
prestige, both with Congress and with
the administration, would be stronger
were he re-nominated and reelected
at the coming election. Regardless of
whether he is reelected or not and as
long as he remains in Congress he said
he would work for this project until ii
was completed.
Mr.. Leavitt was asked about a
statement that he is alleged to have
made in Livingston relative to the fact
that the chances of the Red Lodge.
Cooke road were not very good. He
declared emphatically that this was
not true and he had made no such
statement and sincerely believes the
chances of the road to be good. He
further stated that he had told the
people of Livingston that he thought
it to their interest to get behind the
Red Lodge road project; that it was
of national benefit and that they woulc
derive as much benefit as anyone anc
that he felt that any road project il
Montana was beneficial to the whole
state; that during his time in Con
gress he had favored no communitie.
specially to the detriment of any othel
community and he wanted to empha
size the fact that in his judgment
there was no project in Montana as
worthy as the road from Red Lodge tx
Cooke City. 81
When Mr.. Leavitt was asked as tc
how his campaign looked for his re-
nomination he said 81 am confident
that | will be re-nominated and re-
elected. / believe my record in Con-
gress speaks for ITSELF passed more
bills beneficial to the state of Montana
than any other member of Congress.
This is largely true because | have
the largest district of any district in
the United States. | want to say to
the people of Carbon county that l will
appreciate their support.
81 would like to come to Carbon
county and Red Lodge before the
Primaries but on account of the late
adjournment of Congress and the
short time in which have to cam
paign, l find it impossible to do so as
there as so many places which |
should visit where | am not as we'll
acquainted as | am in Carbon county.
However, l am coming to Red Lodge
and hope to have the opportunity to
take horseback trip over the pro-
posed route from Red Lodge to Cooke
before the general election"