Imperial Valley press., 1926-07-19
HAIL MCCLELLAN
IDEAL CANDIDATE
FOR NOMINATION
Los Angeles Supervisor
Big Game Hunter and
Financier.

Hailed as an ideal man of the
west -- an apostle of the wide open
spaces, Il. +. Mcclellan, chairman
If the Los Angeles county board of
supervisors and candidate for the
Republican nomination for governor
i a man devoted to the great out
ot-doors. He will, it is predicted
by hosts of fricLls. rally to his col
ors, westerncrS, Californians, Re
publicans, Independents and sports
men,
Emincntlv qualified by his rich
experience and practical common
sense, Mcclellan, because of his
/ Years of devotion to mining, ranch.
; ing, engineering. banking. and bus
mess. it is prophesicd, viii lead
large majority of the thinking cit
! liens of California to victory and
the governoship of the state.
An ideal candidate, with an idea
record. the president of the Los
| Angeles county board of supervisors
is now considered by those in the
"know to be ''our next COVER
nor. Not only does he show a re-
inarkablc aptitude for the arduouS
tasks of state leadership, but his
host of friends in and out of the
state asert that he will be the
right man in the right place.
A man of the great outdoors, =
aan of vision, who can see further
than an office window or from the
! limited confines of Il swivel chair
! A-cClclland has caught the glories
of California ) peaks of industry
and vision of its valleys of OPP
! uOrtunitN.
As a miner he has trod ;hc Arctic
fields of Alaska. as business man
he has founded and was the presi
dent of the Citizens State bank Of
] SaWtcllc, the Bank Of Palms, the
! Bank of WcStgatc and the Citizens
state Bank Of Santa Monica whirL
! have since been marged iuto the Sc
curity Trust and Savings bank.
+ Business Man
Los Angeles county in itself is
! great corporation and does more
! business than many of the states Of
| the union, and as the president of
! this great corporation, Mcclellan
! has dclved deep into the intricate
| problems of business and has solved
! them.
| As we'll as a man of business. Me
! Clellan is also a scientist. He has
! contributed scientific trophies Of
h, i. 2
Of history, science and art in expo
sition park, Los Angeles, which will
be hailed by future generations with
! delight.
| Sportsmen throughout the state
lave given their approval to the
candidacy of Mcclellan. Because.
| they say. he is a Sportsmam-not Il
! pot huBtcr These men of the
great outdoors to whom sporlsman
! ship is virtue. declare that Me
Clellan has been measured and not
/ found wanting.
! While the government has sought
! to pcrpctuatc the memory Of the
/ great vanishing herds of buffalo by
| placing "A likeness of an old monarch
Of the plains ON nickel, Mcclellan
. has saved for all future science a
whole family of the vanishing herd
and carefully selected by his mcrci
| ful rifle, they now adorn the mu-
scum of history, art and science in
Exposition park, Los Angeles.
This family group consists of
light Of the best specimens Of buf-
| falo. Mcclellan journcycd 30 ante
lopc island, in the Great Salt Lake.
| whore 200 Of the last American
bison were running wild over the
| desolatc dunes and brought the
! choicest specimens home for scicn-
! tific uses. These mOnarchs Of the
! plains, like their primcval ancestors
| will soon be but memories. 1t was
! the vision of Mcclellan to immor-
| talizc these bison and bring them
10 the people of California as an
! eternal reminder Of the lost wild
i DAYS of the west
Beside this Mcclellan went to
! the wilds of Alaska and there
| brought home for scientific pur-
: poses, the fauna of the bleak spaces
| of the American north.
Among the practical things Mr..
! Mcclellan stands for is the great
/ Boulder dam movement which VIII
! bring the glorious water of the
! Colorado river to the dry valleys Of
! California and make the desert
! bloom like the rose.