Show congressman Cong colton talks to business men and pro fess ional women of price I 1 hon lion don B colton congressman from froin the first congressional district gave an interesting talk to the price ch chamber amber of commerce friday night fast last in wh which ich he discussed the pub lie ae domain and ita relationship to the flood and cor conservation tion problem I 1 N r colton stated that public domain of which there are million acres in fit the united states was un 1 der no governmental supervision at all fill until it was as homesteaded cd in which dent it came under the jurisdiction of the interior department he traced the development of the forest service under the wing of president theodore Roo roosevelt and gifford pinchot pinchat stated that there was as no more bitt opponent of the move mose than uy stockowner he ile traced in which the opposition to this line was broken down and advocated the placing of the public domain under the supervision of some department to prevent overgrazing i A summary of the fight he has waged in congress to force the adoption of a departmental supervision for this land was made by mr colton jhb stated that senatorial apathy had succeeded in blocking the move to date A proposal by mr colton that the united states make of utah an experiment peri ment state to test state supervision wa as also described and he elated stated that the interior secretary bad ind indicated that he would be in favor faor of such a move overgrazing was stressed by mr colton as being responsible for many floods and a great waste of natural resources the chamber WM was urged to take steps to create a favorable sentiment toward the problem and try and assist in ironing out the difficulties ini the progress made by women in the last one hundri tears em as the subject of a talk by congress congressmen don B colton thursday evening ang I 1 before the professional and club nomen of price at a dinned sponsored by the business and women a club of price at the rinetta and capitolo banquet room it it as just one hundred years ago tact new jersey granted to women I 1 the first right to extend their opinion in any public matter and that was in a purely educational problem I 1 and since that time women have entered the field of business known to nun the speaker stated in 1863 2866 the tint first bill was presented to lon congress for w omens suffrage arree tl ree years later wyoming became the first state in lie the union to grant women the right to vote women congressman colton believes are much better fitted in the handling ot of many of the most important of public matters than men he ile cited tor for instance that in the united states there are ten millions of illiterates out of the hundred and twenty millions of persons of school age in this country ten millions have not been able to attend tt schools tor for all of the tree free public school system the solution to this can be best obtained from the women of at the country congressman congre Cong man colton stated that it is the organized efforts of boni omen t n such as business and professional al clubs that are winning for women the place in public life alch they deserve members ot of other federated clubs of price were the of the nu business siness and professional inal women club tt at the dinner |