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Show WQOLGRQWERS MEET IN VERNAL JDLY 16 Don V.. Colt n Will Dix-usi? Alloting el Giu?inx Lauds at Midsummer Convention. ! I (.'o; Kvcmiin Don JJ. Colton i: I c t c U as the principal speaker al the l jmid.Ti'.mme:' convention of the L'Lili jS.i.re Woolgrowers association al Vierrial, July 1.(3. important problems, chief among ;:im the present unsatisfactory mi-thoti-s of allot ing pu'idie domain for grazing purposes, will be dis cn-.ed. j Congressman Colton is expected to jcxplaiu the operation of a bill which jiie has sponsored, providing for fed-jc-ral control under the hiipervision oT thi secretary of the department ot the Interior, of all public domain u?cd for grazing. The measure, ii adopted, it is .said, will eliminate all the undesirable features of tho pre. i nt. regulations. Congress is expected ex-pected to vote ton the measure al the pr.i nt session. "At present, winter range is badly overcrowded, and regulations of some sort to eliminate the condition are Imperative ' slated James H, Hooper, secretary of the Utah Stato Woolgrowers' association. "This overcrowding Is partly brought about by the fact that many of the owners own-ers of small bands of sheep, now grazing on public domain, are jinl. property owners and taxpayers In the vicinity in which they operate. In addition, many are foreigners. |