Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-07-20 | Page 7 | Would Control Public Range

WOULD CONTROL PUBLIC RANGE Congressman Congre man Don B B. Colton Cotton in a conversation here Tuesday afternoon with C C. L. L L Fording director of o the Great Basin experiment station in EphraIm urged that users of public lands particularly those with range rangeland rangeland rangeland land meet in Ephraim on August 15 Congressman man Colton expressed him him- himself himself self as feeling that a more definite public land policy polley for the remaining public domain should be established Too heavy grazing of a the public range is destroying its its' value Colton be be- be es The Great Basin B ln experiment station elation holds its annual field day on August 16 and 17 in Ephraim and Congressman Congress Congress- Congressman man m n Colton said a meeting of those I Interested in the public domain could be called a day earlier Methods of o improving and main main- maintaining maintaining maintaining the range and accomplish accomplish- accomplishments accomplishments ments of o the Great Basin experiment station will be reviewed during one of ot the Jie two days Professor r William Pe- Pe Peterson Pe Pe- Peterson terson director of o the extension ser ser- service serice ser ser- service vice ice of o the Utah Agricultural college Is s assisting Mr Periling Fording in fn preparing the activities Congressman Colton will be present on August 16 and then will leave for tor Idaho Falls Fails where he will address the Kiwanis club on the public domain question