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Show mom is I COWS TOPIC The necessity of better cltUenship and of the taklntr of moci Interest in the government by the pr-oplc was the thc-mc of an address (,'lven od.i 1 :. Conarcssman Don B Colton befo members of th- Progrcsshe club of UK-den ai the noon luncheon "The 'lay must come," Congress- ' man Colton declared, "when there is no hyphenated Americanism no ,. I I'lded allegiance, but this will on; I come through the education of the I young people in the basic principles 1 of government." The Bpeakei told of his experiences I dtirlng weeks of campaigning in' the I campaign just drawing to a lose an l of Instances where ho had found lack I of Interest and knowledge !n government govern-ment affairs and ln politics RELATES l AUK.. j He told of an Instance where he met a onng man on a train, and Hi j con nrsatlon of the younp m.in. who j did not know the Identity of his Ms- I toner When Mr. Colton asked him ' about his vote in thn coming election d the young man declared he would I cast no otc. that th. re was no us. ' the wealthy men had the country in J their grasp. The young man continued. Mr Col- ton said, by declaring 'there is no C uso votig. They are all against the t poor fwltow, grinding him down, I wealth han everything cornered " Mr Colton said he set tho Ideas of 2 the oung) man right by explaining I that actuoJ (Inures show that gG per cont of tho wealth of the country Is owned by men who began life as poor boys and that nearly every leading bank ln the country la headed by men who started as boys In .small Jobs and hae worked themselves to the top. The speaker urged tho Progressive rlubs, with other civic organizations to take up the matter of promoting better citizenship and of promoting more interest In tho problems of tho government. He explained a humorous Instance which occurred in the northern section sec-tion of the state, showing tho Interest which some people take in politics. He tvus dining with a man and his wife, the speaker said, and he asked the woman how slip was going to cat her vote. "I am going to vote for Reed Smoot." 6he repijed, "I have voted for him for the lat 15 ycaro." The husband called attention to hr error bv -xplalnlng that Senator Smoot was not a candidate this year and had been but twice a candidate. The woman, wishing to recover from her error, turned to Congressman Congress-man Colton and remarked, "Well, I know how I am going to vote this fall. I am going to vote for you and Mr, Welling." RKCT VMATION WORK. Congressman Colton also took up the matter of reclamation of arid land ln Utah and declared that ont- of the principal reasons that more attention Is not given Utah ln Washington In this rc-apect is because there Is un absence, of public sentiment. This -x-ista also among thr farmers and the farm buroaus, he declared. W. P Epperson i Kaysville was a guest at the luncheon. Vocal selections were given by Howard How-ard Bhupa. Announcement was made by 3 Franets Fowles. that the luncheoa next Tuesday would be closed for the purpose of discussing questions within th club and he requested that no guests be Invited by the members. |