Show collons coltons Col tons reelection re election I 1 s 1 I 1 vital to U tah i I 1 1100 11 0 no R w AI I 1 I 1 y 1 g 1 i 11 1 1 1 1 5 in presenting the name of don B D colton to the electorate of utah ito to continue to represent this state in congress the republican party is is asking that one of the nations outstanding congressmen be re turned to washington congressman colton is now the chairman of the public lands committee and he also ranks high on the committees on roads irrigation reclamation of arid lands and expenditures in the executive departments the last of which is a 2 very important committee as it j checks and considers all expendi expends i tures authorized by congress s probably no state in the union is is so vitally affected d by a public lands policy this involves floo flood 1 I i control in the west grazing regu J i lations and reclamation if turned to congress mr coltons collons Col tons chairmanship of this important j committee will have great influx i ence in the shaping of its policy in the event th that at a change is made 1 in this chairmanship it would according I 1 to the una of succession i probably go to florida which in itself would be a blow to western aspirations i congressman coltons collons Col tons record on load road legislation is second to none ain in congressi congressional onal halls he ha is largely j responsible for the distribution a of federal aid funds on the basis of publicly owned lands and privately owned lands in the western states here in utah that distri aution ratio is 1 to 26 he was joint author of the colton od die bill which increased the tha federal er al aid fund from to and increased the forest road funds from to he was also ono one of tho the sponsors of the regular col ton oddie bill which provided for federal highway construction on public domain without requiring funds to be matched by the states i t his record in respect to federal reclamation in utah needs no comment every worthy reclamation i project which has been presented I 1 to congress has received mr col I 1 tons support ile he was a member of the committee I 1 which drafted and sponsored I 1 the bill coordinating co and consoli 1 i dating all veteran activities and he 1 has always supported the tha american i i legions legislative program in i addition to this ho be has secured s help for scores of veterans of the world war the spanish ameri amari i can war and the indian wars i tho the return of mr air colton to coni i press gress is of vital import not only to J utah but to the intermountain inter mountain i 1 west republican congressional corni comi I 1 cittee I 1 paid advertisement |