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Show n ffl IUUNI5 ON TOUR Thorough Investigation of Conditions in Great District Dis-trict Is Made. After thoroughly investigating the Uintah Basin country with a view of opening up a branch office, D. Carlos Kimball, Claude Richards, E. T. Cap-pnor Cap-pnor and .1. A. Capencr, all of Kimball & Kichards, "Land Merchants," have returned heme. i The party visited Duchesne and the Blue Bench, where Jesse Kuight's 4000-arre 4000-arre farm was inspected. They then travelled thrr.ugh the Purple Bench section sec-tion and visited Bcneta, Talniadge, Al-tonah Al-tonah and other districts. They returned re-turned to Duchesne and drove to My-y-(vhere they went over the big ir- .,ation project on South Myton bench, in which Taylor brothers of this city are largely interested. They also inspected in-spected the Big Lot project on the same bench, which they learned is later to he taken over by' the government. The Big Lot project contains 80,000 acres aiul opens up a very promising grain and alfalfa section..' The party visited Boosevelt, "Fort Duchesne, Du-chesne, Rajjdellct and Ouray. The big Ouray project was examined and found to be exceptionally promisiug. From Ouray the party returned to Fort Duchesne and drove on to Vernal. In commenting on the greatest needs' of the Uintah basin, a member of the party states that the country needs trees, people, stock and transportation. As the Uintah .basin comprises one-third one-third of all the irrigable land in Utah Kimball & Richards are very much interested in-terested in its development. While the company representatives were in the basin, engineers wore at work on the state highway to Heber, showing that developments are being made. The company com-pany is following up its first hand investigation in-vestigation by keeping in touch with all the banks in the basin and with all county agents and former county agents, with a view of making a thorough thor-ough and exhaustive investigation as to all possibilities. ME INSURANCE RULING MMim Subjects of Austria or Germany Ger-many in U. S. Army Adversely Ad-versely Affected. Subjects of Germany or Austria who arti serving in the military forces of the United States will not be permittee! to make any enemy alien a beneficiary uruler the soldiers' insurance act of congress, con-gress, according to a ruling of the adjutant ad-jutant general of the army, a copy of which has been received at 'ort JJoug-las. JJoug-las. The question of whether or not a German or Austrian serving in the United States army could make his insurance in-surance benefits payable to a beneficiary bene-ficiary residing in enemy territory arose in France and was taken up with the department in Washington by General Gen-eral Pershing by cable. The jude advocate general held that j the trading with t he enemy act pre- eluded any soldier from making an ene- j my alien a beneficiary under the insiir- j aiir-e act. But e iatter u;t specif;- rally provides that the soldier taking j out' federal insurance has a right to make any one of a ceriain class of1 relations a Ivnef iciary under his policy. This would enable him to 'make a nenr; relative residing in Austria a beneli-ciarv beneli-ciarv if he so desired. The ju d Lie a d 'o '-a t e gene ra 1 , how-' e v ..' r . observed that whether o r not the bent'tit under the insurance would be paid by the govern :rent to sn'di an ene-xr.v ene-xr.v alien won hi be a inn 1 i t of policy tor the Tovernnien t to de; ermine, but j h?.i so far as the Pal f,si.fcts of )h ! i-as v.cre crwic erred, t- in y nco a1-; I i so wori'd as o giv; b i t 1 1 riht if) I :na'.,e an erifiny alien a ben i'i 'da ry. i In vie-TT nf the prinriplvs laid do;n bv the jude advent" 'jt-n-Tai. 'h war I dei arMnent hne decid-'d that the co-irM-to bn ro'y'- shall be to adh-ro to the iiirovisiens nf the trailing wt.b the rue-i rue-i ;i,v act. and to rm it no sol -1 i'-r to S n.t' e an enmv alien a beneficiary un-: un-: d'-r hi- iesurnncn policy. |