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Show MENNONITES RESERVE ACREAGE AT BERYL Ten farmers and bankers, leaders lead-ers in Mennonite colonies in Kansas Kan-sas and California, met in Milford Saturday to formulate a report on their investigation of lands in southwestern Utah, according to the Milford News. The particular district studied was the Beryl section, between Lund and Milford, where 20,000 acres have been placed at the disposal of the Mennonites by the Beryl Colonizing Colo-nizing and Farming Association. The Mennonites have studied 17 farming sections in the west and have picked the Beryl district as the one best suited for their purposes. pur-poses. They are a German people, many colonies of whom have migrated to Holland and Russia. In the latter lat-ter country, many of these people have been subjected to persecution and those of the sect in America are making every effort to care for them in a , financial way, and eventually hope ta secure their entry into the .United States. |