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Show DELTA HAS A BnNOUT TVlta, Fan. 15. Thrv? blows from R sledse in the hands of Governor William Wil-liam Spry at 1 o'clock this afternoon drove honv a jrolden spike, the first in the new l)lta branch of the Salt lak route When the last blow was struck the Delta band broke forth and the immense crowd gathered to see principal evnt of 1 Railroad" day, cheered itself hoarse. The little town of Delta was transformed trans-formed into a city today by the crowds which came from all parts of Millard county, from Salt Lako and from Op- len to witness the official opening of j the now branch, The weather was somewhat mrlem-rnt, mrlem-rnt, but In spite of the cold wind and threatening skies, the people poured in steadily all day and In the afternoon after-noon it was estimated that there were .1500 persons In attendance. Actual count of the number served with barbecued bar-becued meat at noon showed a total of 2500. So great was the crowd that the meeting in the town hall held In the afternoon was ovorl flowed and it became necessary for the various speakers to go to the other large j amusement hall and address those un-1 able to press into the regular meeting. 1 AJthough the morning broke cold and dreary with a strong wind blow-1 I ing, the spirits of the Delta people were not dampened and they greeted the day with a cannonade of anvils. The party occupying the special train which left Salt Lake last night arose early and partook of breakfast at one of the hotels as guests of the town. Then came an automobile ride over the north portion of the irrigation dis- trict which is to be pierced by the new line. This trip was interesting to the visitors from outside of Millard Mil-lard county, as it showed the wonderful won-derful resources of the Bection and the richness o ffhe territory to be traversed by the new branch. Eight automobiles took the trip and swung in a circle northwest from Delta, cov-' cov-' cring about the same territory that , the new railroad line w ill penetrate When the special guests had re-turned re-turned from their ride they were hurried hur-ried to tho new track about half a mile north of the main part of town, where the first spike was to be drlvpn Txng before noon a crowd had I started to gather and when the governor gov-ernor armed there were at Jeast 10-00 persons waiting. At the spike driving the first speaker was George A Snow, vice president of the Delta. Iand & Water company, one of those chiefly responsible for the building up of the project. After making a brief talk In which he predicted that Delta would some day re the county seat of Millard county and also the largest diversified agricultural shipping ship-ping station on the Salt Lake Route, if not In I'tah he Introduced Governor Spry. The governor's talk before driving thp golden spike was somewhat fae tious, but he seriously predicted that Delta, with its present evidence of remarkable re-markable growth, might do as much or even more than had been predicted for it by Mr. Snow-After Snow-After the ceremony was finished the entire crowd adjourned to one of the two large town halls, where an elegant dinner of barbecued meat and home-made "trimmings" had been pre pared The dinner was fit for the tasto of an epicure. There was even music with the meal and the band appropriately ap-propriately played southern airs while the delighted crowd ate "Dixie" barbecued bar-becued meat and sweet potatoes. |