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Show ready that January an J Geigley coul.l not. have their opening ou Wednesday, Wednes-day, but It will be on Saturday, the 7ih. MIhh Geigley went Into the cliy Monday night to get a baker and a lull Hue of bakery goods, Ice rreuin, sod.i water, confectionery and dellca-tenscti dellca-tenscti goods will be In stock on Saturday, Sat-urday, llu sure and come out an.l see what kind of a (dace the no' tirin will run. Those two- heel milky carta are Just the thins for (he baby where you can't run a baby carriage ou account of dust. They are also much cheaper. Illation & Wallace have jiiat received aj atock of them. i IN AND AROUND DELTA Xht Week's News from the Coining Metropolis The M-hool house on the west aide on section ha been completed and It waa dedicated with a dance on Saturday Satur-day night of last week. The crowd was larger than the building could cotiitortably accommodate, but. that didn't Interlere with an enjoyable time. The contract for another achool building build-ing near Moultou's place will be let In u few daya. This will be a brick building build-ing With school houses, telephone anil rural free delivery the people will soon be enjoying all the benefits of the most advanced community. A. Watts ha been appointed weed cumuiitiHioiu-r for the west lde and he propose to ace that everybody clear tiieir ditches of noxiou weed. They are spreading with great rapidity. The Delta, company 1 doing what It can u get rid of them along ita canals, but it ia having aome difficulty In getting help to do the work. Men ready to do the work at day' wagea can probably prob-ably find employment. The company experiences trouble through having the wtcds blow into it cunul. They choke up the canal, darning the water back ao that there I danger of the banks breaking utiles the canal are constantly watched. The water In the big reservoir is being be-ing let out aa fast aa possible. The Deaeret reservoir la lilled to Ha caducity ca-ducity and a big body of water la going down the river. Farmer are advlaed to get la their fall grain us noon a possible, and do their Irrigating. In a abort time only the flow of the river will be available, and that I not very heavy at this time of the year. Very little fall planting haa been done ao far, although u good many farmer have Intended to plant. The Chronicle office ha Just printed 4 the prograif ami premium iHtiot the county lair. The committee ha provided pro-vided lor ihi-e day oi' rare and other BiHrts. and two baseball games each day for a $10 prize, with a purse of $1011 to the winner of the series- Prize will be awarded for the best horses, cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry, agricultural agricul-tural proiiuct and manufactured good and fancy work. Some of the weal aide people we have spoken to about making an exhibit think the fair ia a little early to permit as good an exhibit ex-hibit as might otherwise have been made. From all Indication there will be a big attendance from the west aide. We believe I'rof. Moench has one of Ihe beat farms around Delta, and he will have a big harvest this year. Lust year be raised three stack of grain; thl year live stack have been harvested har-vested from his I arm. It is one of the beauties of ihe land around here that the production of a farm constantly increase with cultivation. The aoll i ao deep and of such uuliorm fertility that there ia no danger of the land ever being worked out. II. )I Holdredge, who bought the Mou I tun farm last spring, will soon be cutting the third crop of alfalfa. The tteld was planted In July, 1'Jll, wltjch alio wlia. a good stand can be produced pro-duced In one year. A good a stand as Ibis could probably not be obtained on heavy land In one year, but when a atuud ha once been established on the heavier aoil the crop will be Just a glXMj. Holler skvlng seem to be quite a popular amusement In Delta and Mar aonl hall Is crowded every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday nights with etitiiiiRlas'.U' akutcra. We are quite surprised sur-prised to find o many proficient akat-ts- In the crowd, and tome of uiem are tcally expert. Frank L. Young, the obliging night' man at the depot, has been trjusferrcd to Meryl, the new- rail jy point to Newcastle, nnd left fop his new position posi-tion Monday night. There is nothing there now but a rouple of box c ar-., an 1 until MrJ. Young return Itom Ohio, where she ha gone with the bay for a couple of months, Mr. Young will probably find life rather quiet. If you want to buy Frank Young litt bungalow- bring around $7u to the editor of the Chronicle and it I your Ijifayette llolbrook informed the editor In Salt Lake last week that another an-other contract had been let lor five aid a a,llf Uille of canal for the Sevier I-and and water Co. It 1 the extension of the canal trom the division flie contractor con-tractor are now working on uth to where the syphon la to carry the water to l.ynndyl. Mr. llolbrook aaya pref-eietice pref-eietice will be given to Millard County men, as Mr. llolbrook Is a Millard Couiiiy man himself. Auf.uat was one of the biggest month for tho Maker Lumber Co., and Manager Worka think September will run ahead of It. Five cara of lumber arrived the past month and five more will be along thla week. A great many new building are going up on the west. Bide. Word w.i received last week of the death of W. L.Llaonbee. lie was millwright mill-wright at tho reduction work at Maryavule and wa taken with upetidl-(Ills. upetidl-(Ills. He wa taken home to Anna-, belle for an operation, but the disease was so far advanced that the operation could not aav his life. le died on Friday Fri-day of laat week. He leaves a wile n nil live children. Mrs. Llaonbee wa a Hunker, mid D. A. Hunker and Win. K. Hunker went over to the funeral. Mr. LlHoubee wua III Itelta for a year, working on the flume and hla death came as a shock to the community. W. L. lax-kyard and hi wife, formerly former-ly Miss Nathalie Cooper, have returned to Delta and Mra. Iockyard aay they ate glad to get back. Marrl id life seems to agree with Mrs. Lockyard, as we never aaw her looking better or more attractive. Mr. Harry H- Dresser, assistant editor and proof reader of the Chron-iile, Chron-iile, went to Denver last Saturday, where he was married on the nth. Alter a week spent at Colorado SHirlngs they will return to S'alt Lake to make their home. May their married life be one long honeymoon, and their troubles only little ones. Dr. Stockman's stock of good has arrived from I'ioche and I being put ou the shelve. The good also Include show cases, counters and a soda fountain foun-tain and when everything is In plact It will be the moat up-to-date drug store In the county. I'ntil a successor has been appointed to Hev. Mr. Itutt, who left for Omaha lust Tuesday, Hev. Joalah McClain will hold aervice every - Sunday at the , , . . - , - -- I- 1'ie.sbyteriun chapel. Hev. and Mrs- Kutt left for Omaha Aug. 2!i, where he will take up work In hi new Held at once. I lo will complete com-plete his aemin iry training as well as ktep up hi missionary work. Mr. Itutt and family spent eleven weeks in our little denert .to n and as a testimony o'' his honest and tireless effort the new church stand on Clark street. The farewell social wa well attended at-tended on Tuesday evening, the pre-ceeda pre-ceeda going to Mr. Kutt. Mr. Faust favored the crowd with a couple of instrumental in-strumental aelectlon and after aome ronxing Jimmy Faust sang some German Ger-man songs. Mr. January sang and gave a couple of readings. All seemed to enjoy the evening. The Delta Friendly Women meet with Mrs. Ward on Thursday afternoon. Three of the officers being 111 no business busi-ness meeting wa held. Mia Kd. Hlshop was a guest. AH present had a good time and adjourned to meet with Mrs. Samuels on the following Thursday. The regular monthly meeting of the Waters I'sera Association will be held on Saturday evening. There are several sev-eral matter of Importance to be brought up before the Association tyid I' is desired that there should be a full attendance. Mr. mid Mr. N. H- Itishop returned last week from their vacation at Fish Uike, wheie they had a very enjoyable time. During the two months that the IM-Iia postoffice haa been a money order or-der office Host master Hlshop ha paid about $ l.uou in order and Issued order or-der Kthe amount of about $700, which i pietty good as a starter. After the 'enth of the 'month the office will be (iorcd at ( o'clock and all outgoing trail iuut be In the office by that hour o ensure Its going out. It. .1. Law thinks it is better to get lid of his good before moving Into his ew store than after and therefore in tinning September Ifl he w ill stirt a removal sale. It will embrace hi aats, silo-- and dry goods and will be for csii oiilv Hetfer be on hand with few dollar. The first car of rye wan shipped out ' Ik-lta last week. Its destination wa Coltoti, Cal The moving picture show at Marsonl hall Monday evening was the best one er shown In Deba. They will ex I'blt attain next Monday and Tuesday ( The Golden Kule store is making a pecial'y of blanket and fall und-r esr just now. Mlanke's from $1 np ed underweir that can't be best. Tbre wa so murh to do to t? |