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Show extlng items about that settlement. The most important Is that the Swan Lake country is to be colonized next s.immer. Harry Joseph, the Auerbach Hi ox., und some other rich Jew s of S It Lake have taken up about 30,(mm acres of land at Swan Lake and will bring out several hundred families of their race from tho Eustern cities to settle on it. A concrete lined ditch will be taken out from the river to the reservoir to carry the water. This Is n ude necessary because the soil Is oT such character that the water seeps away before It reaches the land. They already have lO.Oui) acres of patented lanJ and the reservoir has a capacity to water fiO.OuO acres. The soil la of excellent quality, being a light red ' loam. Dr. Thomas, of Kearney. Neb., was out last week miking preparations for having his 1KU acres of land cultivated. cultivat-ed. He had 100 acres in this year and will have ft all cultivated next year. He thinks there are greater possibilities for the farmer here than In any country he knows of. Hamilton & Cornwall, owners of the Keystone ranch, were down from Salt Lake last week. They got 3100 bushels bush-els of grain from their farm this year, beside some splendid corn and potatoes. pota-toes. From 74 bushels of oats "that wns planted, they got 10S bushels of grain. Their land was broken only last year and they say the yield Is better bet-ter than from $l')0 acre land arounl Sail Uke. R. J. Law is advertising a ten-days' snle this week which ought to bring In s crowd of buyers. At the prices he Is offering good he should not And It necessary to move much of his old stock to his new store. Owing to the Increased attendance a the public schools Mrs. Coltrell has been engaged as an addition.il teacher. .Mrs. Gardner has also transferred her class to the basement of the hall to have more room. The other classes may also be transferred there, as It w ill require no more to heat the whole basement anl It will be more comfort-able comfort-able In the winter. Last Saturday evening the regular mwitnly wc1atTf.vU?n;nf warneld-and warneld-and a very enjoyable time was apeu't. The next social will be In charge of Anthony Stephenson, Claude Hillings, Martha Ashhy and Emma Hunker, and every member should be present to en-joy en-joy the good time they always hive. R. L Hadger, Iewls Merrill and Manager George Snow came down from Salt Lake Tuesday morning and spent the day looking over the country. Prof. Merrill says he Is more Impressed with the country every time he comes down. He says the great neel down here Is an experimental farm to help th farmers and he is going to use his best efforts to hive one established in xt summer. The Chronicle is going to Institute a series of farm problems for the students stu-dents of the county to solve. Probably 9i per cent of those attending school are goins to be farmers or farmer's wives, and most of them will settle down In this county they can't And a better. The problem will relate to laying out a new farm, arrangement of farm building', best methods of Irrigating, Irrigat-ing, rotation of crops, cost of farming, ed selection and other problems they sill have to face. The answers will be referred to Prof. Merrill of the Agricultural College with their decision of the best answer and comments on It. They will also suggest practical problems. prob-lems. Prizes will be awarded the writer writ-er of the best paper. The first problem prob-lem will be given next week and we would be g!id to hear from the teachers teach-ers of those schools that desire to en-tei en-tei the content. The problems will be mailed to them on Modnay besides being be-ing published in the Chronicle, and the answers are to be In the second Monday Mon-day after being given out. The prize paper will a'so be published In the Chronicle. If sufficient Interest Is taken In these contests they will be continue! con-tinue! all winter. What school desire to enter? IN AND AROUND DELTA lh Week's News from the Coming Metropolis Delta had. Its first rally on Monday afternoon when Congressman Howell spoke to a fair sized audience. 'Chairman 'Chair-man Law presided. Commissioner R. E. Robinson also gave a short talk In which he stated that be was a candidate candi-date for re-election and If elected he would do all he possibly could for this part of the country, Geo. Cole, candidate candi-date for County Attorney, also spoke. Congressman Howell spoke on the benefits of the tariff on wool, lead, und sugar to Utah, and spoke highly of the administration of Governor Spry and his hope that he would be re-elected. He also paid his resjiecta to Colonel Roosevelt, stating that he supported him while he was president, but that tho country did not depend upon him for salvation, aa he seemed to think. He spoke at Hinckley at & o'clock and at Deseret In the evening. He then went to Fillmore and spoke on Tuesday and at Oasis on Wednesday. Wednes-day. On next Monday the Democrats will have a series of rallies In the county. Mr. Kngland, candidate lor Secret iry of State, and Mr. Strlngfellow, candidate candi-date for state's attorney, will be the speakers. They will be at Delta Monday Mon-day at 11 o'clock and at Deseret and Oasis in the afternoon anJ evening. If the progressive party will then send out some spielers we will all know bow to vole. The Y. L. M. I. A. are making preparations prep-arations for a Hallowe'en party on the night of October 31st. They are going to have ghosts, goblins and all sorts of high jinks. Watch out for the program next week. J. V. Robb and family went back to their old home In Auburn, Neb., on Monday night to spend the winter. Tin roof jacks, f.Oc, galvanized roof jacks, "Gc at Miller's Furniture " Store. ' ' r- Dr. Miller gave two Interesting and Instructive lectures In Delta last Saturday. Sat-urday. His subject was the training of children, the eradication of bad habit, proper diet, and how to preserve pre-serve the health. He also gave a reading read-ing of the temperament an J character of a number of boys and girls, which showed that he Is a good judge of character. Dr. Taylor, an agricultural expert, sent out by the Deere Plow Co., of Illinois, Il-linois, gave a talk on agricultural subjects sub-jects to a good sized audience on Sunday Sun-day night. He sjioke of the constituents constitu-ents of the soil and how they are made available for plant food, proper methods of plowing and cultivating, the selection of seed, the necessity of stock raising and dairying in connection connec-tion with farming anJ other mitters pertaining to farming. The talk was a very Instructive one and the audience audi-ence got much good advice on agriculture. agri-culture. The creamery company has been organized, or-ganized, ground for the building has been bought just east of the Haker Lumber company in Oasis and the creamery will be erected at once. The capital stock Is I'.ooo and it Is all taken by farmers at Oanls, Deseret and Hinckley. It Is expected that It will be In operation within two months. The operation of a creamery will doubtless result In the farmers going more extensively Into dairying, an Industry In-dustry for which this section Is specially spe-cially adaptel and which will prove profitable to farm and farmers. The company, which Is operating an automobile line between Fillmore and Oarls have got disgusted with trying try-ing to cross Mud Lake and accordingly, according-ly, Cass Lewis Rot busy, clrculited a subscription paper among the business men of Delta and raised about $l), w ith which a new road has Wen cleared clear-ed which will cut out Mud Lake and give a good outlet to Delta. The new roaJ turns south from Clark street about two miles east of the town and runs along the bench and connects with the Holden road hout five nilin beyond. Culverts have been built across draws and some grading done In places. It Is expected that the county coun-ty will put the road In god condition now that It Is la'd out. It will proba bly be oed at once by the automo-bllea. automo-bllea. as even In Its present condition p Is better than the Mul Lake road. The new road will probibly bring considerable con-siderable travel through Delta. Barclay Jones was up from Clear Lake and gave the editor some Inter- |