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Show DELTA FAVORED BYLUTHEilS FOR BIJGCOLONY Ministers Visit " Millard Section With View to Locating Fifty Swedish Families on Tract There -DEl.TA, Bent (.A delegation of mlnlslsre, representing tha Swedish Lutheran church, spent yesterday and lest night In Delta aa the gueets of tha business men and churches I of tha city. They apent tha day touring tour-ing tha valley and Inspecting the fermlande with view of selecting a spot oa which they might locate a colony of fifty or more famtllee land last ntght war wntertalned at a banquet la tha community church. ' Tba party waa composed of Dr. P. A. alattaon of Minneapolis, vice president of the Lutheran A uru atari at-ari synod and president of the Minnesota Min-nesota conferenee; Dr. Peter Peter-eon Peter-eon of Chicago, preeident of tha Illinois conference; Rev. C. A. Swaneon of Chicago, president of tha Columbia conference: Rev. A. T. Lundholm of Oowria, Ia, preel-dept preel-dept of tha Iowa conference; Rev. B. O. Knock of tha Wsxetiaia, Nebraska Ne-braska conference, and' Rev. C A. Glad, pastor of the Salt Lake church They were traveling In a private car of the Union Pacific eyatem and were accompanied by V. a Poet traveling agricultural agent and K. J. Hanson, of th Union Paclfio ays-tarn. ays-tarn. WORK PBAISEO. At th banquet Postmaster Clark Allred acted aa toastmaater and Rev. C. H. Hamilton made th ad-drees ad-drees of welcome. Other local speaker were Bibp H. E. Max-field. Max-field. N. C. Laraoa and Stanley Fol-som. Fol-som. Mr. Pset spoke oa th splendid splen-did work that haa bee accent-pllshed accent-pllshed In various parts ef the on entry by Swedleh colonists. Each of the visiting ministers made speeches end told of the favorable Inipreeeiona they had of the farming farm-ing possibilities of th Pahvant valley. val-ley. Dr. Peterson outlined In his talk what would be required of the community to secure the Swedish homesteader. Us a. Id thsy desired a tract en which they could locate at leaat fifty famillea where they eouid have and maintain a church of their own faith. They war assured as-sured by local representative that such a tract aa they desired oould be obtained. Tha party left this morning at 1 attack tor Salt Lake. - Crop In th vicinity of Delta could not hava been In better oondltlon oon-dltlon than when visited by. the delegation. Ona of . tha heaviest yield that has been harvested for many year la expected this year, according to Rev. C. A. Olad, pastor of the Zlon Lutheran church, who aocompanled tho delegation on the trip to Delta to look over the land and get an Idea aa to th conditions In that section. DKLIBATES PLCASED "Every member of th delegation seemed well pleased with conditions In every respect and In all probability prob-ability will recommend that section aa tha logical place for the oetab-llehment oetab-llehment of the colony." ho said. "Section of land for twenty mile en each aid of Delta" were looked over and Inapeutsd. On section containing con-taining lM.ao acres waa shown to th delegation. Eighty thousand acres of this Is under cultivation and ha Irrigation water on It Thla eeotlon seemed te please th del. cation moat. "Nothing wll! be done by thla group of men at preeent except report re-port their find Intra to tho colonisation colonisa-tion committee. Then, If thla eora-ml eora-ml t tee aeea fit, a thorough inveetl-gatlon inveetl-gatlon of tho project will bo made from every angle before any action will be taken." . The delegation which made (he Inepectlon trip waa returning from a conference which waa recently held on tha Paelle coast. Some membera of the delegation will leave for their homeo lata thla afternoon, and tha remainder thla evening. Tho deleaatea arrived In Salt take at o'clock thla morning from Delta. They met officials of the Union Pacific eyatem and were taken on a eight -elnT trip around the city and to tho nearby can-yone. can-yone. They will bo entertained at dinner at. th home of Mr. Glad. 1f4 South Fourth Kaat street thla eve-nine. |