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Show 40 YEARS AGO . .... From the Files j Amusement hall was crowded ' last Saturday evening by an ap-I ap-I preciative audience who came out to witness the first appearance of j the Delta Dramatic Club in their presentation of "The Old New. Hampshire Home." The play is an interesting one with a combination of comedy, sentiment and tradegy that was well portrayed by the performers. The comedy parts were well presented by Wm. Vandevan-ter Vandevan-ter as "Mike Mullins" and Eliza Hook as "Tilly", the old maid. Bert Wallace's makeup as "Edward "Ed-ward Van Dusen" was excellent and he took the part of the villian in a very realistic manner. Lemira Bishop's characterization of "Muffins" "Muf-fins" was excellent and her distinct dis-tinct enunciation was especially to be commended. Cassie Riding, in the character of "Mrs. Win-throp" Win-throp" showed a thorough understanding under-standing of the part. The club wishes to express their appreciation apprecia-tion of the work of James Steele in coaching them in their parts. Mr. Steele is an old actor and thoroughly thor-oughly understands the business and was able to render them much assistance. The club will repeat the performance Saturday night and should draw out another good audience. The editor (Norman B. Dresser) goes to Salt Lake next Monday to attend the meeting of the Utah Press association, of which he is treasurer. He will be absent a wkkk or ten uaya. A large amount of water is going go-ing over the spill. The river is getting so high that the water is up to the top of the fill at the west end of the West Delta bridge and Cass Lewis is raising the fill. ALFALFA SEED . Stewart & Wall have been busy since the latter part of August doing do-ing threshing for West Delta and Abraham. They have missed only about five days, which was during the holidays. During the past 12 months they have been threshing the alfalfa seed at Abraham. The following farmers there have finished fin-ished their threshing: Parker, 35 thousand pounds; Home Ranch, 35 thousand; Bliss, 70 000 pounds; Biehler, 21,000 pounds; Fullmer, 15 thousand pounds; Taylor Bros. 48 thousand pounds and Dr. Sellers, 4,800 pounds. There are still seven or eight rarmers wnose seed nas not yet been threshed. The Hinckley machine mac-hine went over there this week to help out. The seed over there will average about 800 pounds to the acre - at 8 cents per pound, a lower price than it has yet sold for - - it yields $64 per acre. Besides this, there is at least two tons of hay at $10 - - it is now selling for 14 in the stack, and $5 worth of chaff a total of $79 per acre. Mr. Nebraska farmer, how does this compare with the returns on your 150 and $200 land? This land :an be bought for from $50 to $75 Der acre. Doesn't it look like a pretty good investment? MELVILLE IRRI. CO. The annual shareholders' meet-ng meet-ng o the Melville Irrigation Co. was held on Monday evening, Jan. J, and between thirty and forty stockholders were present.The prin :ipal business was to hear the an-rual an-rual financial report read. It shoved sho-ved a very satisfactory condition. Whereas the report last year shoved sho-ved a debt of $65,000, this year's eport showed a debt reduced to 25,000, a new spillway built, the nain canal enlarged and water contracts to the amount of $60,000 in the treasurery. The subject of disposing of the 2,000 water shares in the treasurery came up for consideration con-sideration and after considerable discussion it was decided to leave with the directors to whom and what price they should be sold. |