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Show n YEARS AGO . . . From the Files... J i Delta will have a wholesale establishment es-tablishment as soon as S. W. Ec-cles' Ec-cles' new establishment is open, lie intends to make ice cream by the whoelsale, so as to supply the neighboring towns. He will also want a large amount of cream from the farmers, so those who want to sell their cream should be prepared to keep Mr. Eccles supplied. sup-plied. Making his supply from pure and fresh cream, and having an " excellent recipe, Mr. Eccles will make a superior article and ought to have the trade. Patronize home industry is a good motto. R. A. Nelson, who recently bought bou-ght the Bishop homestead near Hinckley has sold it and bought H. S. Stapley's place a mile east of Hinckley. Forty of it is in alfalfa. alf-alfa. Millard county has a great attraction for Caliofrnia people. No wonder, when they can get land here for $50 and $60 that is better than that for which they pay $250 and more for in California. Hay continues to soar upwards and the latest quotation is $22. The next lot of oats will probably be $2.85 or more and barley will likely be up to $3 before everyone is supplied. The Delta Implement and Mercantile Mer-cantile Co. is offering 15 pounds of sugar for $1, and as you wll note by their ad are making some other special prices this week. Mrs. Mary Lyman and her boys have moved down from Oak City and are going into the poultry business on an extensive scale. They have four incubators with a capacity of about 500 eggs and raised at Oak City about 1500 chickens, many of which they sell at $10 per 100. when a day old. THE M.I.A. TRACK MEET The annual MIA track meet was held at Fillmore Monday and Tues day, and although the attendance was not las large as last year, there was much interest manifested. manifes-ted. There was not as many entries en-tries as last year, probably on account ac-count of the rush of spring work Fillmore won the cup by a score of 56 points, being 19 ahead of her nearest competitor, Oak City, which scored 37 pints. Meadow came third with 25 points, Hinckley Hinck-ley next with 10 and Deseret fifth with 4 points. Oak City won the Senior basket ball game over Hinckley by a score of 26 to 7. The Oak City players pla-yers were Roy Walker, Davis, Lun-dahl, Lun-dahl, Roper and Lovell. Those on the Hinckley team were Slaughter, Slaugh-ter, Greener, Reeve and Pratt. A PROMISING GARDEN L. Koch shows his faith in the soil and climate of Delta by the work he is putting in on his place on the bench northeast of town. He has a homestead entry up there of 80 acres and has fenced in several acres for a garden and orchard. He has planted all sorts of vegetables and has set out a number of currant, raspberry, blackberry and dewberry bushes, besides strawberries. Also apple trees, pears, plums, peaches, cherries cher-ries and grapes. They all seem to be flourishing finely. They have had no water except the rains of spring and we were surprised to find the soil quite moist only a couple of inches below the surface. |