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Show lag about It. Whether It is the best or not every farmer ahould investigate investi-gate the claims made for thla machine. ma-chine. Every farmer needs a fanning mill, for the cleaner we bave our seed ' the more perfect t he cropa will be. We notice that R. J. Law ha been getting (n hla first lot of spring dress goods. While the editor la not much 5 of an authority on dress goods, even if r he la a Dresaer, the new calicoes, glng-I glng-I hams, Gomera serges, white corduroys t and uiarcy and ferndale corda looked pretty good to him. The ladlea ahould l see them. r Prof. L. F. Moench haa Juts re-i re-i turned from Ogden with a fine pen of . pure bred Wyandott fowla. Each r brlnga a ribbon won at the Ogden . poultry ahow laat month. One ben r won first prize, one a aecond, one a third and one a fourth. The cockrell r carried off aecond prize. The pen, con i slstlng of five fowls, was valued at $50. i Thla breed of fowla waa specially I recommended by Prea. W. N. Brown-i Brown-i Ing aa being the best all-round fowl . on the market, fully as good as the I Leghorns for laying, while aa table ' birds they weigh about twice aa much: One of the bona welgha 8 ',4 pounds, i while the cockrell will go about 9 pounds. The profeasor haa aleo purchased pur-chased aome pure bred hoga. He aays that aa It coals no more to raise pure brd stock than scrubs why not get the best so as to get the largest return re-turn for what you feed. Thla la a wine view and we hope others will follow the professor's example. Two baby boys were added to Delta's population recently. On February 21st a boy arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Bunker, and on the first of this month another boy was left with Mr. and Mrs. John Eardly. The Hinckley basket ball team defeated de-feated the M unlock team at Hinckley on Monday, and on Tueaday the Academy team was defeated at Delta by the boys from the south in closely contested game with a score of 26 to 25. Our sporting reporter will give a detailed account of the game next week, fo"tfee editor ot-trptni the aclence of basket ball. During January and February the Chronicle did a bigger business than In any two months in Its history and the receipts were larger;. 27 new names were added to our aubactiptlon lUt during that time. March promisee to be Just as good. We have added one subscriber a day so far and thla week we have five new advertlaera. Any one who thinks the Chronicle Is not making good or that anybody la hurting It haa another think coming, i Mr. nrarawell of the Credit Men's Association Is down helping out the Delta Mercantile Company. Mr. Dramwell expects to be here about 60 days and thinks he will bave everything every-thing straightened out satisfactory to every one in that time. He says the i assets of the company more than cover i tbelr liabilities. He aays their dlffi- rulty has been cauaed by the unwlae Investment in Marsonl hall., Tbelr i friends will be glad to see them in safe water again. Spring weather appears to bavs opened up and the frost will be out of the ground sufficient for the farmers to begin plowing this week. . IN AND AROUND DELTA IbWesk'i NewifrcatiCe A force of men Is at work puttlni In a cement flume under the rallwaj for the canal or the Delta Land I Water Co. It will be about 25 fee wide and 40 feet long. There are about 45 feet of water li the big reservoir which aaaures plentj of water the flrat of April when it ti turned Into the canala. It la alwo re ported that there la plenty of snow In the mountalna which makes it oer tain that them will be plenty of watei all through the Irrigation season. Mrs. Leo Gardner died on Monday morning about 10 o'clock. Twin were born to her two weeka before and death was the result of a chill taken shortly after. The body wai taken to 8alem for burial. vMra. Gardner Gard-ner waa formerly Helen Calllster, and waa a few daya short of 21 yeara of ge. She was married to Mr. Gardner , last April and the sympathy of a wide circle of frlenda go out to the young husband In hla untimely loss. The doctora report considerable sickness In town. Nearly all of Ed. Whicker's family are down sick and A. S. Workmans family are down with laeaales. The editor baa been knocked out several daya with la grippe or the plzootlc, and If there Is not much local newa. thla week you can lay it to that fact. Any danger there may liave been about smallpox appears to have vanished, and quarantine was raised on Tuesday. James A. Melville has purchased the 80 acre farm of Fred Lyman Just west of town for 1100 per acre. He alao bought his city lot and home. Mr. Lyman expects to move to San Juan. Chas. McClaln and Frank Copenlng have bought George Gull's house and lot Jut east of 'the depot and have added some room and other improvements improve-ments to the house. Mr. Cooanlna brought his wife and four children and furniture down from Provo on Tuesday Tues-day and will occpy the houae. They are a welcome addition to our population. popula-tion. Mr. McClaln haa also got tired of living away from his family and will build a neat bungalow, on part of 't t the lot and bring hla family down aa soon aa completed. J. E. Worka and bis young bride were met at the train last Friday morning by a party of their friends and showered with rice and congratulations. con-gratulations. They were then driven up to A. B. Ward'a In a donkey cart secured especially for the occasion. They remained t here a few daya while ' their new home waa being prepared for occupancy. Mr. Works has pur-chased pur-chased the J. W. Schwartz home south of town and ia making It a home -worthy of hla young bride. Winslow R. Walker and Miss Josephine Jose-phine Bunker left last Sunday morning morn-ing for St. George, where they are to be married today, March 6th. Win -was given a big aend off at Oak City few daya before he left The Warda ( gave the young couple a farewell eup- ier the night before they left and the Chronicle furnished the handsomest lot of wedding stationery he could find In accordance with a promise made ' V nearly three yeara ago, before Win toad any Idea of marriage. Mrs. Walker Walk-er will remain a few weeka In St George to prove up on a homestead nd Win will return to get a place In readiness for his bride on bis farm In West Delta. Tbe young couple have a host of friends all over tbe county w ho wish them long life and much happiness happi-ness in tbelr new relation. John A. Johnson, wbo baa been a resident of Abraham for tbe past even yeara, haa sold his 40 acre farm i and moved to Fountain Green, where lie baa 320 acres. Tbe purchaser was Jno. W. Cook, of Payson. son-lnlaw of F. M. Wilson of Abraham. I Mlas Julia Geigiey has made arrangements ar-rangements to have her land culti- vated and returned thla week to ber home la the east. She has disposed of her Interest In ths Delta Bakery to i Mr. and Mrs. Garnett January- Tbe I bakery baa built up an excellent trade i during tbe ten months the new proprietors pro-prietors bave bad charge and they i hope to merit a continuance of the I patronage and good will of the public, i Simeon Walker, the veteran fruit j raiser of Oak City waa a Tlsltor In i Delta this week. What la a Hero? The best fanning i -mill on tbe market or at least that t Is what Bishop A Wallace Co. are say- f |
