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Show the went Hide. It will be 28x42 and the 2000 cement blocks for the wall are on the ground. It will have a largo ct'llnr and 12 foot walla. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Lee and Mr. and Mrs. J. II. Draper, of Ogden, were among the relatives who attended Grandma Shipley's birthday party. "Doc" Baymlller niade a flying visit to Delta this week. He was on his way to Lou Angeles. John A. Connor and wife and II. A. Lambert went up to Salt Lake to upend a few days. Mr. Lambert will meet bis wife there. She has been visiting In Idaho. Tbe heaviest rain storm of the season, sea-son, If not of the year, visited Delta TueKday night. There has been a good deal of rain In tbe mountains and there Is little doubt but what there will be plenty of water for fall grain neat month. Fall wheat Is the ouly thing here. By irrigating In the fall no Irrigating Is needed until late In the spring and not more than two Irrigation will be needed then. The wheat gets the start of tbe weeds which are getting to be a serious pest, and better prices are paid tor Turkey red wheat than for spring grain. The grain also rotnes off In time to permit per-mit of early plowing after harvest so as to kill any late weeds there may be. The party who found the breeching of a harness between Delta and Oasis last week will confer a favor on the owner by leaving at Chronicle office. KOFAraill AND AROUND DELTA Record of the Important Events of Put Seten Days b tnt Newest Town. Mr. James A. Melville of the Delta Company spent last week up the Sevier Se-vier river securing water for the farmers on. the project He aecured several hundred feet from various companies and the state and It will bo sufficient to bring late crops to maturity ma-turity and save the alfalfa. Mr. Melville Mel-ville thlnka there wilj be ample water for fall grain. Thos. Calllster has traded his 40 acre farm half a mile northwest of Delta to Ed Bishop for his home south of the postoffice. Mr. Calllster's daughter, Mrs. Starley of Fillmore, and her husband will occupy theuouse and tbe telephone exchange will be moved there tbls week. The change is only temporary as a telephone building will soon be erected on a lot next the Kelley hotel recently pur-! chaaed from Jens P. Peterson of Sclplo. S. C. Dunlap of Los Angeles Is tUe latest Investor In tbe unexcelled lands of Millard county.' He has purchased 80 acre on the west side from Frank Copenlng. Frank Copenlng presented to the County Commissioners last week a petition of about 1200 names In favor of the consolidation of the school districts dis-tricts of the county. Tbe commission--era deferred action till next meeting to permit protests to be made, although al-though none have so far been presented. pre-sented. It will also allow time for tbe districts to present the names of cnndUlate tor trustees. There will probably be seven trustees, More jiames In favor of consolidation will also be presented, as any person of legal age who haa been in the state one year, in the county six months and In the precinct thirty days Is allowed al-lowed to sign the petition. Norman Fillmore from Richfield 'was over last week on a visit to his dnughter, Mrs. Walter M. Gardner. .Mr. Fillmore was here two years ago and Is surprised at the development that haa been made In that time. He tblnka this country Is equal to anything any-thing over In Sevier. The Walter's Stock Company will .give a performance In Marsonl Hall on Friday and Saturday evening. This company has a repertolr of good plays and will be remembered as playing here last winter to well satisfied satis-fied audiences. The county -commissioners at their last meeting passed an ordinance requiring re-quiring all persons owning or controlling con-trolling lauds In Millard county to disk, cut and destroy all foxtail between be-tween the first of March and the first of June, land aU thistles, burdock, cockle burs, Canada thirties, Russian thistles and tumble weed between the first of July and the first of August, except that this year they can have till the 15th of August to destroy them. 25 persons can petition for the appointment of a weed Inspector in any preslnct J. R. Bennett was appointed county weed inspector. Now. everybody get busy. Tbe regular meeting of the Delta Friendly Women will be held this Thursday) at (Union Ctwtpel, Mta. Robinson hostess. Bishop A Wallace Co. baa sold three .eight-foot binders to John, Frank and Joe Neulsch. Jack Thurston has gone down to Millard to do several months' work for the Beaver Land k Water Co. . t Mrs. Thurston wU Join him next week. . Preaching and communion service will be held at the chapel next Sunday Sun-day at II o'clock. Preaching by Rev Hamilton. Sunday school at l o'clock. Everybody welcome. Go to A. Miller's for a'l kinds of t'n work. Price reanmable. Norman Lambert hss gone back to his old home In lino's, but we prophecy proph-ecy that the West has such attractions attrac-tions of climate, scenery and young ladle that Norman will be back with the blue birds In the spring. Mrs. Wsgner of Lynn. sj-ent last Sunday la Delta with Miss Kelly Miss Kelley la giving her lessons la swimming. George D- Shipley Is going to have on of the most attractive houses oa |
