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Show SCIPIO. lean Peterson, Chronicle Representative. Represen-tative. We have had excellent spring leather the last w.M; and peopie ave been working Inthe fields p rearing re-aring the land and planting spring rops. We have hopes this year of an ex-ellent ex-ellent crop, as the rainfall so far as been very favorable something ke seven inches having fallen since ic first of the year. Miss Margie Robins has returned otll a two weeks' visit In Fillmore 1th relatives and friends. The Relief Society celebrated their nnual day last Friday afternoon, with n excellent program and lunch, and t night by a dance at w hlch the ladies id the big stunt by choosing, and "in all appearances they did Justice I themselves and the boys, as ull ere apparently ready to go home at le usual hour. Many boys were al-i al-i st unable to drag themeves along oni the way the girls fiad treated lem. However, we invite the girls i do the ame thing over again, at j to earliest possible date. Saturday was a big day for Scipio 1 t three o'clock nearly all the nu n id boya of the town and a large iinlier of ladies assembled at the iblic square to watch a baseball const con-st between the single and married en of the town. After a holly rn-sted rn-sted game of nine Inning the single en came out victorious by score 32 to 19. They made 13 tallies In e last Inning, which gave them the rtory. Until the ninth Inning thei ore had been about even moot of ! time the married men being In lead. 1 Following the baseball game a has ket ball contest was entered by tie-smgle tie-smgle niul mrrrl.-d men. In 'bin 'he married men came out victorious b two points, the score being IS to H In I heir fnvo:. Saturday owning the sec m-' of a seiit-s of delt; t"S iilliler the auspices i.f the Mutual hiipiowin.'itt Assocla Hon was held. The question R, solved, That the United States Shoi.td-Adopt Shoi.td-Adopt a Reciprocity Treaty Vi h Canada." The affirmative was li:-ported li:-ported by James Memmott and IK-an F. Peterson, th.- negative by Reed Matthews and Marvin Hatch. The-decision of the three Judges was unanimous unani-mous in favor of the affirmative side, the decisions being handed In with out consultation. Our district schools had the pleas ure of listening to speech' Monday from the Indian War Veterans. All the history of the early Indian wars and history of this section of the coun try were touched upon. The talks were not only Interesting but Instruc live to the students, giving all a good Idea of the KufTeriiiKs and hardships of the founders of this great region. Mrs. John of Provo (s visiting In Scipio and will probably remain here a month or so with her father, Daniel Thompson, and other relatives. Our telephone system Is now nearly completed, and we are able to do a great deal of our talking without wasting wast-ing valuable time running on foot or horseback from one cud of the town to the other. Henceforth the profanity ordinanr-of ordinanr-of th- town and also of the state will probably lie enforced to a greater extent ex-tent than in the past, so some of the fellow who are In the habit of thlcMv sprinkling their talk with profanii will have to tie little more moderat -. In that respect I |