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Show the party were President Joseph : F. Smith, George Komney, Melville D. Well, Francis 1). Lyman. W. W. RH-ter, RH-ter, Monet C. Davis, Joseph Richard, Geo. OdeU and D. P. Collett. The party u In charge of J. H. Mande,r-field, Mande,r-field, which meana that They were well looked after. They went north oa a special. The program committee for the 4th have not got their program quite ready for publication, but the principal event have been settled on. At ten o'clock there will ibe a parade with a band, floats and other attraction. The pa rade will be followed by patriotic ex erelses, muaic, speeches, etc In the afternoon there will be spirts, o horse race, a motorcycle rlice and baeball. A bur neighbor Ve )o have a celebration on the was decided to have the moy ant of the race on the G' There will alo be baseba J those day, but the sche yet been arranged. Five V probably enter. Fred C. Graham of the Uta oi!inent league I to vlHit ever In the state to organize comtncteT club, revive dead one and show how their efficiency can be increased. ' It look a If Delta would be a good town for him to visit. Hinckley ha put up a pur ho, of f 1 'K for a baseball game on the 4th and the Delta team I going down and try to win ft. It I expected that the Deuel Deu-el et, Sclpio and Fillmore team w'.ll also be on hand. The game will take place in the forenoon and It la hoped one game can e played here in the afternoon and then other game on the 5th and Cth. Since Manager Chiltier took hold he ha been trying out some new men and he believe he bag a Hi l ong team. ' Mi Evelyn Dresner, daughter f the editor, came down from Salt Ik'' thin morning for a short vialt. f a editor exjiect to take her on a "-e-Ing" tour around Delta and will n'.tu InUe her oer n the .it. ild liu'SsV her stay. IN AND AROUND DELTA lla Week's News from tie Coming Metropolis A. L. Prltchett and family are among the recent arrivals in Delta. Mr. Prltchett comes from Los Angeles and has 100 acres ou the west side which he propose sto cunvert Into a profitable profit-able farm. He ha begun the construction construc-tion of a modern bungalow on his place, and the family I provided with an automobile and two motorcycles to travel around the country when the roads are not Hooded. One of the five bridges the Delta Company promised a month ag to put In has been built and at the rate they are proceeding the others will not be built before harvest. One man and two boys Is all the force the company ha at work and a there are Innumerable Innum-erable checks to build, head gate to put In and syphons to keep in order work proceed very slowly. Just why the company don't employ enough men to do the work needed we can't understand. The lack of bridges Is a great source of luconveuiece and annoyance an-noyance to the settlers, and If Manager Man-ager Snow should hear the curse loud and deep that go up Imiii farmer stuck In the canal or forced to go aix mile around to get half a mile across be would get busy. Agent McNay, who has had charge of the station at iHilta, has been transferred trans-ferred to Spanish Fork and H. F. Aller, formerly of I'loche, has taken charge here. The night man, Mr. Young, remains re-mains here. The position of post-luaHer post-luaHer and station agent are hard ones to fill. They are blamed for all borts of delays and short-comings for which they are not responsible, and are brought Into ejntact with every kind of a crank. The agent who can smile good naturedly when a customer calls hi in a liar or can jolly Into good humor a cuslomer who wants to lick him, I the agent who I pretty sure t) work Into a good Job. We can all be good natured when everything runs Hiuootb, but the man who can keep good nature J w hen work plies up and customers set sassy Is an exception, but he Is the one who will win out, both for himself and hi employers. Owing to the d ings at Delta on the 4:h, 5th and fith the rtgular meeting of the Water I'sers Association will be held on Monday, July Sth, at A. A. Ackerman's. It I hoped that there will be a large attendance as plan for the proposed Fanners' Association will be submitted and dlscused. Everybody Every-body come out anJ be prepared to make suggestions. It Is very desirable that the association get in operation In time to handle the farmers' grain and alfalfa seed this fall. Three days of disagreeable wind and dust ended on Monday with a heavy rain storm that brought sitlsfaction to everyone. "These winds are the most disagreeable leature of this country, coun-try, but when we have cultivated fields and tree lined roads and farms Instead of dry and dusty brush land there will be a big change, and the way the country Is settling up It will not be many years before this condition exists. ex-ists. The Delta baseball team met the Hinckley team on their ground last Saturday and was beaten by a score of ten to Ave. The boys are loud in their prjise of the way they were treated by the Hinckley people. They did everything they could to make their visit a pleasant one. They hope to make a better showing when they meet the Hinckley team here next Saturday. II. II. Iloldredge has nearly completed com-pleted a new house on the farm be recently re-cently purchased from W, Moulton. Ren Sampson has just purchased J. O. Quill's 40 acre farm about four miles southeast of I)elta, with the Itrowlng crops. Dr. Stock ham took a trip to PKche last week and reports things looking well. Nearly very one over at Abraham Is cutting their alfalfa, and It Is reported re-ported a Utile better than last year. There are over 1.000 acres to cut this year. It Is selling for from to 110 per ton. Mrs. Marshall F. Sharp and on of Omaha are visiting Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Illckmin at Abraham. George S'tttupson will leave the 11th of aext month on a mission to the Southern States O n Mondsy the 1st his relative wli give a party in h! honor at the home of J. P. Sampson, and in the evening they will give a dance in Amusement Hall to which all his friends are Invited. Good music will be ptMvlded. Mrs. R. J. Law's mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. W. U. Iluckley, and her sister, Mrs. Clia.' R. Woodbury of Reaver, spent several days In Delta the past week. Notices are out for the school election elec-tion to be held at Hinckley In the afternoon of July 8th. We understand that Mr. Rlgby does not want to be elected again, and m far we have heard no one mentioned as bis successor. suc-cessor. Pick out some public-spirited man who has time enough to devote to the business. We expected that some provision would be made for voting en the question of consolidation of school districts. We understand the commissioners com-missioners do not want to act on the question until the Voters have expressed ex-pressed their wishes anil this would be a good opportunity to do so. Watch for Law's announcement of hi special sale of light summer underwear un-derwear the week after the Fourth. He has some special prices and announcements an-nouncements In his new aJ this week that should prove Interesting reading to the ladies. Wm. Hoff left this week for California Cali-fornia to return next week with his thirteen-year-old son, who i Just through school. Hud Calloway returned from a week's visit txi Milford on Monday and say Deha Is good enough for bim. Will Van Devanter Is busy completing complet-ing hi cement 'block building on Clark street which will be 25x32 feet In size and one-story high. We haven't been able to discover Just w hy he has put doors and windows in the walls of his cellar, unless to provide pro-vide easy access to the sewer or to his neighbor's cellars. a. W. Eccles new cement building Is completed except the Interior finish, fin-ish, and the room In the rear Is ready for occupancy. We also note that Mr. Ecclea has received some or his machinery ma-chinery for candy and ice cream manufacturing, man-ufacturing, and he will be ready for business In a few weeks. Oerald, Genevieve and Eiolse, children chil-dren of ('has. McClain, tume down with their father from Salt Luke Tues day morning and expect lo spend a few weeks down here getting af (juainted with the country and having a good time generally. Mrs. N. It. Robinson has Joined her hticbanJ at Delta. They are Troiu Los Ange'es, and Mr Robinson ha forty at res went of ibe Desetet reservoir, Abich be Is watering by means of a gasoline engine. If you want to see something nice cull on Mrs. Wlnterrose and look at her ladies' dress pattern In silk, poplin pop-lin and linen. ' Mr. and Mrs. P. F. Savage of Coyote,' Garfield County, have been with Mrs. Wavage' mother, Mrs. Helen McCul-lough. McCul-lough. Cbrk McCullough I wearing one of hi fatuous grins, being due to the fact that his wife ha presented him w hh a ba.by boy. . Now I the time to get your fruit can, and Ilishop tt Wallace have them. They have the celebrated economy Jars, also a stock or rubber and covers. Their Jelly Jars are some-thing some-thing new and can be utill.ed as regular regu-lar tumbler as well as putting away frutt. We have hearl the name of N. 8. llifbop mentioned as Delta's new tii's ee. It would be a good selection as Mr. Ilishop Is one of our most pub-lie pub-lie spirited citizen, knows the need of our school and has time to devott to the office. Too many of our publir officers have so much of their own business to look after that they can't d( vore as much time to public matters ai they would wish. Marcus DeLoss Patten ba returned with bis bride, formerly Miss Rhoda Huber, from Salt Lke, where they were married on the ?th. Their many friends wish them long life and happiness. happi-ness. Delta had stne prominent visitor Tuesday. The party comprised 23 persons, per-sons, mostly officers of the Consolidated Consoli-dated Wagon & Machinery Co. Tbey were taking a trip to I ok at the country between Salt Iake and Mil ford. They arrived at Oasis early lo the morning and were driven to Des eret and Hinckley and then around through the west side to Deha. leaving leav-ing here about noon for points north. Every one expressed himself as well pleased with the proscts around here. The company expects to put up a large warehouse here, but the matter will not be decided until the rext meeting of the directors. Among |