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Show tin soda fountain and 'If you waut something new In that line call for a Delta alfalfa stimulator. We know :!n baker la all right for we have tiled Koiue. of hla bread and mince pie und can -testify that none better can be found anywhere. Delta will send flulte a number of visitors jo the county fair and Home exhibits, ("ana Lewis gays that If uuybody beats him on chicken they niut have someTTiitig better than any be has yet seen. N. 3. Bishop itakes over a driving team and hla Clyds-dale Clyds-dale mares, A fine oak dresser, bevel plate mirror, mir-ror, only $12, at A. Mlljer'a furniture store. - Chorister. J. Aver Illshop entertained enter-tained the. members of the choir at his home 'last Thursday evening. The occasion was a very enjoyable one for ail The company waa entertained wlii mimic, and during the evening refreuhmenta of watermelon and peaches were aerved. A committee consisting of L. E. Johnson, M. M. Rfapley, Martha Hennett and Geneva Markhatn was appointed to entertain the choir the first Thursday in October. Oc-tober. The parties who were to give a moving picture show In Delta on Monday and Tuesday had their team fall them and did not show up. IN AND AROUND DELTA Tit Week's News from the Coming Metropolis mmmmmm The fall term of ithe Helta public s(i,o.l will begin next Monday. Will-lain Will-lain Gardner has been engaged as principal with Mrs. Gardner and Millie Workman m teachers. The attendance attend-ance will hardly he as large this year as last on account of ihe new school 0.1 the west aud south tracts. The contract for the new school house on the west side has ben let. 11 G. Ot'.ley has the contract for the w mid work. The brick for the building build-ing has been bought and delivered on the ground and the board will have the brick laying done by days labor. The! new school bullilng will be 24x36 and will be located near M. U Abbotts. Mrs. Joseph L. Jones on the West side Is reported quite 111 with pneumonia. pneu-monia. Manager J. 11. llaker of the Maker Lumber Co, visited Delta and Oasis , this week ; Mrs. Rod McDonald has returned return-ed trom a month's visit In San Fran-cisin. Fran-cisin. Harvey Snow who has been in the IMu Company's office has. gone to Salt . Iike to. attend the University. 11" is undecided whether to study for a Doctor of La' or aDoctor of Dlvin-Ity. Dlvin-Ity. J. W. Kvatis and K.'G. Thomas of I -o Angeles were In India the past week to See how their crops were coining on. They have lan I on the West side and are In the tea! estate b'iisiiii fh in Los Angeles. They think this country is alright. A. Fell am, ' a brother of J. M. Hcharu, came out from Galesburg, 111. to see bis brother md to look around the coin try, ,- A btMvy rain storm vit,ited the af-j lev t?l-, fanday right and !.'. I .'or! " ""'rfjrtTufitVenliouixit'wVi'VeVySeT-come ""'rfjrtTufitVenliouixit'wVi'VeVySeT-come as Ciedtist was very had. The sun ra.iie out on Tuesday and In a day or to the roa Is wilt be dry and in a Kood deal better condition. The storm brought snow on the mountain tops. There was a slight frost in this section sec-tion the past week but not sufflcii nt to do any serious dimage. Alfalfa sei d was not far enough advanced to he Injured There was a fairly tr tended dance on Tuesday night lor the benefit of some of the Mexican refugees. The Ind'a Mercantile a" I Implement Imple-ment Co is offering a prize or a $."i00 p.ano to whichever one of their customers cus-tomers is lucky enough to draw the right number. With every $1 no cash purchase the ftis otiii r gets a ticket entitling Mm to a chance on the piano. It is a handsome Instrument and ought to hi' quite an Inducement for buyers to spend their cash with this popular house. Wm Crltchley of Fillmore Is doing the brik sork onvJas. Kelly's new store building on Clark street. Mr. 1 Crltchley is a first class worsman and 1 has a number of jobs to do when this ' is finished. I It. J L.va's cement block building t is going up rapidly and will be quite an aldltion to Clark s'reet. F.lse- 1 where Mr. Law advertises his big re- I moval sale. From the price he quotes ( this is evidently a genuine bargain 1 sle. liisliiqi tc Wallace have decided to 1 wait till spring to put up their cement block building and v. Ill build a frame audition to their present building to ( ' accommodate their stock of goods which Is lui'growlng their present quarters They have Just, receivel a i stock, of hea'ers, ranges and cook it StoW K J 1 Some one hr ike into tiie living' ' rooms in the reir of the eh.iMi after j( Rev. Mr. Rutt left nt.d stole a quantity '' of provisions acd other g.snls Any g one who will break Into a church and steal Is pretty low In the scale of de- d leticy There Is a very strong sus- piclori of who the guilty party is and b If they want to escape arrest It would be well to return the Stolen goods. ; The opening of the iN-lta Hiker) !i and Delicatessen store last Saturdiy fi afternoon was a great success. Visitors Visit-ors were s-rvel with lemonade, rake ti and candy and admired the nesly de 0 i orated room and the handsome d!s t, play of bakery goods and confection- (' ry Rend the usual line of confect it ionery there wjs some delicious a home made candy In th mskine 1 blrh Mrs January seems to be an d adept Miss Geigioy i an ejrt at li |