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Show ami Indication are that they will raise a bin crop tn t si'on. Tha east side of Millard Count jr IH receive a Mg boost next year If all tha dry land planted thla fall turna out a fair sited crop. A sur-reasful season mean prosperity pros-perity for thou here and big Influi of new money and people. A su?ressful (top will moan that here today only about 3otM) acres of dry lund la cultivated there will be not It-Ki than lO.oiio. Thla will create a demand for labor, will make money morn plentiful, will re mi It in more btiNltii'Ha houses being established, will add greatly to the valu of land, and within a few years the whole country from the Sevier bridge to the Heaver County lino wilt be dotted with productive pro-ductive furnia. Half way between Fillmore and Holder) Hol-der) a city of tents was to be aeen last week. At first glance it looked aa If quite a town had sprung up over night In the doner!, but on (loner Investlga-tlon Investlga-tlon It proved to be the road graders camp. They have been working on the new atate road. Mr. Hennett, the road supervisor, stated that about all the money appropriated had been expended ex-pended and that work would be discontinued dis-continued on Monday. A good grade road has been established from Oala to the Springs. A force waa also put on at Holden which worked South with the expectation of getting a little more than half way to Fillmore before the lay off. Work will be resumed next year, after another appropriation has been made. ALLTHE NEWS OFBilLMORF. Wltat the tditor cavforralled ia bis Weekly RounXp of the Town John K. Vllker received word laxt Frld.ty of death of bis mother, a resident one of the eastern states. She wlf a very aged lady and death waa rit unexpected. Otif' night during the holidays the High School Dramatic Co. will present a very live entertainment In the way of a drama, entitled "College Chums." A very elaborate ChrlHtmas program Is In course of preparation by the district schools, to be presented the Friday evening preceding ClirlHttnus. Cans Lewis, deputy sheriff, was among those doing business at the county seat Tuesday, W. II. Itoblsoti of Uutten, was In the city Tuesday. Assessor Stott of Meadow, was transacting buslnesa here Tuesday. We all get Into trouble some time, which one of our old time citizens will testify to, as his time came Monday when he cussed some and struck an officer a couple of times, and said officer of-ficer arrested him for using ungentle-manly ungentle-manly language on the street. The officer In return struck him with a gun. The trouble caused a big crowd to gather, and a brother got the old-timer old-timer to go home, with a promise to the officer that he would come down the next day and plead guilty to disturbing dis-turbing the peace. Geo. Hanson came down from the north Monday to Investigate the shooting shoot-ing of bis brother, Frank. Charlie Smith waa here doing business busi-ness Tuesday and visiting his relatives. rela-tives. The Fillmore dairy closed down Monday on account of an accident to the boiler, but waa repaired Monday night, and It Is again running at full capacity. From the very best of authority the Chronicle learns that both F. E. Hanson Han-son and Page Vestal are telling some very damaging stories against each other, concerning past fires and fires that had been planned for the future. Vestal upon being asked for an affidavit affi-davit on his story refused to make one at this time, stating be would tell all he knew on the witness stand If he got the chance. County Commissioners were In session ses-sion Tuesday. There Is always a big roar from Chronicle subscribers whenever the paper Is a day of two late, which doesn't happen very often. We know some papers that their readers would not know or care whether It was a day or a week or a month late, for there's nothing In It when It does come. The Chronicle evidently Is not that kind of a paper. Had we received the delinquent de-linquent list last week the same day our esteemed contemporary did, the Chronicle would have been on time as It has recently been discovered that Fillmore has quite a poet. The poet's wife recently went to Salt Lake on a visit and stayed longer than she ex-petted. ex-petted. Slie wrote home asking him bow be was getting along and in reply received the following: To the dairy I go with an old loaf of bread. As dry as a bone, and as heavy aa lead. For dinner I take It and soak It In whey. And make this old meal do me for the day. Upon receipt of this the wife took the first train for home and discovered discov-ered that her hubby bad left the bread uncovered during her absence. At the home of Orantley Holbrook Saturday night one of the children knocked over a lighted lamp, but by quick action on the part of thoae In the bouse the fire was extinguished, but not before some $65 damages had been done; the home was Insured. Mrs. Reynolds of Salt Lake, who left Sunday for her home, after a visit here with her sister, Mrs. Nephl Anderson, was taken down with typhoid ty-phoid fever upon her arrival home, according ac-cording to a telephone message received re-ceived Tuesdiy. . W. R. Walker, the Chronicle wideawake wide-awake representative at Oak City, with "Jed" Watts and Brig Clark of I-am-ington were doing business In Fillmore last Thursday and made a pleasant call at this office. For the next week or so Mr Walker will hustle for the New Year's edition of the Chronicle. We hope the business men. commercial commer-cial clubs and progressive farmers will come to the front both financially and with such Information as will make the big edition a valuable one. J. II. Small, P. M. Payne and the Chronicle representative took a spin last week over to Ho'.den In one of ' Studebaker's fine buggies, and behind Small's natty little team. After doing some buslnesa at Holden the party drove two and a half miles north to the dry farma of Small. Payne and Wade. The boys have some of the bet looking dry grain In the county. |