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Show ner. The operetta la full of melody, with enough comedy to be entertaining entertain-ing and the performers had evidently been well drilled. The part of Sylvia was taken by Geneva Robinson. Her acting was full of life, her speaking parts were clearly given and her solo, "My Sailor Ud," was the best number num-ber rendered. Amateurs should remember re-member that while their voices may be easily heard at a rehearsal, it Is much more difficult to hear and understand under-stand what they say in a large hall,' eKpeclally behind the wings of a stage.! The principal comedy part was taken by Ward Moody, who, as Prince Tob. bytom, the man of consequence was well made up for the part and carried It off with the ease of a professional. Miss Norma Damron furnished the piano score In a very proficient manner. man-ner. ' V The Delta Friendly Women will meet at the Union Chapel this Thus-day Thus-day afternoon. Mrs. Tozer will act as hostess. Among the new arrivals in West Delta that expect to grow up with the country Is a baby girl at the home of Wm. Elszele. Mother and baby doing nicely. L. Anderson of California, who owns 200 acres of land near the townsite expects ex-pects to come out soon with a car of goods, stock and Implements to begin work on his farm. K;. If. Hlbbard, who owns land on the, west side, will bring his outfit at the same time. A good many farmers on the west side are clearing off their land and the fires of burning brush are seen In that section every night ' A. ii. Walling la among the late arrivals. ar-rivals. He comes from Iowa and brought with blm a car of goods and an automobile and la going to put hla land under cultivation this summer. One son came with him and the rest of the family will come when school Is out Mr. Walling baa been In the merchandising business for 33 years and sold out laM January to come west and go to farming. He ha nothing to learn about farming, at leaat, and the same qualities that give success in any other business will make a man a successful farmer. One of the first men Mr. Walling met advised him to take bis money and get out of the country, as it was no good. Mr. Walling Wall-ing la able to use his eyes and his Judgment and decided that the country is good enough for him. The only trouble with It Is some of the people. Dishop & Wallace have been getting In a fine line of harness from heavy double harness, chain and leather to light single harness. You can't buy them any cheaper In Salt Lake than they are offering them for. Advantage should be taken of this fine weather and before the farmers get busy to do a little work on the streets. We are certain many of them would be wiling to contribute a dJy's work hauling gravel or filling up the ruts. We will probably have a wet spring and then the streets will be in a still worse condition. There ought to be enough money and public spirit to have the weeds cut along the streets and ditches at least. It creates a poor Impression of the town in the minds of the new comers. John Chldester died at his home In Delta last Sunday evening. He has been truobled with leakage of the heart for several years and finally sue-combed sue-combed to the disease. His funeral occurred on Wednesday afternoon and , was largely attended He waa 36 years of age and had resided In Delta nearly ' four years. He leaves a wife and three young children to mourn his untimely death. i Peter L. Brunsoa and his son were : over from Fillmore this week looking after a car of marble monuments and 1 tombstones for his business. Since ' Mr. Branson has been established In J business In Fillmore he has put up , over 4.f0 worth of stone at the county seat and many In the adjoining i towas. He Imports the finished stones i from the east and- does the lettering md makes the stone base plecea in bis 1 rard in Fillmore. If be could get ( rnougii orders on the west aide be , sould entablUh a yard In Delta. The impl- of Mr. firunson s work we have i teen In Fillmore are as artistic as one I rould see anywhere. ' i IN AND AROUND DETA lb Week's News from tie Cessj UrtrtpsEs The Delta State Dank opened for business on Monday, with Mr. Frank Ileckwlth as cashier. They made a good start the first day as the deposit amounted to (6000. They havo n largo olflce In the Kelly building furnished fur-nished with a Marvin & Hall burglar proof Bare, and other modern eqtt'p-ment eqtt'p-ment The bank will undoubted!y do a good business and It will be quite a convenience for Delta. Quite a number of the stockholders of the Abraham Irrigation company went up to Salt Lake last week to attend at-tend the annual board meeting of the company. They succeeded In getting a majority of the board of directors from Abraham. Mrs. I-Yank Copenlng was down from Provo for a few days last week. Mr. Copenlng, who has been relieving H. F. Aller at the depot during his visit east, was relieved of his duties and returned to Provo with Mrs. Cop- ning for a few days. There was a dance at the brick school house on the west side last Frl-, Frl-, day, which waa an enjoyable affair. We notice quite an improvement in the Prgress-Review since Brother Smith took bold of It. It now has considerable con-siderable county newa. J. W. Smith, of the Valley Land Orchard Co., has Just hauled in 1100 posts and is preparing to fence In 800 acres of hla big farm. He has also graded a road on the bank of the canal from the headgate to the Hlnck. ley road, so travelers can get through without crossing his farm. He Is going go-ing to make quite a boulevard of It as be has planted a quantity of yel- .... low and timber willows along his ditch bank south of the road. Mr. Smith put In 200 acre of wheat last fall and will this spring plant 150 acres In barley, 100 In wheat and 50 In apeltx. Next summer there will be fields of grain where a year ago there wan only brush. Some of you new settlers will probably prob-ably be needing bels, mattresses and springs to give you comfortable sleep after your hard days' work. Miller has them for sale cheap. Rear of drug tore. Dr. E. Smith, of Beaver, who has been in Delta for the past two weeks, " "will remain for another week. Those wanting dental work done in a thoroughly thor-oughly satisfactory manner will find him at the Kelly Hotel. Dr. Smith expects to make a visit to the other aettlements In the county soon. Win Walker has lost his dog and in disconsolate. It Is a three-months'-old female pup, white with a black face, and black spot on right side. The finder will please phone W, R. Walker, Wal-ker, West Delta. Jack Sly Is rejoicing over the nr-- nr-- rival at hi home of a fine baby girl, the first girl to follow three boys. Jack thinks there never was quite so dear a baby as this one. Some sneak thief entered the premiums prem-iums of Bob Whicker and stole a five-gallon five-gallon can of oil and badly frlghl?ned Mrs. Whicker. Bob says there ' en-other en-other can there for him, and Invites the thief to call around and get It aUo. But he will get a warm reception f'om a shotgun. Attorney Melville came down from Salt Lake on Monday to look alter business. Next week he goes over to Fillmore to attend district court Don't forget the character ball to be given Friday evening for the benefit of the choir. It la hoped that everyone every-one will take some character and a committee has been appointed to advise ad-vise with those who desire to select aome costume so that there may not be two or more characters of the same kind. The next. event after this will be the red. white and blue ball given by the public school teachers on the 21 t In honor of George Wahlngton's birthday. birth-day. The teachers are making evy effort to have this an enjoyable affair and appropriate to the day It celebrates. cele-brates. A large crowd enjoyed themselves kating at MarsoM ha'.l last Saturday Tbe Millard Academy choir present d the operetta of "Sylvia- to a fait siied and appreciative audience at th Amusement ball last Friday evening While the stage and scenery wen hardly such as to do Justice to tb performance, the performers acquitted themselves ia a very creditable man |