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Show post office. The heavy wagon struck one corner of the building and knocked a few boards off and were stopped near Clark street without being hurt In any way. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Hunker have a baby girl which waa born Sunday. The Interest periods for savings accounts ac-counts with the Delta State Hank are October 1st and April 1st; those who have savings accounts with the bank should present their booka now at any time and have the Interest added to the Bccount. As will be seen by a notice elsewhere else-where the Eccles Co-op. Mercantile Co. baa purchased the atock, store and land of the Bishop k Wallace Co. Mr. Kccles Intends to stock It up a tittle more and continue it aa the moHt complete hardware store In the county. The editor was pitched out of Ma buggy last Sunday and as a result he has been laid up with a lame back, a stiff neck and a aore shoulder. Another change In business will probably be made this week. ' A big variety of post cards for all occasions for one cent each at the Delta Hakery. Co to Millers for atove boards. F. H. Mel, the big atock man who owns a farm just west of Delta, was down from Salt Lake laat week with J. Prlndle. a Michigan man who ex-pecta ex-pecta to invest down here. In speaking speak-ing of the state fair Mr. Mel says that I'tah has as fine lot of pure breo horses aa any atate In the Union. It has International jirize winners In Clydes, Itelglans, I'ercherons. Shires and Coach horses, lie thinks Millard County Is one of the best atock sections sec-tions to be found In the went. tlR'is oTa week AIID AROUND DELTA Record of & Important Event f Put SaTen Days in tb Newest Town. The Lad leu' Friendly Society met last Thursday with Mra. Ward. Several Sev-eral questions came before the dub and were fully discussed. The next meeting will be with Mr. Touser. All who have Dot voted within the last year but registered and voted two yeara ago mut register on Oct. 2'Jth or their vote will not be counted. Henry Harris of Kearney, Neb., who recently purchased land in West Delta waa In Delta looking after his land. James Wilklns Is plowing It for spring farming. Mr. and Mrs. Horace Crawford of Los Angeles, came In Monday with their stock snd household goods to make their home on the South Tract. Mr. James A. Melville returned Sunday after spending a few days In Salt Lake with bis family. When the noon train came Into Delta Sunday the platform was crowded with very merry, people. The center of attraction, though, wan Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Sorenson, who came toward the crowd, their feet keeping time with the pan. Tbey were welcomed wel-comed and congratulated by their friends amid a shower of rice and later escorted to the hotel. Mr. W. G. Emmet and family of Santa Anna, Cal., arrived Sunday with a car of household goods and eleven head of horsea. Mr. Tibbln also returned re-turned and with his wife who baa been , . In Delia several weeka they will Jive In West Delta. The South Tract people gave a merry mer-ry surprise pnrty for the Misses Florence Flor-ence and Myra Heck last Sunday evening. even-ing. The evening was spent playing games and having a general good time. Mr. Carl Eluier left Monday night for Richfield, Mr. Allison also left Monday for Salt Lake. A number of men went up Oak City Creek and on the hills looking for leer last week. They returned the first of the week with the news that they had had poor success, only catching catch-ing one small fawn. Another party went up Monday but haa not returned. Mr. Shepherd of Levan. who has been buying grain and shipping It to Los Angeles snd Salt Lake for the last three months, returned to his home Sunday evening. The chairs for the ward meeting tiouse came In last Thursday. They are pine pews and are handome In style and finish. They are a great addition ad-dition to the church. For lack of coal three threshing machines ma-chines were shut down last week. Two machines worked, but the majority of the grain was left until this week. Mrs. Sjerry and Mies Williams of Kaneavllle are visiting the Sftapley family. Mrs. Csss Lewis and daughter, Mrs. Taylor, came down Tuesday from the Yuba Dam. The railroad men who are putting op the fence along their right of way, while digging a hole for the post near the mile post south or town found a human skeleton about three feet beneath be-neath the surface or the ground. The ekull bones were still quite hard. Attorney Melville now has an office In Delta. His headquarters are In the Utah Live Stock and Real Estate Co. building. This week he will attend at-tend court In Fillmore and later go to Idaho ror a few days. Mrs. Jack Taylor was knocked over by a cross row last Saturday and Is quite 111 at her home Mr. Warfleld and son of Los Angeles csme In last week after proving up their land In West Delta, and returned to his home In I-o Angeles Sinday. W. Kccles Is building a new warehouse ware-house buck cf bis store In West Delta. Mr. Robert Jenkins Is bullJIng to his store an sd-J'tlon for the pout office room. Mi M l ie Workman, who has been teaching the third grade, went up to Stlt Lake lat week to teach the ret of the week. Mrs. Llrrle Chldester took her pupils. While standing In front of Steele's grsln store Monday. Ed Hunker's horses became frightened snd ran Btr They ran across the railroad and then across the lot toward the |