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Show well provided with schools. A school will be built by the Oasis district on the south tract. All of them will be In operation this fall. The postponed meeting of the Melville Mel-ville Irrigation Company will be held on Saturday and a full attendance Is requested. Postmaster lllshop has put In a substantial sub-stantial bridge across the ditch In front of the office and Is entitled to (Mat vote of thanks.. Cass Lewis Is also putting a number of new head-Elites head-Elites In the ditches and thanks are due there. Thin section was visited by heavy rains on Monday and Tuesday which have laid the dust and materially cooled the atmosphere. Pattou llroa, have been busy the past week with their new header, us t i n n grain for the farmers in tills vicinity. Their Held of rye a tulle1 west of town which they cut on Tuesday Tues-day 'was the best rye we have sec anywhere. The grain was chin high and stood very thick. As fine fields of (train are to be seen around Delta this season as will be found In any country. coun-try. Wherever the land has been well leveled, tlie planting done early and then well watered there are abundant crops. No man can make the good Inruier believe that this country Isn't all light. In a week or two the Chronicle Chron-icle hopes to have illustrations of some of these good looking farms. Let the editor know and he will go out and take a picture of your farm, stock or building. Tlie hay crop Is generally better this season than last, and hay Is now selling sell-ing for $12 per ton In the. stack. If any such a tin m her of new settlers Home In next spring as did last hay will be in big demand at a high figure. IN AND AROUND DELTA He Week's News from the Cominf Metropolis The big new hall of the Delta Mercantile Mer-cantile & Implement Co. was christened chris-tened on Monday of last week by one of the biggest dances ever held In Delta. Tlie building Is UMxIlti feet and the dancing floor of hard maple Is .MixilO feet During the last week the floor has been undergoing a smoothing nnd polishing process which will make It Ideal for dancing purposes. It la the In en; toii of the company to make it a skating link as well as an amusement amuse-ment hall, and about 12." roller skates will soon be on hand aud a new form of amusement will be provided for the young people. The prize for the most appropriate name went to Mrs, II. U. Ottley, whose choice of Marsoni Hall b Woth novel and auggeative. Last Friday Claude Hardly, the three yeir old poii of John Hardly, had a narrow nar-row escape from drowning. He fell Into a hole in tlie canal north of Cass Lewis' through the bank caving away. The little fellow was struggling helplessly help-lessly in tlie water when David, the seven year old son of S. 1. Jacobs, Jumped In to rescue his companion. Tlie drowning boy wart too heavy for the little hero to lift him out, so he rolled him up on the bank, from which his mot her rescued him. David took It quite as a matter of course, but most boys ot bis age would luve run away for help.' Little Claud was unconscious when taken out, but was soon all light. Tin? editor has been over on the west aide taking pictures and making notes of some of the line crops over there and w ill shortly have some Ilium rations ra-tions showing what can be raised over there. Delta celebrated Pioneer Day last week, and while It was not a big affair, af-fair, It provided entertainment for those who could not go to Deseret. There was a parade consisting of two floats drawn by the big Knmley engine and containing a line showing of Utah's best crop. There were also good representations of pioneer out-llts, out-llts, hand cart brigade, Indians and an old fashioned stage coach. Alter the parade the company adjourned to the hall where an interesting program was rendered lieside vocal ami, In- . truiniit':!wviM-u-blt, ' Jf-iik'.nf. .t.tr,.t, l.ieie in eio quent (nation by James A. FaiiBt, a wpeecli by K. L. Abbott, an address by I'tah, a pioneer poem by N. H. Dresser, a pioneer song by A. A. Workman, an Indian talk by Chief Kanosh and an Indian dame by Chief Vandevantcr. On both Wednesday and Thursday nights there were big dances for whl'jh Jenkins orchestra furnished excellent ex-cellent music. Jenkins Pros.' new cement block building Is completed and they expect to open up next week with a full line of general merchandise. Frank .McDowell, who has been wiih Dr. Stockh am In the hotel, bought a ticket for Tintlc last Sunday night nnd pulled out without letting anyone know about It. He also forgot to make any settlement wi;h Dr. Stockhatn for the receipts from the dining room and hotel for tlie past two months that he has been In charge. The doctor found out he had flown about fifteen minutes after the train b-lt, aud telegraphe! to Lynn nnd had McDcwell arrested on the arrival of the train. No charge could he made that would bold him and he had to be turned loose. How much be got aay willi i he doctor can't tell, lint It was t-evcral hundred dollars. He took all the receipts and made no accounting. ac-counting. He hi ems to be a smooth crook and hotelkeepers aliould be on tho watch for him. Miss Nora Styier left this week for Calii tit". ,Vss Styier will be missed by every patron ol the Stockhatn hotel and probably some of the young men will be qulie heartbroken She was one of the most amiable and obliging gills that ever waited on hungry patrons. pat-rons. May good luck a't nd her Is tlie wish of her many friends. Klsewhere will be lound the announcement an-nouncement o! W. C. Payne as a candidate can-didate for the nomination of sheriff ol Millard County on the Republican ticket. Whlie we have no extended ac-quain ac-quain anie wl'h Mr. Payne we know he has an excellent reputation an I his nd isement by Mr. Calllster shows tiie reputation he bears umo:.g those who know him well and long. Geo. I!. ireenood ot Millard also announces himself as candidate, for district Judge. Mr. Greenwood Is an attorney of ability abil-ity who has practiced in this county with success and has many friends who would be glad to Bee b i III elected. The Carey Act Water I'sers Association Associa-tion o! the sou:h tract hell their election elec-tion ldst .'a:urday and put In Geo lleech as president, J. Fooni as vice, I-o Thurston, secretary, Kd Piersoti. treasurer and William lloff. F II. John-on and U. Kdwards executive execu-tive commiMee. The association lias thirty members, luin adopted oompte hensive by-laws and will meet the ond Saturdiy of each month. They will undoubtedly be able to accomplisn much gool for the fanners In that iic-Hon. iic-Hon. The Iwlta Company has given three hit on the town-Ke tr a school In tiiat section. Fred Itock has given an acre from his farm for another school there and there will b another school near Moultonx ao the - side will lie |