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Show NEWS NOTES OF SCIPIO I'ioncer Day was celebrated In a most titling manner here. One of the most. Interesting happenings was a speech and souk given by Mrs. Annie Itrown. She related somo of the experiences ex-periences the early settlers of Ctah passed througli. Mrs. ilron was one of the I'lonccrs and will be 111 yeai old her next birthday. All kinds of spoils were pulled off In t he atteriioon ami a fciand bull was given at night. Most of the day on the 25th was Hiwiit In horse racing. Sclplo thinks k lias ubout the fastest horse In the couuiy. It Tied to match a race wlrh the latarolngton horse but was unable to do so. The owner of the horse Is Mr. Quarnberg. The Sclplo Irrigation Co. ha had a machine driving some test, 'Wella up by its reservoir and has met with fairly good success. There Is some talk ot having the water piped from there to town and h water system Installed We Iiom- It will not all be talk, but will be pushed througli. Harvesting has begun here. There are two headers anil a large number ot binders at 'work every day. Sclplo is lining to have more grain this tall than we have had for a long time. Mr. llen.'y Thompson was a Sclpio visitor last week. Mr. Thompson was at one time a reslJvat of this place, bui now lives In f 'l.i in City. There are a number of our people on the sick .list at present. They are Itrother Daniel Thompson, William Koblns, II. II. Johnson, Jr., Mrs. Christopher NieUoti aud Mrs. Carl Itrown. Miss Itertha Maniuardsoti Is down I rom Salt Dake City visiting her old home tiMii. She Is staying at the Miller Mil-ler hotel. Miss Myra Mutin lias returned home fronr attending summer school in Silt Lake CHy. Vincent llansccu came up from Delta to spend the -l:h aud returned on the 2tith. hYank Fisher has returned home I lorn Delta where he lias been working. work-ing. O. L. Thompson and Misses Ulliaii Thompson and Vera Monroe went to Kanotth last Saturday. Urother Thompson Thomp-son w ent to in tend Priest hood meeting meet-ing and Mr. Win. Ilro.idlleld aud family have relumed from Descrct. They attended :he lllack reunion there July 2".lh andi 2Hth. A heavy rainstorm Hwpt over the Miuih end of the valley Sunday after-noon after-noon and tent unite a heavy Hood down the main canal. No very r-1 lious damage was done. I '1 he Chronicle representative irmu! Oak City came over I lit Suud ay. lie I Is si nying; a: the Deseret N agent' j orTire here lie will no doubt have i quire a budget of news If 'w tells all j tiiat happens dining his stay. . Miss Veinieti Meiiimott has re'iwtiedj irom a visit to Oak City. j |