Show DELTA the delta amusement ballone ball hall one ol at the landmarks of 0 the town located west ot of the delta high school block was destroyed by ire fire about one 0 clock last saturday morning the origin ot of the ire fire Is unknown and it had made such headway before being discovered that it was impossible to combat the lames flames the building war wan erected some twenty years ago by tho the late ed marshall hyrum knight and andrew and since the time of 0 its construction has been the most popular dance hall and place ot at amusement in west millard state income taxpayers were busy tuesday and wednesday making out their returns and a great number sent in excuses in lieu ot at the dollar tiling filing tee fee and a good many others did not bother their heads to monkey mankey with it at all some had been reading about the legislature repealing the tiling filing tee fee and thought there was no do use to observe tile the notices they received A bunch ot of delta water users met in mercer hall wednesday night to see bee what they could do about getting water tor for their town lots the melville irrigation company has the water but it seems that some ten years or so ago that the company decided to give its ditches in the town to the town gratis of 0 course the town had no water but it if the irrigation company gave it the ditches the town might keep them cleaned so the company would not have to pay to have them cleaned and the town might levy assessments against the lots and hire a to look after the business for some reason the town tor for a few ew years undertook to look alter after the ditches paid tor for having them cleaned while the company continued to collect assessments from the individual holders of water stock but later on the town decided it had no interest in the ditches or water company and quit tooling with it so the meeting was to see if it might be possible to get the company to deliver the water to the dry spots in town A committee composed of 0 peter T black spencer 11 wright and arthur bunker was appointed to wait on the officers otti cers ot of the Bl melville elville irrigation company and ask for or relief therill the bill before the legislature last las t week to compel the county commissioners to put to a beneficial use the lands to which tax titles had been taken failed ailed to reach its inal final reading because the lawmakers had to adjourn before they got to it however the commissioners ought to be able to put the lands to use without an act of the legislature permitting or requiring them to do so go in millard county there are many tracts of land which now belong to the county because the former owners did not pay the taxes and those lands are not now bringing in to the county any revenue in taxes or otherwise it Is understood that a large acreage of such lands could be leased tor for amounts sufficient to act as a tax and it seems but natural that the county should do that in the interest ot of other lands which are taxed against the citizens of the county when a county sells a tract of 0 land tor for taxes it gives only a quitclaim deed conveys only what the county has so it the county does not have the right to lease the land the buyer would not either the first bill 0 of the new money came to delta this week A traveling man brought it from salt lake ile he was admitted to one of the gentle sociable poker games and a local poker player took the pretty new bill home to his wife that night |