The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-07-10

Mrs. G.. P. VanHouten, who has
been visiting Mrs. Jos. Paullin, re-
turned to Salem this morning.
Will Giltillan went to Sioux City
Friday to attend the midsummer
carnival AMI visit with relatives.
Mrs. G. T. Chandler and children,
of Spirit Lake. Iowa, arrived Thurs
day afternoon to make a visit with
Mr.. and Mrs. Sid W. Smith.
R. E. Ruth and son, Chester, left
on the Omaha passenger Thursday
for Owatonna and Ma%ntorville,
Mimi, where they will visit rela-
tives for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Wartenweiler,
OF San francisco, arrived Friday
afternoon to make a visit with Judge
and Mrs. Frank B. Smith. Mrs.
Wartenweiler is a sister of Judge
Smith.
Mrs. R. r. Saul returned home
from Sioux City Friday. She reports
Mrs. Hackett as not quite so
we'll. She suffered a relapse a few
days ago which will keep her in the
hospital a week longer.
At the close of the strawberry pick
ing season a. B. Seaton gave the lads
in his employment a picnic and for
one of the 1elishes Mr.. Seaton pro-
vided them with all the strawberries
they could eat. One of the lads de-
ciared that during all of the years of
his brief existence he never before
had his hunger for strawberries so
thoroughly satisfied.
Frank Planert, postofice inspector,
of Sioux Falls and Messrs. Keller,
representing the American Postofice
Equipment Co., and Kittle, repre-
senting the Indianapolis .Postof6ce
Equipment Co., are in the city. The
latter gentlemen will submit bids for
equipping the new ~postof6ce building
to be placed in position when it is
completed.
John Michels is making some i'm
provements on his building adjacent
to Gosche's hardware store before
moving there with his saloon. The
floor vas taken out and it will be
dropped to a level with the street
walk and this will give a greater
height to the ceiling. When the i'm
provements are done he will move his
saloon from the Webber building.
Chas. Sanford has moved his saloon
to the room formerly occupied by
the bowling alley.
We had a call this morning from
Mr.. J. W.. Carver, who represents the
Dakota-Manitoba Land Company and
the Heart River Land Company, with
headquarters at 146 Endicott Bldg,
st. Paul. These companies own
large tracts of good land in North
Dakota which they are Offering on
very liberal terms and at a low price,
either in township lots or to actual
settlers. They have lands for sale at
from So. so up, and can sell a man a
quarter and he a homestead on land
adjoining. Kelley s. Wells, agents,
Mitchell, S. D.
Busby Bros show got in town this
morning from Alexandria, and any
body who went down to the depot to
see them unload was disappointed,
for there we're but three cals to the
whole business. No parade was held
in the morning, but at noon the band
came up town and a few members of
the show on horses and attracted a
crowd to the grounds. The perform
ance was given to an audience not
very large in numbers, although for
the size of the circus it was good.
Many of the acts were new and the
people showed appreciation Of the
work. For a 25-cent show it is a
success.
The cement walks around the court
house have been completed. The
walk extends around the four sides OF
the court house square, and makes
200 lineal feet. Walks have also
been C INSTRUCTED from each of the
four corners and run to the building,
and a walk has been constructed on
the west side of the building. The
old buildings on the north side are
being removed. The low place on
the northeast side Of the grounds is
being filled in to nearly the level Of
the walk. When things get straight
ened around and the grass grows on
the new soil placed there, there will
not be a more beautiful court yard
in the state than that possessed by
Mitchell. Fine large trees create an