The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-29

with relatives at Washington Springs
and returned home Friday morning.
.Arbor Day was recognized in fine
shape ly the board of education
when l4O elm trees were set out i'm
the parking at the east and west
side school houses.
Major o. w. Coursey returned last
Friday from Madison, where he
went to assist Capt. Geo. II. Sands
to inspect the company that was re-
Gently mustered in by the major.
Miss Fannie Foster, who has been
a teacher in the schools of Sioux
City for a number Of years, has re-
signed her position and taken up her
residence on a homestead in Buffalo
county. on which she filed some
time ago and has been making peri
odical trips there since.
G. NJ. Turney, boiler inspector for
the Hartford Insurance Co.. has
been in the city a portion of the
week inspecting the boilers at the
water works. the electric light plant
and Touring mills. He was a guest
at the home of his uncle, f. S. Tur-
ney. while in the city. He went
south Friday morning.
j. w. Shelby, division passenger
agent, and w. p. Warner, d division
freight agent of the Milwaukee road,
were i'm the city over night and went
east Friday morning. Mr.. Warner is
the new division freight agent and
is making his first trip out this
way. He takes the place Of j. A.
Macdonald, who has been transferred
to the management of the coal div
ision in Iowa.
Librarian Bracy says that dona-
tions Of books to the city library are
of frequent occurrence, and that the
people are showing a commemorate
interest in assisting to build up that
institution. Saturday Mrs. f. A.
Bidwell in behalf Of the w. G. t.
o., presented ten volumes, all juven'
lie books, but one. Other donations
we're made by Mrs. Thos. Wallace,
DIR. Crane and Howard Rev.
Health officer Dundass and CHEZ
Keith finished preparing the hospita
building for the reception of the
smallpox patient and he was re
moved there from the Milaukee cal
Friday afternoon. The name Of the
man is Il. L. Sundol, and his home
is at Baltic, In Mlnnehaha county,
While at the hospital he will he Civ
en- every possible care and attention
and he may pull through without
having a serious time with the dis
ease.
c. w. Arnold, 327 Fifth street. S
e. Minneapolis, is in the city intro
ducing his book, "What Will You
Do About It?" The book is intend
ed to arouse public sentiment agains
the published advertisements in cit,
papers intending to entjce young girl
from their homes on false assertions
In the hook MI. Arnold gives hund
reds Of Instances where he lla,
sought out girls who have been lure.
FROM their homes and restored t,
their parents. At present Mr.. Arm
old is conducting this work on
personal basis but later he hopes tt
organize a society for this work.
Miss Anna Elsner, who has hae
charge Of the elocution department
at the University, yesterday rendered
her resignation to President Nichol
son to take effect at the. close of thu
University year. Miss Elsner ex
poets to go into the w. G. II. U
work in the state and will assum,
her duties i'm September. Presiden.
Nicholson states that the e%locutio1
department Will be i'm charge o
Prof. j. l.. Lardner hereafter, a Sc
lection that will certainly place that
department on a high plane. Prof
Lardner will still have charge of The
college English and will be given al
assistant in preparatory English.
The Republican received "A copy o
the Speaking Leaf, a Red Mems
paper published at st. Paul, by w
e. Cow]es. The editor was in at.
tendance at the big meeting Of thu
Red Men in this city two weeks ago,
and he gives the affair a magnificent
writeup in the paper. Mr.. Cowle!
speaks very highly of the class o.
men taken INTO the order and refers
to the meeting in Mitchell as the
greatest event Of the order that has
occurred in the reservation Of South
Dakota. The article is illustrated
with a picture Of the corn palace
and pictures of Sachem Guy Akens
John Tuckey, chief Of records, ane
O. L. Branson, who was toasmastel
at the banquet. In CLOSING Editor
Cowles paid a neat compliment to
Mitchell by saying: 'Mitchell is
seeking thp state canitOl ann lie 90.