The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-04-28
THROUGH WATERFOWL EYES
watertown People are Given a Fine
Presentation OF Mitchell AS
Seen at Present Time.


On the oce ision of the visit OF Mrs.
Stella Marie Stuteuroth's visit &c
Mitchell, with newspaper instinct,
she hau her eye open to the growth
OF Mitchell and what b as been going
on here. On her return TO Water
town she devoted a column in her
Eve Up to Date department OF
Public Opirion to a few things she
saw in Mitchell. 1t is with pleasure
that The Republican gives its read
ers a portion of the article, and we
take occasion to thank the LAZY for
the interest she displayed in writing
in so complimentary a manner:
WATERFOWL folks being accustomed
to think OF Mitchell as d competitor
/ was glad to visit that city the
other day and note its many inter
esting features. its steady growth,
it's metropolitan airs, and most of all
the hospitality of its people. 1T is
but due them to say that while most
OF the people were anxious to have
abe capital given tu them for all
time there are some who were never
very. enthusiastic for the reason that
the legislature brings all classes of
people good and bad, and some Of
them are not the sort that n would
choose as family associates. can
readily see the reasonableness of this
after spending two weeks in Pierre
during the legislative session. myself.
But whether they got the capital
or not, Mitchell is going right OH
building up a city Handsome new
residences are springing up on every
hand and the air is full OF business
activity. The e Wi5mann hotel
is 4 beauty in itself, costing 500. 600
Of Winch MIR. Widmann, the owner.
paid $50, 900 in cash and is able to pay
The balance AT any time. The hotel
rents for $500 per month. Had the
saAltaI been located at Mitchell it
Roila nave rented for 5000 per month
aceolJlng 10 the contract entered in
70 between tile owner and the land
lorrl. MI. Johnston. Mr.. Widmanp
s4uld l1tNe had iuute for his hotel
per month Jones and Einnke of
tile Cataract, SIOUX Fails, wanted to
Eun 1t and several OTHER prominent
lgtei mel of the west also wished to
lease 1T jl1e house his one hundred
u ten rooms thirty of these having
private baths. The furniture is all
handsome and modern aud it is no
wonder that the place is always full.
lAe new city hall costing $50, 900
and built last year is something in
which the people take Just pride,
1t is built of stone and has every
modern improvement. Mitchell's
Carnegie library cost but sl2. 500.
furniture and all, and it is nice
enough for any city. 1t is the exact
REPRODUCTION OF the Yankton library.
in fact Yankton took its ideas from
the Mitchell library. One room has
been set apart for the Il. a. II. and
another for the Womans Library as
ISOLATION, the latter body Including
many OF the town women who pay
hfty cents per year membership to
raise funds for library purposes.
cine OF the most important things
| noticed was the way in which the
Milwaukee railroad seems to be
tavoring Mitchell. Parties having
knowlege OF things told me that be-
sides building a new depot there the
Milwaukee will remove its car shops
from Mason City, Ia, making that
the chief END of the Mason City divi-
sion. Last year III point OF receipts
WiuSilSlI Wuo lllC UulIl1GI lUWll OIL
The entire Mason City division. Esti-
mates ale now ueiGg made on the
many things that 20 into u %bigsoepoJ
an it looks as though Mitchell had
4 bright future. In conversation with
Senator BIansun. who is the resident
director OF the White River Valley
railroad that is pushing into the
Black HILLS across from Chamberlain
| learn that he goes out to Oacoma
and west on the river next week to
locaIe town sites on the proposed
extension.
The land Office at Mitchell has the
distribution and disposition of all Of
those Rosebud lands given out by the
government last sumner George f.
Foster, the register of the land
office, tells me that besides this the
government has merged the offices of
Yankon. Springfield and Sioux Falls
into the Mitchell Office and that
will give him business tol some time
to come. AS an example Of one indus
trp there | want TO tell you that the
Turner & Son Creamery company
shipped twenty tons of butter twice
a week all last summer to Los AM
sles. Cal. The Methodist university
OF course is also growing and making
improvements rlght along.