The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-11

w. j. Frad arrived home Saturday
from 2 busin SIS trip to Des Moines,
Iowa.
G. Nj. Define and Miss Peryl Uar-
bert arrived home from Kimball
Monday, where they have been Wis
iting over Sunday.
ID. e. Pfoutz, of Lanark, M, is in
the city. He mas been out west with
a party of landseekers, two of whom
he succeeded ia selling.
Mrs. j. e. Wells and son, Earl, and
Lucille Hust went out to the ranch
OF Thos. w. Lane, in Jerauld county,
Wednesday evening, to remain a
week.
At the meeting of the w. C. T. u.
Wednesday afternoon a matron's gold
medal contest was held which was
won by Mrs. VIM. Comstock, OF
Badger township.
Mrs. Hannah Call and daughter,
who was visiting with Mrs. A. b.
Test, returned to her home at Salem,
Ohio, Saturday, being called home by
the illness of a relative.
Sheriff Cook, who attended the
meeting of the Inter State Shelitf's
Association at st. Paul, was Wednes-
day elected as a vice president of the
association for South Dakota,
Mrs. George Perry and two little
children, of Aberdeen, passed
through the city this morning on
their way to PHILADELPHIA and New
York to spend the rest of the sum-
mer.
MI. and Mrs. Frank Hutchinson
and little son left this morning for
Arlington, Iowa, their former home,
for a visit. Mr.. Hutchinson will re-
main a week and his wife expects to
be gone a month.
Mccormick hay rakes at Will
Koch'S.
Miss Stessa Erickson lett Monday
morning for Parker, where she will
remain Indefinitely. She has been
connected with the telephone Office
as one.of the operators and resigned
her position. Miss Erickson was an
exceptionally competent operator.
Fred Bradley brought in some
samples of corn, wheat and oats from
out Mt Vernon way yesterday that
shows that part Of the county too is
turning something fine in that line.
From all accounts there will hardly
be a poor spot in the county with the
possible exception Of the cast and
northeastern part where the river
OVERLOOKED ana spread over the sur
rounding country.
Brookings Register One Of the
Instructors at the Brookings County
Teachers Institute was M. NJ. Ram
Ell, the president of the South Dako-
ia Educational Association and one
OF the three leading candidates for
appointment as state superintendent.
Ramer's work in the institute
was of a high order and tended to
enhance his already excellent stand
ing Eere earned by his Institute work
of two years ago.
ID. B. Miller spent a day or two i'm
tile Vicinity Of Washington Springs
and drove home in his automobile
Sunday evening. All along the route
Mr.. Miller said it was one continuous
story of good looking crops, with
corn making a magnificent growth.
He noticed that the wheat crop was
about half cat and the queries he
made elected the information that i'm
the judgment of the farmers wheat
indicated a good yield.
Raymond Thompson, chancellor
commander Of the knights of Py-
thias, is in receipt Of a very hand
some souvenier from Tlos. Siegrist
the gentleman OF the Barnum &
Bailey circus who was given the
three ranks OF the lodge when the
show was here last month. The
souvenir is in the form of a large
picture of the Imperial Vienese
troupe of acrOhats, of which Mr..
Siegrist is the manager. The picture
is handsomely framed and in a corner
are draped the colors Of the Damas-
Gus lodge, which are red, yellow and
blue. The picture was sent by ex-
press from Salt Lake City. Utah,
and in the letter accompanying the
same MI. 6iegrist assured the lodge
members that be would forever re-
tain his membership in Mitchell
lodge. The picture will adorn the
walls of the lodge o in a short
time.
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