The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-07-13
NEWS AROUND The STATE

the philanthropist for a library
building the people thought they
would work Andrew for another
$1,000 and accordingly went that
much stronger into the building.
Now that they Lave come to ask Mr..
Carnegie for the additional two
thousand. the maker of libraries de-
clines to increase the amount aud
the city council is busying itself en-
deavo1ing to meet the demands of
the contractor.
Twenty-Five years ago. July 6, the
Milwaukee road went i'm to Aber-
deem, and next spling the citizens of
that town are going to lave a
demonstration such AS will comment
crate that event and also a ssort of a
celebration of the foundation of the
town. The thing came upon them
so sudden that no preparation was
made To recognize the event this
year.
The miIitia companies OF the state
are %pr"cticing making long marches
so as to be in condition to keep
pace with the regular army soldiers
when they all get together in camp
at Fort Riley. Kan. The assembling
OF the state guards with the regular
army will be quite a lesson in
soldiery for the militia boys of South
Dakota. The home soldiers will
have a short encampmeut at Water
town in August and leave immedi-
ately for the Kansas encampment.
baseball enthusiasm is running
pretty high i'm the northern pant of
the state where there are such
classic teams as the Bookings Reds
and the WATERFOWL Grays. Both of
these teams have entertained Mime
apolis clubs and have trimmed up
the city lads to the queens taste.
Brooiings las the strongest amateur
team i'm the state and has suffered
very few defeats SO far this season.
Sheriff Pickett is making wal on
the blind pigs out in Lyman county.
Since the new towns have been
started on the Milwaukee extension
saloons have been opened without
reference to any law, and things
have been running i'm rather wild
disorder. but the sheriff has come to
the aid OF the better class Of citizens
and will try to keep things in the
straight and narrow pathway until
the towns can get organized and look
after those matters through regular
officers of the law.
/ Chamberlain and Oacoma are hav-
ing quite a discussion, through their
newspapers, which is to be the divi-
sion headquarters of the Milwaukee
extension. Both maintain that they
are to be favored in this respect.
According to railroad information it
is not at all likely that either one
will be chosen, for it is conceded
that the division point between
Mitchell and the Hills country will
be at Murdo.
Three accidents in one day at
Aberdeen on Monday. Two women
and a child were injured in a runa-
way. They were in an omnibus
when the horses ran away and
colllded with a telephone pole. The
women were Gu, by the glass in the
windows. A party of four we're out
i'm an automobile and ran OIL an
embankment wIere some grading
was being done. The other case
was where a laborer was struck on
the head by falling brick.
! DeSmet is NOW a dry town. At
the spring election the voters de-
clared against the open saloon, and
on the first of the month the four
saloons suspended operations.
Farmers in the eastern part of
the state. in the vicinity OF Lennox
and Parker, are complaining OF the
presence of too much water i'm the
corn fields to work the ground. In
that section corn has !een DELAYED
by the excessive amout of rainfall.
New banks are starting up in
many parts of the state. At Wes-
sington the Henderson State bank
VIII soon he open for business and at
L-etcbel another state bank is
scheduled for opening some time
this month. The surplus wealth of
the South Dakotans seems to be too
great for the present banks to ac-
~commodate it all.
The Yankton Catholics Dedicated
their new church Tuesday, and a
very fine structure that cost $50, 600
was turned over to the parisbioners
by Bishop O'Gorman.
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