The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-04-05
~ +. Bailey left Tuesday for
a..a.fisals ttlp . Cincinnati. Ohio.

Insurance matters.
j. NJ. Newell and Nj. c. Belts came
over nom MI. Vernon TUESDAY
10 attend to some business matters.
Air. and Mrs. +. a. Bidwell went
out TO Chamberlain this afternoon
and viii attend the lot sales at the
our new towns on the Milwaukee
road.
-fr. and Mrs. Robert Hyde moved
TO Mitchell Monday evening and have
taken apartments at the home of
Emil Becker. MI. Hyde is a travel
ing man and will cover his territory
from this city.
D.. Il. Miller left Tuesday for
Chamberlain. He will accompany
the Milwaukee's special train to the
new town sites, where sales will be
held Wednesday, Thursday and Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Paige arrived
in Mitchell Monday evening from
Iowa points, and will make their
home here in the future, residing in
the l.. d. Milne residence on First
Avenue east. Mr.. Paige is a travel
ing man.
Cards were received announcing
the marriage in Chicago Saturday of
Miss Eva Louise Gushing and John
r. Halves. Miss Gushing will be re-
membered as a sister of Mrs. Frank
Barry and spent the greater portion
of last summer in the city.
A magnificent gold sign of raised
letters was swung over Becker's Big
Clothing Store Wednesday that at
tracts a great deal of attention, ex-
tending as it does the length of fifty
feet across the front. The work was
done by Alex. Dumas, whose reputa-
ton for doing this kind of work is
good, and on this job he outdid all
former efforts.
G. A. Beebe, the Milwaukee engi-
neer running on a passenger train
between Mitchell and Sanborn, is
taking a months layoff, and Fri
day he went out to his claim on
the reservation to make some i'm
provements on his claim, in the way
of building fences and making his
house better. Mr.. Beebe says that he
is one of those settlers who is go
ing to make good under the gover
ment's land laws.
j. F. Anderson, Thos. Fullerton,
Louis Beckwith and j.. F. Jordan de-
parted Monday evening for Cham
berlain and Wednesday they take
the special train over the Milwaukee
road for the sale of lots in the towns
of Oakton Wednesday,, Stamford and
Belvidere Thursday and Kadoka Fri
day. Messrs. Anderson and Fuller
ton are interested in securing sites
for lumber yards in the new towns.
w. H. T%urneaure is building the
new residence for A. d. Walpole on
Fifth Avenue east, and when he gets
1T finished MI. Turneaure will COM
mence the erection of a fine residence
for Mr.. Austin, of the firm of Bacon
& Co., on the south side. Building
is getting an early start this spring.
or, rather, it has hardly subsidized
throughout the entire winter, as sew
eral houses have been under con-
struction since late last fall.
Miss Josephine Willkomm arrived
home Friday from her claim
some distance out on the reservation.
She has lived there the regulation
time, conformed with the govern
ment requirements, proved up on her
claim and now has a valuable dowry
of 100 acres of government land. 1t
is quite an undertaking for a young
lady, but Miss Willkomm declares
THAT she thoroughly enjoyed the ex-
perience, and that the land is worth
all that is claimed for it.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. G. Oathout-were in
the city Thursday evening and re-
turned to Ethan Friday. Mr..
Oathout informed us hat he has pur-
chased the Ethan Enterprise and ex-
poets to take possession of the paper
soon. He is the principal of the
school at that place and until school
is out he will try and run both insti-
tutions at the same time, if he can
find a competent printer to leave
in the Office.
Work has commenced on the new
grand stand over at Athletic Park
on the south side, and when finished
will be a very valuable adjunct to the
University's grounds. The grand
stand is being erected in view of the
coming intercollegiate Athletic con
test which will be held in May. 1t
will be about 1913 feet long and have
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