The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-08-30

TuesdaE for her former home at
Parker to visit with relatives for a
few days.
DR.. c. S. Bobb and Harold Haynes
returned home Monday afternoon
from Armold's Park, Ia, where they
have been for the past week.
Miss Marie Quigley went to Fort
Dodge, Iowa, Tuesday TO visit
several weeks with Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Rice, former residents of Mitchell.
Miss Josephine Patton has been
visiting with Mr.. and Mrs. M. F. Pat
ton for several weeks and returned
home to Emmetsburg, Ia, Tuesday
morning.
j. C. Purdy has just returned from
a trip to Chicago, where he was look
ing up some building material for
the new residence he intends to erect
on the south side. He also visited
with his sister, who is a resident of
the Windy City.
John Absher, of Wagner, arrived
in the city Monday evening to attend
to some land matters. He said he
would return the latter part of the
week to be here for the meeting of
the city council next Monday ven
ing, at which time he expects that
tho nity- council will ta1.n coma. action
OF his request for an electric light
franchise.
Alfred Shepherd, who has been
working as a substitute in the post
office department for some months,
has been appointed as a regular
in the office under the civil service
department.. Mr.. Shepherd will Off
ciate during the night hours, and
George Johnston, who has been do
ing the night duty, has been promot-
ed, and hereafter will be on the day
force. This will make six clerks in
the civil service department in the
local office.
A. 7. McGovern & Sons announce
in their new advertisement today
that F. P. A. McGovern has been on
the New York market for the past
five weeks and his purchases made
for their dry goods department, some
of which have already arrived and
are ready for display. The McGov-
erns announce that they will be able
to maintain the low prices Of last
year, Notwithstanding the heavy adj
vance that has been made in differ
ent lines.
M. w. Jencks came up from Yank-
ton Monday evening to look after the
opening of the Gale theatre early in
September. Mr.. Jencks states that he
has booked some splendid companies
for the coming fall and winter and
that he has endeavored to secure
nothing but the best on the market.
The opening night under his manage
ment will occur Thursday evening
Sept. s, when THE Two Merry
Tramps'' will be seen, which will be
followed a week later by the Lyman
Twins. Later Mr.. Jencks will be able
to what he has in store for
the winter attractions. There is nc
question but what he is a thorough
and capable manager and that he
! will make the best possible endeavo1
to give Mitchell people live attrac-
tions.
The county commissioners have
set the pace for removing the cotton
wood trees on the north side of the
court house yard. There are three
big monster trees that shed ar i'm
mense amount of cotton all ove the
neighborhood and which also finds
it's way back into the court house
much to the discomfort and annoy.
ance of the officers. The commits.
sioners have ordered the trees re-
moved, and this will be done in
short time. There are plenty of trees
on the north side and the beauty Of
that side will not be detracted from
in the least by the removal of the
cottonwoods. They We're set out II
an early day and have long got pas
the period for which they were plant.
ed-to get an early growth of shade
trees in the yard.
j. o. Walrath and H. l.. Bras de.
parted Tuesday morning for Denver
Colo, for a trip of inspection out to
the Freeland Extension gold anC
lead mine. For the past year the
operations in that mine have beer
closed waiting the development Of
tunnel railroad which is being con
structed by another company and
which passes under their mine. This
it is claimed will give the company
an opportunity to go to work in the
mine and have its product transport
ed to the smelter works at a great re
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