The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-02-22

VIII Spiuglcf drove over iToIu
Aflesian Saturday evening and spent
sunday IN the city
Mi. and Mrs. Ben Cowles came over
FROM sioux Falls Monday morning
and are guests at the Widn ann.
; Il. Young, superintendent OF
tile reform school at Plankinton, was
10 the city Sunday, a guest at The
Widmann.
Mrs. /. NJ. Boulton, of Northwood,
iowa, departed Monday morning for
hG home after a visit of two months
with her brother, 6. l. Bickell and
faloily.
Mrs. Thos. Morgans vas taken to
st. Joseph's hospital Sunday evening
and an operation was performed on
her by DR.. Bobb Monday afternoon.
1t was a minor operation and she
was removed to her home Wednesday
evening.
/ Frank Gibbs, the Milwaukee en-
gineer, went down to DEBORAH, Iowa,
Monday to renew his a%cquaint-
ance With some of his relatives. Mr..
Gibbs is still unable to ride on his
engine, as the result OF a sprained
ankle IND knee, and he thought he
might as we'll employ his time
Visiting among the folks.
Sunday was a recoTd-breaker in the
way of warm weather for this early
In February, and it has not been
equaled in the past Ii yeas. In
lo~oking.over the records for tn. past
II years. we did not find in any Feb
ruary where the thermometer lepis-
tered as high as it did yesterday for
SO early in the month Sunday the
mercury went up to 81 and it stood
there for a good portion of the day
+. w. Jonas arrived in the city
Monday morning from st. Paul, where
he has been visiting with his par.
ents. Next Saturday Mr.. Jonas will
leave for Los Angeles, Cal, where he
will make his home in the future,
.Mrs. Jonas being there at the pres
ent time. She went out there two
months ago to have a surgical oper-
alton performed. from which She has
fully recovered. Mr.. Jonas will be
connected with the leading dry goods
stote in Los Angeles.
W. ii. Broadbent has just received
a Letter from his brother, j. w.
Broadbent, who is at Medford,
Idaho, looking after their big
ranch. In his letter Mr.. Broadbent
spoke of the drilling that had been
do on their ranch in the prospecting
for coal and they were successful
10 striking a vein that was III feet
thick. The B%roadbent brothers have
not reached any conclusion as yet
what disposition they will make of
their ranch, as they have had several
propositions from parties desiring to
lease it. Mr.. B%roadbent is expected
home the first of next week.
The best indication that spring is
not very far removed is the fact that
ducks and geese were seen Tying
n%orthward all day Sunday. When
these birds commence to make their
annual perigrinations north one can
fully rely on the very near approach
OF spring. The birds make a mistake
sometimes and have to retrace their
journey a short distance, but nine
times out of ten they hit the spring
nail on the head. We hope, with
the rest OF the people, that they are
light this year.
Parties in from east of town Mon
day morning stated that Firesteel
creek was rising to a dangerous point
where it is liable to overflow the
bottom lands. They stated that at the
present time the creek has risen 8
feet above the normal depth of the
stream an that if rises two feet
higher that it will certainly overflow
the lands. James river has COM
mence to show the effects of the
melting SHOWS from the north, as
the water has risen about two feet.
From the presence of so much snow
in the north parties living on The
river bottoms fear that there will be
a big overflow with the coming of
the warmer weather this spring.
The work. Of installing water
meters in the city has commenced
and about a dozen have already Teen
placed. 1t is the hope OF the council
to have all the lueters installed by
the first of May. A great many
people have the idea that by installing
a meter at the present time that
they will be charged for the water
which passes through it from now
until May, when they have already
paid their water rent up to that