The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-02-14

Mrs. Maltha Lilsey vent 10 Parker
Wednesday to visit for a month
With her daughlcr, Mrs W.. A.
Shultleff.
II. ]. White. the auctioneer. went
TO Cente. Vile and Wakonda. Wednes-
day morning where he will conduct
severa. Sales this week.
Z. E. Nermilyea has been confined
at the house for the past two weeks
with tonsllitis and the grippe and
came Gown town Wednesday for the
first time.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. @. Bryan. Ut
Plankinton: arrived in Il city Wen.
ne day. MI. Bryan is the Lealv
appointed rc,iver of the United
.,tales land office.
c. W. Derr departed Tuesday even
Ing via the Milwaukee road for
Rapid City, where he operates a
lumuer yard, to look after some
business matters.
M. and Mrs. W. A. Barber de-
parted Wednesday for Peterson.
Iowa. to visit MIR. Barbe,'s mother
who is not in We y good Eealtb at
the present time.
DR.. Marion Hull arrived home
Tuesday afternoon to visit with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r. s.. Turney,
and will remain q couple OF weeks.
DR.. Hull is now living at Galloway,
where with her husband they are
practicing %osteopathy. DR.. Hull said
that they intended to remove to
! Redding. CAL, about Malch l., where
; they will make their future home.
q. w. Davis and daughter, Miss
; Davis, of Oshkosh, Wis, spent
= several days in the, city and re-
! turned home yesterday. Mr.. Davis is
a member of the Davis, Daniels Co.,
I which handle of the big lumber
yards In the city. He makes an
annual trip to Mitchell to see how
the business is prospecting aud he
expressed himself as being we'll
:, pleased with that of 1907.
3 The Ladies Aid Society of the
> Congregational church gave one OF
> their most excellent suppers at tile
church Tuesday evening. and despite
the light rain which started up about
:. S O'Clock the ladies we're we'll patro'
y nized, taking in about $40. A splen'
. did e was served. and none o.
the patrons failed to get value
received for their money.
70 Rev. Arthur z. Shepherd of Sioul
y Falls. and Rev. William S. Shepherd
y of Vermillion, arrived in the cit
Tuesday afternoon to see thei,
!. brother. Alfred Shepherd, before h
~ leaves for California, where he gee
= for the benefit of Ills health. Mr.
Shepherd has been working In tin
:. p%ostotlice for the past year or NOR
- aud 1T has proved altovhether to
: combining. The brothers returned t.
:. their homes this morning.
,s The anticipated rain or snow 10
the past two days cau4c in the form
Of both Tuesday night aud Wednes
lc day morning. About $50 Tuesda.
q afternoon a light rain began falling
VI which continued neatly all the even
u ing and tins morning the ground wa
= covered with about three or lou:
inches of snow, While the attnospher,
remained warm during the earl,
le part Of the morning, though turning
le colder before noon. The amount O
'e precipitation FROM the snowfall wa
y go inch S. This snow with tn
- amount that ca,ne a few days ag
will put the ground IL very fine con
dition for the beginning Of sprip,
+ farm work. Il.
The drivers Of cattle have adopte,
~ a new method Of trying to contrc
y, then when they have two head t
drive and Is done.by tieine the head
- OF the animals together about two fee
:. apart. A nan on horseback an
y another driving a. farm wagon WEI
. having the time of their lives Tues
'e Gay evening IN trying to get two your
steers to move along peacefully
The animals got twiste.I, up on
y insisting on going in one direction
- and The other in another direction
=, 1t look a vooi deal Of %persnalinp an,
:, %'naLeuverine to get the u siraightene
- out, and then they started of til
road to make for a residence lot
Before getting to the lot they RAJ
into a tree and twisted the rop
* around It,, n Of the steers fallin
1e to the ground as a further mixut
]" The man OF horseback finally sue
lie ceeded in getting the .nixu
us Strengthened once more and then th
er steers started for the residence 10
ne and the rider after them. By tn
ay time he got them into the stree