The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1908-10-16

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Arthur Bjodstrop cut to
Plankinton to bui,d two bridges for
Aurora county. He has just finished
building five over in Miner county.
Lyman Bros. of LeBeau, S. ID. will
offer about 20 young horses for sale
at the Omaha stoclAyards, Oct. Ii.
THESE horses are mainly three and
four years old.
Ernest Garrett arrived in the city
from Milwaukee and will remain
here several weeks to recuperate his
health. He is the foreman of a large
bakery and the night duties have
operated against his health.
Miss Lola Sampson has been Wis
lting at the home of c. w. Hoon for
over a month and returned to her
home at Usage, Iowa, Monday
being joined here by Mrs. Robert
Fowle, of Plankinton.
E. Lewis, who lives south of Spo-
kane, WASH, arrived in the city from
the east and expects to remain a few
days while on his way home. He was
an oldtime resident of Dawson coun-
ty.
Will Herzog, of this Office, got a
bunch that there was a quarter sec
ton waiting for him to draw on the
Rosebud, consequently he hustleo
out to Chamberlain Tuesday to
get his name on the eligible list.
There are three others in this office
who have the same bunch.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. II. Turneaure de-
parted Monday evening via the Oma-
ha railroad for North Yakima, where
their son, Clifford, is located. They
contemplate staying six months or
a year. and very likely the latter
period. Mr.. Turneaure will engage
in the contract and carpenter bust
ness while he is there. He has TO-
lowed that line of work since he
first came to Mitchell, some 81
years ago, and in that time he has
built a large number of handsome
residences. He is a very capable and
thorough workman and has always
given the best of satisfaction.
About II of the busiest young
men in the city is Walter Doud, who
sells tickets at the Milwaukee depot.
There are hundreds who are buying
tickets back east. Uusually there is
a string of people at the window,
some buying tickets and others ask
ing questions about train connections
east of here, and Mr.. Doud handles
them all in a very suave name
gives the information pleasantly, not
varying his tone even though the
same question is asked over again
so times within 10 minutes, and
rakes in the money for the bit OF
pasteboard that the passenger wants
The travellers say that he is like al
] oasis in the desert of ticket sellers
they encounter on a journey. Young
Doud acts on the principle that it i!
his business to be pleasant and ac
commodating to the patrons of the
road for which he works, and the
travellers appreciate it, too.
d. NJ. Potter Tuesday morning tool
possession of the Mitchell hotel, ant
hereafter he will have charge of the
house, having taken the lease of f
e. Redner, who expects to return t.
= Sioux Falls. Mr.. Potter has been as
ISOLATED in the hotel business in thi.
city for a number of years, having
received his start in The Mitchell /;
number of years ago. When the
Widmann was started Mr.. Potter
vent there rs head clerk of the hos
telry, where he continued to make
good, and made many warm friend!
among the travelling men. Later he
went to the Portland at Yankton
which position he gave up of his owl
%volition, and now becomes a rea
boniface in his own right. "Dennis,'
as he is popularity referred to, ha!
the elements to make a success O
the hotel business, and his man,
friends here freely predict that The
Mitchell will take a higher rank II
the business under his management
A party of eastern people were
talking at the Milwaukee depot Tues
day while waiting for the train!
to arrive, and they remarked upo1
the brand of weather hat they dis
covered in South Dakota, taking to
day as a fair sample. They were
free to confess hat they did not an
ticipate encountering anything quit.
SO nice and pleasant, when theil
thoughts had always been of a con
trary nature, judging from the re
ports that they had received at on
time or another. When told that tn,
thermometer registered today at 8:
degrees, they we're willing to conced,