The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-04-08

Ii0Ai .t !&Ul Wednesday, morning
to remain a few DAYS.
Mrs. T.. .. Purdy Ven to Armour
Tuesdal morning to make Il short.
visit VITA ner mother.
MIR. and Mrs. w. c. Metcale lcft
sunda| morning for Chicago, where
they viii be a week or two.
l.. Q Puff, who resides north OF us
city, lett Saturday night for ca
so to consult with a specialist.
John II. scriyen, and son Blaies
and two daughters Mrs. Claire Brown
and Mls May Till, departed 1iond3v
morning for Rosebud, the daughr ers
to remain a month with their father.
They ware called here on the very
sad mission of the funeral o~bsequles
of MIS-. Scriven.
Judge Sam Page ana Wife Miss
Myrtle Gobel and Guy LaFollette of
Sioux City, arrived in the city sat
urday evening and spent Sunday in
the city, returning home Morday.
They put in the day before in
hunting ducks on the river-but did
not say how many they took home
with them.
Monday was really the first day that
the farmers started in on their spring
seeding, and reports from the couu-
try are to the effect that seeding
started in about every portion. The
past week has dried out the ground
to quite a large extent and by the lat
: ter part of the week much piowtng
5 viii be started for corn. 1t is the
! general opinion hat the conditions
!, for spring work are quite ideal. There
/, is plenty of moisture in the ground
to make it work we'll and to give
the grain a start on its growth.
Carl Butterfeld returned Mon
A day afternoon from Trip county
S where he drew his allotment. He is
Well satisfied with what he got and
i said that With ms number, s4, ne
4 drew as good a piece of Uncle SANS
y land as if he had lad number 10.
> S. e. Morris and Lauritz Miller
were up at Huron Monday evening
and came home Tuesday. The
gentlemen spoke at a temperance raj
ly in the evening in favor of abolish
: ing the saloon. Their remarks COY
cred the points With reference to
: the progress of Mitchell in the nine
: months it has been under prohfbi-
:, tion control.
/. w. Seaman came home Tuesday
morning from Lewiston. Mont, where
he has been for the past TWO or three
weeks, visiting his son, Walter. who
is now the editor of the Daily New:
: st that place. Mr.. Seaman said tina
Walter had a fine onening in tina
progressive western city to build III
his daily paper, and now that he ia.
2 secured the personal control of tn,
y. paper he expects to do better thar
id ever.
:, The county commissioners me
:. Tuesday and allowed a few bills. Ii
the afternoon, however, they me
. with the assessors of the county 70
the purpose of talking over the as
sessment proposition for the comm
month, and to arrive at a definit
:, conclusion of how the property sha1
" be assessed throughout the count
so there would be an equal show civ
en- all the residents. Practically a
of the assessors We're present an
County Auditor Anderson %presente
Id their books and apers to start or
he with the work at the beginning {
'st May. The commissioners will te j
is session for several days. and expe
he to take up some of the drainage pre-
ty positions which We're laid over frol
mt last fall.
# A quiet wedding took place at tt
AT home of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Widman
No Tuesday evening at Z o'clock, whe
Mt their daughter, Bertha, was unite
oh in marriage to Gustav Woelfel. tt
tv ceremony was performed in the pr
NV sence Of a few friends and relativ,
co by Rev. A. H. Burandt, pastor of I'll
an German Lutheran church. II
of couple entered the parlor to Il
strains of the wedding march al
took their places amid some We.
Use pretty decorations. Roses and earn
cir tions were used in abundance for IL
Mt. decorations and the interior of IL
ITS home presented a beautiful appea
ar- ance. A fine supper was served al
BIZ after hat amusements of a vario1
dy nature were INDUCED in, making tt
ID. evening a very pleasing one. II
nd couple received many handsome al
lat useful presents. The bride has Ii