The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-07

Ray Van Alstine departed Sunday
for Boston to resume his studies in
the Massachusetts, Institute of Tech
nology.
Judge Frank B. Smith went tc
Washington Springs Monday after
noon and will there hold the circuit
court for Jerauld county.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Lathrop ar.
rived from Chicago Monday afternoon
and will visit a couple of weeks al
the home Of I. w. Seaman.
A. R. Mcconnell has been in Min.
neapolis in the interest Of the rail
road In which he is a director, the
Twin City and Lake Superior.
Mrs. M. Jacquemai has been visit.
ing at points in Indiana and Michi.
gan for the past two months and re.
turned home Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Albert have
been visiting at the home Of Frank
Travis for the past week and return
ed home Monday to Lansing, Iowa.
Mrs. T. T. White was taken to the
hospital Saturday afternoon for an
operation, which she passed through
successfully and is reported as get.
ting along very nicely today.
Ethan Enterprise: Geo. E. Foster.
Joseph Koch and John Samson were
down from Mitchell yesterday. The
latter purchased $40 acres of pas
ture land from VIM. Craig. The
land is located a mile and a half east
of town.
Miss Gertrude Jeanhgs of Pontiac.
>Miehigan, srrtseA In the city Nonday
moruipg and will take mp her duties
as the head Of the Latin department
to which she was recently elected,
filing the vacancy caused by Miss
Edith Mobiles leave of absence.
The special music at the First
Methodist church was highly appre-
ciated Sunday by the large congre-
cations both morning and evening.
Fred Kratz, of Murdo, a former mem
Der Of the choir, assisted in the sing
ing. The bulletin published in con-
nection with the Sunday services an
nounced a reception to be given in
honor of Miss Shepherd by the Hugh
Smith Epworth League in the parlors
of the church Friday evening. Pre-
ceding the evening sermon w. M.
Parsons, national secretary of the Y.
M. CA. spoke briefly In behalf of the
local organization asking that 1t re-
ceive the cooperation and help of the
.peonle.
Charles Glazer, OF Appleton. Wis,
arrived in the city Thursday to
spend the day with his old friend,
S. G. Scoville. Friday morning he
went out to White Lake, where
he lived about Is years ago. He sold
a farm at that time, which he con-
sidered practically worthless, mas
much as there vas a mortgage of
$3.50 on the land, and the crops were
not particularly plentiful. Finally to
get rid of it Mr.. Glazer traded it to
Lud Loevinger for a buckskin horse.
The farm now cannot be bought for
$40 an acre, and the former owner
has Just a little bit of longing for the
old place again at that figure.
A large party of Mitchell people
are arranging to go out in the ex-
IRENE western part OF the state to
take up their residence on their
claims in the course Of two or three
weeks. Today they are loading a
couple of cars with supplies to ship
out there for the most Of them are
located such a great distance from
towns that 1t will be Impossible to
make the long journey during the
winter time. Some. Of the settlers
will have to drive 65 miles to their
nearest town. Another point is that
prices are said to be very high out
there, especially where the goods
have to be freighted any great dis
lance. It is stated that there will be
a party fully IS in number in that
Immediate section Of the state when
they all get located on their claims.
The government Indian interpre-
ter passed through the city Monday
from Deadwood, where he has
been attending federal court. He
stated to The Republican that VIM.
Lepinsky was convicted of the sale
of intoxicating liquors and was sem
fenced by the court to one veal and