The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-21
IN O AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
IN THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

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For fire and tornado insurance SCI
w. r. Rathbun, agent for the Roya
Insurance Co.
Miss Hannah Miller departed Wed
nesday for her home at Tabor afte
assisting her brother, City Attorne.
Miller, in his office for the last few
weeks.
Mrs. D. Chamberlain, of Seattle
WASH, has been visiting with hel
sister. Mrs. w. E. Turner. since be
fore corn palace week, and returnes
home Wednesday mornin.
Judge John B. Wilds, who has
been confined to his room at the
Mitchell Hotel for the past few days
with a severe attack of rheumatism
was able to be around Wednesday.
F. H. Harms returned Wednesday
morning from a trip out to the Belle
Fourche country. He filed on a
claim out in that section and expects
to leave in three weeks to begin do
ing time.
We sell guns and traps cheap.
Northwestern Hide and Fur Co.,
Minneapolis, Mimi.
Mrs. G. E. Hager came down from
Huron Wednesday to remain a
few days. She said that her son
Eugene, went out west of the river
Monday to take up his residence on
a claim, and hat in all probability
he Will teach school during the time.
The ditching machine of Fanebust
& Son attracts a good deal of atten-
/ ton over on Duff street and it is a
mighty hard proposition for people
coming down that street to get past
the digging operations without stop
ping for a short time to see the
machine work. 1t has gone through
one block and the tile was laid
to it this morning. The machine digs
a clean ditch and the dirt that is
thrown out on the side is %pulverized
to quite a fineness. The other day,
one of the men said, that they dug
80 feet in SIS minutes, the hole being
eight feet deep. That is opening
up the ground pretty fast. OF course
they cannot keep up that average
for all day.
Hanna" White Ash Splint is the
best soft coal for cook stoves. Ask
your dealer.
At 5 a. m. Saturday the resi-
idence of DR.. j. G.. Mccartney was
entered by a burglar, entrance be-
ing gained through the front door
by means of a skeleton key. DR.. Nc
Cartney said he had been up a NOM
ent before, and after lying down
heard footsteps on the stairway. The
burglar evidently heard him and halt
ed on the landing for a moment and
when DR.. Mccartney opened the door
leading into the stairway the fellow
made a quick movement to reach the
front door, and he got away without
being een He was, evidently, the
same man who had been in the
Lamme residence an hour before. 1t
begins to look like the police pro-
lection will have to be extended to
the residence district to put a stop
to these burglaries.
At the meeting of the Elks Friday
evening the building project was dis
cussed and a plan was given out of
the very strong possibility of the
money being raised to complete the
building. 1t will take about $780,
900 to do this and there is one finan-
cial institution in the city which
stands ready to loan the money on
the building, and the only difference
in the way of the proposition being
agreed upon is that the interest is
just a little high, only a matter of
n per cent, and the Elks hope to
have the matter adjusted so that
taey can complete the structure at
once. A campaign will be started
right away for an increase in mem
bership and it is possible that the
towns surrounding will be invaded,
which is considered a good territory.
Work is progressing nicely at the
new high school building, and it is
confidently believed that school will
be opened therein right after the
holiday vacation. The interior fin
ishing lumber is being placed in posi-
ton and the flooring in the rooms
is being laid. The flooring is laid
over concrete, and making each room