The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-04-01

VI d Sliall business building on his
hotel corner, which will be used for
a business establishment.
Chief Carpenter Fosburg, of the
Milwaukee company. was in the city
Wednesday looking over the depot
building proposition. 1t is expected
that brick work will be commenced
on the structure by the latter part
of the week If the weather holds
good.
County Auditor Anderson Tuesday
afternoon leased what school lands
there were left, some 1880 acres in.
all. About is bidders were present
and the land went for fair bids. On
several Of the pieces the bidding was
quite spirited. The tracts ranged in
size from 40 to 240 acres.
Mrs. Anna jerks died Tuesday
night at 11:30 o'clock as the result
of heart trouble. She has been MAX
ing her home for some time on the
south side at the El!;s house. She
has a son living near Oacoma and
he was expected to arrive Wednes-
day. The funeral arrangements will
be announced later.
Robt. Lytle departed Wednesday
for Waterloo, la. to be absent
until the first of next week. He stat
ed that the surveying was being COM
pleted and he thought that it would
be done the latter part of the week,
and that by the middle of next week
they would commence excavaiing for
the new factory building out in the
western part of the city.
j. H. Davis departed Tuesday
for Trip county On the Rosebud res
ervation. He will meet several Iowa
parties at Dallas or Gregory and they
will select the location for a state
bank, which they have organized to
be placed at some favorable location
in the new county. They will have
~ MalO III llS lulldo dlG uldMl
before making a choice of towns.
Free: loo package Conkey's lice
powder, also Csc poultry book. Bring
ad to Scallin Bros. Co. BY mail &c.
Messrs. Miller, Barber and Bliss
returned from Yankton Tuesday
evening having been in attendance at
the temperance meeting Monday
night. The men presented the sit
uation of the business interests and
other conditions in Mitchell in the
nine months of prohibition from
their standpoint of investigation.
The Yankton papers spoke very high,
ly of the addresses, stating that theil
remarks found much favor with the
large audience which assembled to
hear the discussions. The men saiC
that Yankton people feel that they
have a fair chance of defeating the
license question there at the coming
election. Yankton has IA saloons.
L lOl-I NNF 81 u" lsjl a Wei y tdl SG ditI
fence at the city hall Tuesday even
ing when he delivered his lecture OF
the STARS and Stripes. 1t was
patriotic address and was much en-
loved. The latter part of the even
ing the professor devoted to the dis
play of Illustrations of the country
hicfnrt-. CT o,ti i'm or in nit1, cnonaca fro,-
the war of the rebellion, comm.
down through the various wars an
ending with the civil war, and TIL
assassination of Lincoln. He keI
up an interesting story of the pict
ures and avg a great deal of inter
esting information. The niece G
the professor sang a number of pa
triotic songs that We're given a heart
appreciation.
WANTED-One hundred acre
!, broken on the southwest quarter {
> section 3~l-10l-61. (Badger tow
shipl for cash. To be finished y
June 10th. Will furnish flax seed an
give share OF crop. Downs and Dicl
son, Mt. Vernon. S. ID.
Brief funeral services We're hel
over the remains of Mrs. Susan j
Sneeden at the home OF Mr.. an
Mrs. S. G.. Boyce Tuesday. an
which were attended by the friend;
! A number of floral tributes were ser
t to the residence. Rev. A. Craig Bow
dish, pastor of the Congregations
t church, read the scriptures and O,
l fered prayer. The remains were tai
! en- to the Milwaukee depot, and th
following men acted as pallbearers
: l.. D. Milne, A. E. Hitchcock, Henri
Schultz, Fred NJ. White, Sid w. Smit
George A. Silsby. The remains wer
accompanied back to New Hampton
Iowa, for interment by Mr.. and Mr..
Boyce, the funeral services to b