The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-06-10
NOTE AND COMMENT

total machinery space Is twenty
The cost Is ueari. $|l,o00,00o.
Chicago is to have a new sher.a n
House on the site d the present tu-
tel on Randolph street. 1t VII
fourteen stories high and VIII cost
with furnishings, 81, 5Q0,oo0. !
to be completed by Octobsr /, j lt.
Property on West On Hund. d
and Twenty-dfth street, New lorA,
has been leased for 141 years. The
lease. which is made out TO cover
seven periods OF twenty-one years
each, is said to be the longest ever
made in New York.
One day last week there We're seven
births IN Utica, n. y; six OF the
/ seven happy moths of those little
native Americans are Mrs. Panaro,
Mrs. Alfano, Mrs. Torchio, Mrs. VIII
nosta, Mrs Azzartio and Mrs. Graf
ziano.
Georgia railroads have asked for
an injunction to prevent the enforce
ment of a state law requiring them to
equip all locomotives on main lines
with electric headlights. The change
would be costly, and the railroad
companies claim that the law is un-
constitutional.
According to a school census just
completed in San Francisco the school
population thaere is 10000 less than
it was a year ago. The San Fran
cisco Call says hat the city has
grown steadily during the last twelve
months and it demands that a new
census be taken at once.
Within the last few months three
persons in Panora, Ia, have received
anonymous letters containing gifts of
money. The letters appeared TO be
from the same person, but none of
, the recipients knows the handwriting.
One letter contained $3.50 in bills,
another 1925, and a plain envelope,
with no writing inside, contained a
bank draft for $500.
Milking machines will be a part of
the attractions on demonstration
trains which the Northern Pacific and
Great Northern Railroads will run
ington this summer. Washington
State College is interested with the
railroads in the train arrangements,
and COWS which the machines Will
milk under the supervision of the
college professors will be taken along.
A correspondent whose name and
address the editor of the "New Or
leans Times-Democrat" keeps to hifl-
self has written a letter TO that news
paper about conditions in the n9Nt-
door republic. Il have lived Off and
on in Mexico for thirty years. he
writes, land I'd sooner be q yellow
dog under any flag that floats than
4 an American when it to look
l ing to the United States for protec.
Y ton"
; In the common pleas court ii
| Pittsburg on Saturday application va:
made fer a charter for an association
; of women to be known as the Pst
burg Cat Club. The organi2 1tal
aims TO promote tho importation an,
ownership of Thoroughbred cats IT
improve the breeding thereof aHl tx
interest and educate the public
orally" a home for lost cat j
promised and weekly lectures on tn
o cat will be given if present plans II
carried out.
There was a fight the other 10
between the engineer and fireman i
the cab of an engine hauling an llyi
railway passenger train. The trai
was running on Il stretch of trac
which is down grade, and while no |
ing serious happened. the officers {
=. the road are impressed by the f.,
that there might have been a terri
;, BILE accident. Engineer Hadley say
:. that he saw Fireman Clegg leanin
:. out OIL the WINDOW asleep ana 700
hold of him because he feared l
would fall from the cab. Clegg.
says, misunderstood his action al
"a regarded his kindly service as an a
sault. Whatever the occasion, IL
men fought while the engine toe
80 care of itself. Both men have bee
suspended.
NJ Conditions in the cattle busine
nj in the southwest are said to be Il
worst in twenty years. The Gel Pa
Ial Herald" says that drouth caused Il
% death of thousands of head and tn
"a cattle still living are almost unma
ng ketable. At one watering place ca
H. of Carlsbad 1000 dead cattle we
III counted. OF the future of the bu:
ID ness in the southwest the "Heralt
mt SAYS: '"The next move of the big CO
M tie men will no doubt be to MeNit
ad where there is still much open ran
left. But that can only afford tel