The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-12-16
in TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
IN THE COURSE OF A WEEK..

Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Hold
son. Sunday. Dec. 12, a son.
b. Y. Wilder returned home Sat
urdaT from his trip out to Montana
whore he is conducting an extensive
ranch.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. S. Christensen
came home Sunday morning frllH
Waseca, Mimi, having aeel. called
there by illness and death of Mrs.
Cmistensen's mother.
Dr.. j. A. Baker has been visiting
In the city for several days and de-
parted Monday for his home at
Monroe, Mich. He has been on a
trip to the coast states.
T. d. Norton, son of Rev. and Mrs.
L. j. Norton, went out to Rapid City
tuesday to accept a position
with a wholesale house, and later he
will travel On the road for the con-
Germ.
Frank A. Craft, the state fire mar
shall, departed Monday afternoon for
Lead and Deadwood, being called
there in his official capacity. There
was a fire in Deadwood recently
which was of an incendiary nature,
and the state fire marshall will make
a complete investigation into the cir
cumstances.
Roy Wills, of Syracuse, N. Y. ar
rived in the city Monday evening and
spent the day among his old friends.
Roy is now travelling on the road for
a Syracuse firm, and makes this
northwestern country in his extern
sive travels. Out at Rapid City a
few days ago Roy said an item was
published in the Guide to the effect
that he claimed to be the first baby
born in Mitchell. He said that was
an error-as he was three weeks old
when his parents came to Mitchell
in the early day.
Brief funeral services were held
Tuesday mornin at 10 a. m. at the
Broadbent undertaking parlors over
the remains of Johnny Shlater, grand
son of Mrs. Mary Klatt, ST. Quit. a
few friends were present, and the SER
vices were conducted by Rev. F. j..
Norton. Music a furnished by
Miss Mcdonald, Mrs. F. j. Norton.
L. J.. Morgan and George Minty. The
boy was fifteen years old and he died
set Trip Saturday as the result of
a complication of diseases. Quite a
few friends came up from Tripp to
attend the funeral.
There are seven shopping days left
before Christmas. and the activity
noticed on the streets indicates that
the people are getting busy on the
Christmas present proposition. Mon
day was a good illustration of the
activities in this direction. Buyers
VIZ iui1y4lS " OAC pldCC W oil
other-some looking and some buy
ing. The one who puts off to the
last will not be benefited to any
great extent, and the selection grows
beautifully less right along. Many
of the stores which are making a
special effort for the holiday trade
are decorated very handsomely, and
they appear highly attractive to the
buyers. The holiday season is on
in all it's glory and there is much
happiness Astounding among the peo-
pie who are bent on buying presents.
The Lady Maccabees met Monday
evening and elected the following Of
ficers; Past Commander, Mrs.
Della Stair; lady commanders; Mrs.
Clara Lukens; lady lieutenant COM
mander, Mrs Clara Daniels; lady rec
ord keeper, DR.. Marian Griffin; lady
finance auditor, Mrs. Evelyn Curtis;
lady chaplain, Mrs. P. H. Kelley; lady
sergeant, Mrs. Martha Hannett; lady
mistress at arms. Mrs. Ella Geiger;
lady sentinel, Mrs. Sadie Smith; lady
pickett. Mrs. Carrie Schlimgen. State
Commander, Mrs. Nevada Hereford,
of Aberdeen, and Mrs. DeMars, aer
deputy, were present at the meeting,
and these head officers were present.
ed with souvenir spoons, the speech
being made by Mrs. Stair. Eight can
didates were initiated during the
evening.
The Elks had a big afternoon meet
ing Monday when eight candidates
were taken into the order and fur
nished with full sized antlers. Twen-
ty candidates were scheduled for in
i%tfation, but for some reason all could
not be present. The lodge room was
filled with members both from the