The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-02-24

Mrs. Winnie Woodman has been
visiting relatives at Mason City. Ia.
and has returend home.
The Mitchell Printing company has
a fine line of township blanks. Town
ship officials will be we'll served at
this Office.
In the Macarthur Piano Co. SO puz-
gle contest, which was advertised in
the columns of The Republican, Man
ager Holleran Tuesday made the an
nouncement of the winners of the
contest. Edgar Drown, the messen-
ger boy at the Western Union Office,
was awarded first prize and Mrs. ]. G.
Lindsey second prize.
Saturday evening Mr.. and Mrs. G..
w. Kleinau entertained the east side
bridge whist club with three tables
in play. The guests thoroughly en-
joyed the play and the scores of the
winners went into four figures. The
head prizes were awrded to Mr.. and
Mrs. Oney Sweet. Refreshments
were served at the close of play.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Morse, who
are we'll known in this vicinity. hav-
ing lived in Rosedale township for a
number of years, have just moved to.
California to make their future home.
Mr.. Morse proposes to have a few cat
tie on his farm in California and ship
ped ten head of his best animals. Mr..
Morse's parents moved out to Califor-
MIA a few years ago and they finally
induced, their son to make the change.
Farmers who will have sales will
find it greatly to their advantage to
their sale bills printed by the
mitchell Printing company. A long
notice of all sales for which bills are
printed by this office, will be publish
ed free Of charge in, both the Daily
and the Weekly Capital.
These two papers reach nearly all
the farmers of their county and this
means valuable advertising for the
sale.
The cold weather proposition is
still with u.s.. and it seems to become.
more pronounced each day. Tuesday
morning the government thermome-
ter indicated IA degrees below zero,
and the colder change came within
the latter part of the night. At 10
Monday the mercury stood
10 degrees above zero, and the
change came after the midnight
hour. At noon Tuesday the mercury
stood at 10 degrees below. The
weather bureau does not offer any
thing better and Continued cold"
is indicated for tomorrow.
A stockman from the vicinity of
passed through the city
last night land stated that the win
ter out west of Mobridge had been
unusually severe on the stock on the
range. The snow has been deeper
than in a good many years and feed
Ing has been nearly out of the ques-
ton. He said that 100000 cattle
have been placed on the range, and
so evere has been the cold and the
storms that at least SO per cent of
them will die before the end of the
season.
Frank A. Craft, state fire marshal,
was called up to Ashton to make an
investigation in a serious fire which
occurred there last Thursday morn
when five business buildings
and a hotel were consumed, and to-
tally destroyed. The fire started in
a saloon building and swept east,
taking everything to a vacant space.
The hotel building was undergoing a
renovation and steam heat
and plumbing were installed. The
work was practically finished and the
hotel was to be opened shortly. On
the morning of the fire the Their
mometer stood at % degrees below
zero. The water pressure was too
weak to fight the flames, and nothing
could be done to save the structures
from burning. There seems to be no
question but what the buildings were
set q fire.
Mrs. Craig Wilson entertained the
Social Club at her home Monday
evening at a Washington Birthday
affair, the rooms being attractively
decorated. The evening was devoted
to games, contests and music, all of
which served to make the time pass
very pleasantly. Among the con-
tests was a star hunting affair. Small
stars were hidden in all parts Of the
house and. the p1Ieats wero given free