The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-04-28
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
IN THE COURSE OF A WEEK.

Mrs. VIM. Clark of Ames, Iowa, ar
rived last night and is visitin;, with
her sister Mrs. G. w. Coleman.
Mr.. and Mrs. Welsher, of Pleas.
antville, Iowa, arrived to remain q
month with their daughter, Mrs. G.
e.. Brady, on the south side.
Miss Carrie Overgaard departed
Wednesday afternoon for Eleanor,
in the western part OF the state, to
make a visit with her sister, Mrs. A.
c. Worthen.
Miss Mary Hillman went to Sioux
City Thursday and will associate her
self with the Samaritan hospital. Miss
Hillman will remain there and take
a course in professional nursing.
Guy S. vanAlstine, of this city,
who is just about to complete his sec
ond year at Northwestern University
Medical School. has recently been ap-
pointed to the position of assistant
in the department of Histology and
embryology of that institution.
A. H. Belts, who came home sew
eral days ago from a trip to the AL
berta country, in Canada, in assisting
one of his som locating on a claim,
said that on the way home he stop
ped in Winnipeg and met T. M. Wal
lace, a former resident Of Mitchell.
He said that Mr.. Wallace is engaged
in the elevator business and has a line
Of thirteen.
According to information coming
from Mi1yuo ,,1o1 LooI~,o<o,
engagements are being made to start
the gravel crew about the middle of
May. A gravel pit will be opened be-
TWEEN Mitchell and Ethan and it is the
intention to gravel the roadbed of the
Sioux City and Dakota division dur
ing the summer. 1t is also stated that
the roadbed west to Chamberlain will
receive the same treatment, and that
the last twenty miles of road leading
to Aberdeen will be finished this sum
mer.
Rumor has it that the Milwaukee
road is contemplating a change in the
running of its passenger trains to
the west. 1t is stated unofficially
that the passenger which arrives
here from the east about midnight
will be continued on through to Rap
i'd, City. 1t will lay here until about
6 o'clock in the morning and make
the run through to the Black Hills
country by daylight. The afternoon
passenger instead of running through
to Rapid City in the night time, will
be held at Chamberlain.
A good representation of the Ot.i
Fellows and Rebekah lodges attend
ed worship in the Presbyterian
church Sunday morning. They met
in a body at their hall and marched
to the church. DR.. T. j. Macmurray
delivered a sermon which was par
ticularly appropriate to the occasion,
In that it was in recognition of the
anniversary of the found
ing OF the order. His thoughts were
directed along the line of friendship,
the helping OF one another through
life and yer the rough places. Spec
ial music was rendered by the choir
and L. A. Williams sang q solo.
The fine weather of Sunday was
made s OF by the people for church
purposes and great audiences were
In attendance at the First Methodist
Episcopal church. The pastor preach
ed both sermons which were earnest
and practical and aimee TO help men
and women and young people in the
daily problems Of their moral lives.
The anthems by the choir morning
and evening we're fine and greatly en-
1oyed. The o6er:ory at the services
was sung by Miss viole. Hatch Of
Sioux City. Her splendid voice, at
.tractive personality and beautiful
made her numbers a fea-
ture Of the worship. The bulletin en-
nounced two lei as uniting with the
!,
Copies Of the Seattle, Wash, Post
1ntelligencer have been received at
this Office containing the report of
the investigating committee author
lied by the state legislature to make
deep probe into the state timber
lands. The committee was appointed
at a special session last year and Just
now hands in q voluminous report.
. member of the committee is How
ard D. Taylor, a former Mitchell
young man, who went to Washington
some years ago and has been highly
honored by the citizens Of his home
city. The report indicates that some
pretty bad business has been going
in the state timber land transac-
lions.
Thomas Navin started a force of
to work for the erection of a
fine three story business building on
the southwest corner of Main street
and First Avenue. The structure will
have a frontage of fifty feet and ex-
tend 142 feet back to the alley. The
plans for the building have been
drawn by S. G. Wherry, the architect,
and when transformed into the three
story structure will make a fine i'm