The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1910-09-01

Miss Hazel Lotze. Of Vermillion,
Is visiting with friends In the city.
She has made other arrangements and
will not teach In the city schools this
year.
Mrs. w. H. George. Of Peoria. H..
has been visiting with DR.. and Ifs.
F. W. Freyberg and returned homo
Tuesday morning.
i MI. and Mrs. NJ. Kelleher, called
here to attend the funeral over the
remains Of the late William Herbert.
returned Tuesday q. m. to their home
at Marshalltown. Iowa.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Rathbun and
daughter have been visiting with
William Rathbun and family for sew
eral weeks, and returned home Tues
day a. M, to Dallas Center, Iowa.
S. r. Paige, of Luther, Iowa, arriv-
ed in the city to visit with his broth
err. H. E. Paige, of the Wells Fargo
Express Co. He will remain a month
or so and work for the company while
several of the men are taking their
vacations.
An accident happened or Main
street Saturday evening a little after
9 o'clock in front Of the Gale theatre,
in which two buggies collided. An
open buggy contained four young Ia
dies and when the collision occurred
they were thrown lightly to the
ground, one of them being bruised
on the arm and limb. The buggy was
damaged by having the spokes torn
from one wheel. The other buggy
and occupants we're reported to have
escaped anything very serious. The
names of the parties we're not taken
by anyone in the crowd and their
idetity could not be located with any
certainty.
DR.. and Mrs. j. G.. Mccartney and
Henrietta arrived home Saturday az
ternoon from Lake Okoboji, Iowa,
where they have been for several
weeks. They made the trip in the
automobile and finished the journey
from that point to Waterloo, Iowa.
Returning from Waterloo they re-
manned at the lake a few days and
came home in the auto, driving
through from Sioux Falls Saturday
afternoon.
j. N. Crow arrived home Saturday
evening from his trip east, going first
to Chicago to attend. the Tri-ennial
Conclave of the Knights Templar and
thence to points in Michigan and
Ohio. While at Ottowa, Ohio. Mr..
Crow had the pleasure of attending
a reunion of the Crow family, cover
ing a period of several generations,
and there were owe 800 members of
the family present.
The closing meeting of the open
air religious services was held Sun
day evening on Main street and Third
Avenue, with a good congregation at
the place of worship. Rev. Mr.. Miles,
of Carthage, who supplied the Con-
gre%gational pulpit in the morning,
preached the sermon. TheSe services
have been held during the months of
July and August, in which the church
es Of the city Joined. Practically all
Of the meetings have been largely
attended and doubtless many more
people attended the outdoor services
than would have gone to a church
building.
The grading Of the approaches to
the bridge on the east road to the
river is being accomplished seeming
ly very slowly to the people who
want to use that road. The direct ap-
proach on each side is very steep,
and it is with some difficulty that
teams or automobiles car get over.
while the road around has been elimi-
mated by blowing up the dirt for fill
ing. There was a procession of six
or eight autos held between the two
bridges Sunday afternoon because one
auto went dead on the narrow path
and there was no way for the others
to get by, until someone suggested to
pull the dead auto to one side. The
bridge was practically finished q
month ago. and a long delay has en-
sued yer filing the approaches.
c. B. Wilt, the Omaha agent, is in
the east on an extended visit. A card
received from him at Atlantic City
N. j., brings the information that
Saturday afternoon he had the pleas
ure of listening to Pat Conway's band
at Young Pier and that the music was
grand. Mr.. Wilt said that while there
are several splendid bands at Allan.
tic City, Conway's band is the popu.
lar one and that great crowds flock
around the band stand when the pro.
gram starts. Mr.. Wilt gave it as his
opinion that the corn palace com
mittee made a good selection when
it secured Conway and his band fol
the leading musical attraction at the
corn palace this fall.
S. F. Goodykoontz says that he
raised the biggest crop of wheat on his
farm south of town since he owned
it-and that has been about thirty
years. The wheat yielded him %
bushels ner acre. and will doubtless