The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-03-23
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
~ THE COURSE OF A WEEK

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w. 3. Rathbun. agent for the Royal
Insurance Co.
Prof. Hunter held his FIRST band re-
hearsal last evening in the city hall
and he had a soodly number Of mu.
sicians present for the first time,
There were Is men out for the nrst
time and the director felt very much
encouraged over the attendance. The
band movement ought. to have The
earnest and, hearty support Of Thu
business men in every way and MAXI
1t possible for Mitchell to again have
a city band which will be a credit,
Prof. Hunter hopes to secure a few
more men for the clarinet section,
and he would be glad to hear from
any person who plays that instru-
ment.
The bids for the construction of
the science hall at the University
were opened Wednesday afternoon,
but no definite action was taken at
this time, and the bids will not be
acted upon for a period of ten days.
A committee IA appointed to make
investigation concerning certain
material and also plans and specifi-
cations locking to a possible change
in some parts of the building.
President Kerfoot arrived home
from the Chamberlain sani-
tarium, where he has been for sew
eral weeks receiving treatment for
his ervou disorder. He is feeling
quite a good deal better, and is at
tending to a few duties at the Uni
versity. He is undecided as to
whether he will go south to Excelsior
Springs.
Mrs. c. Sanders departed Thursday
evening for Hastings, Neb., TO make a
visit with relatives.
l.. j. WEIGH went to Woonsocket
last evening to attend the second an
nual banquet of the Good Fellowship
Club, which was held in honor of St.
day. The main address
was delivered by P. II. Wickham, Of
and Mr.. WEIGH was also
on the program for a brief address.
The Goodfellowship club is a strong
organization at Woonsocket, and it
contains a large membership. The
banquet was held in the New Mer-
hotel.
The Whiting Nursery Co., of Yank-
ton, has a large advertisement today
which two coupons are printed Of
a special bargain to parties
them in. This is a special
offer made to introduce the goods of
tnlS company.
The Patriarchs of the Odd Fellows
lodge gave their fourth annual mill
tary ball at the city hall Friday even
which brought out a very large
Previous to the dancing
party the Odd Fellows band played
on the street and then went to the
ball and played several selections.
The band was displaced by William
orchestra for the dancing of
he evening. The members of the
appeared at the party in full
Uniform, and before the dancing be-
gan they gave a march and drill and
he group of men made a fine ap-
oearance, goin gthrough the man.
,uyers in fine shape. The dancing
program lasted until after the mid
light hour and the affair was a fine
success.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Rowley,
Saturday morning, March 18, a son.
Misses Anna Halvorsen and Flor
snce Aronson left yesterday for Mar
Gus, Iowa, to visit a couple of weeks,
and on their return they will stop at
Sioux City.
The members of the Norwegian
church have arranged to
build a parsonage for their pastor,
Rev. A. N. Brudvig, and the contract
will be awarded next week. The
house will be 2Gx28, and two stories
high. 1t will be located in close prox-
unity to the church on the south
side, and will cost about $4,000 when
Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Keen and child
rem moved to this city from Alexan-
dria this week and are living in a
new residence on Seventh street.
They have resided in Alexandria for
! number Of years, and the people
here very much regretted their de-
The family moved here to
give their daughter the opportunity
VI attending the university.
March is not developing any strong
evidence of warm weather this e
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