The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1911-01-26
IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
MATTERS OF INTEREST THAT HAPPEN
N! THE COURSE OF A WEEK
Broadbent's great tcn-day So
ends Feb. list. Don't forget.

Broadbent's great tcn-day sale
ends Feb. list. Don't forget.
Write Reynolds at Kimball for
snaps in Brule county farm lands.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. w. Deuser return
ed Sunday afternoon from Rockport,
Mo-, where they were called by the
death Of the sister-in-law of Mr.. Deu-
ser.
Miss Wauneta Ferris came home
Tuesday a.. m. from Faith, in the vi
entity of which place she has made
her home on a claim for the past
fourteen months, proving up Satur-
day.
Mrs. Sam Williams of Mitchell has
undergone an operation at Hot
Springs performed by DR.. F. E. Walk
er and DR.. p. T. Geverman is maxi
ing good progress toward recovery.
Mrs. William Amos was a patient
there last month in the care Of the
same surgeons.
In a letter to j. II. Ferris in re-
hitting his dues. w. w. Bennett, OF
Whittier, Cal, states that a few days
ago he entertained at his home some
Mitchell people who are in the coast
country for the winter season. They
yer D. A. Braught, r. NJ. Sphinx and
Mike Lawrence, the latter two resid-
ing in that section.
The carpenters are putting up the
porch to the Elks building at the
present time, and the timers are fol-
lowing right close in placing the GAL
vanized iron decorations which go
owe the front and around the top of
the porch. With the weather moder-
ating some the work can be pushed
right along, and it is possible the
Elks will be able to dedicate their
new home within the course of a cou-
pie of months.
John Fl. Scriven, the allotting agent
for the government on the Rosebud
agency, came over from Sioux Falls
Monday night and went back to the
agency Tuesday a. m. Mr.. Scriven
was called to Sioux Falls as a witness
in the case against DeBell and 9TH
ers. the testimony being taken be-
fore Refere Wallace. These are the
parties charged with having bought
land of the Indians some few years
ago at exceedingly low prices and
then disposing of the land at a price
three or four times higher than they
paid for it. 1t is alleged that the In
dians r incompetent to transact any
business and that they did not know
the value of their land. The evidence
taken before the referee will be SUBJ
mitted to the judge of the federal
court.
Theodore f. Graham, of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, is in the city today, and
is heartily GREETED by his old friends.
Mr.. Graham is connected with the
Redpath-Vawter Chautauqua circuit,
and with the Lyceum bureau. He
said that Miss Hazel Lathrop is trav-
cling this winter with the Jess Pugh
Concert Co., and that she is meeting
with fine success. He also stated
that Percy Fullinwider would not ap-
pear in this city with the Bargelt Con-
cert Co., as anticipated, owing to his
long sickness with typhoid fever. He
is much better but unable to travel
as yet.
You wouldn't burn money but it
amounts to the same thing not to
take advantage of j.. w. Broadbent 4
Co.'s ten-day sale to buy furniture.
rugs, carpets and China at % to so
per ent off.
The music committee OF the Metho-
dist church is contemplating securing
the services of II. Clarence Eddy, Of
New York, for a pipe organ recital
in the near future. Mr.. Eddy is maxi
ing a tour of the west and will be in
this section about the middle Of
March, and the committee is in cor
respondence with Mr.. Eddy's manag-
erst concerning a possible date. The
bringing of Mr.. Eddy to this city for
a recital would be a great musical
event. Without doubt Mr.. Eddy is
one of the greatest, if not the great.
est, pipe organ players in this oun
try, and he has a reputation which
extends from coast to coast, for he
has been appearing in public for over
thirty years. 1t is to be hoped that
the committee can see it's way clear
to making an engagement with Mr..
Eddy to give the recital, and with his
wonderful playing on the new organ
it would be a treat not often encoun-
tered. The people of the city, we be-