The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-10-17

will easily approximate ST., 1000. Last
year in reporting from Winner, out
i'm the heart of Trip county, a work
that had just been organized, We
said next year at Winner, Bless God,
We propose to build a church that
viii be a credia to M%ethodism any
where. We have kept u promise.
and have come up to this conference
to say that We are lust now finishing
Il large thoroughly equipped com
modious church, hat ranks first OF
ali the churches Of Methodistism west
OF the river and We viii not except
one church in all the Black Hills ter
tirOty, in this county which three
wears ago was AN Indian reservation.
the home OF the Red Man. the coyote.
and the rattleSnake. We o have is
regularly organized Methodist sun
dan schools With an enrolment of
469; and IA Methodist societies With
a membership of 3D. And what We
have lone in Trlpp county, We expect
10 duplicate in the next three years in
the new county OF Mellette, farther
west, just opened up for settlement.
Much OF the credit for this almost un-
paralleled record must be given TO
our conference Sunday School mis-
sionary, Bro. Lewis l.. Lane, who has
literally walked thousands OF miles
over those fields and has slept out
ON the prairies Wi. no covering but
the blue canopy of heaven above him
and no pillow but the buffalo grass
sod beneath him. But thanks TO our
Sunday school board, now flies from
coast TO coast ON a brand new motor
cycle which Will more than quad
ruqle his efficiency in thr work.
Nor would | forget the heroic
work OF cur Tripp county missionary
a broken down SupeIanuated mem Der
of the Des Moines conference, Broth
er NJ. l.. Campbell, Who lives alone in
IA little prairie shack and drives from
end to end of that country larger
than Rhote Island organizing new
societies for M~ethodism ON a basis
that will stand the seyereist test OF
tho ages to come. God bless those
i.C G sons and greatly increase Their
nj .lber, trnely the faith OF our
l...ers is living still.
Mt. Vernon Improvements.
At Nit. Vernon the old church wa-
practically rebuilt and remodeled
Throughout, the building was raised
and enlarged and a new basement put
under it. completely equipped Will
FURNACE room, kitchen and dining
room. Il large auditorium was seated
With beautiful pews and equippe,
with electric lights, total cost Of i'm
provements $4,000. every dollar o
which is provided Tor and PRACTICAL,
all collected. Nit. Vernon now has
!, church and parsonage property WORT
SS.000, AT Tyndall II people Were
il, determined to supplant the old tumble
y down ramshackle parsonage, With
modern up-to-date nine room concret
building, furnace heated, eloctri
e lighted, futgished With bath room
cistern. water and ever connection
and new $Go.00 Majestic range mak
ing one OF the ~handSomest, cozies
~parsonases in our conference at
d cost of $4,000. and Brother Bubble
Ithe pastor. is here TO tell yo.
y il is all done. At Colome IL yea
d ago. Brother Wilson found the caurc
q seated With old boxes. boards AN
planks. He asked the people of tn
al town for chairs and in a few day
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