The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-10-03

". Il. Rathbun, agent for the Royal
Insurance Co.
LOST-Child's blue coat bearing
The initials IS. l.. F." Was lost east
of Mitchell. II the finder viii COM
municatc With DR.. Freyberg, Mitch
ell, a suitable reward Will be given.
Mayor Hitchcock is in receipt OF
a letter from tllwood c. Perisho of
Nermillion in which he gives the fol
lowing of the reception re
ceived by the University football
team when it returned from the game
with Minnesota. which it Won by the
score of 10 to %. This has been Il
gala day at our university. notwith-
standing the big reception which WI
gave our football team. all the class
es of the university have been reg
ularly held, With the exception of
the r%ecitations during the 10-l1 o.
clock hours this morning. Because
of a much delayed train. the team
was unable to return from Minnea-
polls until 1915 this morning. The
entire university, with few keep
tions. went to the train With our
band and many citizens of the city.
The team was escorted to the chapel
and then. with music and speeches,
"A celebration was held. Mr.. IIender-
son tells me that the game was in
every sense a good one and that
there was no doubt as to the super
iority of the South Dakota team"
Arrangements are already being
made iCf the meeting of the South
Dakota Corn and Grain Growers as
sociation which will hold forth in
Mitchell. the third week in january.
AT that time the three silver cups
which the Dakota Improved Seed
company will give to boys in its prize
contests will be given away These
cups We're exhibited at the corn pal
ace recently and also at the state fair
and have attracted a great deal OF
attention. Plans are now being made
whereby it is hoped to have the Poul-
try show. live stock show, oorn and
grain show and meeting of the horti-
cultural society all at the same time
and designate the time as "Farmer's
Week.. This has been very success
fully conducted in other states and it
is stated that such an event Will bring
possibly two thousand people to the
city that week.
The Catholic ladies who conducted
AN eating house at the corne of Sec
ond and Main during corn palace
week, report that OF the nice days
they had the largest crowds they
ever handled in amy previous years.
This was true particularly on Friday
and Saturday. The ladies have added
Il substantial sun to the fund they
are raising for buying the desks and
other furniture for the new academy
BY their industry in the past two
years they have raised over So
600 for church and school purposes.
II was through their energy that
the money was raised which enabled
the church to make the new academy
%fireproof.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Thomas and
children of White Lake who have
been visiting Mr.. and Mrs. M. G..
Wider went home Saturday in their
automobile.
Cara korte. Mho has been visiting
fer q few DAYS past at the Simpsons,
returns to her home at Huron today.
Earl Peters ol Parkston has been
d Mil i.Oll Vis.to. iol the last few
days.
Mrs. LA Sinclair and Mrs. i. f..
Williams ol Sioux City. visited their
sister, MIS-. l.. Greavcs during corn
palace week.
Fred Scot announces today that
a deal has been competed whereby
Mr.. Wilircd Gormley OF this city
becomes a half owner in the Theatre
+ Pharmacy. The store Will be CON
Quoted in the future under the title,
Theatre Pharmacy, Scott and CORN
ley, propriotoIs. This tore enjoys
one of the best drug businesses in
the city and under the stimulus of
its popular owners that business will
probably continue to grow. Mr..
Gormley, the new partner is q Nit
choll young man. industrious and of
exemplary habits and has had CON
siderable experience in this line of
work in which he has beer engaged
for ONE time.
o. l.. Branson, was in the country
yesterday and brings favorable re-
ports OF conditions there. He states
that the recent frost has chacked the
growth of the corn and that it is
now beginning TO ripen nicely. Mr..
Branson is of the opinion that but
little damage was done by the freez-
ing nights OF last week. There i
much threshing being done now, of
wheat out of the stack and many
farmers started threshing fla&, this
week.