The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-03-21

ground for the foundation and as
soon as the weather settles the work
will be started.
Friday evening occurred the an
nual inspection of St. Bernard Com
%mandery, knights Templar, which
was accomplished by Willard c.
Lusk, OF Yankton, the district inspec-
tor. \ banquet was served at 6:3O
O'Clock with a large attendance OF
resident members, and the lnspec-
ton occurred later in the evening.
Work was exemplifcd in the knights
Templar degree. and the Inspector
complimented the officers highly for
their work.
Friday evening Lieutenant Moran
inspected Co. f, with As men in line,
together with Captain Shade and
Lieutenants Rowley and Dixon. Ser
geant Major Jones of the third bat
TALON and Sergeant Major kjelmyr,
of the second battalion, also reported
for inspection. The men were put
through the drill and signal corps
practice by the inspector and they
made u fine showing. AT the close
OF the inspection the entire company
repaired to the cafe of the Mitchell
Catering Co., where a banquet was
served. Lieutenant Moran and 9TH
ers spoke briefly of matters OF in
terest to the militiamcn.
Nels Jensen sent a sack OF corn
TO his son. Russell, at Brookings
agricultural college and had him
make a test of the grain. Mr.. Jen-
sen received a reply this morning
from his son stating that after test
ng so ears. he found that 30 per
cent would do for planting, although
on a more LIBERAL basis he said it
would test at least S4 per cent.
Good seed corn is going to be a hard
hing to get this season, and the
farmers are trying to get in their
supply early. The MAJ who picked
his seed corn before the freeze last
iall is the lucky individual this year.
Mt. Vernon has got the start of
the baseball enthusiasts in this sec
ion, for they have already effected
| baseball organization with officers,
md the players are to be selected
at once. They Will have opportu-
lity to set around the fire for 9
sew days and discuss base hits and
wild throws until the now goes of
md the frost comes out of the
ground.
The sIowstorm in South Dakota
Wednesday did not ta.-c on the Sc
Gritty that was in evidence to The
;outh. particularly in Nebraska. A
Omaha it is reported that the storm
vas the worst in years, and that i
. aged for twenty-four hours. Thi
storm came on top Of another tina
covered Nebraska, Kansas and Iowa
only a week before, and from tn
congested conditions in blocked trif
fc had not recovered. Through
Iowa it is reported that from twelv
TO eighteen inches of snow fell t.
add to what had already fallen a fey
i days before that. In all those sec
: tons the storm came as a blizZarC
while up in South Dakota it wa
Just a steady snowstarm, and not I
exceed five inches fell on the the.
bare ground.
L. S. Meekle, of his city, has jus
received wor dfrom the secretary o
G he Minneapolis poultry show, stat
ing that he had not only won frs
prize on his Black Langshans, bu
hat he also had been awarded th
gold cup for the best shaped bird j
: he entire show.
After the prayer meet ng sevyiC
ut the Baptist church last night tn
.rustees made the report on til
" building proposition, and the churc
: members decided to make the in
! )rovements. 1t was not thorough
Y leciGed, however, whether it woul
take the form of an entire ne
building or an addition built to III
present structure. This will be d.
eided upon when the financial can
! paign gets started. 1t is expected
. Xpend SIC, 1000, and perhaps a gre;
Teal more on the work that h;
been agreed upon. The committee
" having charge of the various d
oartments of the work we're appoin
y I'd and after a conference is he
: hey will m work in earnes
70 Charles Z. Garrett, of Miller, al
Miss Viola NJ. Neach, of Bellevu
~ Iowa, We're married shortly aft
n the noon hour today, the ceremO