The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1913-11-13
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From FRIDAYS Daily

Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz Anderson re
turned yesterday from Mankato,
Mimi, where they We're called by the
death of Mr.. Anderson's father which
occurred Sunday evening Nov. 2.
Nearly half an inch of rain fell!
during the night and this forenoon,
the government gauge registering a
downfall of .48 of an inch. This is
the first moisture since Corn Palace
week. BY noon the skies had cleared
up slightly and the indications were
for colder weather.
Samples of alfalfa of sturdy size
were brought to Mitchell today by l..
ID. Milne, who returned home this
morning from Vale, S. d.. where he
and his brother, j. c. Milne hold
considerable property in the Belle
Fourche irrigation poject. The sam
Piles were well over three feet in
height. Mr.. Milne declared that this
variety of alfalfa had been raised
near Vale for the last fifteen years
and was noted for it's hardness and
terminating powers. From five to
seven tons a year are cut from one
acre and from foul to ten bushels of
seed are harvested from an acre. A.
h. Dean, who accompanied Mr.. Milne
to Vale several weeks ago, Will re
main in that country for a few days
longer.
E. S. Keen started this morning,
[ for northern Minnesota, where he will
spend a few weeks hunting in the
pine woods.
Mrs. M. f. Patton and Mrs. Frank
Ward have returned from a short
visit to Sioux City.
Senator T. L.. White of Messing
ton Springs, was a Mitchell visitor
) last evening.
j. Q. Anderson OF Chamberlain
> was in the city last night.
Warnings against incomplete ad
= dresses on letters and other mai
q have been received by the officials o
" the Mitchell postoffice. The state
ment, issued by Daniel C. Roper, as
sistant postmaster-general, says tina
, every person should give the stree
and number on every letter mailed
Or the number of the room in the oil
~ flee building to which it is address
f ed.
= Fl. A. Rodee went to Linton, N. d
last evening on legal business.
e.. Mrs. w. G. Bracket arrived HON
In last evening from a visit with he
ell sister, Mrs. Armstrong, at Charlie
a City, la.
Miss Myrtle Lee went to Chambel
I'D lain last evening to appear there j
" concert. She will make Mitchell he
RS. headquarters for the mex mont
al while appearing in concerts in di
is. ferent cities of the state. On the e
ne ening of November 20 she will appef
Il. in a recital under the auspices of I'll
women of the Methodist church.
a Mrs. j. II. Colvin. and son Rober
Gu departed this afternoon for Breckel
is, ridge, Mimi. where they were calle
n by the serious illness of Mrs. Colvin
father, Charles Fox.
From Saturdays Daily
a w. II. Broadbent has been appoin
ed director from South Dakota of I'll
lc- National Funeral Directors associ
ri. ton. AS secretary of the state o
at- ganiZation for the past four year
ev Mr.. Broadbent has contributed larg
Is ly TO its success and growth.
We +. L.. Van Tassell and r. G. Edge
list ton of Yankton, were visitors in Mi
is chell yesterday. The two gentleme
ey interviewed a number of Mitche
Masons relative to the fall reunio
We of the Scottish Rite consistory. whit
tn will be held in Yankton in a few day
Dr. Mr.. Van Tassell is an uncle of o..
AZ. Litchfield.
list Modern Woodmen camps in I'll
is. Mitchell district have been asked
send delegates to a conference to |
held in the city neXt Wednesda
~ The rates of the order, which ha,
- been the cause of considerable d
~ bate in the past two years, will |
discussed. The meeting has bee
20 called to convene at 2 O'Clock in til
EST afternoon.
IN F. b. Pinson, of st. Paul. ~travelir
eil passenger agent of the Southern raj
way. was a business visitor last ey,
,st ming in Mitchell.
tn Urgent appeals for children's clotl
er- ing have been sen out by the Assoc
ated Charities, which at present hs
n eleven children who are unable to a
RS. tend school because of the lack {
on sufficient apparel. The organizatio
a. also is looking for a suitable room fc
nd office purposes and a h%eadquarter
1.-THE board of directors were schee
o. uled to meet yesterday afternoon, bl
10 the session was postponed until Mt,
~ week because of the lack of a quorul
Mrs. w. p. Clayton is entertainin
he her sister, Mrs. Rose, of Wells, MINI
is The funeral of Mrs. Verne Mile,
a. who died at her home in Sioux Cit
et Thursday, will be held at 2:3O o'cloc
tomorrow afternoon at the Congre
gational church. Mrs. Miller wa
well known in Mitchell as Miss Edn
II, Kintigh.
.ir Earl Cook came home this mornin
IS from Clark, S. d., where he is super
intendent of schools.
Il. Il. Wagner, of Sioux Falls. can
: didate for the United States senate t,
succeed Coe /. Crawford, was in Nit
cbell on legal business today. Mr.
Wagner declared that political condi
lions over the state were still com
paratively quiet.
Miss Blanche Ryan, of Leeclier
le was a Mitchell visitor today.