The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-02-12
L0' Al NEWS NOTES
From Thursdays Daily

''& 'At''
last evening evenS, up for the trim
ming received by the Mitchell teai,
which visited P%lankinton a week aeo
A party of Milwaukee railroad of
iiclals spent the day in Mitchell yes
terday, looking over the city ant
meeting many OF The business men
IN the party were j. G. Love, of Chi
caSo, general passenger agent, b. f
Van Nliet, of Mason City, superin
tendent of the /. and ID. division
w. f. Cody, of Mason City, division
freight and passenger agent, c. n
Curtis, of Sioux City, division freigh.
agent, and o. b. Searles, of Mason
City, assistant freight and passenger
agent.
Many members We're gained yes,
tcrday for the local branch of the
National Highways association, which
would connect the Scenic highway
with the national system Of roads
proposed to be built by the govern
ment. /. j. Kirker, field representa-
tive for the association, and G. II,
Billings, civil engineer, were intro
duoed about the city by various mem
bers of the Commercial club.
Sanborn County (Artesian) AdVo-
cate: The editor spent -four Very
profitable days in Mitchell last week
attending the corn and grain growers
the stock breeders and the poultry
breeders gatherings and listening to
those splendid talks. We nave attend
ed state and national poultry eXhib-
its in our time but the best We eve
saw was iii Mitchell.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. j. ". Bald
ridge, 91S East Second avenue, on
Tuesday, February ;, a son.
Mrs. L. Becker and Mrs. c. A.
Dawson departed yesterday for Jor-
dan. Mimi, where they Will take the
mud baths treatment in the sanitar-
ium there.
w. j. johnson is i'll at his home
at 301 East Sixth avenue.
Judge o. c. Thompson this after
noon united in marriage John IL.
Schroeder and Miss Olive l., Ander-
ron, both of Mitchell.
The William Galley sale, which
was held Tuesday by Judge Bros,
autcioneers, was Il decided success.
Everything sold for good prices.
Twenty-Five head OF steers sold for
So . head, COWS sold up TO $50 each,
with calves reaching as high as $45.
Grade sows brought up to $50. the
cheapest pen selling for $3l.50. The
sale amounted to $4,000. Yesterday
Judge Bros. cried the Nelson sale,
north of P~lankinton, which realized
$1,000.
Allen Loop. of Brandon, Wis, IS
visiting in Mitchell al the home OF his
sister. Mrs. Matthew Shade.
S. \. Ramsey was down from
Woonsocket today on business.
II. Il. Hitchcock went 10 Yank-
ton this morning on legal business
before Judge Robert b. 1ripp.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank a. Gates will
return tomorrow to their homes at
Kingsley, la. Mrs. Gates has been in
since the holidays with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. }. j. Myles. and Mi.
Gates came mp from Kingsley on
business two days ago
L.. p. Rhine, OF Mason City. la,
general foreman over tile round
houses on the Iowa and Dakota G.
vision OF the Milwaukee system, was
in the city last evening in conference
with several of the foremen. Those
pre- son were A. r. Kicks, foreman al
Murdo, A. l.. Burke. foreman at San
born. Ia. and w. Wood, foreman OF
the Mitchell roundhouse.
With the weather in Mitchell 2 de-
grees below zero, il was far from
being the coolest spot i'm the state
this morning. At Murdo, Canton and
Aberdeen, the temperature ranged
from 10 to - degrees below. The
snowfall extended from Rapid city
as far east as Lennon. There was no
snow at Aberdeen. railroad traffic
was not hindercd materially by the
weather.
II. b. %Sougstad, OF |ulton, who
vas elected at the state corn show
last week as the Sonth Dakota dele
gate to the national corn show at
Dallas, Tex, departed last evening.
He will be gone about three weeks.
lie and Prof. j. G.. Hutton. oftbrock-
ing.. will have charge OF ille state
exhibit at Dallas. Prof. Hutton VIII
also take AN exhibit from the State
College.
w. Z. Patterson, who has beer in
charge OF the collections OF the Rum
ely company for the past year, with
his headquarters in Mitchell, Viii
leave tomorrow for Kansas City TO
take charge of the branch at that
place.
II. j.. Sullivan, OF Mason City, in
spector for the freight claim depart
mrnt of the Milwaukee road, was a
business visitor today in Mitchell.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas X.
Murphy, sos East Second avenue, on
Thursday, February 6, a daughter.
r. j. Spangler went to Chamberlain
last evening. where he has three cases
in the Brule county circuit court,
now in session there.
G.. Schneider, of Bridgewater, UNI
derwent an operation for appendicitis
at ST. Joseph's hospital this morning.
G. w. Warner has disposed of his
barber shop in the city to c. S. Nc
Cavern and yesterday moved to Alex
andria, where he has purchased an
other shop.
A. w. Gaines returned last even
ing from Pukwana, where he owns