The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1914-05-28
LOCAL NEWS NOTES
From Mondays Daily

Ine special services of Sunday in
the First Methodist Episcopal church
attracted great audiences. The pastor
preached a special sermon which he
called, THE Vacation Sermon" in
winch he suggested some things to
students and the other people rela-
I to vacation. Large numbers of
students from the university and pub
ilc schools were present together
with many visitors and strangers.
rev Raymond Carhart spoke in the
evening on Mexico" He has been a
resident of the country a number of
years and what he said was the result
OF his own personal study and know
ledge. The Sunday school session was
one of the largest of the year. 1t was
announced that plans were being
worked out relative to the annual
Children's day program and the an
nual picnic. Next Sunday will be a
special rally day for the Sunday
school when a number of photo
graphs of the school will be taken to
be printed in the Sunday school pub
locations of the church.
The board of county commissioners
concluded their sessions Saturday ev-
ening by voting approval of the Rome
Mitchell highway, which uns direct
ly south from Mitchell 1912 miles.
Today the board went up to Letcher
to inspect a road grading machine
being used on the Sanborn county
highways.
Prof. S. ID. van Benthuysen will
speak at the booster meeting to be
held this evening by the Alexandria
Commercial club. His subject will be,
THE Mutual Relation of the Modern
Town and the Modern Agricultural
Community.P The meeting is for the
purpose of boosting the Hanson
county fair this fall.
Mrs. H. w. Peterson received a
telegram last evening announcing the
death at Minneapolis of her brother,
Harry Peterson, in al accident. The
natur of the accident IA not dis
closed. Mrs. Peterson's mother died
about a month ago.
Thomas Eastcott will assume the
office of city auditor tomorrow, sue
ceeding N. H. Jensen, resigned. Mr..
Eastcott will be succeeded as cashier
at the Milwaukee freight office by
George H. Halsey.
Low mass was held at the Holy
Family catholic church at 8 O'Clock
this morning in memory of Miss Mel
lie Foley, who passed away on Fri
day evening at the Philip e. Tobir
home. Rev. M. Harte officiated. The
remains We're taken by James Foley
a brother, for interment at Clyman
Wis. The ~pall-bearers We're JOSEPH
Mclaughlin, Nick Kramer, Kranl
Gormley. John Gleason, oney Smith
Fenimore Cooper.
Mitchell will be advertised at%th'
national NJ. w. A. head camp to b
held at Toledo on June 16 to 81. Jo'
Il. Lovpger, delegate from tn
Fourth, District and Freds Reuter-
strom, district deputy, NwiNsleave Nit
chell about June ~ and will eacl
carry with. them badges and, litera
ture from "The Only Corn Palat'
City in the World."
]. B. HQyeys Of Lake Andes. form
erly superintendent of grounds a
Dakota Wesleyan visited over Sunda,
in Mitchell. atfiSe sEs& afsE6 tG3f
Examinations will be given Attn,
Mitchell postoffice on June 13 for thu
II positions of clerk INT carrier. Mel
taking DETERMINATIONS must be a
least 5 feet 4 inches in height, weigh
ing at least 125 pounds at the time Q
appointment, and In good heaitf.:nas
The funeral OF Miss Elsie Bohart
aged nine years, was held this morn
ing at the Holy Family Catholic
church. She was a daughter og Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Bohart, living eigh
miles south of Mitchell. She diet
Friday as the result of burns sus
tanned six weeks ago, when her cloth
es caught fire from a bonfire ant
she was badly burned about the body
The little girl ran several rods an
jumped into a tank of water and a
first was thought not to be fatal,
q burned.
The auction sale ara powery dane,
given by the Mitchell U. c. T. on Sat
urday evening proved to be u o
it's most successful affairs. Over IS
was received from the auction sal
and about $50 couples participated il
the bowery dance. The affairs wer
held in the 1. o. o. f. hall and man
were turned away for lack of room
: In the auction sale, the articles sol
were contributed by the travelin
men from their various lines an
varied from cut glass to fruit, cloth
ing, dulOHlODlle OIL, cigars ana SHOe
w. A. Blynn was the colonel i
charge and showed an auctioneerin
and o%ratorical ability that entitle
him to all honors. The U. c. T. orde
from Mitchell will leave Wedncsda
morning to attend the state conve
tion at Sioux Falls. Their special ca
will be decorated tomorrow by tn
Mitchell Commercial club.
Over 100 men heard the addres
delivered by f. T. Cotton, a we
known graduate of Dakota Wesleyan
and now International Y. M. c. A
secretary, at a luncheon held in tn
dining parlors of the college dorm
itory today noon. Mr.. Cotton spok
on the influence of the college stu
dent, and he also pointed out tn
conditions existing in the colleges G
some of the foregn lands. The speak
er was introduced by Ray Tyler, pre-
sident of the loval Y. M. c.. A. B
Encouragement, the girls of the dol
mitory vent to the different board
ing clubs in order that the men coul
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