The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1915-05-13

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%"Langford of the Three Bars" tbs
novel OF the range country written
several years ago by Virgil Boyles
and his sister, Mrs. j. H. Bingham,
of Chamberlain. is now being pub
lished in serial form in the Peoples
Popular monthly. The novel is the
most successful that the two have
written and has had an immense sale.
Spencer News; Principal-elect r.
b. Waite came down from Mitchell
yesterday morning and spent the day
here, inspecting the schools and ia
miliarizing himself with the. work of
the school faculty.
Judge o. c. Thompson officiating,
David II. Ballard, of Tacoma. Wash,
and Mrs. MarthasO. Rogers, of Win
terset, Ia, were united in marriage
last evening at the home of M. ID.
Clark, 42O North Sanborn street.
Mr.. Ballard is "A brother of Mrs.
Clark and the bride is a sister of
Mr.. Clark. Just the immediate mem
bers of the family and j. b. Ansley,
an old friend OF the couple, were
present. Mr.. and Mrs. Ballard may
make their home in Mitchell.
Woonsocket News: The Misses Ma
bel and Cecilia Huermann. of Nit
chell, arrived in the city Friday and
visited a few days at the home of
her grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. John
K%insberg.
Prof. Hilton |. Jones, of Dakota
Wesleyan will deliver the COM
mencement address for the gradual
ing class of the kimball high school
on the evening of May 90. Prof. Jones
is one of the eloquent speakers of
the state and much in demand for
public addresses.
NJ. p. Dougherty, N. H. Behrens,
j. t. Smith and Peter Fitzgerald will
represent Maher council at the an
nual convention of the Knights of
Columbus at Yankton on May 10.
Plankinton Mail: The Dakota Wes-
leyan university will play the State
Tuesday afternoon and it is prob
able that Steel will pitch for the
university. A number from Plank
anton expect to attend-if it doesn't
rain.
Mrs. Frank w. Mitchell and
children will leave for Salem this
evening for a visit with relatives at
their former home there.
August Hill, a farmer living seven
miles northeast of Spencer. was killed
Wednesday afternoon by the prema-
ture explosion of dynamite. The ac-
cident occurred while the man was
blasting rock on his farm.
Mrs. Florence Johnston has sold
the house known as the kratz place
At 213 West Fourth avenue to #. A.
Bidwell, who will move it to another
site. DR.. *. f. Stair is planning on
the erection of a handsome residence
the property this season.
DR.. A. C.. Solberg was freed from
the charge of speeding in municipal
court this morning following his ar
rest yesterday. DR.. Solberg and DR..
Fl. l.. Mcdonald. who was with him
at the time the. offense was alleged to
have been committed, both testified
that their automobile was not going
over IS miles an hour
Most of the members of Mitchel's
delegation to the state Sunday school
convention at Parker arrived home
last evening. Prof. S. ID. van Ben
thuysen was again honored with cleo
ton as president of the association.
For the first time in its history, the
debt of the organization was cleared
an attendance of over 500 was
at the convention. The convention
will be held at Huron next year.
Dakota Wesleyan's baseball team,
in charge of Coach Herbert Hardy,
left this morning for Nermillion,
where the Coyotes will be played this
afternoon. The men taken on the
trip were Melvin and Lyle Chase.
Smith, Capt. Cass, Martin, Hanson,
Thompson. Avery and Hagey. Harry
Woodward also made the trip. A
week from today, next Friday, the
state university team will play Wes-
leyan here.
Leah Baird and Leo Delaney in
THE Millionaire's Hundred Dollar
Bill" a fine Nitagraph feature at
the Maynard tomorrow.
l.. l.. Lawson and l.. II. Pier were
business visitors from Woonsocket
in Mitchell today.
/. Fruit trees and ornamental shrub
berry in the vicinity of Mitchell have
not been damaged by the light frost
of Wednesday night, according to
w. T. March. manager of the The
Newburys. He stated thai the trees
have been retarded considerably this
last week by the cool nights and their
growth probably set back, although
the actual damage was small.
A. r. Schlosser. superintendent of
the state training school at Plank
inton, was in the city today on BUSH
ness. The contract was let today
to A. N. Bjodstrup for putting in
steel and concrete reinforcement on
.pne of the buildings at the school.
Prof. j. /. Jones. of Dakota Yves
leyan, will go to Vermillion this
evening on a business trip.
Little Odessa Conrad, who has
been confined to her bed for about a
week with measles, vas reported to