The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-11-30

charities and corrections.
Miss Ruby Mills, Wesleyan grad
uate of 1915, who has been teachin.
the past year at Spencer, was in thu
city yesterday on her way to Water
town to attend the teachers conven
ton.
w. R. Ronald returned yesterda.
afternoon from business trip to Min
neapolis. Chicago and Omaha.
Among the Dakota Wesleyan dele
cation going to Watertown yester
day was Prof Jay w. Miller, Prof
J.F. Scott, DR.. H. P. Patterson, va
suma, Oda, and Clarence Buehler.
Patents were granted to two South
Dahotans last week. as reported by
the patent Office of Milton S. Crandall
of Sioux City. They were: Albert Neg
stad, of Arlington, automobile brake
and Edward Skojonhaug, of Buffalo
wirereel;ng device for wagons
Miss Irene Theis and Miss Alta
Pearson Mitchell young women who
are teaching at Fulton this year, were
among the number leaving for Wa
tertown yesterday.
j. f. Smith has recently purchased
from Charles Peters quarter section
of land lying three miles north and
half mile east of Kimball. 1t is the
southeast quarter of section IA, town.
ship 104, range 6S, in Brule county.
Miss Bernice Browne, who is teach
ing in Mt Vernon, came in to spend
Sunday with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. o. Il. Browne. She left yesterday
afternoon with the teachers for Wa
tertown.
Mr.. and Mrs, II. NJ. Case have arriv-
ed from Shenandoah, Ia, and will
make their future home In this city.
Mr.. Case, who is graduate of Ames
university, has accepted position
in the Dakota Improved Seed COM
pany.
Mrs. Theodore Winters returned
home yesterday morning from visit
with relatives in Ellsworth, Wis. She
has been gone nearly month.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanley Morris spent
and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. r. Burchfield, OF
Washington Springs, were Mitchell
visitors Saturday.
Leland Vessey motored down from
washington Springs yesterday for an
over-Sunday visit with Mitchell
friends.
Prof. P. A. Cooley, of the high
school faculty, delivered an address
today before the South Dakota Com
mercial Teachers association which is
in session with the educational meet
ing at Watertown. Prof Jay w. Mil
Ter, of Dakota Wesleyan, is president
of the commercial organization.
j. d. Anderson, of Chamberlain,
was visitor in the city Saturday.
Peter Brethorst, who returned a
short time ago from tho Mexican bor-
der, was IN the city yesterday prepare
tory to leaving for Centerville. where
he has been elected principal of the
high school.
b. e. TAYLOR of Artesian, was "A
business visitor in the city Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM Saul. of Stra-
thoy, Canada havearriyed in the city
for visit at the home of their daugh-
ter, Mrs. George Carlson, On their
way here, they visited for short
time in Chicago at the home of their
son-in-law, Prof. Clarion d. Hardy.
Attica, N. Y. News: Mrs. Mary Ma
son, of Mitchell, S. D., arrived Tues
day night for visit with her sister,
Mrs. Martin Schlenker. Mrs. Mason
has been spending some time in De-
troit, Mich, visiting her granddaugh-
ter, Mrs. G.. Sunday, whose husband.
George Sunday is a son of Evangelist
Billy Sunday. The Sunday party has
just closed a successful campaign in
Detroit.
w. l.. Porter, who is engaged in the
dairy business on the old Mason farm
west of Mitchell, reports to The Re
publican that he can easily surpass
the record of profit from cows recent
ly printed from Bridgewater. From
seven Holstein COWS he averages S21
a week. Four of the cows are not
three years old and two are not two
years old, and the record should in
crease, as no COWS reach their best
before they are four years old. Mr.
Porter declares that a COW which fur
nishes less than 50 a week for her
owner is losing proposition i'll view
of the high cost of feed and care. Mr..
Porter keeps a record of the exact
cost of feeding his dairy herd and will
show his cream tests to any one in
terested. The townsite of Belts is
located in the center of the farm oper-
ated by Mr.. Porter.
j. G. Blenkiron and G. j. Kendall
Went down to Sioux City last night
to purchase cattle.
c. e. Vermilyea left last night on
business trip to st. Paul. He will
return tomorrow.
Miss Bessie Luege, of Spencer,
spent Sunday with friends in the
city and left in the afternoon for
Watertown where she will attend
the sessions OF the South Dakota
Educational association.
Miss Edith Gardner. Mr.. and Mrs.
Thomas Eastcott, and Mrs. w. w.
Woodman motcred to White Lake
Sunday to spend the day at the home
of Miss Gardeners parents.
Mr.. and Mrs j. l.. Lovinger went