The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-10-26
shipped sixty carloads of cattle TO
Omaha recently. in three separate
consignments.
SNOW BLANKETS
THE WHOLE STATE
FIRST FAIL is MEANY-RAu.-
ROAD TRAFFIC. INTERRUPT
ED LIGHTi.N-CHli.b AG-
COMPANIES "BEiU-
TIIUL."
The day of the snow shovel and

The day of the snow shovel and
the slippery sidewalk is here.
No longer this season can South
Dakotans boast of their beautiful
late falls and easy winters 1t is time
for the growler to predict the hard
season and recall TIE high puce OF
coal. For the first real snowfall oil
the year has occurred.
lit was a clean score for the wealth
er man. Yesterdays prediction was
for snow and lots of it. BY O'Clock
even the most persistent of the pro
phet's critics admitted that at least
Ionee his weather tip had been accur-
ate.
The early snow aurries began late
, in the afternoon, but the atmosphere
was still warm enough to melt the
snow as soon as it touched the
ground. Until s O'Clock in the even
| ing. not enough real snow had fall
en- to make a noticeable showing
But when Jack Frost and his willy
| host started work in earnest, the
thoroughness Of the job could not
be doubted. Through most of the
might the flakes continued to come
down, blown into all the window
cracks and vacant corners, until at
dawn, the landscape was entirely
manted.
Whole State Covered.
Nor was the storm of purely local
|effect. The white blanket was street
ehed from Rapid City and the Black
Tllls TO the eastern boundary OF
Iowa. 1t ran north to Aberdeen and
south to Yankton and covered prac-
t.cally the entire state.
The effect in the dress of the citi-
zans was instantaneous The old
overcoat, fragrant With the odors OF
nothballs and reminiscent of better
days. was brought from its hiding
place in the upstairs closet and wrap
ped around the shivering frame of its
owner. The fur cap made its appear
lance a couple of times. and one pair
oi oyershoes was reported liz Use
Snow shovels We're conscripted into
service early in the morning and
many of the streets were soon cleaned
The tired business man" had a
erfectly good excuse for his tired
feeling-he had cleaned his sidewalk
and a shovel OF wet snow is heavy
On the farms there was an unusual
ustle and stir this morning Many
Il the farmers had their stock still in
he pasture and We're forced to hurry
il back into the barns. The hog pens
eeded repairing and all the little
Preparations for winter finally had
D be made
Holds Up Corn pickcrs.
The storm Will put a check on the
arger farm activities. however. Pick
Ag corn will be held up for a couple
f days at least and fall blowing will
ractcally be given up.
The amount of the snow storm and
the degree of GOODNESS varies through
ut the state. In the western sec
lion, the fall was nearly 5 inches and
7 It ranged from this TO inches in
I this locality - e--7N less farther
asst The mer"r"v dropped to 26
degrees, the coioest it has been this
year
The effects of the storm may not
lie extremely lasting or marked The
{ oal market should be very brisk for
{ couple of days and winter clothing
!. should sell easily
For the present, however. the slo-
IN $ ere "Clean Nc"" Sidewalk" and
9 ''M oh stee
BL,ls, NED IN ~ A.
Pipestone, M'n Pine today
was in the ggip OF to We ST fall
v blizzard since the honorable storm
: of october Is, 1850 Sweeping in
: from the west the swirling snow
drove the temperature down below
freezing point.
The snow began in western Can
da taking southeasterly course
> t whipped down through Montana
: and rode on stiff gale into part of
.torth Dakota. swung down to the
'outhern border of North Dakota
s while it blanketed part of northern
I, South Dakota and today whirled over
| into minnesota