The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1916-12-28


\. h. Lee left last night on a busi-
ness trip TO Minneapolis.
Frank Vincent, of Alexandria, was
in Mitchell on legal business yester-
day.
Horace Jones, student at South
Dakota State college. has returned
home To spend the Christmas vaca-
iion with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Elias Jones.
MI. and Mrs. Ed, PECK of Vega,
are Mitchell visitors today.
M. +. Dowdell, f. NJ. Ryan ad j.
w. Fitzgerald, of Artesian, We're
here yesterday on business.
The weather was little more
moderate last night and is much bet
ter today. The lowest point reached
20 degrees below, while at s O'Clock
the mercury stood at 16 deyrc es.
nine degrees WARMER than that time
yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. +. l.. Ryan, OF Plank
inton, We're Mitchell visitors yester-
day.
Classroom work at Dakota IVES
leyan stopped for the vacation per
iod last night and a number oI the
students left for their homes ON the
night trains. Glasses will be res amed
at s O'Clock Wednesday morning,
January g.
An arch broke on one OF tho cars
Of a freight train on the Omaha
road last night and delayed traffic
for several hours The accident oc-
Cured at Fulton on the day FREE ght.
TIE evening passenger left Mitchell
slightly over three hours late and
the one from the east arrived nearly
five hours behind schedule The
wreck was cleared up last night and
traffic was normal today.
The basketball team from tbs Jun
ior class OF the high school EN- arged
with the championship in the series
which ended last night The juniors
won from the previously undefeated
Seniors by a score of IS to 26. The
Sophomores We're victorious over the
Freshmen by a 20 to IL score. The
Juniors won the title with three
straight victories, the Seniors rank
ing second with two wins and one
Nefeat. the Sophomores ranking sec
ond with two wins and two defeats,
and the Freshmen last with three de-
feats.
That children are not neglec.in
the library during the holiday rush
is shown by the fact that 80 per cent
OF the books circulated during tho
past week We're for them Tic Ii
brary has a number OF Christmas
cooks ~ addition to a great sugply
OF Christmas stories in magazine. A
recent gin was a beautiful head Of
Lincoln from Mrs. Mary Upton.
ing teams will be held in tho as
sembly room at 1880 o'clock tonight,
with II speakers competing for the
six places. The question is conpul-
sorry military training between the
ages of Ia and 81. The speakers will
DE: Henry Hoagland, Arthur Ander-
son, Harmon Brown, Hugh Grafton,
Maurice Cooney, Emmett Hand. Karl
Worthon, Carl Rosenquist, Willard
Barth, oliver Bandleman, Dwight
Coursey, Lionel Cornish, Miss Alice
Warne, Miss Mildred Norton. Miss
Dell Clark, Miss Cleota Branch and
Miss Vera Violin.
Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Hager will
leave Friday morning for Chicago to
visit during the holidays. From Chi
cago they will go to Florida for Mr.
Hager' health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. IL. Kennedy and
daughter left today for Waterlown,
S. D.. where they will spend the
Estelline, S. d.
Henry Fielder and Miss OPAL
Stewart OF Pankton, We're married
at 10 O'Clock this morning at the
Baptist parsonage by Rev. Re bert
Lincoln Kelley The young couple
had kept their coming marriage a
secret and notified their friends to-
day. They left this afternoon for
Cottonwood, where they will spend
the wilmer on the bridegroom's
claim.
The former Mitchell Rifle and Re-
volver club, when was organized in
the city in 1912 but has been lack
ing in spirit for the past two years.
will be reorganized at the city audi
tors office in the city hall at 1880
O'Clock tomorrow evening. The club
will be branch of the National Rifle
association and will receive free
rifles and ammunition from the gov
eminent. 1t will cooperate with the
militia in the use of the company
range, both indoors and outdoors,
but its members are not Obligated
to the government in any way lt'is
thought that there may be from so
to IS members in the club. All per-
sons interested are asked to be pres
ent tomorrow evening
j. H. Wolfe Of Kimball, was a
business visitor, in Mitchell yester-
day.
Miss Rachael Hunt left this morn
ing for Beresford to spend the Holt
days with friends there.
Donald Hoon returned yesterday
from Lincoln, Neb., where he has
been a student at the University of
Nebraska. He will spend the holidays
with his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. U.