Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1911-10-05
Thunder won LIST prize and Chas.
In Amonst, second prize.

luuuStcI WOu lSI prize ana OIluS.
In Amonst, second prize.
The base ball game was lively
and interesting one between the
Agar, Sully county, boys and the
Agency 'sSioux" was lively one.
resulting in favor of the latter bv
a score of 8 to Z.
The Cherry Greek swarriors"
won the tug g-of war against the
Agency district, after second
trial.
Much of interest could be said
about the ''big talk" which fol
lowed the tug-of war. In the first
place, the ''speaker of the occa-
sion," Mr.. j. d. Deets, came as
the official representative of the
governor of 9he State. The Press
considers this as one of the great
est of honors that could have been
bestowed upon Superintendent
Thos. j. King. Jr.. and his excel
lent office force for the efficiency
they have shown i'm the admins
tration of Reservation affairs.
A more fitting or suitable speak
er for the First Annual Fair of
the Cheyenne River Indians could
hardly have been mentioned. As
Commissioner of the new state
bureau of immigration, Mr.. Deets
gave hint of the program the
bureau has adopted to get new
settlers to occupy all of tine re-
naming vacant land west of the
Missouri river. AS the alloting
agent who pushed to completion
the work of allotment, so that the
reservation could be opened to
whites, he had the hearts and ears
of his hearers as probably no other
could have bad; for The Press feels
convinced that Mr.. Deets com
pleted his work as such alloting
agent with every man. woman and
child on the rescrvation-I Indian as
we'll as white-numbered among
his personal friends.
Mr.. Deets' address was inter
preted into the Sioux language by
Ed. Swan. fniblood native.
The next speaker was Mr.. An
toine DeRockbrain. full blood
Sioux from the Standing Rock
reservation, who first gave a talk
i'm the English language, and then
one in his native tongue. He had
many complimentary words for
the Fair and other things he had
seen and heard around the Agency
and concluded his English address
with the suggestion that Nation
al Indian Fair Association would
be good thing.
1t is one of the surprises of the
Occasion that the fame of the Fair
has extended to the Rocky noun
tains on the west and the borders
of Minnesota on the cast. On
Monday a party of Sioux arrived
from the Sisseton reservation, in
Roberts-co, S. D.. and Tuesday
Chiefs Morris Antelope, White
Bird (Andrew St. john and Red
Fish (Louis SUM and party arrived
from the Ceur d'Alene reservation
in Idaho.
Thursday was marked by anoth-
er rainy, muddy day, SO that the
regular program could not lee car
ried out In lieu of it, official ac-
tion was taken to get even with
the weather man, by the announc-
ment that the remainder of the
sports would be continued next
Monday.
The bowery dances had to be
abandoned, but this was compen-
sated for by something else Just as
good. This was an adjournment
to the beautiful new school assem-
bly, hall. An orchestra from Get
tysburg consisting of Mrs. G. G.
Blakeslee (piano), Roger Gross
(slide trombone) and Albert loom
ey (snare drum and cymbals) is
furnishing the music for four
nights.