Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-12-31

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flying up and striking him in the face,
fracturing the jaw bone and inflicting
a deep cash in the flesh.
There will he very little if any loss
to depositors of the Watauga State
bank, which was recently taken over
by the state banking department. This
information comes from we'll authen
ticated Sc es.
The truytees of the public library in
Tyndsll have received information
from the Carnegie corporation stating
that Mr.. Carnegie will donate $500
for the erection Of Carnegie library
building in Tyndall.
Arthur 2. Middleton, former resi-
dent of Pierre, writes friends there
that he is doing his Bit" for the Eng
lish in the war. He went from Pierre
to Canada, and is now lieutenant in
the English forces.
Members of the Centerville Epworth
league are completing arrangements
to transform their league room into a
free public reading room, for the bene-
fit of the young people of Centerville,
who thus will have comfortable place
in which to spend their evenings.
Robert Muckfor, examiner in charge
of the failed Farmers and Citizens
bank of Bryant, has paid the creditors
of the bank a second dividend, equal
in amount to 25 per cent of the orig.
inal deposit liabilities. This makes an
aggregate of so per cent which the
creditors have received.
Congressman Candy of the Third
district has been placed on four i'm
portant committees, those of Indian
affairs, public lands, irrigation of arid
lands, and railroads and canals. The
first three committees in particular
handle business which is Of great i'm
portance to the residents o. Mr.. Can
dy's district.
DR.. Murphy of Washington, D. c.,
and DR.. Stolberg of the Cheyenne
agency are conducting investigations
throughout the reservation searching
for traces of tracoma, an infectious
eye disease prevalent among INDIAN
children. Numerous cases have been
found and are being treated by the
government.
Gov. Byrne has granted a pardon
to F. H. Morse, sentenced from Bon
Homme county mn charge of assault
with a dangerous weapon. Morse Is
a fiery southernor who resented what
he alleged was an insult to his honor
in a remark made by an acquaintance,
and attempted to wipe out the insult
with a revolver.
The highest price ever bid in this
state for lease on Indian reservation
pastures, was by the company which
this year secured the range privilege
in the eastern half of the Cheyenne
river reservation, when the bid went
at s2.25 per head per year, which will
bring the Indians good sized reve-
nue. on that reservation.
The 3-year-cld son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Henry Jurgens, living on a farm near
Chancellor, was badly hurt and had
q narrow escape from death as the re-
suit of falling off a load of corn, where
he had been riding with his father
Before the father could stop the
horses one of the wheels of the wag-
ON ran over the little fellow.
Orris Nierdahl, young man who
worked for some time on the Nels
Dahl farm, seven miles northwest of
Vienna, tried to commit suicide by
hanging himself. He was discovered
before strangulation had been COM
pleted, was cut down and after being
brought before the Clark county board
of insanity was sent to Yankton to
the state insane asylum.
F. C. Mueller of Pierre has infor-
nation from relatives in Germany that
there is no truth to the statement that
Anton Lang, who takes the part of
the Christus in the Passion play at
Oberammergau, had lost his life in
battle. An aunt of Mr.. Miller is a
near neighbor and friend of Lang, ard
the information is of especial interest
to her relatives in this country.
Neighbors were passing the home
of Jerry Poula, aged As, near Bruce,
when they noticed there was no smoke
coming from the chimney. They
made an investigation and found Pou-
la dead in his home. He was lying on
a bed fully dressed, and it is believed
death resulted from an attack Of heart
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moned and took the body to Cedar
Rapids, Ia. the former home of the
family, for interment.
The town of NARROW is defunct
There are two stores remaining in the
town, once quite fourishing place,
and recently the two firms sold their
stock at auction and retired from bus
ness, and NARROW has become a de.
serted town.
August Halzer. German farm la
borer working on a farm near Madi-
son. states that out of his former class
of forty-two boys, all but two have
been killed in battle during the pres
ent war. The only survivor, besides
IL classmate who is now EN-.
plo, ed H. munition factory.
U. S. to Train Aviators in Auto Shops.
New ork, Dec. PA plan by which
members of the aviation corps of the
United States army and navy will be
enabled to obtain three months train.
ing in automobile shops in the han.
ding of motors has been arranged by
members of the naval advisory board
and Of the Automobile club of Ameri-
ca. The announcement was made by
H. E. Coffin. chairman of the commit.
tee on production, organization. man.
ufacture and Standardization. in con.
nect.on with the meeting here of the
naval advisory hoard,