Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1915-10-29
Dave Rabbit returned the first OF
he week from a visit to NIobridge.

| fSuIi DlISttilNl Stt.iiI wy 1loA'i
| Mclaughlin Tuesday with two loads
of freight.
Mrs. J. ". Culbertson and
| daughter were visitors at Mobridge
j the first of lie week.
Roy Bales Of Pollock, was jill the
city the first OF the week buying
/ horses for army purposes.
/ A. L. Ostrum was in from Henry
! .Azurc's place where he has Il crew
of carpenters building q barn, Sun
day.
Mrs. VIM. Bowdcn went across
the river Friday for a few days visit
with her many friends in the Wi
mona ncighborhood.
Mrs. j. W. Culbertson and three
OF the children left yesterday for an
extended visit with friends and rel
ativcs at Poplar, Montana,
i Joe IIusc came in from his ranch
near Scifridgc Saturday and went
/, to his home across the river Sunday
where he las some thrcsling to
H look after.
There will be a sShard time"
dance at Cannonball tomorrow ev-
ching, and it is expected that a
number of young folks from here
will attend.
Jim Williamson, who has been
! doing carpenter work at the Farm
School the past few weeks, has COM
pleted his job and came back to
town Monday.
A. G. Wells, farmer Of Cannon
ball district, was in the city Tues
day on business lie says that the
threshing rigs in his ncighborhood
will have work as long as they arc
able to run.
r. Z. Hinton crossed the river to
Winona Tuesday with load OF
groceries and supplies for the Carig-
nan & Stiles store at that place and
brought back load Of much need
cd butter and eggs.
James Yellowfat was up from the
Farm School Wednesday watching
for the boat which is bringing coal
from Bismarck for that place. lie
took occasion to renew his subscrip-
ton to the Pioneer.
Frank Adams, now cook at the
Stiles ranch, was in the city the
first of the week after a load Of
winter supplies. He says that they
expect to have about ten men at the
camp all winter to take care Of the
stock.
Oscar Raumann, the reliable
ferry-man, announced this week
that the fcrryboat Ida would be
taken out of the river about the 9Th
OF November. He has crew OF
men at work at this time preparing
a landing.
j. G. Shields returned Monday
from few weeks visit at his farm
near Mcintosh. He reports that
there is yet much tIlrcshing to be
done in that vicinity, and SO far he
has been unable to securca machine
to do his work.
Dan Crcli, for many years clerk
at the Carignan 4 Stiles store, has
just finished moving his household
effects to the Geo. Manywounds
place north OF Fort Yates, where he
intends to put i'll a large acreage to
crop in the spring.
The public school at Fort Yates
opened Monday morning with an
enrolment of Is pupils. This is
not as many as were expected but
the number is rapidly increasing
and it is hoped that not less than
40 pupils will be in attendance be-
fore the holidays.
: Thos. Skcyc and wife: Mrs.
Schoenhut and II. &. Bcetham OF
Shields, were business visitors at
the Agency Tuesday. They report
that there is to be Il masquerade
ball at Shields Saturday night and
would like to sec Il number of Fort
Yates people in attendance.
The river boat Eraync came down
from Bismarck Friday with load
of coal The boat was in charge Of
Capt. Belk and Pilot Frank Fiske.
Frank says that the water in the
river is at very low stage, and he
finds it rather difficult to keep from
running on to the sandbars.
Among those from here who at
tended the dance across the river,
which was held in the new residence
recently erected by Jesse Payne OF
! Glanavon, were Miss Mary Ostrum,
Joe Pretcnse Eagle and Dan Howard
Howard and Prctense Eagle furnish
cd the music, and report large
/ crowd and tinr tinnc.