Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-11
Local Happenings

Martin kencl Carignan is quite
seriouly i'll.
Benjamin White, made trip to
Selfridge Wednesday. ......
S. P. Buckley was down from
Solen on business Wednesday.
Mrs. Jesse Fleets and Josephine
Kidder returned yesterday from a
visit to Bismarck.
Miss Mary Edgar has been visit
ing at the John Gates ranch the
past two weeks.
John Richmond, veteran horse
buyer, returned the first Of the week
from Wakpala and Mclaughlin.
James Allyellow, one of the best
known Indians in Cannonball, was
an Agency business visitor this
week.
August Gappart and son of New
Salem were here Tuesday looking
over a tract of land which they in
tend to purchase.
J. S. Hagg and wife of Nc
Laughlin and N. Seipple farmer Of
Little Eagle District were business
visitor here Tuesday.
Harvey SEVERN, the Chadwick
rancher, was called to Aberdeen
last Friday on account Of the ser
ious illness of an aunt.
Bert Powless (Kickapoo) return
from his annual vacation which he
spent visiting relatives and friends
at Green Bay, Wisconsin.
Sam Long, blacksmith at the
Standing Rock Agency, returned
Tuesday from Oklahoma where he
spent his annual vacation.
One of the heaviest rain storms
of the summer passed over this Sec
ton Wednesday night. 1t was ac-
companied by a severe wind and
strong tightening.
John Farmer, Earl Knox and
wife and sister-in-law drove down
from Fort Rice yesterday, the for
mer coming down to submit a bid
for new school houses.
Joe Shooter, who has been a
patient at the government hospital
here for the past three months was
discharged the first of the week and
expects to leave Saturday for his
home at Trail City.
DIR. Allen,. formerly government
physician at Fort Yates, who left
here last winter and opened an Of
flee at Mobridge, has left there and
is new located at Baltic, S. D.
L. L. Brown brought over from
Shields yesterday S. o. Smith, who
came to take the teachers examin-
alton held at the court house yes
terday and today. Mrs. Brown
also came over.
The solen Motor Company has
just received carload of Fords.
The price of the Ford car is since
the recent reduction $500 delivered
at Solen. This is for touring
car.
L. w. Colebank,. county super
intendent of schools, came over
from his home at Swastika We'd
nesday evening, and held teachers
examinations at the court house
yesterday and today.
Allister Colville returned Mon
day from Pollock where went to get
acquainted with his new daughter.
He reports that both Mrs. Colville
and baby are doing fine and that
the baby weighed nine pounds.
C. C. Covey went to Bismarck
Wednesday where a daughter was
born to Mrs. Covey, who has been
at the hospital there for the past
two or three weeks. Jack Carignan,
Jr., took Mr.. Covey to Cannonball
in his car from which point he took
the train to Bismarck.
DR.. Pfaffman, the government
veterinarian, returned Wednesday
from Cannonball, where he has
been destroying a number OF mares
belonging to Indians condemned on
account of the dourine. DR.. Pfaff-
man says that the Cannonball In
dams are putting up an enormous
amount of hay this summer.
T. H. Watkins, formerly farmer
in charge of Wakpala district, is
building a $500 residence on the
Yellowstone Trail at the ferry boat
landing on the west side OF the Mis-
souri, river, about three miles from
A[obridge. Mr.. Watkins owns a
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