Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-05-19
Local Happenings

Jack Silk was in the city on bus
mess Wednesday from his statc-linr
ranch.
VIM. Jordan has been working
at Carignan's store the past ten
days.
HokanSon-Turncr Company this
week installed a swell new glass
floor case for candy.
John s. Brown, went to Cannon
ball yesterday, where he will mi1lglc
for few days among friends.
Rabbit & Hilton, the new auto
livery firm, bought a new Ford from
! the Solen Motor Co., last week.
The n. P. passenger train going
east now leaves Cannonball at 11:O2
a. IN and returns about 4 p. m.
County Treasurer Endres and
wife accompanied Rev Father VIM
cent to Mclaughlin Saturday, and
remained over Sunday.
Miss Humphrey, teacher at the
Agency school, returned the first Of
the week from a visit over Sunday
at her home i'm Mclaughlin.
Attorney E. S. Johnson left We'd
neslay for Bismarck, Valley City
and other points in the eastern part
of the state. He will be gone a week
or longer.
One of the purc-brcd mares re-
Gently received at the Agency from
the east, died the first of the week.
She was a valuable animal and
weighed 1876 pounds.
Oscar Baumann returned Tues
day from Mclaughlin where he took
the steam boat inspectors to make
railroad connections, who were here
the first of the week inspecting the
ferry-boat Ida.
Geo. Knapp and James Cary,
local U. S. steamboat inspectors,
wore here tho first of the week, aud
inspected the ferry-boat Ida. They
found the boat in first-class sea
worthy condition and issued Capt.
Baunlann license foranotheryear
Anton Engel was over from Self
ridge Wednesday on his way to J.
NJ. Remnants farm to buy some
horses. Engel is doing q heavy
stunt in farming this year, and says
that conditions and crop prospects
were very fayorable.
Thos. Halsey who left last fall for
Phoenix, Arizona, for treatment at
a government Indian sanitarium
there, is reported very low from
tuberculosis. His brother George
expects to go there and bring him
home the last of the week.
There will be term of federal
court at Bismarck beginning May
%. Deputy U. S. Marshal Gamer
on Of Wahpeton, was here last week
subpocaning witnesses for this ses-
sion. 1t is understood number
of cases from here will be brought |
to the attention Of the grand-jury.
1t is reported that George Red
Horn, the IA year old Indian boy
arrested here sometime age and
taken to Fargo on the charge OF
entering the Fort Yates post office,
has been ordered sent to Pierre, (S.
d. Indian school by Judge Ami
don. This school is no correctional
institution, but merely a non-reser-
yation Indian school.
j. A. Wells was called to Cannon
ball Tuesday on account OF the SER
ious illness OF his grandfather, Mr..
st. George, who is very low with
an attack of pneumonia. He was
accompanied by Rev Father Vim
cent who attended the aged gentle
man. From Cannonball Rev. Vim
cent went west and Sunday will
conduct services at Shields.
The Pioneer is in receipt of Il
letter from DR.. G.. A. Pfatfnan,
who formerly had charge OF the
work on the Standing Rock reser-
walton for the U. S. Bureau OF
Animal Industry. He is now
stationed at Aberdeen, where he
will keep posted on the progress OF
Fort Yates and the reservation
country through the Pioneer.
There will be basket social and
dance given at the Forestcrs' Hall
this (Friday) evening for the bcne-
fit OF the Fort Yates Base Ball Team.
There will be baskets for everybody
and coffee will be served. The
famous Howard Orchestra will fur
nish music, and good time is as
surcd all. Everybody Interested in
seeing Fort Yates representrI with