Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-03-15
AGENCY RIFLES

Miss Retta Knight left for Get
tysburg Monday where she will
accept another position.
Rev. John Vogel vas down from
Eagle Butte and held services at
the Catholic church Sunday.
Emil Bergstrom left a few days
ago for Gettysburg whence he de-
parted for the east to look for an
other position.
A meeting Of the Social Club is
is called for Friday evening 18th
inst. at the club rooms. All mem
bcrs are requested TO be present.
Bulge Rome returned last Fri
day evening. 1t is reported that
he also visited a young lady friend
at Il%oughton while i'm the vicinity
of Aberdeen.
The fire alarm bell was rung
Tuesday afternoon and created
quite a little excitement till it was
learned that it vas rung "on pu'-
pose" by Chief l.. O. johnson. to
give the fire department a little
variation i'm their regular practice.
Allen Fielder was i'm from his ranch
and reports that the boys reached
the fire (somc old rubbish) in 81 sec
onds.
Col. Pringle, govt-inspector. ar
rived the other day for the pur-
pose of examining the new heat
ing plant at the boarding school,
one of them having been complet-
ed. He has set a number of the
folks athinking by suggesting that
the white Swan" ought to be put
on a new line running from the
Agency to Fort Yates, for the pur-
pose of transporting government
freight from the railroad at Mo
bridge TO the said agencies.
The bright lengthening days of
the past week has come to the
assistance of our mail carrier. and
is aiding him in getting our east
ern mail over the river the same
day that it arrives in Forest City.
Thus another great calamity to the
struggling hamlet across the
creek has been ayerted. as it was
seriously proposed. by q plumber
of leading and influential resi-
dents, to replace the present postal
route with another one from La
Plant to the Agency, with the CON
tingency that Forest City might be
wiped off the map that is, that
your "Uncle Sam would be so
poverty-stricken that he would be
compeld to discontinue the post
office.
VIM. Garreau returnd Saturday
from Pierre with his son
who it appears was u S t
"love-sick." The boy wanted his
fathers permission to get married.
SD in sending for him to come
down left the impression that he
was ''sick." The permission was
readily granted and the happy
couple we're united in wedlock at
the school on Friday evening,
Mar. 10th, the bride being Miss
Edna Dupris, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Dupris, of the Chey
enne River reservation. All re
tnrnd to this place the following
day and now Mr. Garreau .Jr will
doubtless learn the rest of his les
sons while taking one long honey
MOON
The Social Club gave a success
ful and pleasing entertainment
Sat. evening, the main feature o.
which was a mock trial. MIR. Co,
posed as the criminal who hae
committed a foul murder, and Mr.
Green acted as the Judge. Mr.
Phifer who didn't know a word o
the Indian language was chosen
for interpreter, the main wit
ness being VIM. Saul, al
Indian who (professedly) didn
know a word of English. E. B
Congdon acted as sheriff, j. j
Backus and Mr.. Jones were attor
neys for the prosecution and Mesr
johnson and Bruce for the de
, tense, while Forest Gates, iron
: Forest City, was one of the jury
:. men who decided that the 'culprit