Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-06-23


to st. Paul Saturday.
James Gayton and Robert Bruce
came over from Selfridge Saturday
on business.
Paul Goodiron of Porcupine, is
among new patients in the tubcr-
cular ward at the new government
hospital.
Stock Inspector Wright was home
over Sunday from the southern part
of the reservation where a roundup
/ is in progress.
Boyd Steward who is operating
the Stiles farm, over the river in
Emmons county, was Il Fort Yates
visitor Sunday.
Sam Bruiguire is busy hauling
iron pipe for the new Agency water
works system main line. There is
! Is ton of pipe.
l.. w. Harris of the Solcn Motor
Company, was here several days the
first Of the week doing some auto
mobile repairing.
/ Wesley Means, Mary Fleets and
Mary Edgar, who have been attend
ing the Wahpcton Indian school,
1 returned home last Friday.
Andrew Wolf of Linton, has
leased the store building at Winona
I formerly occupied by Carignan &
Stiles, and put in a stock of mer-
chandise.
VIM. Clayton, farmer in charge
of the Porcupine district is an
I Agency visitor this week attending
\ the adjourned term Of Indian court
I in his official capacity.
The Agency Boarding school and
y all the Indian day schools On the
4 reservation close for the summer
4 vacation Friday School will reopen
some time in September.
]. NJ. Carignan and w. Fl. Schu-
bert left Saturday for Mott, Burt
and Regent in Hettinger county, in
the interest Of the formers candi-
dacy for representative.
Principal Witzleben of the Agency
I Boarding school went to Porcupine
the first of the week to inspect the
Indian day school. Oscar Baumann
took him over in his Fordmobile.
= Dan johnson, q runaway Indian
= boy from the Flandreau Indian
\ school, who belongs at Poplar, was
: captured here last week by the In
Z dian police, and will be returned to
the school.
Elmer Tecter, VIM. Clayton and
Mrs. e. Wilson came over from
= Selfridge by automobile Sunday
evening On the way back they lost
!. the road and were four hours in
t making the trip home.
Last week ". III. Schubert of
' Utica, Minnesota, bought a quarter
section of land from Joe Fleets. The
land is located west Of the Fair
: Grounds, and is a very desirable
tract in every way
Frank Wells, assessor for the First
district, completed his work last
7 week, and returned his records to the
: auditor. Assessor Christensen
for the Second district, has also
completed his work.
Deputy Sheriff Dan Urell left
Wednesday on trip of the county
delivering the election ballots and
supplies for the various precincts to
the inspectors Of primary election to
be held next Wednesday.
LII. Brown, teacher OF the Indian
day school at Porcupine, was an
Agency business visitor the first of
the week, making the trip in his
new Overland car. Hc was accom-
panied by Rev. Smith of Shields.
, Hon. w. j. Parmley OF Ipswich,
S. d., president Of the Yellowstone
Trail Association, was an interested
spectator at the Indian land sale
Saturday: lie came over from Mo-
bridge with J. w. Harris and J. II.
Corken.
The Standing Rock Indian band
and Chief John Grass haye received
invitations to be present at the flag
raising ceremony Saturday at Fort
Rice on the site of the historic old
IOfC AFTER which the town was
named.
w. H. Leroy, II. S. Solenberger,
J. w. ling and Z C. Paul of
Underwood, were here Wednesday
on their way to Selfridge to look
over some land They had Frank
Wells OF Cannonball, along for
. guide.
II. S. Berrier OF Solcn, candidate
for sheriff, was in Fort Yates over
night Tuesday and left Wednesday
morning for points through the west
end Of the county. Harry says hr
, believes i'll getting in the last lick,