Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-08-18

a crew of men putting up hay for
the Carignan barn.
The Howard Orchestra gave
another successful dance at the
Foresters' Hall Friday evening.
Mrs. Prettybird from Pine Ridge
Agency, is here visiting her son, Joe
Huff, who is one of the Agency en-
ployees.
Frank Gates was in town the
first of the week, and speaking
about his crop said that he had a
very fine stand of oats and speltz.
w. J. Parker is enjoying des-
erved vacation from his duties as
accountant at the Agency, and left
the first of the week for his old
home at White Earth, Minnesota.
Lille Ostrum went over the river
Saturday for visit with her sis
ter, Mrs. Arthur Payne, at whose
home a party was given Sunday.
Arthur Payne came here to bring
her over.
j. M. Reinhart was in from his
farm south of town the first of the
week, and said that the storm last
week laid his grain so bad that he
cannot harvest it with a binder but
has to cut it with mower.
Toozie Fiske held down the hello
girl job at the Agency telephone ex-
change for few days this week,
while Ophelia White, the regular
operator, was away at Bismarck to
have some dental work done.
Principal E. c. Witzleben of the
Agency Boarding school returned
home Saturday from Tomah, Wis
consin, where he has been attend
ing a summer course of instruction
for teachers in the Indian service.
Thos. Ghetto, representing Clay,
Robinson & Company, one Of the
largest live stock commission firms
in the country, was here from St.
Paul last Saturday to call on J. A.
Stiles, and Sunday went to Shields.
Casper Burgad who recently
bought the old McCaull- Webster
Lumber Company building on the
townsite across from the court
house, is remodelling same for a
meat market which he expects to
open about the first of September.
James Molash has his grain south
west of town all cut and commenced
stacking the first of the week. He
has the finest wheat in the country,
free from rust, said Mrs. Molash
who was shopping in town Tues
day.
Hokanson- Turner Company this
week received large new line Of
dress goods, in new up-to-date
fabrics. They are receiving COM
plete lines of all kinds of fall stock
and have on hand a very complete
line of merchandise.
John Schmeichel of Mclaughlin
and County Surveyor jaeger Of Nc
Intosh, were here on business at
the Agency Wednesday in connec-
ton with the surveying of the line
for the Yellowstone Trail from Nc
Laughlin east to the river.
NJ. D. Urell and daughter Cathryn
came over from Shields Tuesday
evening for the Witzleben- Carignan
wedding which was to have been
held Wednesday, but were disap-
pointed as the event was postponed
on account of illness in the Car
lyman family.
Deputy Sheriff Dan Urell, States
Attorney johnson and Dave Rabbit
went to Mandan Tuesday with Joe
Coture, alleged horsethief, who
will remain in durance vile at the
Morton county Jail until the next
term of district court is held in
Sioux county.
r. G. Bales drove H. G. Smith
and Eli Atkins to the Stiles ranch
via CannonbaIl, Saturday on bust
ness trip. Sunday they came home
via Mobridge, where Mr.. Smith
took the train for Mason City,
Iowa.-Pollock Progress.
J. w. Cu]bcrtson took his family
to Bismarck last week, and while
there traded his big Case automobile
for a late model Oakland in which
he returned home Saturday. Mrs.
Culbertson remained to take treat
ment there for short time.
Rev. Father Bernard will hold
mass at the local Catholic church at
6 O'Clock Sunday morning, after
which he will 80 across the river to
celebrate anniversary services at the
St. Bernard church on Cat Tail
creek, 10 miles east of Winona.
E. F. Swanson, representing Far