Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-07-21
Local Happenings

Sam Bruiguire was up from Nc
Laughlin with a load Of oil this
week.
A carload OF coal for the Agency
pumping plant was received this
week.
Jack Carignan accompanied by
Miss Hcrmina and Leo Witzleben
motored to Bismarck Yesterday.
Jerry Dyer, former mayor of
Winona, but now bonanza farmer,
was a Fort Yates business visitor
Friday.
The daughter Of w. J. Parker
was a member Of the 1916 gradual
ing class of the Flandreau Indian
school.
Jake Jordan, and family were in
town the first of the week on their
way home from the Catholic con-
gress at Wakpala.
John Little Grow, one Of the star
players of the champion Solen base
ball team, was an Agency business
visitor last Friday.
Among others who attended the
circus at Bismarck Monday were J
A. Wells and family, and Oscar
Baumann and wife.
DIR. A. Schutt of Bismarck, and
Frank Schutt OF Garrison, were
here Friday looking over the Indian
land to be sold Saturday next week
Work on the new Fort Yates
hotel is progressing very rapidly
The building has reached the stage
where the shingling is completed.
John S. Spear, formerly superin.
tendent of the Bismarck Indian
school, has been transferred to the
position OF farmer of Bullhead dis
trict.
J. S. Rosen and VIM. Owens oI
Shields were here Saturday night
after having spent the day looking
over land on the reservation adver-
tised for sale.
The Stiles Cattle Company have
established q hay camp south OF
Fort Yates on the river bottom, anC
have crew Of men busy cutting
hay. Jack Ramey is in charge.
Jack Fetterly Friday brought ovel
from Shields, Clark Belden anc
Misses Fetterly and Swanson, who
were on their way to Dale in En-
mons county, and crossed the river
here
Work of testing horses in tho
Agency district for dourine will bt
finished this week, and from hero
DR.. Pfafman and Assistant Zahn
will go the Farm school and clean
up the work there.
John johnson of Summit, S. D.,
arrived with his family last Satur-
day to take up the duties of Agency
carpenter, which position has been
held temporarily by James William
son since last fall.
1t is reported that w. V. Wade,
among the oldest of old timers in
this section Of the state, has sold
his ranch on the Cannonball at
Wade, together with stock and en-
tire holdings.-Shields Enterprise.
G.. L. WIGHT and Roy Hilton OF
Fort Yates, were in the city the
Fourth. They motorcd down in
Hilton's car. WIGHT is a printer
and assists Editor Chris Christen-
son in getting out that very much
alive Fort Yates Pioneer.-Mobrid-
&c News.
Harvey Earring, tie Bullhead
pool room and race horse man, was
here the first Of the week on his
way from Mobridge where he had
been to receive two race horses
which will be entered in the run
ming races at the Standing Rock
fair this fall.
Capt. Char]csworth OF the Snag
boat Mandan, states. that the Mis-
souri, is so high that it is hard to
make much Roadway with the work
along the river. The snagboat
crew had returned from a trip
down the river Sunday, and tied up
at Siblcy Island. -NIandan News.
Principal +. C. Witzleben of the
Agency Boarding School, will leave
next week for Tomah, Wisconsin,
to attend an institute held there for
teachers in the Indian service. a
new course OF study was inaugurated
in the Indian schools last fall, and
at the institute the new course will
be discussed.
Miss Cathryn Urcll who taught
one of the Fort Yates schools last
year, will leave Sunday for her
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