Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1916-07-14
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

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from the Huse ranch east of Sci.
fridge Sunday.
Merrill Thunderhawk brought ;
party of land seekers from New
Salem down here Wednesday.
Jack, Marguerite and Mrs. Car
lyman went to Mandan Wednesday
making the trip 10y automobile.
II. F. Smith Of Selfridge cam'
over Tuesday with Martin Swift
and looked after some business a
the court house and Agency.
Cashier Haas of the First State
Bank made a business trip to Wax
pala Wednesday. Auto-liverynlal
Baunann took him there.
H. E. Thayer, Fargo real es
tate man, was here Friday and Sat,
urday of last week looking VI
records at the court house.
Joe Ironthunder and wife movet
here from Bullhead this week ane
will make their future home on tn
Frosted ranch west of Fort Yates
Howard Kitto, who was employ
ed on the Pioneer when the pape
was first established, was married
recently at Flasher to a Miss Hoff
nan.
Frank Barnes and John Markson
we'll known travelling men from
Aberdeen, were here the first Of tn
week on their regular month";!
trip.
J. R. Turner and Gust Hokansol
left Monday by automobile for Lem
mon and Bison, South Dakota
Both own land near the latte
place
Sam King was in town the first o
the week from the Pierre ranch
north of Ft. Yates, where he is man
ager in charge during the absence
of Baptist Pierre.
The board of county commits
sioners adjourned Saturday to Au
gust Z, when bids for two new
bridges will be opened, and un
finished business transacted.
John Turner is busy nearly ever.
day with his Ford truck hauling
freight from Cannonball for tn
local stores. He is bringing dow
some big loads in record time.
Noble Rose, ex-cowpuncher ant
one of the early homesteaders il
Sioux county, was an Agency bust
ness visitor Wednesday from hi
ranch south of Leaf-on-the-Hi lii
creek.
Road work on the Standing Roc
Trail which was suspended the frs
of the month, will be resumed a
soon as appropriation to continu
the work is allowed, says Superin
tendent Convey.
Jennie Ostrum quits her position
as waitress at the Young Sing
Chinese restaurant this week an,
will leave the first of next week TO
Pretty Rock on an extended visi
with her sister: Mrs. Hegge.
VIM. Owens of Shields, bette
known as Locator Owens, was her
the first of the week with Osca
Swenson and G. T. Wynkoop o
Bismarck, who were looking W
homesteads in township 1880.
Miss Carrie Beckman, of Des
Moines, Iowa, arrived at Fort
Yates yesterday to accept an assis.
tant clerkship at the Agency, TAX
ing the place Of Toozie Fiske wht
has been employed for some time
temporarily.
G. G.. LeHew, the Little Eagle
merchant left recently for Ohio or
a visit and put his Ford car unde,
shelter in an old log building with
a dirt roof. Last week the ROOF
caved in and badly damaged the
automobile.
The body of an unidentified
man was found floating in the
Grand river near Wakpala last Sat
urday. The corpse was in such q
state Of decomposition that it was
impossible to tell whether it was a
white man or Indian.
Auditor Colville left yesterday
for Mott, where he will convene
with the Auditors of Hettinger and
Adams counties as the canvassing
board which meets there to canvass
the votes cast for representatives
and senator in the 10th Legislative
district.
F. w. Schmidt and J. L. Fogarty
of Fort Rice, were here Tuesday
evening OH their way to Selfridge to
look over the country. Owing to
the rooming house being filled up
thew nut in the night sleenino On