Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-06-14
Local Happenings

yards at Mandan, was in the city
yesterday with +. G. Massingham,
who is securing lease on the rcser-
vation near Solcn.
Bert johnson and JOS. Huse were
over from Winona Saturday even
ing and Sunday went to Selfridge
after an automobile that Joe bought
last fall. A. Colville took them
over, and they were obliged to re-
turn without the car as some re-
pairs were missing.
James Williamson had narrow
escape from instant death last
Thursday when one of the heavy
beams for the roof of the Baumann
garage fell while being hoisted and
struck him across the shoulders.
Outside of being stiff and sore for a
few days he suffered no i'll effects.
O. A. Olson and son G.. A. Olson
Of Herried, S. D., spent Friday
night in Fort Yates on their way to
Selfridge, where Mr.. Olson went
Saturday to look over the situation
with the view Of building an eleva-
tor. In order to keep posted on
the progress of Sioux county Mr..
Olson subscribed for the Pioneer.
Ed. Szarkowski of Morristown,
and father-in-law Frank e. Bud
nick Of Superior, Wisconsin, were
at Fort Yates Monday and bought
from Chas f. Ellis Of Mandan. a
choice quarter section Of land six
miles south Of Selfridge, which MIR.
Budnick will farm. The consider
alton was $4,000, and the deal was
made through c. Christensen.
From here they went to Timber
Lake, s. D., and Mr.. Budnick
made homestead filing on two lots
in South Dakota adjoining the tract
he bought on the south.
The patriotic people Of this place
have been shocked to find a decided
ly strong pro-German force at work,
silently but surely eating its way in
to the very vitals of our existence.
Under cover of the darkness, while
we are sleeping, these malignant
creatures are working, destroying a
great amount of our patient work
apparently with no other object in
view but to aid the kaiser. Arsenic
and paris green are to good for such
as he. His name is Agrotis, the
cutworm, and our gardens show the
results Of his infamous mouthings.
Rus NIT i'm!
Anton, the two year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Stricken, who
live about one-mile northwest OF
Selfridge, was accidently drowned
in creek near their home last Sat-
urday evening. The child was out.
side playing, and in an unguarded
moment got near the creek and fell
over bank. When found about
ten minutes later the body was
floating down the stream, but all
attempts at resuscitating failed.
The body was brought to Fort Yates
Sunday by the parents and inter-
ment made in the Catholic cemetery
Monday, Rev. Father Bernard Of
floating at the services. Mr.. and
Mrs. Striker have the sympathy OF
their friends and neighbors.
G. j. Kahn, the Shields attorney
and E. L. Carter, the Porcupine
rancher, were here Tuesday to con-
suit with Superintendent Kitch
about the proposed bridge over the
Cannonball river at Porcupine sta.
ton. Grant county commissioners
have agreed to pay half the cost OF
the bridge if the government and
Sioux county will pay the other
half. 1t is understood that Mr..
Kitch will recommend to the In
dian office that money be appro-
priated for this purpose and definite
action will be taken at the next
meeting of tile county commissioners
of Sioux county. A bridge at this
point would be a great convenience
to the Indians and white settlers ON
the reservation.