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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
Swastika News

Mike Karlinski and sister Julia
spent Sunday at the cozy and hos
pltable farm home of their sister,
Mrs. B. P. Shields.
Many of the farmers of this vicin.
ity took advantage of the nice
weather Monday and journeyed to
Mcintosh on a shopping expedition
Mr.. and Mrs. j. NJ. Grooms at
tended the basket social and dance
given by the Mcintosh Odd Fellows
Monday night. They report a very
enjoyable time.
Easter Sunday was a very quiet
day here, at least it was for the
bachelors of our ncighborhood. But
then, think of the new Easter bon
nets-we didn't have to buy.
j, G. Smith was busy last week
grinding large quantity of oats
for 0. j. Brcnnecke. Mr.. Bren-
necke is consistent booster of di.
versified farming, and will use this
feed for his rapidly growing dairy
herd.
While on their way to the post.
office. last Saturday, Miss Agnes
Karlinski and the Snyder children,
discovered smoke coming from the
windows Of the Swastika school
house. Upon investigation they
found that the floor of the building
was on fire and was spreading
quite rapidly. With quick presence
of mind they Immediately extin-
guished the blaze, which caused no
further damage than burning a good
sized hole in the floor. The origin
of the conflagration is not known at
the present writing.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
HOUSE IS OPPOSED
TO CONSUMPTION

Washington, April 1S.-politics may
beat the conscription army plan.
Growing fear on the part Of many
congressman that they could not
longer face their constituents with an
II kept your out of war; plea-should
they vote for conscription-made it
appear inevitable that the volunteer
plan would be given trial first.
The compromise which seems likely
to go through will be authorization for
the president to call 100000 to 1,00O,.
900 volunteers Immediately, to be
trained within ninety days. At the
same time the machinery for conscrip.
tion will be authorized and put into
motion, so that If the volunteer sys.
tenn does not work within ninety days
conscription could be put into effect
This is the situation in the house.
The senate appears more favorably in.
clined to the conscription plan.
Senator Chamberlain believes there
is only one vote in the senate military
committee which favors 4 compro.
mise.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
Gus. Hokanson's Child
Died Sunday Morning
Fl Months Old Son of Mr.. and Mira.
Gus. w. Hokanson Died After a
Brief Illness on Sunday

John Francis, the 81 months old
son OF Mr. and Mrs. Gus. w. Ho.
hanson, died Sunday morning from
bowel trouble after an illness of only
sbout "A hours duration. An oper.
ton performed Saturday evening bv
Drs. Thomas and Ross failed to
save the childs life, and death fol.
lowed short while after the arrival
OF DIR. Twining Of Mobridge, who
was called in consultation,
Funeral services were conducted
by Rev. FIR. Bernard Tuesday after
noon, which were largely attended,
and interment made in the Catho.
lie cemetery. The pail bearers
were the following school boys, GUY
Hokanson. Patrick Carignan, Will.
liam Culbertson and Oscar Loven.
skiold.
Mr., and Mrs. Hokunson have
sympathy of the community in the
hour Of their sad bereavement.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
Selfridge Citizens Held
Road Meet Saturday
Selfridse Citizens Discussed Proposed
Selfridge.Fort Yates Road at Mass
Meeting Held Saturday

A meeting was held at Selfridge
Saturday for the purpose of discuss
ing the best route for a proposed
new road from Selfridge to Fort
Yates, a petition for which was filed
with the county commissioners at
the April meeting.
AT the commissioners meeting a
petition in proper form was receiv-
ed for road to be laid out along
certain lines, which was quite gen.
orally signed by the property own.
ers tributary to the proposed road.
Another petition was also filed pro-
testing against the road being laid
out along the lines proposed in the
petition. Action on both petitions
was deferred until May 1st.
AT the meeting Saturday the diff
ferent routes over which q road
could be laid out was gone into.
But it was finally decided to leave
the selection Of the route to the
Judgment of the county commits
sioners, and petition to this effect
has been filed with the county audi
tor. The petitioners further ask
that the road be continued from
Selfridge to the Yellowstone Trail
along most feasible lines.
The petition will be considered
by the county commissioners at a
special meeting to be held at the
court house in Fort Yates at 10 a.
m., May 1st.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
Message Of Indian Chief

Following is in part translation
OF letter received by County Jud-
ge Beede from Thomas Iyayokmani,
a chief Of the Fort Totten reserva-
ton, who died recently. 1t was
dictated by him on his deathbed to
Bernard Rainbow, and translated
from the Sioux by John S. Brown
Of Fort Yates;
christian friends, Redmen,
Whitemen and Blackmen. [ wish
each one who is member of the
Episcopal church or any other church
working for the good of any of the
races Of mankind to know the bless
ings from Christ in my heart and
in the hearts Of all Christians.
Since 1898 l have helped the
Episcopal mission in this place.
Desiring the blessings of Christian
work among the people l have free
ly allowed the use of my private
house for church services, and l
have given part Of my land on
which to build chapel hoping that
the land may be used for this pur-
pose when l am departed.
II have had no education of any
kind save that education / have re-
ceived by closely observing Nature,
and l admire the wonderful works
of the Great Spirit in Nature. But
| know have soul, and 1 know
after this worldly life is over oil
men who devoutly worship God
have a reward.
II worship that Great Spirit that
our fathers taught me to worship.
and when I learned of His Son and
heard the true teachings Of His Son,
l also began to worship His Son.
This is the same God who reveals
Himself to all men everywhere,
since there is but one Great Spirit,
and with Him all living creatures
may have joy.
As 1 am dying l pray that all
Redmen may be good Christians
doing good in the world, and good
citizens always faithful to the good
Of this nation of which we as In.
dians have become part"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
GENERAL STRIKE AT
BERLIN f|zzLES OUT

Berlin, April 1S.-A general strike
fomented by extreme Socialists as a
protest against the reduction in the
bread ration, effective Sunday, has
hzzled out.
Only a few factories were forced I'd
suspend.
Not single munitions plant was af.
fscted, officials say.
Business apparently is continuing
as usual. All Berlin's subways and
street cars are running with their
usual number Of employees.
At no time did the general strike"
assume enough importance to call out
the military force.
On the streets a few hundred agi'
tators and demonstrators of the strike
paraded undisturbed.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
Free Subscriptions

The Pioneer will offer as an ad.
ditional prize a years subscription
to every winner in the Sioux county
school pupils corn and potato rais-
ing contest inaugurated by County
Superintendent Of schools L. w.
Colebank. The rules of the contest
were published in the Pioneer last
week, and further information can
be had by writing Mr.. Colebank,
whose postoffice address is Swastika.
North Dakota.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
German Submarine Is
Busy On Atlantic Coast
German U.Boat Barely Misses Ameri.
can Destroyer Smith Fired Upon
Off the Atlantic Coast

Washington, April 1s.--A German
submarine fired on the destroyer
Smith about 100 miles south of New
York.
The presence of enemy submarines
in American waters indicates that the
threatened G0rman submarine block.
ade Of American Atlantic ports has
begun.
This announcement was made at
the navy department:
Reported from Fire Island light.
ship to the naval station at Boston
and New York an enemy submarine
was sighted by the U. S. s. Smith,
running apparently submerged. Sub.
marine fired torpedo at the u. S. s.
Smith, which missed her by thirty
yards. The wake Of the torpedo was
plainly seen crossing the bow. Sub.
marine disappeared"
First information of the encounter
came to the navy department in a
roundabout way from Boston navy
yard, which picked up the Smiths re.
port, saying it had been fired on by a
German U-boat
The navy department, after commu.
nicating with Fire Island, Boston,
New York and some other points on
the Atlantic coast, announced the re.
port Of the Smiths encounter had
been substantiated by official investi.
cation.
May Mean General Blockade,
Whether the presence of the Ger
man submarine merely foreshadows q
sporadic raid such as the U.53 con.
Quoted off the New England coast or
whether 1t Is the signal for the begin.
ming of general submarine blockade
of the Atlantic coast is not known.
The attack by the U.boat is Ger.
many's first recognition of the state
of war declared by the United States.
It was stated in Germany soon after
the action Of congress that no aggres.
sive steps would be taken against the
United States.
Practically no American officials be.
lieved this statement, and steps to
meet aggressive steps were at once
taken. The probability OF submarine
attack on unprotected seaboard cities
and towns, raids on shipping In sight
of American shores and submarine
blockade Of the principal Atlantic
ports, to terrorize shipping and peo.
pie. were expected.
With submarine war brought close
to the doors of America, the posi-.
bility that German U.boats may have
bases on this side Of the Atlantic
again Is revived. The raid Of the
U.53 and the two trips Of the Deutsch.
land demonstrated that it was posi-.
BILE for q German submarine to escape
the British cordons in the North sea
and make their way to America.
Whether submarine could make such
trip and return without having a
supply base somewhere on this side
Of the Atlantic is gravely doubted.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
German Losses Heavy
Along Western Front
French and British Pushing Back Ger.
man Army on $50 Mile Front in
Struggle for Mastery

London, April 1s.-Along a 150.rnile
front battle line the French and Brit
ish are pushing back the German ar
mics in a titanic struggle for mastery
Of the Western front.
Stepping into. the fray after the
British had been hammering the Ger.
man lines in the Arras region to bits
for week, the French struck along
twenty.five-mile front on the Aisne,
carried the German position on an
average depth Of from two to two and
. half miles, captured more than TO-
900 prisoners and maintained all the
ground won.
After the greet success OF their
initial rush the British forces occu
pied themselves with consolidating
their new positions and resisting Ger
man counter attacks.
All of these assaults were repulsed
and in the Allies region, west Of Cra
onne, the Germans suffered heavy
losses. Their total casualties in the
last twenty-four hours fighting are
estimated at 100000 men.
Both the British and French re-
ports indicates that the continuation
Of the operations Is being hampered
by bad weather. Nevertheless the
British pushed forward between St
Quentin and Cambria, advancing east
Of Epehy to La Tombois farm, within
two and q half miles Of LIE Catelet
where they threaten to cut the St
Quentin-C Cambria main line of com
munication.
The strategy of the Anglo-French
attack has been worked out in com
plete harmony by the staffs of the two
armies. The dispatches indicate en-
tire cooperation for placing and tim
ing the blows delivered so as to in
sure their greatest effectiveness.
In a broad way, 1t may be judged
the French now have for their imme
date objective the isolation Of the
important railway center Of Laon, -te
turn the southern end of the Hinden
burg line. The British already have
pierced this line at the northern end
The Joint operation apparently is
aimed at the rolling up Of the present
German front in an effort to compel a
retirement on a greater scale than
any yet witnessed on the Western
front since the battle Of the Marne
Operations in other sectors Of this
front and in the other war areas are
at present Of secondary Importance
although the French activities farther
west in the Champagne and in the
Alsace.Lorraine district apparently
will bear close watching for possible
important developments.
In Mesopotamia the British have
advanced farther up the Tigris to
within little more than ten miles OF
samara, seventy miles northwest OF
Bagdad, where another hattie appar.
entity is impending. Little resistance
has been offered by the Turks in their
retreat.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
60 Day. and 500

Jack Riley of Herried, S. d.,
plead guilty at term of court held
at Sioux Falls last week to selling
liquor to John Sack and Jim AL.
kire, Standing Rock Indians, and
received so day Jail sentence and
500 fine. Selling booze to Indians
is mighty poor business, but still it
takes some awful iolts to make some
purveyors Of liquid Joy realize this.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
Get. Lea.. stra;sh,

Geo. j. Wamser and John Gay.
ton came over from Selfridge Tues.
day to get q misunderstanding
about a lease Strengthened out. Mr..
Wamser did not get the land he
first made application for, but Sc.
cured an equally desirable half sec.
tion.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
FAVOR UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE

Russian Workers and Soldiers Hold
Conferences.
petrograd, April 1s.--A congress Of
delegates Of workers and soldiers
adopted q report providing for election
OF constituent assembly for Russia
as soon as possible.
The election, according to the rec.
ommendation, is to tbe held under the
supervision Of the duma commission
and all above twenty years Of age will
have the privilege Of voting, women
included.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
viii Return From West

W. NJ. Matthews, the Morristown
banker, writes the Pioneer from
Long Beach, California, that he ex-
poets to be home this week, and to
change his address back to Morris.
town. He says: Enjoyed your
paper very much this winter wher,
20 far from home''.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
Antl.Medlsy eiIl !. Signed.

st. Paul, April 1s.-Rendition Of the
"star Spangled Banner as part OF
medley or for dancing purposes as an
exit march 10 prohibited by a bill styn.
ID by 0evsspQg ]. n A. 5uzaguist,
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
Tractor Outfit Coming

H. Knepper Of Underwood, who
will farm a half section of land
north Of Fort Yates, arrived with
his tractor outfit at Cannonball
Tuesday.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
10 MEET WAR CONDITIONS
South Dakota Governor Urges tncrsas.
ed Crop Acreage.

Pierre, s. D., April 1S.-1ncrease to
the greatest extent Of the acreage
planted to food and feed crop and the
maintenance Of the largest possible
herds Of live stock is urged by Gov
ernor Peter Norbeck of South Dakota
in a proclamation issued. Boys and
girls gardens are advocated with the
utilization Of all available vacant lots
for this purpose. Careful conservation
ae lll feed psaeNsta Il urged,
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1917-04-19
North Dakota Assessor
Performs Many Duties
Assessors in North Dakota Perform
Many Other Duties in Addition to
Listing Taxable Property

North Dakota assessors received
their books and instructions from
the auditors Of their respective
counties last Wednesday and start
ed out on their duties.
The task OF the assessor is some
what easier this year than last in
that the listing blanks for personal
property only contains 81 items,
while last year personal property
was listed under 50 different head
ings or items.
The only change made in the
method Of assessing over former
years is that from this year on
real estate will only be assessed
every two years.
House Bill 1853 Of the legislative
session provides that hereafter real
property shall be listed only every
odd numbered year. Therefor the
valuation placed on land and town
lots this year will remain the same
for the year 1918.
According instructions from the
State Tax Commission to county
auditors and assessors all taxable
property shall be listed at one
fourth or 25 per cent Of it's true
and full value. All structures and
improvements upon farm and city
property are to be assessed upon
the same basis as the land upon
which they are situated.
In organized townships the asses
sor has 30 days in which to compile
te the assessment, and the township
board Of review meets at the office
Of the town clerk, Monday, June
11th. District assessors for unor-
ganized territory have until the last
Monday in June to finish their
work, and the county board of re-
view meets at the court house July
End, at which time all parties who
are not Satisfied with the assess
ment made by the assessor, may
appear before the board and show
cause why same should be changed.
Last year the assessed valuation
Of Sioux county, including railroad,
telegraph and express companies,
reached s8S5, ,464. Many new set
tiers have located in the county the
past year and much land on which
patent has been issued to Indians
and homesteaders has been added
to the assessable property. It is
hoped that the total valuation of
the county will reach 81, 100000
after the assessment returns are in.
1t is also the duty Of every asses
sor in North Dakota to solicit busi-
ness for the State Hail Insurance
Department. The assessor shall
take the application for such hail
insurance farmer may desire and
collect premium Of 30 cents per
acre with the application which is
forwarded to the county auditor
who writes the policy. The policy
shall be in force and effect from the
time Of filing the application in the
office of the county auditor until
September 10th.
In case Of total loss not more
than $S per acre will be allowed to
the party insured. In case suffi-
cient premiums are not collected to
pay the maximum total LOSSES
throughout the state in any given
year, the losses are paid pro-rata.
In any event it will be about De-
cember LIST before losses for the year
have been figured up and paid.
1t is also the duty Of the asses
sors to enroll for military duty all
males between 18 and 45 years of
age.
Will Return From West
w M Mafthpws. tha ATorr;atowr
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-20
Experience the Best Teacher

1t is generally admitted that exper-
fence is the best teacher, but should
we not make use of the experience of
others as well as our own? The ex-
perience of thousand persons is
more to be depended upon than that
of one individual. Many thousands Of
persons have used Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy for coughs and colds
with the best results, which shows it
to be thoroughly reliable PREPARATION
for those diseases. Try it. 1t is
prompt and effectual and pleasant to
take. s
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-20
USE OF TOBACCO IN WAR

Some good souls object to sending tobacco to the
soldiers That's all right if they have conscientious
scrupes the subject. They cut the tobacco
and spend their money for wooden socks 1t might be
better all things considered If the soldiers did not
smoke and chew. But they do, and it is time to
undertake to reform them when they under arms
fighting to the extreme limit of their endurance So it
is just we'll to send the tobacco along, and defer
the reformation till Johnnie Comes Marching Home
1t is the universal testimony that the soldiers on duty
greatly comforted and benefited by their smoke
chew, especially those who accustomed to
the of the weed This being true it becomes pa
trotic duty the tobacco along and abundance
Just like those Russians to the ball down the
field by straight line bucking and then make mser
able tumble again just when the world expects a
touch down
Don't carry your antipathy the of cutting
out German fried potatoes.
Mr.. Weather Man is giving the farmer good chance
to finish up his harvesting and threshing anyhow.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-20

side Mayor John Purroy Mitchell is up for reelection
after giving New York clean administration. On the
other side is the Tammany candidate, Judge John F.
Hylan. A
To judge from the press agent dope sent Hylan
is sef-made who worshps his maker. He is
pretty fair Sort too but in miserable company
Jonathan Doliver who said of President Taft-"He
good man surrounded by fellows who know just what
they want" Hylan exaggerates this picture.
Let give New York credit for and decency
enough to reflect Mitchell
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1917-09-20
passport. The status of these men is
as yet undecided, incidentally.
Exploits Attract Attention.

passport The status of these men
as yet undecided incidentally.
Exploits Attract Attention.
1t was not long after the formation
of the Escadrille that its members
started to battle their way to a niche
of recognition. One after another
they lived up to the ideals of America
and winged" Boche airmen and con
Quoted successful expeditions back OF
the German trenches.
Nor was it long before the exploits
of the American airmen attracted such
attention that readers Of American
papers became accustomed to know
what the name meant in the headlines
and began to realize that, whatever
the home authorities might be doing,
some Americans were fighting along
side the French and British in a
manner that brought naught but credit
to the United States.
Thaw was the first to gain wide
spread attention. During the first of
the raids of the Escadrille he was
wounded in the arm, while attacking
three German planes near Verdun
He had been out with the squadron
for several hours and was waiting to
learn by telephone that Germans had
been signaled as coming toward
France when the telephone operator
got report that three machines of
the enemy were in sight
Immediately four American airmen
hurried to their machines with Thaw
the first off. His plane quickly out
distanced the others and soon after
he sighted Fokker headed his way
and. not very far behind it two Ger
man machines. He was over German
territory when he climbed up TO at
tack. thinking it impossible for the
enemy to aim at him without going
into a steep dive. This advantage
worked out to such purpose. that he
was able to get close to the German.
81 was so close" said Thaw at the
time, chat I felt like calling to him
to get out of the way before pulled
the trigger of the quick-frer. The
fact that the gun jammed after few
shots did not prevent enough bullets
from hitting him to send him below.
[ was so much interested in my COM
BAT that I forgot my comrades, but
when l was sure the Fokker was done
for | looked around for them"
Thaw Is Wounded.
Thaw's fellow-airmen weren't there.
)ut two airplanes of the enemy were.
My quick-firer had stuck and as had !
10 other arms 1 got little out of the
'nemy's way preparatory to arrang-
ng the gun. Unfortunately, I did not
set far enough and when / was reach |
ng for the quick-frer / got bullet
through my arm. 1 turned toward our
ines and the bullets hit my little
Newport in several places. When one
# the missiles struck my gasoline
ank, tearing the bottom open, l shut
UT the motor and dived for the French
renches."
Thaw's first 'big league" experience,
% to speak, is cited simply as an In
lication of what the Americans forced
themselves to do from the very first.
They shirked no responsibility nor
LANCER and battled their way to the
hickest Of the clashes between the
herman and French air forces which