Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1918-05-16

MISS Lana swanson mas been
promoted to the position of proper
ty clerk at the Agency. She is the
first woman to hold this position in
the Indian service on the Standing
Rock reservation.
James Yellowfat of the Farm
School, sent with the last contingent
of selected men from Corson. coun-
ty for Camp Funston, Kansas, was
rejected for physical disability, and
returned home Saturday.
]. G. Mergens and Chas. Pulling
were up from the state line yester-
day. The former is going to have
an auction sale of his personal pro-
perty. and his advertisement will
appear in the Pioneer next week.
New bids will be received up to
June 4th for carrying the mail be-
tween Fort Yates and. mclaughlin
for a period of four years commen-
ing July list. Bids have been called
for twice since the first Of the year,
and all have been rejected.
It is reported that Red Cross
organization. with ia members was
accomplished at Selfridge last week.
Hope this Red Cross dope is more
reliable than the reports about their
new newspaper which John w.
Farmer is promoting.
L. w. Colebank, county superin-
tendent of schools, who farms near
swastika, and pays no attention to
the schools, was in the city yester-
day on his way to Cannondall.
Colebank will be chosen to stay at
home after the primaries are over.
He is positively not attending to
his duties as superintendent of
schools. He has not the necessary
qualifications and simply holds. the
Office because nobody else wants it.
Telephone service over the gov
eminent line is now very good. The
line has recently been gone over
and number Of private connec-
tons cut of. Only the more inn
portant places outside of Fort Yates
are now connected on the line.
There was a time that everybody
who wanted connected with the tel
ephone, and this seriously interfer-
ed with the dispatch Of regular bus
mess. Through the courtesy Of
Supt. Hitch the court house main.
tains its connection, which is a
great convenience, especially for
the Local Board. Hardly a day
passes but what the Local Board re-
ceives important Instructions or in
formation from Washington.
j. G. Leach of Solen, commits
sioner from the First distaict, was
in the city Tuesday on business at
the court house Mr.. Leach will
soon make trip through the west
end Of the county looking over some
road matters, and was here to get
the records from the county auditor.
Last Thursday Mr.. Leach return
ed from months visit at his old
home in Erie, Pennsylvania. This
was his first trip back for many
years and he states that he enjoyed
himself every minute. Mr.. Leach
is the pioneer resident Of the reser-
walton country, having made his
home on the banks of the Cannon.
ball river for over 40 years. He
came to Minnesota following the
close Of the civil war, and from
there to Dakota Territory.
States Attorney johnson returned
Saturday from the Swastika neigh
borhood, where he conducted tn,
prosecution before Justice B. P
Shields, last Thursday and Friday
in the case Of the State of Nortl
Dakota vs.. DR.. A. P. Darby, r. G
4 Darby and Mrs. Darby. The cas-
was tried before jury and Judg
Harry Wilmsen Of Mc1ntosch ap
peared for the defense. A verdic
of guilty was rendered, An appes
was taken to the district court an
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