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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-10-02
Back Fire. Worse
Than Original Fire
Two Bring Action to Re.
cover Loss from Careless

Chas. Dunn and Tailwoodpecker
have commenced suit in Justice
Court to recover damages from &.
Henderson for the loss which they
suffered as result Of the prairie
fire mentioned in last weeks issue.
They alledRe that the fire was caused
BY the negligence and careless on
the part Of Henderson in setting
back fires which he had no means
10 control.
The action in which Chas. Dunn
is plaintiff will le tried next Mon.
day; that Of Tailwoodpecker's Tues.
day. Both plaintiffs claim to have
suffered loss through the burning
Of hay Of more than 5000, but are,
nevertheless sueing for that amount
80 as to bring the action within the
jurisdiction Of the Justice court.
Those fighting the first FIRE, which
destroyed some $50 tons Of Lay be.
longing to j. A. Stiles, claim that
after the original fire had been
checked they discovered al even
worse one behind them, caused, %
they think, by back fires set By
George Henderson.
In the last three weeks, there
have been three destructive prairie
fires near Fort Yates. In every
case, the damage done By back ares
has been greater than that done b.
the original fire.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-10-02
General Hugh L. Scott
Visit. Bismarck

Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott, form
or chief Of the American army and
! member Of the Root commission to
Russia. arrived in Bismarck Mon
day to revisit the scenes Of his youth
as an Indian fighter with the fa-
nous old frontier regiment, the
Seventh cavalry.
Gen. Scott is q member Of the
Indian affairs commission and is
visiting various reservations in the
west. He came to Bismarck from
Fort Yates as the guest Of Gov. L
]. Frazier and other prominent ci.
tizens.
This is the first time / have had
my shoes shined in two months. !"
the general observed to reporter
who found him in a barber shop.
Monday afternoon, after lunch
con ct the Country Club, Gen. Scott
went with q party Of the older re-
sidents Of Bismarck, including Capt.
l. Baker, todd Fort Abraham Lin
coin, where he. spent several years
after his graduation This is the
first time the general has visited in
the state for long time, although he
passed through Bismarck when3the
Root oonamission went % 4he&weeA
coast to sail for Russia.
In the evening the general was q
guest at Z prairie chicken dinner
|given at tbs Mckenzie hotel.
After the dinner, Gen. Scott held
an infomal reception in the lobby Of
the Mckenzie for the old soldiers in
the city, some Of whom were mem-
bers Of the Seventh cavalry, the
generals old command. VS.
On this. visit be was driven to
Bismarck BY a fullblooded Indian,
Jesse Graybear, who brought the
general to. the capitol city in his
own (Graybear's) car, q six cylinder
Chalmers,S a a fact which greatly
impressed the distinguished visitor.
-Burleigh Co. Farmers Pres.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-10-02
Made Flight to Fort Yates
From Leith In Thirty.
Five Minutes

For the drst time In the history
Of the Standing Rock Indian Fair,
the Indians were treated to as fine
an exhibition Of flying a. could be
seen anywhere. Lieutenant Cam
meron, in his Curtis biplane, made
one fight the second day and two
the third.
The Lieutenant spent no time
the third day in mere straight ay.
ing, except only to get elevation.
The entire flight consisted Of one
astonishing ''stunt" after another.
Several Of Il . local men who had
expressed Q desire to accompany
him, were just as glad they hadn't.
doubtless, after seeing such an OK
hibition.
Lieutenant Cammeron had been
at Leith where he had flown at the
Grant County Fair, the Oath, 26th
and 26th. He made the trip here
from Leith in thirty.ave minutes,
leaving here Saturday noon iol
Bismarck.
Dnring the war the Lieutenan,
waaan instructor In one Of tn.
large aviation schools in thh
country. While here he was ,
guest at the home cf County Aud
itor, O. A. Olson. Mr.. Olson ant
he are boyhood friends, both hav
ing been raised at Balfour, N. d.
On returning to Bismarck tn
Lieutenant has 200 passenger fight
scheduled. He is booked to fly lat
or on this fall at Linton.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-10-02
Lieutenant Cammeron
Thrills Crowd With
Two Fine Air Exhibitions
Captain Welch Home on
Leave...Wants Discharss

War is what Sherman eaid it was
according to Captain A. B. Welch,
who returned home on a fifteen-day
leave Of absence Tuesday. Capt.
Welch left here in 1917 with the
Second regiment Of the North Dfs
kota National Guard.
But here is why war is hell, &C.
cordina to the captain. He was
.ecommended for a majority and
his commission was issued and kept
following him all over France iol
six months. AT the end Of that
time the commission, not being &C.
cepted, automatically expired. So
there you are. As far as Capt.
Welch is concerned, war is hell.
The captain left here in command
Of q company Of North Dakota men
and was taken to Camp Green, N.
G. in 1917. The North Dakota
troops were made a part Of the 4lsi
division and Capt. Welch was put
in command Of an ammunition
train. He embarked for France in
December and landed at Brest early
in Janury, 1918.
After his arrival in France, Capt
Welch, was made aide.de-camp I,
Major General Hunter l.. Ligeett
commander ofthe first army corps
With the general he Travelled owe
the entire battlefront then held b,
American soldiers,
Following his services with Gen
LigRett, Capt. Welch was put il
charge Of a battalion in the 116 am
munition train, and while with thi
outfit got mixed up in the battl
Of Chateau Thierry. In July h
went thru the Meuse-Argonne driv
and when the armistice was signe,
he and his men were about 81:
miles south Of Sedan and were head
ling az fast as they could for th
hoe ~ ~ 1ov,,,a~v Tie o,,sQ i.xn
became . part Of the army Of occu
patton.
Captain Welch arrived In Ne,
York in August and was sent
Camp Pike. Ark. He expects to /
released from service in a sho1
time and will return to Bismarc
and resume his business-Burleis
Co Farmers Press.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-10-02
follow: (:

follow:
Parade similar to that Of yestef.
day At which prizes were award
ed: soldiers-1st, ]. r. Harmon; (;
End, Chas. Redbear; 8rd Jacob
shootsnear. Indian men-1st, Good
Dog; 2nd Holyhorse; Bird, Different
Tail. Indian women-1st, Ptenu-
PAWN; End, Maggie Elk; Bird Alice
Bighead. Civilian men-1st, Je-
rome 1ronnecklace; End Spotted
Eagle; Bird Cedarboy. Civilian wo-
.men-1st, Elisabeth Leandog, End
Clara Halsey: 8rd Cecilia Striped
cloud. Cowboy dress-1st, Joseph
Marshall; End, George Weasel; Bird /.
James Killsolive.
Three quarter-mile horse race
James Rosebud, 1st; Dave Coldhand
End; Paul Ironwing, 3rd:
One-mile pony race-C Chase Red.
horse, 1T; Paul Clamore, End;
William Blackfox, 8rd.
Relay race continued from pro.
vious day-Juda Besrshisld, lst;
Lookingbsek, and; n. McLAughlin,
6nl.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-10-02
Red cro.s Field Worker
Here from Headquarter,

I. Miss Gilley, Red Cross Field In.
structor in Nursing. is here from
Division Headquarters in Minnea-
polls. for the purpose Of giving
class instruction in home hygiene
and nursing.
AZ . meeting held 10 the hall at the
fair grounds Sunday evening Miss
Gilley gave an interesting talk on
her experiences as . Red Cross
nurse in France. She was introduced
By Frank Fiske, County Chairman.
Ben White kindly assisted as enter.
prefer. Following her interesting
remarks, County Treasurer, j. r.
Harmon spoke Z few words explain
Ing the nature Of the American L.
gion which Is now being organized
shere.
Tuesday evening another meeting
MAS held In the Agency hall, ct
which time Z class tor instruction
here In Fort Yates WAS organised.
Later on, Miss uillsy plans visiting
Cannonball and selfridgs where the
same course Of Instructions will be
.Ae. F.. :, x. (
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-10-02

Two.hundted foot -race-C. Henry
1st; Able White,' End; Chae. Ac.
herman, Srd.
Saddle-horss race-f.ouis, Halsey,
lat Basil Twobears, End, Georee
Bearkins, 3rd.
Tug-of-war-1ndian police and
civilians, won by civilians.
Bear-back riding George Weasel,
LIST; George Defender, End; Joseph
Goodelk, Ord.
>. Third Day
At three-thirty in the afternoon
Of the third day, the Indians were
addressed by Supt. James b. Kitch.
Mr.. Kitch spoke on the advances.
ment in agricultural lines which has
heen made in the last year aud
the showing that the; Indian boys
lin uniform had made for thsis
county, ~, 80.
The other events wereiS VI
Three days relay race, llnal II.
sult-Henry Mclaughlin, 1st; Sam
T,ockingl,ack, 2ndj Juda Bearshield
Ord.
Three-quarter mile hotss RACES
Rosebud, 1stj Blackiox, 2ndj
Whitsel, Ord.
One and one-half mile pony faces
Chase Redhorse, 1st; Coldhand.
2ndj Clamore. 8rd.
Rough. ridins-toe Defender, istj
Joe Goocelk' Ind.
Fourth Day
Owing to the fact that one entire
evening Of the Fair had been lost
fighting FIRE, permission was granted
the Indians To- continue their fair
. four day, Sunday intervening.
\ The fourth day was just q inter.
esting as the preceding day. al.
though the number Of out.of.town
visitors were somewhat less The
main events Of the last dayswere:
Half-mile horse ,sace-Wm. No.
Laushlin, lst; Rslhorss, and; Iron
| Wing, Bird
Mile pony raced. Coldhand,
ist; WtsRlackfox. End; Iron Wing.
a'd
: Half.mile pony race-J. Iron.
1a; 8. Firscloud, Aud; o0ldhand,
srd.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-10-02
/, End and Juda Bearshisld,

Back, End and Juda Bearshield,
Bird.
One half-mile foot.race-1st prize,
Able White; End prize. j. Dogs;
Bird ]. Yellowfat.
One half-mile horse race, three
heats,-villiam Mclaughlin. 1st;
James Rosebud, End; f. Ironeyes,
Bird.
5 One.mile pony race. Redhorse,
lst; E. Clamore, End; William
Blackfox. 3rd.
Boys foot-race-1eo Provost, list; {;
Robert Higheasle, End; David Co.
darboy, Bird.
!: .Quarter.mile pony race-C. Mar.
shall, 1st; j. Iron, End; Elmer La.
Comps, srd.
En- race-Able White, 1st; /; James
Yellowfat, 2ud; John Elk, 8rd.
| Carrier race-Ehl Clamore, 1st;
Sidney Bearheart, End.
ugh-ridina-J. A. Spotted.
horse, 1st: Joe Goodvoiceelk, End.
Tue-of. war-soldiers and Indian
Police, won by Indian police.
Second Day
The morning Of the second day
resembled somewhat the appear.
ances Of the morning after - ow.
| ing to the fact that the Indians had
spent a good share Of the night be.
fore sighting . prairie fire west oi
1.-The Fair Grounds. The hre started
about eight. All attractions at The
iair, grounds were ceased aud the
whole fair adjourned to fight thu
6re. About ten, the fire was ouench'
led and the fair WAS resumed, bu'
around midnight the FIRE broke on,
iaeain and the same methods bad h
IL rsaostsd.
The ,vepss u the day .wes y
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-10-02

peared for the State and j. A.. He'd
der Of Mandan for Mr.. Turner.
The Jury nave verdict Of guilty,
tho at first tho vote is said to have
stood 4 to 2 for aoquital and the
Justice of the Peace Z. A. Short
gave . fine of 3lO,the lowest fine
allowed bY Inv. An appsal was T..
I'm 70 tho District Cont.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-10-02
VIII Exhibit Samples
Of Sioux Co. Corn
N
Commissioners Of immigration
To- Display N. D. Corn
AZ ST. Louis

Here's . chance, for the progress
sive farmers Of Sioux County to do
! little boosting for their county. J..
q. Worst, Immigration Commits
sioner wants not less than a dozen
typical ears Of corn from Sioux
County to exhibit at the Mississippi
Valley Exposition to be held at St.
Louis, November 1897.
The following letter received BY
Judge a. MEG. Beede il sufficient
: explanation:
Department Of Immigration
Bismarck. North Dakota
September 25th 1919
Judge A. McG. Beede.
Fort Yates, North Dakota.
Dear Sir:
The Department Of immigration
is preparing to make . corn expo
sition to be held at s.. Louis, Nov.
1927. II is desirable to have the
state as . whole well represented.
We are anxious, therefore, TO secure
not less than a dozen typical earn
y
Of corn, one. Of each Of the dent Va
sieties preferred, from every county
Of the state.
The Corn should be plainly label
ed By the grower with his P. o. ad-
dress. county etc, and sent BY ex-
press g. O. D. to this Office.
Win you not personally, or IL not
convenient, solicit some farmer to
send % such sample or samples -oi
corn? -
This should b. attended: to It the
saslislSfasss csoays,sii ths al.
lection should 10 In Bismarck b.
The middle Of October.
IL iIi lks I d slillysslos Tor thi,
service, lam ...-:@'s
Sincerely yours,
]. H. Worst
Commission Of immigration
By G. G.. Baise +,
Executive Secretary
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-10-02
Length of Fair Extended
Because Of One Night
A.lE4~
Spent in Fighting Fire
No Disturbances i Of Any
Mature Mar Success
Of Fair

Of Fair
The eighth annual Standing
Rock Indian Fair is now 4 matter
Of history and some fifteen hundred
indians who were encamped here
have returned to their homes, a.
ready looking forward and making
plans for next years. fair.
The outstanding feature Of the
fair, Of course, was the horse racing
and cowboy sports. But marked
improvement from that Of last year
waashown in the agricultural exhi-
bits; the corn, especially was much
better than it has been for years. A
number Of Exhibitions Of handicraft,
bead and quill work, wefe particu-
larly deserving Of praise.
A True Indian Fair
The Fair is unique in that IL is
managed and controlled entirely
By the indians and Or the Indians.
It should, therefore, not be jndsed
BY the standard Of white men 'afairs:
u
because il is not an imitation Of
such. II takes it's place as one Of
the greatest yearly attractions in
this psrt Of the country, as ansInd-
ian Fair, aud hundreds Of whitersen
coming from all parts Of the state
say that here they are able to Gee
and enjoy the entertainments Of thl
true Indian. :
Additional attraction were fur.
nished by dances and MOVING pic.
ture shows every evening. Amerry.
go-round, owned and managed BY
the fair was equally a found Of
pleasure, though running but part
Of the time. The Mclaughlin band
furnished music for the first three
days Of the fair.
j The officials Of the Fair Associa.
tion are worthy Of the highest com.
mendation for the way in which tn,
fair was managed. At the begin.
ming Of the fair there was 1904. Is
left over in the treasury from las
year. The total income Of thi'
years'1 fair was s1913.9O; total ex
penses, tN66 76--leaving q balanc'
Of t531.88 now on hand. The ex
penditures this year included tn,
erection Of the new stock shed a
well rs other extensive repairs. N,
collections were made this year will
; the drum. The total income wa
obtained entirely from subscrip
tions and gate receipts.
Those acting q judges through
. out the fair were Thomas Ashley
Antione Clamore and Joe Redbear.
! First Day
d The most interesting feature q
the first day was the one mile pom,
! race won BY Chase Redhorse's son
. boy Of twelve. A dozen ponie
were running against him, anon
q whom were many old and exper
i, fenced riders.
!. The program Of events tosethe
with the prize winners follow:
Parade, led BY band, followed b
: soldiers aud Indian police on hora
!. back, old Indians in old costume.
and q string Of automobiles, buggie
}, and wagons. The parade, stretch
ell ing Z good half mile, ,paraded to th
81 Agency and back to the Fai
'tIgrounds.
e The relay race which wss COZ
j. ltipued thru tho thrss days Ms 10
by Henry McLAushlia l,tl Loolin
6s 81 -
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-10-02
In justice Court
The State VS.. Z. Turner

Mr.. Turner was accused BY J.
Jordan Of letting . bull run At large
CONTRARY 10 law. The Gao was tried
before 1 jury. consisting Of g. w.
Hokanson, Geo. Fisks, o. N. Bau-
mann, NJ. A. Berg, J. r. Harmon
and Frank Fiske, on Sept. 18th.
1sstss Attorney =. .. Johnsea %.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-12
Fit. BayaYd Baseball Team
To Come Here For 4 Series

lust what plans will be made for
} the staging OF a district champ
ionship series in FL Paso, following
the end Of the Army and City league
schedule, is causing much discussion
among the fans and was one OF the
topics brought before the weekly
executive meeting Of the league man
ayers Monday night A majority Of
the officials expressed themselves in
favor Of the Fl Bayard club. which
is considered one. Of the strongest in
the southwest, while It was also pro-
posed that either the gath or 25th in
fantry teams be the opponents Of =
picked club from the entire league in
a seven game series. At all events
there Will be q series for the fans,
which viii rival that Of any year in
local baseball
Favor TT. Bayard Team.
Umpire Harry Kane and president
7. J. McCamaut favor the bringing Of
the Fl Bayard team here as this club
is composed Of players from Tyrone,
Hurley and other points, and would
bring its most effective strength to
the city.
Arrangements could be made 50
that the expenses OF the visiting
team would be paid and IL would
receive n certnin percentage OF
the net receipts. In a series of
seven games, opposing steady
pitchers of the order Of Mai. Ney-
land, Hyland, Mulcahy and POns-
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-12
BOBBY GREEN IS
ION HIS WAY HOME
Fast Lightweight Battler
Returns to Home; Will
Undergo Operation.

Accompanied BY his wife and baby.
Bobby Green. the fast little light
weight boxer. left Tuesday afternoon
for his home IN san antonio. where he
will undergo an operation for appen-
dicitis- Bobby's last contest in this
section occurred last Friday night at
Tucson, when he fought Al McManus-
OF Los Angeles. to a standstin in ten
rounds. The verdict was awarded to
McManus. but the work OF Green 50
pleased the Arizona fans that many
have asked for a return engagement
between the two men to be staged in
Tucson within the next few months
Green's first bout IN the FL Paso
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-12

ford, the New Mexican would
stand TO make quite a little purse
for themselves and incidentally
boost baseball relations between
towns Of that section and Ell PasO.
Game Has Improved.
'El Paso City league baseball has
been better and more prosperous this
year than at any previous time in the
history Of the city and il would be
brought to a fitting end this fall II
a series is arranged with some fast
outside team" Kane said a player
in the present league receives more
for one game than he formerly got
for the entire season and the pennani
fund Of the circuit viii be a respect
able amount and well worth contest
ing for. The class o. ball is excellent
and the fans have been turning out
in good numbers showing that they
appreciate the standard which is be-
ing dispensed.
Il am certainly in favor OF
bringing the FIT. Bayard team here
ns there are many players on the
roster, who are known 10 the
local fans aside from the fact that
IL Is n strong, well balanced team.
In the event the Eighth engineers
win the pennanf. this team could
play the Fit. Baynrd club or a nine
eould be selected from the league
ut large, just as the executive
committee decides"
Many other fans have expressed
their opinions of picking the team al
large and using the Official averages
Of the circuit as a basis for the selec-
tons
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-12
ENGINEERS WILL
Up GAMES
Neyland Aggregation to
Play Postponed Affairs;
Two for This Week.

Business Of increasing or decreas-
inE-as the case may be-the margin
between themselves and the other
clubs of the Army and City baseball
league will be officially commenced
Saturday afternoon by the Eighth
Engineers, headed by Maj. R. R Ney-
and. when the work Of playing sew
eral postponed games is started The
postponements resulted from the re-
cent vacation Of the engineer regl-
ment in CloudcrOft and VIII necessl-
cate some fast work by the gravel
agitators during the next three weeks
OF the schedule Iaeir opponents IN
the Saturday engagement VIII be the
Zone supply team and il is needless
10 state an old rival in Johnny Null
cahy, southpaw extraordinary
VIII Play sunday.
Again on Sunday afternoon the
Englneers will face the 4S05 nine and
it is safe to assume that II they take
both contests Of the weekend sched-
uIe. first place money belongs TO this
team without asking In meeting the
1905 team the Neyland club takes the
place Of the Terriers. who were origi-
uauy billed to clash with the Coruero
boys, but as sergeant Cummings eN-
planned at the MONDAY night executive
meeting that the club would be alb
sent from the city on a hike 10 Cloud
croft and the Engineers had a game
10 make up, there was no difficulty
in making the change. In the second
Sunday game the Dodgers and SIND
artillery teams viii clash
Managers Approve.
The managers feel much encouraged
over the increased gate receipts Of
last Sunday and the checks given out
at the meeting in the Martin build
ing were larger than they have been
for several weeks. The matter OF ar
ranging for the services Of an umpire
to work with Harry Kane was taken
up and discussed, and the name OF a
former player. who is now in FL Peso
was brought up It was decided to
ask him 10 officiate on the bases to
relieve Mai. 7. r Burnett, who will
be issued a vote Of thanks by the
league for his craftsmanship in con
tributing his services as arbiter until
someone could be secured
! Players VIII Report.
Hunter who was recently traded
to Mai ]. Il. Conlin, Of the Zone team
for Gowan will make his first ap-
/ pearance in a supply uniform Sunday
afternoon, and IL is presumed that
Bunson will also appear. 1t was an
nounced that the new metal score
markers for the big board in right
field would be ready for the Saturday
game.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-12

district was with southern depart
ment champion Tommy Carter at the
Seventh cavalry arena. and since that
time when the little fellow made su h
a big impression on the fans he has
received innumerable offers for
matches in the southwest The condi-
rion o. his health has prevented him
from accepting many offers, as he
has had several attacks due to ap-
pendicitis and was not able conse-
Quentlv to nut forth his best efforts
when he met Otto wallace In the Stu
dorium and later NcManus at Tu son
Green plans to return 10 Fl Paso
following the operation, as he likes
the city and Intends 20 make it his
home.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1919-08-12

by Charlie Doom and George STALL
ings five years ago. While he was
Brave, Miller Higgins worked the hid
den ball trick on him and when he
became a Phil Walter Maranville
turned in and did likewise. Martin
probably is the only major Lacquer
who has had the hidden ball trick
worked on him twice in one season
Other major leaguers who have
fallen victims 70 the hidden ball trick
in the last eight years are Johnny
Bates of the Reds. at the hands Of
Lee Magee Of the Cardinals on May
81. 1913, and Fred Merkle Of the
Giants, at the hands Of Bruno Bethel
Of the Cardinals on August 3, 1916
There is slight danger Of the hidden
ball trick being forbidden.