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Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-06
Brown Takes-the-Cun
Under Arrest Again
Brown Takes ths Gun Of wakpala a..
rsstsd for Horss Stealing May bs
Held for Cattle Theft

Brown Takes the Gun, an 1ndi-
an Of Wakpala district, was ar.
rested last week on the charge of
stealing team and wagon from an
Indian on the Cheyenne reserva.
tion. Brown was arraigned before
a D. s. Commissioner at Mobridge
and committed to the county Jail
Selby until the date of his prelimi.
nary hearing which will be the last
of this week.
Brown Takes the Gun, enjoys a
bad reputation. He has frequently
been in trouble before and on diff
ferent occasions has served sentence
in the Agency guardhouse at Fort
Yates for minor otfenses. A mum.
Der of cattle thefts especially from
the Chas. Hartinger outfit, with
range south of Wakpala, has oc-
cured this winter, and while Takes
the Gun is suspected yet sufficient
evidence to implicate him has not
been brought to light.
Superintendent Kitch Of the
Standing Rock reservation states he
has considerable evidence which
tends to implicate number of
other Indians Of Wakpala district
in wholesale cattle thefts. The
cattle have all been butchered and
the beef sold around Mobridge.
Sensational developments are ex.
pected in a few days.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-06
Movement Begun For
Sioux Memorial Hall
Movement for Memorial Hall in Honor
Of Sioux Soldiers Is Uundsr Way.
Building at Fort Yatss

A joint meeting of the Standing
Rock Indian Business Council and
the Standing Rock Indian Fair AS
sociation was held at Fort Yates
last Saturday.
The meeting was for the purpose
Of discussing the proposed building
of a memorial hall at Fort Yates in
honor Of the Standing Rock Indians
who have taken part in the world
war.
1t was decided to erect a suitable
building costing about $1,000, and
for this purpose a tax Of 50 cents
per-capita was levied. The soldier
boys are exempted from this tax.
If the white citizens desire they
may Join the movement. This
would mean additional funds and a
more pretentious memorial, and
the Pioneer would urge that this be
done. The memorial would then
perpeptuate the memory of every
soldier from Sioux county, Indian
or white. Geo. Whitebull of Little
Eagle, spoke at length in favor Of
the movement.
The following officers were elect
cd:
Chairman-Thos. Frosted
V-Chairman-Jas. Otter Robe
secretary-Benjamin White.
The. Fair Association officers
hold over.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-06

Gus. w. l..okanson, o. A. Olson
and Oscar Baumann ma de a busi-
ness trip to Bismarck last Thurs.
day and returned on Saturday.
Mr.. Olson appeared before the Lex.
islative committee having in charge
the bill TO raise the salary Of the
county officers in the smaller coun.
ties of the state, in which measure
he is interested on account of hav.
ing been elected county auditor last
November and will begin his term
the first of April.
Frank Chesrown returned last
week from Mclaughlin, s. OAK,
accompanied by S. j. Hagg, also ct
that place, and former resident
and businessman Of Linton. The
gentlemen are interested in the
Sioux Lumber Company at Nc
Laughlin and other points in that
vicinity. MIR. Hagg reports the
company as doing a prosperous
business.--Linton Record.
w. j. Diehl was up from Nc.
Laughlin Tuesday on business at
the lease clerks office at the Agen-
cy. Mr.. Diehl is running a fine
bunch of cattle on his ranch near
Mclaughlin and enlarging his pas
ture every year.
Gordon Smith of Fargo, pro.
minent lawyer, has been put in
charge Of the Armenian Relief for
North Dakota, and while at solen
last Friday appointed Edw. s.
johnson, chsirman for Sioux coun.
ty.
Alfred Martell came up from
Mclaughlin yesterday and will
work on the Pioneer ior week or
ten days while Oscar Stendall is
away getting some dental work
done.
Miss Margaret Carignan has &C.
cepted position as teacher at the
Bismarck Indian school, and left
for there yesterday with her father
to enter upon her new duties.
Judge Thos. Short went to Bis
marck yesterday with j. NJ. Car
/ ignan to have . set Of new store
teeth made.
\ Jam es Wsaslsbear and Ambrose
El2natipn were up from Bullhead
on business last Thursday.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-06
WITH
THE
COLORS
New. About The
Sioux County Boys
France,
Dec. .17,.191s

Il GA00VVS
Dec. II, 1918.
Dear Friend:
& As the shooting is over and won't
interfere we will write you a few
lines this evening. It was q hard
battle but we finally pulled through
1t safe, and are still soldering side
BY side. ] think we are two lucky
boys to be alive.
When we were in the states We
had one ambition and that was to
cross the pond. Now that we are
here; we still have the same ambi-
ton. We are patiently waiting our
turn to 90 back to the good old u.
s. A. It seems as though the day is
never going to come for US to move
towards-the west. When that day
comes it's goodby France. And
never again unless Uncle Sam calls
US u
I supposeitS il cold and lots oi
snow now in Dakota. There is nc
sign Of snow here yet. The gras,
is still green and we still see some
/ green Rsrdens, but; we have had
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-06
Next Indian Land Sale
March Is And April Is
Two Standing Rock Ressrvatio. In.
dian Land Sales Announesd Tor
March ls and April 10

Two Standing Rock reservation
Indian land sales were announced
this week. The dates are March
18th and April 18th. The list Of
lands to be sold will be advertised
next week.
The sale on March 18th, will be
land that has been previously of
fered for sale. There are also q
few descriptions in this list where
previous sales have been rejected for
some reason and the land ordered
advertised again.
The list on which bids will be
opened on April 18th, is non COM
petent and inherited land that has
just been appraised and never list
ed or advertised before. The list
is short owing to delay in having
appraisements made. This list in
cludes some very desirable tracts
and will no doubt occasion some
spirited bidding.
The terms where the appraised
price is over $1,000, is one-fourth
cash, and the balance in three an
nual payments drawing 6 per cent
interest.
The list Of lands in North Dako-
ia will be advertised in the Sioux
County Pioneer, Fort Yates, North
Dakota.
The list Of lands in South Dako.
to will be advertised in the Messen.
ger, Mclaughlin, South Dakota.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-06
1o,vnley /. Endorsed
b Referendum Vote


St. Paul, Feb. 3.-Nonpartisan
league headqua arters here announced
today that the members Of the
league have By their ! referendum
vote endorsed the reelection Of A.
G. Townley as president Of the. or.
ganisation.
Tho referendum, it is claimed,
shows = vote Of SO, 1891 for Town
and 978 against him. Townley was
re-elected 1t the national conven-
tion held here several weeks ago.
After the national convention adj
journed Townley announced he
would not accept the Office until the
convention action had been ap.
proved BY Z referendum vote Of the
members Of the league.
The league statement says: {.
In Minnesota the vote was 26.
$50 for Townley and 1873 against;
in North Dakota 2s,375 for Town
ley and 219 against; in South Da-
kota l1,0N for Townley and 264
aaainst; in Montana 1O,9ls for
and so against.
The vote was taken in Is states
where the league is organized, the
statement declared.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-06
Sioux County Indians Demand
Loyalty From Our Foster Sons
In Petition to North Dakota Legislature Con.
dena the Baildinsup Of colonie. BY
Di.loyal European Immigrant.

Real Americana to the number %
46, members ofithe Teton Dakotah
tribe at Fort Yates, united with Eus
gems Bears Heart in a petition
fled with the house of representa-
tives in demanding an America for
Americans. The memorial ad.
dressed to Rep. w. L. Caddell and
made a part Of the house record
follows:
I'VE, the undersigned citizens Of
Sioux county, North Dakota, re-
spectfully request that you present
the following petition to the next
session Of the state legislature and
use your utmost endeavor to have
adequate laws framed and enacted
in relation thereto:
Whereas, there are many people
Of foreign birth residing in the
state Of North Dakota who have
never become citizens and who
have never learned the Language Of
our country, and
Whereas these people have
shown q disposition for years to
band together in colonies and pre-.
serve the institutions of the coun-
tries from which they came, cons
tinuing to speak the language Of
those countries in their churches,
schools, homes and in their daily
intercourse with one another, and
Whereas, these people have per-
sistently refused to send their chill,
dren to our public schools where
they can learn the American lam.
guage and become familiar with
American institutions. and have
maintained private and parochial
schools in which some foreign Ian
guage was taught and in which no
effort or thought was given to, the
nculcation Of the purpose Of Amer
lean institutions Or the history of
our country, and
Whereas, large numbers Of such
people Of German birth or German
descent have throughout the pres
ent war with Germany not only
shown their lack Of understanding
Of American institutions but have
either openly or secretly espoused
the cause Of Germany, although
having enjoyed the privileges Of
American institutions for many
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-06

years, or even all their lives, being
given the privilege to acquire prop
erty and vote the same as other
citizens,
Therefore, we respectfully peti.
tion and demand that such legisla-
|ti0n be enacted at the next session
Of the North Dakota legislature az
will forever abolish this pernicious
condition.
+ First, we demand that insofar
|as compatible with the treaties Of
the United States, that laws be en-.
[acted prohibiting the holding Of
property by aliens.
+ Second, we demand that law
sbe enacted providing for a strict
supervision Of all parochial schools
in the state Of North Dakota and
forbidding the teaching Of the Ger
man language or any other foreign
language in such schools and re-
quiring that wherever parochial
schools are maintained they shall
follow the state course in study as
followed in public schools. In this
connection we believe that more
stress should be laid upon the
teaching Of the principles of Amer.
ican government and of American
history and that particular atten-
ton should be given by a compe-
tent state board to see that no pro-
paganda ofany foreign powers is
[sger again allowed to be incorpora-
ted in textbooks in. the public schols
Of our country.
Third, we demand the passage
of a law prohibiting the formation
Of foreign societies or organizations
of foreign people, either Of a secret
or open nature for any purpose
whatever, believing that the only
way for these foreign peoples to be
Americanized is for them to for
ever abandon their former prac-
tices and to live and act just as
other American citizens should live
and act.
"Tbe reasons for these demands
are 80 apparent and are so we'll
known that no argument is neces-
sary here. We leave it to the good
sense Of yourself and other members
Of the legislature to find a way to
put these into effect. /"
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-06
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

G. f. Massingllam, the Solen
rancher, is in receipt Of a letter
from John Mills of Hannaford,
president of the North Dakota
Hereford Breeders Association,
wanting Mr.. Massingham to make
arrangements for holding Hero.
ford sale in Mandan about June
10th if suitable arrangements can
be made. Mr.. Massingham was
formerly president Of the Missouri
|Slope Fair at Mandan, and an act !.
i've member in the Hereford Asso-
citation, and the sale will be big
success if he undertakes to hold it
in Mandan.
1t has been noted on the Fort
Totten Indian Reservation and 9TH
er places where Rophers have been
systematically and thoroughly
poisoned that the badgers do not
dig SO many holes and it has also
been noticed that the number Of
field mice have been greatly re-
duoed, which may be partly due to
poisoning when the gophers are
poisoned, but the badger, being de.
prived Of gophers has to make .
greater use Of mice in his diet.
Mike Little Bear who lives north
of town, went suddenly violentl.
insane Tuesday morning and wa'
brought to the Agency under re-
straint until bis case, can be dis.
posed Of. He has been sick for 9
long time which is assigned as ths
cause for loss of reason.
DR.. Sweeney, one Of the veteri
narians connected with the U. s.
Bureau of Animal Industry. cam
down from Bismarck Tuesday I,
give the Agency herd the tubercu
lin test.
Henry Zahn was down from So
len this week for the first time sine
his illness last fall. He was YER,
low for a long time with pneumon
liza, but has fully recovered and il
looking fine.
Leo Two Arrows, aged II years
! died Monday at his home in Littl
Eagle district after a lingering i'll
ness from tuberculosis. Funera
services were held Tuesday. +
S r. Parkin was over from hi
4 ranch at Chadwick Tuesday on bus
illness at the Agency.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-06

some disagreeable weather. 1t has
been raining the past week. If 1
had q copy of the Sioux County
Pioneer this evening I'd feel at
home. We remain,
Corp. Thos. Greybull
Pvt. &C. Murphy
Crombeke, Belgium.
Dec. %, 1918.
Dear Friend Chris:
Will write a few lines as have a
little spare time this evening. ]
am well and doing fine so far. We
are glad that we are able to yet
your PAPER nearly every week, /
just got through reading the Pho
neer I got today. We are glad to
know that our real fighting days
are over. I've seen all Of the world
that I wanted to see and now I'd
like to zee the U. s. again. They
can have their Europe and itt
beautiful girls and its beautiful cit
les but not me. Take me back tc
Gods country again where can
see my sweetheart, that real Ameri.
can girl once more. Tell Gus Hok;
anson to write as / have lost tracl
| lof him. Give my regards to th,
boys around that beautiful cit,
of Yates. Boys, just word from
me. II you want to be a good sol
dier ioiI, q good old gang like the
l9lst end they'll make you 'gotx
soldier. a..
PVT. Michael Halsey
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-06
3 Pineh.d

II: &. - - =
W. L. Bedwell Of Cannonball,
and his two hired men were ar.
rested last Saturday by Constable
Froelich Of solen on the complaint
Of q. F. Massingham, charged with
stealing hay. Mr.. Massingham has
q ranch in Township 1881, south.
west Of Selen, and alleges Bedwell'.
hired men stole . stack Of hay be-
longing TO him. Bedwell and his
men were released on 41hOO bond
until Tuesday, when their hearing
was had before Justice Wiley Al
Solen. What the outcome Of the
examination was the Pioneer ha.
not learned.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-06
shislds No.s,s
(Frem the shielda Enterpris'

(Erem. the shields Enterprise)
"A youthful bnrglar-an Indian
lad-broke into the Shields Mer-
camille Co. store Saturday night,
and rifaed the cash till Of some three
or four dollars in nicke,s and
dimes. Entrance was made by
breaking one Of the south windows.
The lad tipped his mitt by chang
ing the small money into dollars at
one Of the business houses. Through
kindness and to give the lad ano-
ther chance, Messrs. Robinson and
Mussser refused TO prosecute.
w. N. Owen has received a let
ter from D. j. Hallihan, who is in
Denver. Denny" says he has
had all his teeth yanked out and
is feeling bully He is waiting
for spring to open up when he in
tends to return to Shields and give
the game another trial with renew.
ed vigor. Welcome, Denny; your
old friends extend the hand Of
true greeting.
Major Belden was recalled, on
business from st. Paul Wednesday,
from his vacation. He expects to
leave tomorow for the west.
Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-02-06
Lsatss itsn Gsrnany
Gerolstein, Germany,
Jan. 8, 1919,
Mr.. Louis Endres,
IT. Yates, n. D.
n. ..R.: 8. 8. Z

( y
Dear friend:
81 received your card the latter
\ part Of July in Flance. We were
q Camp Dodsa only two and q
halt weeks and wsre then trans
ferred to Camp Travis, Texas.
where we joined the Goth Division.
We left there the 9th Of June 70,
Camp Mills, New York. where we
received our overseas equipment.
We went on board our ship about
noon, June 19th, and lay in the
harbor until early the next morn
Ing when Ne GET sail. We landed
in Liverpool, England, July End
and there spent the Fourth, and
passed in review before St. Georges
Hall. We left Liverpool on the
9th and went to South Hampton
whore we stayed at rest camp un-
til the next evening. We tlen
boarded another ship and crossed
the English Channel, landing at
Le Harve, France, from where we
marched out about 5 miles to ano-
ther rest camp The next evening
We were loaded on freight cars. -a5
men to car, each man carrying
three days rations. We all had
packs that weighed close to 100
pounds each besides, our rifles &C
you can imagine how much room
We had III these boxcars which are
only 6xD feet. There was not
room enough for all Of us to 81,
down at once, to say nothing o!
lying down.
We rode this way for three days
and nights and unloaded at littl.
town called Racy and hiked to an.
other town BY the name Of Mont
moyen where We trained until th,
10Th 81 August when we startee
for the front.
We arrived on the St Niche
front on the 22nd Of August. Oul
battalion held the front line for ,
days and we were then relieved b,
the 2nd battalion aud we fell bacl
In support whore we were unde
shell fire most OF the time. Her
we stayed until the night Of Sep
tember 18th and started to th
front line again. It was 90 darl
Ne could hardly zee the man il
front Of ne and it rained all night
The trenches had water in then
over our shoe tops. AZ day ligh
our art tillerx started the barraR
and va went oversthe top. yhel
the artillery opened up ii seemed .
il every gun went Of 'aat the sam
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New-York tribune., 1919-12-10
Sharp Break in
Stock Prices as
Money Rate Scars

Dear money, severe restrictions or
industrial activity imposed in the in
terest of fuel conservation, and an ex-
tremely pessimistic statement by Si~
George Paish, which caused sharp
break in foreign exchange rates, com
bined yesterday to produce speculative
selling of stocks in sufficient volume to
carry the general level of prices sub
stantially lower. Declines in the more
active stocks ranged from a fraction
up to nearly 8 points. The average
loss, however, was not more than
point.
The market opened at relatively
slight changes from the closing figures
of Monday. but almost Immediately
the order curtailing industrial opera
tions. Evidently, however, the pros
pcct for early settlement of the coal
strike was regarded as largely off
setting this unfavorable developments
for the downward movement had not
proceeded far when enough support ap-
peared to check the decline and even
cause slight rallies in some issues
Thereafter prices fuctuatcd narrow
~ until we'll into the afternoon, when
the Paish statement appeared and the
ing downward when call rates began to
soar. Immediately a fresh wave of
selling, coming not only from specu-
lators who had bought stocks on the
recent advance, but from traders who,
foreseeing the decline, made large
commitWents on the short side, and
prices receded rapidly. The market re-
manned weak throughout the last hour
Such recoveries as took place were not
sufficient to balance earlier losses.
Nevertheless the market as whole
was stronger than might have been
expected, considering the highly un-
had to contend. The break was hard
lv more extensive than the advance
had been on some recent days.
Bankers explained the rise in call
rates. the chief disturbing factor, as
being due to heavy government with
lrawals Some expressed surprise that
rates did not 90 even higher, although
it was generally believed that the
stringency would be relieved before
the md of the week Brokers and
traders, however, were inclined to view
tic money situation pessimistically,
taking the view that any substantial
increase in the demand for speculative
money would be followed by another
advance in rates and that, therefore,
nothing more than little trading
market can be expected through the
remainder of the year.
There was disposition in some quar-
ters to belttle the Paish statement, IN
which Sir George took the position that
unless adequate measures for meeting
the foreign credit problem are taken
without delay, an early breakdown Of
exchange and commerce cannot be
gvoided rood MANY, horl-nrS werc IF
the opinion that Sir George had eX-
aggerated the seriousness of the situa-
ton. The statistics of trade and the
course of the exchanges seem, how
ever, to show that the outlook is quite
as grave as the statement indicated.
The pound sterling yesterday sold at
discount of more than 20 per cent,
while the October statistics show that
the balance in favor of this country
IN trade with Europe is running at the
rate of more than $4,000, 100000 a year.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-10
A Lively Market

Owing to the short fuel supply pig
iron prices have risen in sensational
manner in recent days. Here is what
actually happened to a steel man who
was in the market the other day for
basic pig. The representative of the
furnace company visited the steel mans
office and sold him good-sized tom
mage of pig iron at S3S ton. Then
the salesman proceeded to impress
upon the mind of the steel manufac-
turer the serious shortage in the sup
ply of pig iron and the certainty that
prices would go higher. Whereupon
the steel man told the salesman to put
him down for 1000 tons more at the
$38 price. The salesman telephoned
in the order only to find that the price
had gone up 81 ton inside of fifteen
minutes, and the price quoted the pur-
chaser on the additional TONNAGE would
be $39. The following day this same
grade of pig iron was $40 a ton
New-York tribune., 1919-12-10
Professional Pressure

When prices Of stocks sagged off in
the afternoon yesterday after milling
around in the early hours without get
ting anywhere much. tee trading ele
ment turned bearish again. 1t was an
other case of sentiment following the
tape. The same thing happened last
week when the Street became bullish
when prices hardened. The bic news
Of the day, the announcement that the
coal miners had agreed to accept the IA
per cent increase in wages offered by
the operators as result Of the Wash
ington conferences, did not come until
we'll after the close. 1t is doubtful
whether it would have helped the mar
ket much even had it come during the
trading session. The professionals
were bent on pounding the market on
general principles, their attitude being
that the list was due for a setback.
At that the movement was not severe,
despite ~ per cent call money. Most
of the selling came from commission
house professionals and floor traders.
There was little or no liquidation.
New-York tribune., 1919-12-10
Tipping American Can

Tips are curious things. They seem
to start from nowhere and spread with
lightning speed. Yesterday American
Can common was said to be a good
thing to buy on tip that got an early
start and after going the complete
rounds of the financial district trav-
eled all the way to Chicago and back
by wire. There have been so many false
starts made in Can that many traders
are wary about buying the stock on
tips, but the tip yesterday brought in
fair following and pushed the price
to SIS, from where it fell back to about
the closing level of the dav before.
The fact about American Can common
is that the company could. if it deemed
advisable. declare LIBERAL dividend on
the stock. In 1918 there was earned
after allowing for the per cent pre-
ferred dividends. $7.55 share on the
common. The year 1917 was the best
year the company had had, earrings on
the common amounting to nearly $22
share. No figures have been made avail
able as to earnings this year, but they
are said to be we'll in excess of the
1913 figure.